The Post Most from The Washington Post ‘It’s still a blast beating people’: St. Louis police indicted in assault of undercover officer posing as protester; Marriott discloses massive data breach affecting up to 500 million guests; An experiment requiring work for food stamps is a Trump administration model Democracy Dies in Darkness Most popular right now You may have gotten two copies of this newsletter yesterday by mistake. We're sorry! Things are back to normal today.  Happy Friday! ‘Individual 1’: Trump emerges as a central subject of Mueller probe Investigators have evidence that Trump was in close contact with his lieutenants as they reached out to Moscow and WikiLeaks — and that they attempted to conceal their activities. By Carol Leonnig, Josh Dawsey  •  Read more » Morning Mix ‘It’s still a blast beating people’: St. Louis police indicted in assault of undercover officer posing as protester Four St. Louis police officers bragged in text messages about beating up protesters before viciously assaulting an undercover cop. Now they face federal charges. By Tim Elfrink  •  Read more »   Marriott discloses massive data breach affecting up to 500 million guests The breach occurred when an unauthorized party accessed hotel reservations for Starwood properties. By Taylor Telford, Craig Timberg  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT An experiment requiring work for food stamps is a Trump administration model Wisconsin is expanding the pool of people who must work or train to qualify for food assistance. 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By Eli Rosenberg  •  Read more »   Opinion Charles Krauthammer: The enduring miracle of the American Constitution An excerpt from the forthcoming posthumous book “The Point of It All.” By Charles Krauthammer  •  Read more »   Morning Mix White liberals dumb themselves down when they speak to black people, a new study contends Those most well-intentioned toward minorities may be drawing most heavily on stereotypes in relating to them, finds a paper forthcoming in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. By Isaac Stanley-Becker  •  Read more »     Also Popular in Politics   ‘We will be in Moscow’: The story of Trump’s 30-year quest to expand his brand to Russia Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen told a federal judge Thursday that Trump pursued a Moscow project further into 2016 than previously known, capping years of effort to do business in Russia. 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