Sunday's Headlines: Republican anxiety spikes as Trump faces growing legal and political perils

Former Nixon counsel: Congress will have to 'start impeachment' process; Analysis: George Conway blasts Trump's claim that filing 'clears' him; White House sees another shake-up as...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Republican anxiety spikes as Trump faces growing legal and political perils The White House is adopting a "shrugged shoulders" strategy to the Russia probe, calculating that GOP base voters will believe whatever the president tells them. By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » Former Nixon counsel: Congress will have to 'start impeachment' process John Dean, a White House counsel under President Richard M. Nixon, received jail time for his role in the Watergate scandal. By Michael Brice-Saddler  •   Read more »   Analysis: George Conway blasts Trump's claim that filing 'clears' him Conway has been a frequent critic of Trump and his administration. By Cleve Wootson  •   Read more »   White House sees another shake-up as Trump announces chief of staff's exit John F. Kelly will leave by the end of the year, capping the retired general's rocky tenure. Nick Ayers, the vice president's chief of staff, is in negotiations about the job. By Josh Dawsey, Seung Min Kim and Philip Rucker  •   Read more »   Comey defends FBI and himself in interview with House committees A transcript of the closed-door, six-hour session with House lawmakers covered many of the same topics the former FBI director has addressed publicly. By Karoun Demirjian and Matt Zapotosky  •   Read more »   How dog grooming went from the show ring to the mainstream The billion-dollar pet pampering industry is part of what marketers call the "humanization" of pets. And now more and more groomers are devoted to what is arguably the vanguard in American dogdom — the rescue dog. By Story by Karin Brulliard | Photos by Calla Kessler  •   Read more »   Recruitment war in Scouting raises questions about what it means to be a girl or a boy Some see the Boy Scouts accepting girls as poaching from the Girl Scouts, while others see it as offering girls the same opportunities as boys. By Samantha Schmidt  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   The amazing adventures of Tariff Man! By Ellis Rosen  •   Read more »   The music industry robs classical of its power By Jennifer Gersten  •   Read more »   Pakistani leader to the U.S.: We're not your 'hired gun' anymore By Lally Weymouth  •   Read more »   Mueller has already issued most of his report, one indictment at a time By Marcy Wheeler  •   Read more »   #MeToo hasn't fixed the workplace. Here's a playbook that can. By Gillian Thomas  •   Read more »   All the Trumpians' lies have one thing in common By David Von Drehle  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   What happens if the British Parliament votes down Theresa May's Brexit deal? With Britain and the European Union's carefully crafted divorce deal headed for likely failure in the British Parliament, European leaders are bracing for more Brexit chaos — and warning they won't sweeten the bargain for London. By Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more »     Kyler Murray, Oklahoma's two-sport star bound for MLB, wins the Heisman Trophy The Sooners quarterback wowed voters with his sensational performances all season. Murray beat out fellow quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa of Alabama and Ohio State's Dwayne Haskins. By Jacob Bogage  •   Read more »   Robert De Niro's Robert Mueller joins SNL's Eric and Donald Trump Jr. for a bedtime horror While the cold open was funny enough, it relied on two features that have been criticized in the Trump era: A reliance on both guest stars and repeated bits. By Travis Andrews  •   Read more »   Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee celebrates his 99th birthday in the co-pilot's seat The pioneering aviator took flight again decades after he and his comrades defied bigotry during World War II. "Folks say, 'You're a hero.' I don't see it like that," McGee said. "I just say life's been a blessing." By Michael Laris  •   Read more »   In corporate role, William P. Barr clashed with Justice Department that he now seeks to lead As a Time Warner board member, the attorney general nominee cited President Trump's "prior public animus towards CNN and this merger" that the cable company wanted with AT&T.  By Michael Kranish and Hamza Shaban  •   Read more »   Why are the 'yellow vests' still protesting in France? His name is Macron. The weekly street demonstrations have coalesced around economic grievances and a shared perception of Emmanuel Macron as the "president of the rich." By James McAuley  •   Read more »   Former Miss Kentucky charged with sending nude photos to 15-year-old student Ramsey Bearse, now a science teacher at Andrew Jackson Middle School outside Charleston, W.Va., admitted to sending the nude photos over Snapchat, the Associated Press reported. By Alex Horton  •   Read more » Retropod | Podcast The 'Toy King' who never aspired to the throne Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus had no idea how big the toy industry would become. By Michael S. Rosenwald  •   Read more »   Magazine The key to understanding America's red-blue split isn't ideology or culture. It's economics. What the 2018 midterm results — and all those blue dots — tell us about the future of U.S. politics. By John B. Judis  •   Read more »   Voraciously 8 of our readers' all-time favorite holiday cookie recipes Including Boozy Bourbon Chocolate Chippers and everyone's fave, Salted Oatmeal. By Kara Elder  •   Read more »   Solo-ish Grindr was the first big dating app for gay men. Now it's falling out of favor. This should have been a good year for Grindr. Instead, the app has been plagued with blunders — and many users aren't happy. By Jon Shadel  •   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. 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