Tuesday's Headlines: Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats

Lawmakers express shock, concern about disclosure; The Fix: White House isn't really denying Trump shared classified information; Analysis: Candidate Trump was worried about revealing U.S. secrets; The Fix: Trump's rocky history with his intelligence agencies ; Trump will have to navigate diplomatic land mines in his first overseas trip. Here's how he is preparing.; Cornyn's GOP colleagues are less than enthusiastic about his candidacy for FBI director; Clues point to possible North Korean involvement in massive cyberattack;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats The president's disclosures to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in their Oval Office meeting last week jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State — an information-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, current and former U.S. officials said. Trump appeared to be boasting of the "great intel" he receives when he described a looming terror threat, according to an official with knowledge of the exchange. By Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe  •  Read more » Lawmakers express shock, concern about disclosure "The chaos" in the administration "creates a worrisome environment," said Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. By Elise Viebeck, Mike DeBonis and Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   The Fix: White House isn't really denying Trump shared classified information National security adviser H.R. McMaster declared the Post story "as reported, is false." But the rest of his statement wasn't actually denying the report. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Analysis: Candidate Trump was worried about revealing U.S. secrets Given the report that President Trump revealed classified information to Russian diplomats, it's worth revisiting what he said about Hillary Clinton's email security — a subject that came up regularly in his freewheeling stump speeches. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Fix: Trump's rocky history with his intelligence agencies Since getting elected, Trump has had a track record of questioning, worrying, and even directly upsetting, the thousands of men and women who collect and analyze the nation's top secrets. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Trump will have to navigate diplomatic land mines in his first overseas trip. Here's how he is preparing. In the days leading up to President Trump's high-risk debut on the world stage — a nine-day, five-stop, four-nation tour — the Oval Office has morphed into a graduate seminar room to prepare for a trip that could become a resounding triumph or go horribly awry with just one mistake. By Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker  •  Read more »   Cornyn's GOP colleagues are less than enthusiastic about his candidacy for FBI director Republican senators signaled concern that if the president were to nominate John Cornyn, it would trigger a raft of consequences that could be detrimental to their agenda. By Karoun Demirjian, Sean Sullivan and Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   Clues point to possible North Korean involvement in massive cyberattack Inconclusive research showed that the ransomware that disrupted more than 150 countries shared some code with a tool from a hacker group possibly linked to Pyongyang. By Ellen Nakashima, Craig Timberg and Paul Schemm  •  Read more »   Opinions   The only realistic way to stop Trump By Eugene Robinson  •  Read more »   Trump has sucked the lifeblood out of Sean Spicer By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   Bombshell: Trump tells secrets to Russia By Jennifer Rubin  •  Read more »   Trump's worst lie about 'priming the pump' isn't that he made up the expression By Catherine Rampell  •  Read more »   The Turkey I no longer know By Fethullah Gulen  •  Read more »   The FBI needs a nonpartisan director By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   For vulnerable high school girls in Japan, a culture of 'dates' with older men Teens in school uniforms are selling their bodies, knowing their value declines at age 18. Sometimes it involves a walk around the block or a drink in a bar. More often, it involves sex — child prostitution by another name. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more » WorldViews | Analysis Assad’s torture network: Voices from the inside Thousands of people have been arrested or forcibly disappeared in Syria since the country's revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began. Former prisoners describe the brutality in Syrian military hospitals: "It's not easy to describe the pain and humiliation of torture." By Louisa Loveluck  •  Read more » A Virginia mayor is slammed with anti-Semitic tweets after criticizing alt-right rally The online attacks followed Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer's comments about a torch-lit rally led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to save a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. By Laura Vozzella  •  Read more » Trump administration to dismantle small-business part of ACA marketplaces The move would reduce the federal role in helping small businesses to select health plans — a troubled aspect of the law that attracted only a fraction of its expected enrollment. It's the first public step by officials to carry out President Trump's executive order to reduce the Affordable Care Act's regulatory burden. By Amy Goldstein  •  Read more » Trump to voluntarily file personal financial disclosure for 2016 The president is not required to file such a report with the Office of Government Ethics until next spring, but past presidents including Barack Obama and George W. Bush voluntarily submitted financial disclosures in the year they took office. By Matea Gold  •  Read more » How Melissa McCarthy came to play Sean Spicer on SNL McCarthy's take on the White House press secretary has become standout comedy, drawing record viewers and fueling questions about Spicer's longevity in the job. And it all started with a pitch to Kristen Stewart on an airplane. By Elahe Izadi  •  Read more » Perspective In a series — and a season — of runs, the last one sinks the Wizards Boston's late surge in Game 7 doomed Washington, 115-105, ending a season that featured a little bit of everything. By Jerry Brewer  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. 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. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071