Wednesday's Headlines: Trump feud with Koch network exposes rifts in Republican ranks

Prosecutors say Manafort's wealth fueled by lies to IRS and banks; Manafort on trial: A scorched-earth prosecutor and not a mention of Trump; Sassy, self-aware, snarky: In the...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Trump feud with Koch network exposes rifts in Republican ranks The network pointedly declined to endorse Donald Trump in 2016 and its latest disagreements with administration policy have exposed the rift between a president pushing his party toward populism and establishment Republicans espousing the long-standing policy of free trade. By Robert Costa and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » Prosecutors say Manafort's wealth fueled by lies to IRS and banks In their opening statement at Paul Manafort's trial on 18 charges of financial fraud, prosecutors said that President Trump's former campaign chairman failed to pay taxes on some of the millions he made working in Ukraine, and then lied to banks to get loans when those payments stopped. By Rachel Weiner, Justin Jouvenal, Rosalind S. Helderman and Devlin Barrett  •   Read more »   Manafort on trial: A scorched-earth prosecutor and not a mention of Trump In a packed courtroom in Alexandria, Va., special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team made its public debut. By Marc Fisher  •   Read more »   Sassy, self-aware, snarky: In the Trump era, cable news banners troll in real time The on-screen banners known as chyrons were once flat, artless labels that were about as exciting as an airport arrival-and-departure board. But in an era of shrinking viewer attention spans, chyrons now not only tell viewers what the news is, they tell them what to make of it. By Paul Farhi  •   Read more »   Inside Tesla's factory, Elon Musk is burning through cash and burning out workers The ambitious $50 billion automaker has not made a profit in 15 years, and it is running through billions of dollars — and testing workers' limits — as it races to build its futuristic electric cars. By Drew Harwell  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Veterans in Congress know what it means to put country first By David Ignatius  •   Read more »   Medicare for All comes with a price tag — and hard choices By Megan McArdle  •   Read more »   Goodbye, Republican Party. Hello, Bigfoot Party. By Dana Milbank  •   Read more »   Thank God for Uncle Rudy By Kathleen Parker  •   Read more »   The Catholic Church has obliterated its ability to inspire trust By Elizabeth Bruenig  •   Read more »   Our nation is too strapped to focus on making the rich richer By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Federal judge blocks posting of blueprints for 3-D-printed guns Just hours before the documents were expected to be published online, a U.S. District Court judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the public availability of a trove of downloadable information about creating the do-it-yourself plastic, untraceable weapons. By Deanna Paul, Meagan Flynn and Katie Zezima  •  Read more »     Fact Checker | Analysis President Trump has made 4,229 false or misleading claims in 558 days In his first year as president, Trump made 2,140 false or misleading claims. Now, just six months later, he has almost doubled that total. By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly  •   Read more »   'Unprecedented partisan interference': Senate escalates bitter fight over Kavanaugh's record Democrats want to review material from the Supreme Court nominee's time as as an associate White House counsel during the administration of George W. Bush, as well as Brett Kavanaugh's years as staff secretary. Republicans call it an irrelevant fishing expedition. By Seung Min Kim  •   Read more »   Analysis Is Bannon right that white, college-educated women have given up on Republicans? Generic ballot polling suggests that, at least over the short term, the women may have. By Philip Bump  •   Read more »   Analysis Baseball trade deadline delivers fireworks with five former all-stars dealt in the final two hours At the end of a frantic, frenzied day, which itself came at the end of a busy month of dealmaking, the competitive landscape had been remade across both leagues as the 2018 season enters its final two months. By Dave Sheinin  •   Read more »   Dog saliva leads to amputation of man's hands and legs Greg Manteufel suffered a rare blood infection after harmful bacteria from a dog's saliva seeped into his bloodstream, causing sepsis, or blood poisoning, from bacteria that "just attacked him," his wife said. By Kristine Phillips  •   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