Politics News from Washington Post Date: June 14, 2017Author: connie dello buono 0 Comments erPost • Analysis The Daily 202: Jeff Sessions’s grilling highlights tension between chumminess of Senate, seriousness of Russia probe Attorney General loses temper, as no love is lost on either side By James Hohmann • Read more » Trump calls mayor of shrinking Chesapeake island and tells him not to worry about it Trump reportedly told the mayor of a disappearing island town not to worry about rising sea levels. By Travis M. Andrews • Read more » ISIS drones are attacking U.S. troops and disrupting airstrikes in Raqqa, officials say The drones are finding and attacking U.S. targeting teams. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff • Read more » The Plum Line • Opinion Republicans are privately angry at Trump for accidentally unmasking their big scam Uh, oops? By Greg Sargent • Read more » Right Turn • Opinion If Virginia is a preview, the GOP’s in big trouble in the GA-6 and 2018 races There’s hope for Democrats. By Jennifer Rubin • Read more » Also Popular in Politics Politics • Analysis Meanwhile, America’s opinion of Trump as president keeps slipping Most alarmingly to the White House, that includes key demographics. By Philip Bump • Read more » • Analysis | Trump’s claim that Americans ‘built the Golden Gate Bridge in four years and the Hoover Dam in five’ • Analysis | How much should we read into the turnout disparity in Virginia’s gubernatorial primary? • Analysis | 4 takeaways from Jeff Sessions’s feisty testimony to Congress about Russia • Analysis | Who is Steve Scalise, the congressman shot at a baseball practice? Also Popular in Opinions What Republicans are doing while you’re distracted by Sessions and Comey The GOP is doing dirty work. By Dana Milbank • Read more » • Inside the Trump-Tillerson divide over Qatar • Jeff Sessions wilts on the hot seat • I helped draft Clinton’s impeachment articles. The charges against Trump are more serious. • Trump is likely to get much, much worse. Here are a few big things to watch for. Also Popular in Sports Lawmaker Steve Scalise injured in GOP baseball shooting. Suspect James T. Hodgkinson dies after shootout Several other people were wounded in the mass shooting in Alexandria, Va.; suspect is in custody By Peter Hermann • Read more » • Lonzo Ball hilariously airs grievances with his father’s antics in new commercial • Kevin Durant’s mother got Stephen A. Smith to say, ‘I’m sorry’ • Daniel Murphy asked an umpire to move. He got an f-bomb instead. • This amateur soccer team, headquartered in a liquor store, never practices and rarely loses Also Popular in National America’s new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn’t The nation has largely won the war on smoking, unless you’re uneducated or live in a rural area. By William Wan • Read more » • Otto Warmbier was released by North Korea in a coma. What do we know about his medical state? • ICE nabs teenager hours before his senior prom, days before his graduation ceremony • Roxane Gay blasts women’s website’s ‘cruel and humiliating’ remarks about her size • Astronomers just achieved something Einstein said was impossible ADVERTISEMENT Also Popular in World • Analysis | Could the catastrophic London high-rise fire have been prevented? • Analysis | Jeff Sessions finds a shield in executive privilege — but it might not be a strong one • Jeff Sessions testifies: Refuses to say whether he spoke to Trump about Comey’s handling of Russia investigation • Chinese man caught with 500 imprisoned cats destined for restaurants • Dennis Rodman’s last trip to North Korea was a disaster — mostly for him Also Popular in Business • Top Michigan health official, four others, charged with manslaughter in Flint water crisis • Analysis | The GOP baseball shooting is the 154th mass shooting this year • Jeff Sessions personally asked Congress to let him prosecute medical-marijuana providers • These are the people who suffered when Kansas’s conservative experiment failed • Analysis | The Xbox One X is not the console for everyone Also Popular in Technology • Review | Apple’s iPad Pro is closer than ever to replacing your laptop • Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes leave amid sweeping changes at company • It’s official: Verizon finally buys Yahoo • Does the Xbox still make sense in a mobile gaming world? • Ex-Uber engineer whose complaint started firm’s internal investigation dismisses findings as “optics” Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInPrintEmailPocketPinterestTumblrRedditLike this:Like Loading... Related