Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Evening Edition: Has Donald Trump stolen Paul Ryan’s party out from under him?

Trump's candidacy sparks 'a surge' in citizenship, voter applications among Latinos; This Trump interview should set off alarm bells for the GOP; Are we ready for a gay Disney princess? We may be closer than you think.; The 2016 spring dining guide; Baghdad rocked by blasts as Islamic State claims the city’s bloodiest day in months ; Judge says accused Planned Parenthood gunman not competent to stand trial ; Deadly Texas fertilizer plant fire and explosion was intentionally set, ATF says; S.C. police officer recorded shooting fleeing motorist indicted on civil rights violation; Brazil's Senate readies impeachment vote against president; National firestorm over North Carolina’s bathroom bill spills over into packed Texas school hearing; A Jewish school bus — and old tensions — allegedly set aflame by young black males in N.Y. ; Hillary Clinton: A female candidate with seriously complicated woman issues; The Fix: These new polls should make Democrats feel good about winning back the Senate; 'I had to wear Pampers': The cruel conditions poultry industry employees say they endure; A beloved teacher challenged her low evaluation in court and won; Should you still leave a tip if your server writes nasty comments on your check?;
 
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Has Donald Trump stolen Paul Ryan's party out from under him?
At the time of the House speaker's greatest strength, Trump is turning the Republican party against the overhaul of Medicare and other "entitlement" programs that Ryan sought power to achieve. The two are scheduled to meet in Washington on Thursday.
Trump's candidacy sparks 'a surge' in citizenship, voter applications among Latinos
Many say they are primarily motivated by the rise of the GOP candidate, who has proposed deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants and building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
This Trump interview should set off alarm bells for the GOP
The problem for Republicans is that the lessons Donald Trump appears to have learned from his march to the GOP nod are all the wrong ones.
 
Are we ready for a gay Disney princess? We may be closer than you think.
A girlfriend for Elsa from "Frozen"? Maybe not. But kids' movies are subtly reflecting shifts in social norms.
 
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The 2016 spring dining guide
The Post's restaurant critic shares with you his top 10 favorite new restaurants and revisits places he had previously taste-tested and rates them anew.
 
Baghdad rocked by blasts as Islamic State claims the city’s bloodiest day in months
Two suicide bombers struck checkpoints just hours after a car bomb ravaged a busy market, leaving dozens dead. Officials said the full casualty count was likely higher as rescuers and hospitals tally the victims.
 
Judge says accused Planned Parenthood gunman not competent to stand trial
Robert Lewis Dear Jr., who faces eight counts of first-degree murder as well as other charges in the November 2015 attack, will be sent to the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo for treatment.
 
Deadly Texas fertilizer plant fire and explosion was intentionally set, ATF says
More than 150 buildings were damaged and 15 people, including 12 emergency responders, were killed in the 2013 blast in West, Texas. The agency is offering a reward of $50,000 in the case.
 
S.C. police officer recorded shooting fleeing motorist indicted on civil rights violation
The federal charge against Michael Slager comes more than a year after Walter Scott was shot and killed during a traffic stop in North Charleston.
 
Brazil's Senate readies impeachment vote against president
As the senate deliberations unfolded live on national television, a justice on Brazil's Supreme Court denied President Dilma Rousseff's last-ditch appeal to stop the proceedings.
 
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National firestorm over North Carolina’s bathroom bill spills over into packed Texas school hearing
After the lieutenant governor called for the resignation of a Fort Worth school superintendent over a clarification of an existing policy, citizens came together to debate it publicly.
 
A Jewish school bus — and old tensions — allegedly set aflame by young black males in N.Y.
The suspected arson of an empty bus in Crown Heights hearkened back to when riots erupted between the community's African Americans and Jews in 1991.
 
Hillary Clinton: A female candidate with seriously complicated woman issues
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has assured people that he will bring up Bill Clinton, his history with women who are not his wife, and Hillary Clinton's role as a political adviser and defender during these crises.
 
The Fix: These new polls should make Democrats feel good about winning back the Senate
Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania all look like tight races. And they are only a few of Democrats' 2016 pickup opportunities.
 
'I had to wear Pampers': The cruel conditions poultry industry employees say they endure
Workers are routinely denied bathroom breaks in order to optimize the speed of the production line, a new report says.
 
A beloved teacher challenged her low evaluation in court and won
The judge in the case called the system of scoring teachers in New York arbitrary and capricious.
 
Should you still leave a tip if your server writes nasty comments on your check?
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.
 
 
     
 
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