Monday's Headlines: Once-safe GOP lawmakers are struggling for a survival strategy

Giuliani pleased with his media tour: 'Everybody's reacting to us now'; Inside Melania Trump's complicated White House life: Separate schedule, different priorities; Iraq's prime...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Once-safe GOP lawmakers are struggling for a survival strategy Dozens of House Republicans are for the first time facing credible Democratic challengers. Pollsters and independent handicappers say the races of two North Carolina incumbents, Reps. Ted Budd and Robert Pittenger, are competitive, and recent moves show that the party sees the districts as emblematic of their larger problems. By David Weigel and Paul Kane  •  Read more » Giuliani pleased with his media tour: 'Everybody's reacting to us now' Rudolph W. Giuliani has made various assertions about the $130,000 that President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid to an adult-film star. His most recent comments were notable for how much he said he still did not know about the matter. By Mark Berman and Robert Costa  •   Read more »   Inside Melania Trump's complicated White House life: Separate schedule, different priorities Amid the chaos of her husband's presidency, Trump has settled into a quieter routine, raising their son and carving out a place for herself. Now she is starting to raise her profile, independent from the president's, and will announce her plans as first lady at a public appearance today that would have been almost unthinkable just a few months ago. By Mary Jordan, Emily Heil and Josh Dawsey  •   Read more »   Iraq's prime minister is making electoral history in the former jewel of the Islamic State Haider al-Abadi, a Shiite politician, is the front-runner in Mosul, an overwhelmingly ­ Sunni city. His success would represent an opening for cooperation between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in a country long bedeviled by sectarian grievance and violence. By Tamer El-Ghobashy and Mustafa Salim  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Bernie Sanders's job guarantee: Is it a boondoggle? By Robert J. Samuelson  •   Read more »   John McCain unspools a self-help manual for America By Fred Hiatt  •   Read more »   No wonder there's an exodus from religion By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •   Read more »   Giuliani stumbles into another fiasco By James Downie  •   Read more »   Americans are starting to suffer from Trump's health-care sabotage By Editorial Board  •   Read more »   Trump's new legal strategy is paying off By Tom Toles  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Trump is transforming the judiciary, but he has yet to take aim at the court that annoys him the most The powerful 9th Circuit is a target for conservatives, who argue it is a liberal power center out of step with the nation. By Seung Min Kim  •  Read more »     As gentrification escalates in California, people wonder: Where can the homeless go? Nearly a quarter of the nation's homeless population lives in California. In the city centers, tent encampments have become their own neighborhoods, testing the patience of new residents who have spent small fortunes on condos and townhouses. "There are many people who do not want any new homeless shelters, but they want the homeless to go somewhere else," said one advocate. By Scott Wilson  •   Read more »   Southern Baptist women denounce leader's 'objectifying' comments, advice to abused women Hundreds of women have signed an open letter to the trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary voicing displeasure with Paige Patterson. By Sarah Pulliam Bailey  •   Read more »   Anti-Semitism controversy exposes D.C.'s fault lines — and a leadership vacuum The fallout from a D.C. Council member's claim that Jewish financiers control the weather has laid bare divisions that many would prefer to ignore, and has also exposed what critics say is a shortage of leadership in city hall. By Peter Jamison  •   Read more »   After Native American bias incident, college says those against diversity can go 'elsewhere' Colorado State President Tony Frank apologized to the two young men who had police called on them during a campus tour. By Kristine Phillips  •   Read more »   NBA Playoffs | Analysis Rockets and Warriors on brink of West finals matchup Golden State and Houston are headed home with 3-1 leads in their semifinal series after the Warriors walloped New Orleans and the Rockets blew past Utah. By Tim Bontemps  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. Manage my email newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe from Today's Headlines Privacy Policy | Help ©2018 The Washington Post  |  1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071