Evening Edition: Trump administration to ask Supreme Court to clear way to dismantle ‘dreamers’ program

Chances of shutdown grow as GOP turns to short-term spending deal for government 'I did not hear that word used': DHS secretary says when asked about Trump's vulgar remarks

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Trump administration to ask Supreme Court to clear way to dismantle 'dreamers' program The federal government will take the "rare step" of asking the the Supreme Court to intervene directly on the Obama-era program that protects from deportation the 690,000 undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States since they were children. By Maria Sacchetti  •  Read more » Chances of shutdown grow as GOP turns to short-term spending deal for government While aides to key negotiators planned to meet to try to rekindle budget talks, hopes of reaching a deal by Friday's deadline have been complicated by lingering mistrust among lawmakers after an Oval Office meeting in which President Trump used vulgar terms to describe poor countries. By Mike DeBonis, Ed O'Keefe and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   'I did not hear that word used': DHS secretary says when asked about Trump's vulgar remarks Pressed about the Oval Office meeting, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told senators, "The conversation was very impassioned. I don't dispute that the president was using tough language." By Ed O'Keefe and Nick Miroff  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Police said conditions inside home where 13 siblings were held captive amounted to torture Investigators said that the 17-year-old girl who escaped through a window to call 911 on a deactivated cellphone appeared to be only 10 years old. The siblings, ages 2 to 29, all appeared to be malnourished and younger than they actually are, police in Perris, Calif., said. The parents, David Allen Turpin and Louise Anna Turpin, were arrested on charges of torture and child endangerment. By Samantha Schmidt and Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »   'We're not going anywhere': Trump's company fights efforts to shed the president's name Since the 2016 election, President Trump's real estate company has found itself in an unfamiliar role: not selling the Trump brand, but trying to save it from condo owners and unhappy partners worried that their affiliation with the company has turned from an asset to a liability. By David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell  •  Read more »   Dow bursts through 26,000 in record seven trading days One expert credits tax reform, earnings, good economic data and investor enthusiasm for the continued surge. By Thomas Heath  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT In a rarity, Air Force sends three types of bombers to Pacific Six B-52s arrived at Guam to take over the U.S. military's continuous bomber presence mission in the Pacific from B-1B Lancer bombers at the end of the month. Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are also on the island at the moment.  By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   North Korea calls Trump a 'lunatic' and a 'loser' in response to nuclear button tweet The incident is likely to provoke a response in the ongoing war of words between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. By Rick Noack  •  Read more »   'It's just a nightmare:' A Michigan father is deported after three decades in the U.S. Jorge Garcia, an undocumented immigrant who came to the United States as a child, has become the latest public face of what many of President Trump's critics have called a cruel and excessive crackdown on immigrants by the administration. By Derek Hawkins  •  Read more »   A missing tourist scattered Bible pages in Israel's desert. Is 'Jerusalem Syndrome' to blame? Oliver McAfee, a devout Christian, may be among 100 travelers a year who experience a psychotic episode in one of the holiest places on Earth. By Alex Horton  •  Read more »   Wonkblog | Analysis Why 7-Eleven, inventor of the Slurpee, is now all about cold-pressed organic juice There's a quiet revolution at convenience stores: They're getting way healthier. By Caitlin Dewey  •  Read more »   Passive-aggression, moldy tuna and outright theft: The curse of the office refrigerator Fixing the misbehavior requires more than a "Your mother doesn't work here" sign. Here are some tips. By Mary-Ellen Deily  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Evening Edition or because it is included in your subscription. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2018 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071