The full transcript from the Trump transition team’s Tuesday call to reporters; The Daily 202: Donald Trump embraces the risky ‘Madman Theory’ on foreign policy; Trump says on Twitter that Bill Clinton ‘doesn’t know much’ about winning swing states; The U.S. has a long history of hacking other democracies; Can Republican senators get to 60 seats in 2018?; The Daily 202 Live: Q&A with Gingrich on how Trump will change Washington; Congress is far more bipartisan than headlines suggest; Two key Senate chairmen call for new VA leadership; Trump team plans for infrastructure ‘task force’ to advance top spending priority; Here’s the real reason Rust Belt cities and towns voted for Trump; Trump meets with Carlos Slim as Mexican leaders seek better relations;   Politics happens fast. Catch up.   � Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Priorities USA positions itself as center of gravity for the left in the Trump era The pro-Clinton super PAC is remaking itself as the hub for beleaguered Democrats By Matea Gold  •  Read more » The full transcript from the Trump transition team’s Tuesday call to reporters The daily update. By Washington Post Staff  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   The Daily 202: Donald Trump embraces the risky ‘Madman Theory’ on foreign policy A flamethrower, not a firefighter, inherits a world that is on fire By James Hohmann  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump says on Twitter that Bill Clinton ‘doesn’t know much’ about winning swing states The president-elect took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to criticize the former president, after Bill Clinton was quoted commenting on him. By John Wagner  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The U.S. has a long history of hacking other democracies Overthrow an election, install a dictator -- and voila, you have a loyal client state. By Mariya Y. Omelicheva, Ryan Beasley and Christian Crandall  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Can Republican senators get to 60 seats in 2018? By any measure, Democrats are on the defensive in the next fight for Senate control. By Stuart Rothenberg  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   The Daily 202 Live: Q&A with Gingrich on how Trump will change Washington I spoke with Newt Gingrich at The Washington Post last Friday for the latest installment of The Daily 202’s live interview series. The former speaker of the House, who had huddled with Donald J. Trump the night before at Trump Tower, spoke candidly about the president-elect’s leadership style, the three power centers that will exist […] By James Hohmann  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Congress is far more bipartisan than headlines suggest You can thank secretive dealmaking. By James M. Curry and Frances Lee  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Two key Senate chairmen call for new VA leadership Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged “new leadership” at the VA in a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, chairman of the Trump transition team. By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump team plans for infrastructure ‘task force’ to advance top spending priority The task force would play a critical role in coordinating among government officials and private investors as the new administration prepares to inject hundreds of billions of dollars into projects across the country. By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Here’s the real reason Rust Belt cities and towns voted for Trump A local sociopolitical structure deteriorates, and ideological extremism rushes in to fill the vacuum. By Josh Pacewicz  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Trump meets with Carlos Slim as Mexican leaders seek better relations Adversaries during campaign, the two billionaires had a ‘lovely dinner’ at Mar-a-Lago. By Philip Rucker, Robert Costa and Joshua Partlow  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Fact Checker Count the pinocchios. A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between. Sign Up »         Share Politics P.M.:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Politics. 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. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071