The Post Most from The Washington Post Based on Trump’s detailed diagram of his slat wall, we did some advanced mathematics; Laura Ingraham taunted David Hogg over college rejections. He just said he got into Harvard.; ‘Very possible’ shutdown could last into new year, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney says Democracy Dies in Darkness Most popular right now ‘A rogue presidency’: The era of containing Trump is over Defense Secretary Mattis is the last of the perceived bulwarks to exit the administration as Trump enters his third year as president unbound. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more » Analysis Based on Trump’s detailed diagram of his slat wall, we did some advanced mathematics Calculating the height, length and total amount of steel used in the revamped barrier. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Grade Point Laura Ingraham taunted David Hogg over college rejections. He just said he got into Harvard. After the Fox News host's Twitter taunts, Hogg asked people to write messages to her sponsors. By Cleve Wootson  •  Read more »   ‘Very possible’ shutdown could last into new year, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney says The impasse over President Trump’s demands for a border wall shows no sign of breaking. By Erica Werner, David Weigel, Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Outlook • Perspective Dairy farming is dying. After 40 years, I’m done. Family farms can’t survive low milk prices, tariffs and terrible government policies. By Jim Goodman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Fix ‘This is tyranny of talk radio hosts, right?’: Limbaugh and Coulter blamed for Trump’s shutdown Conservative pundits are being credited for President Trump's reluctance to sign a funding bill without money for his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall. By Michael Brice-Saddler  •  Read more »   The Post's View • Opinion The last lines of defense against Trump The saving grace that was hoped would be brought by the “grown-ups” is now astern. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Exasperated over the market plunge, Trump asks advisers whether he can fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell In a statement on his treasury secretary’s Twitter account late Saturday, Trump denied suggesting Powell’s firing. Experts doubted that the president had the authority to dismiss Powell. By Damian Paletta, Heather Long, Josh Dawsey  •  Read more »   Amid government shutdown, a host of bigger worries “All I can think about the state of our country right now is how scary it is,” one D.C. tourist said. By Michael Kranish, Joe Heim, Steve Hendrix  •  Read more »   Indonesia tsunami kills at least 222 after striking without warning Tsunami came following an eruption at the nearby Krakatoa volcano, but may not be directly linked By Stanley Widianto  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Inspired Life This teacher’s post about a gift from a student with ‘nothing to give’ went viral She said she was touched by the gift, because everybody knows marshmallows are the sweetest part of Lucky Charms. By Allison Klein  •  Read more »   PostEverything • Perspective Trump can launch nuclear weapons whenever he wants, with or without Mattis No defense secretary can stop an impulsive president. By Bruce Blair, Jon Wolfsthal  •  Read more »   Hundreds of migrant families arrive at remote border crossings, overwhelming U.S. agents The 7-year-old girl who died in U.S. custody came to the border with a brazen start-up smuggling operation. By Nick Miroff  •  Read more »   Shutdown to stretch on until at least Thursday as Senate adjourns with no deal over budget, Trump’s border wall The move came after a lunch with the president and conservative Republicans — followed by a discussion between Vice President Pence and Sen. Charles E. Schumer that fell flat. By Paul Kane, David Weigel, Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Inspired Life A girl in Mexico attached her Christmas list to a balloon. A man across the border found it. "My Spanish isn’t very good, but I could see it was a Christmas list,” Randy Heiss said of the note he found attached to a balloon while hiking in Patagonia, Ariz. By Amy Wang  •  Read more »   Share The Post Most:  Twitter    Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for The Post Most or because it is included in your subscription. Manage my email newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe from The Post Most Privacy Policy | Help @2018 The Washington Post | 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071