Sunday, February 26, 2017

Sunday's Headlines: Cabinet members keep scrambling to clean up after Trump speaks

After Perez wins race to lead Democratic National Committee, other candidates call for unity; Trump won't attend the White House correspondents' dinner; After Trump's immigration order, anxiety grows in Florida's farm fields;
 
Today's Headlines
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
 
 
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Cabinet members keep scrambling to clean up after Trump speaks
President Trump's secretaries have found themselves softening, explaining and sometimes outright contradicting him. It adds to the sense of chaos and turmoil emanating from the White House, sending agency heads scrambling to interpret their boss's exact positions and leaving other nations confused as to who, exactly, speaks on behalf of the administration.
After Perez wins race to lead Democratic National Committee, other candidates call for unity
Former labor secretary Tom Perez narrowly defeated Rep. Keith Ellison — who had been the choice of the party's liberal wing — to become the first Latino chairman of the DNC. After the vote, Ellison said, "We don't have the luxury to walk out of this room divided."
 
Trump won't attend the White House correspondents' dinner
He announced his decision on Twitter Saturday, amid his now-semi-regular tweets attacking the media as "fake news" and calls for news outlets to skip the event.
 
After Trump's immigration order, anxiety grows in Florida's farm fields
A newfound fear of the future has already cast a pall over the tomato farms and strawberry fields in the largely undocumented migrant communities east of Tampa, where children have stopped playing in parks, businesses have grown quieter, and most everyone is looking for a lawyer.
 
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Opinions
 
President Trump wants to put on a show. Governing matters less.
 
‘America first’ shouldn’t mean cutting foreign aid
 
H.R. McMaster is hailed as the hero of Iraq’s Tal Afar. Here’s what that operation looked like.
 
My 7-year-old daughter Henry is transgender. She’d change Trump’s mind.
 
Reading James Baldwin on a segregated Southern construction site
 
Where did Steve Bannon get his worldview? From my book.
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'Flexibility is overrated': Tightness can help runners, some coaches say
For years, runners have believed they can improve by using yoga to lengthen their muscles and become more flexible. It turns out, though, that the opposite may be true: Experts now say bending like Gumby may cause problems.
Robust grass-roots movement supplies key component in fight to save Obamacare
The new mobilization represents a stark reversal of the recent political dynamics around health care.
Top Republican calls for special prosecutor to probe Russian meddling in election
Speaking on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," Rep. Darrell Issa, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, became one of the few GOP lawmakers to publicly call for an independent investigation into Russia's activities.
A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse occurs Sunday morning — here’s how to watch
The moon will cover most of the sun, and the effect will be a "ring of fire."
Twitter users who curse at politicians might find themselves in a timeout
Twitter quietly introduced a new, temporary, punishment for people who tweet potentially abusive things.
New Orleans police: Driver in crash that hurt 28 seemed 'highly intoxicated'
A man accused of driving a truck into a crowd at the Krewe of Endymion parade in the Mid-City neighborhood is being investigated for DWI, according to police. "He was just kind of out of it," one witness said.
At 80, America's most famous composer remains a maverick
Few people know Philip Glass's work better than conductor Dennis Russell Davies, who has premiered many Glass symphonies. "There's a lot of people that think they don't like that," Davies said, "without knowing what 'that' is."
Botched Zika testing at D.C. public health lab was a failure of 'basic arithmetic'
The lab was understaffed and several senior scientists had resigned before the debacle involving a watered-down solution used for tests.
Academy Awards 2017
Bradford Young, Oscar firsts and why inclusive film crews matter
"Below the line" jobs such as editing and production mostly go to white males.
Cars
An extraordinarily ordinary Mazda6
The Mazda6 Grand Touring Sedan is safe, comfortable, attractive and enjoyable for a family on a budget.
Magazine
What is a 'semester school'?
A semester-long residential school uses the city as its classroom — for a price.
Sietsema
Stellar wings and every fish in the sea
The Tavern at Ivy City Smokehouse, owned by wholesaler ProFish does right by seafood — and more.
News quiz: Mysteries and discoveries
This week's 10 questions head into space but come back to Earth. The faster you correctly answer, the more points you can score.
 
     
 
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