Evening Edition: Obama’s move on Supreme Court sets up battle with GOP

Garland led the massive prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers; Republicans refuse to budge on Obama’s nominee; Rubio's demise marks last gasp of the GOP reboot; Fox’s GOP debate canceled after Trump and Kasich back out; Did Paul Ryan just leave the door open to accepting his party's nomination for president?; Delegate math gets even better for front-runners; Fewer than 2,000 votes separate Clinton, Sanders in Missouri; Metrorail shutdown creates commuting headaches in D.C. area; North Korea sentences U-Va. student to 15 years of hard labor in prison; In Damascus, Syrians celebrate Putin as their hero. Will they miss him?; Fed leaves rates unchanged, lowers economic forecasts; Islamic State has lost more than a fifth of its territory, report says; This is how the U.S. stacks up against the world's happiest countries; A fire alarm went off while I ate. Should the restaurant have given me a free dessert?;   The day's most important stories   Obama's move on Supreme Court sets up battle with GOP The president announced that he is nominating Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The decision sets up a protracted political fight with Republicans who have said he should leave the choice of a new justice to his successor. By Juliet Eilperin, Mike DeBonis and Jerry Markon  •  Read more » Garland led the massive prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers Garland is a longtime jurist who once gave up a lucrative career at a law firm to become a federal prosecutor. By David A. Fahrenthold, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more »   Republicans refuse to budge on Obama’s nominee Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insisted that the Republican choice to not to consider Garland was nothing personal. By Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   Rubio's demise marks last gasp of the GOP reboot Years of carefully laid plans to repackage the party's traditional ideas for a fast-changing country came crashing down when Marco Rubio ended his campaign. By Robert Costa and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Fox’s GOP debate canceled after Trump and Kasich back out Kasich said he would join the event only if Trump did. On Wednesday, Trump said he planned to skip it because he already had plans to deliver a "very major speech." By Niraj Chokshi  •  Read more »   Did Paul Ryan just leave the door open to accepting his party's nomination for president? You can read the House speaker's interview with CNBC's John Harwood a few ways. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Delegate math gets even better for front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump continued an inexorable march to their party's nominations and a once-unimaginable general election matchup. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Fewer than 2,000 votes separate Clinton, Sanders in Missouri The race remained in limbo pending word on whether rival Bernie Sanders of Vermont would seek a recount. By Anne Gearan, John Wagner and Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   Metrorail shutdown creates commuting headaches in D.C. area Hundreds of thousands of passengers were seeking another way to get to work this morning after the country's second-busiest rail system canceled service for safety inspections. By Ashley Halsey III, T. Rees Shapiro, Susan Svrluga and Faiz Siddiqui  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   North Korea sentences U-Va. student to 15 years of hard labor in prison The State Department urged Americans to stay away from North Korea while pushing for the release of Otto Warmbier, 21, an economics major from Cincinnati, who allegedly tried to steal a propaganda sign while on a five-day tour in North Korea. By Anna Fifield, Susan Svrluga and Carol Morello  •  Read more »   In Damascus, Syrians celebrate Putin as their hero. Will they miss him? Uncertainty ripples through the capital as Russian troops withdraw from the country. By Loveday Morris  •  Read more »   Fed leaves rates unchanged, lowers economic forecasts The central bank said U.S. economic activity has been expanding "at a moderate pace," but it added that investments by businesses and exports "have been soft."  By Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Islamic State has lost more than a fifth of its territory, report says Airstrikes, tighter Turkish border controls and the loss of a pivotal Syrian border crossing have delivered significant setbacks for the militant organization. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »   This is how the U.S. stacks up against the world's happiest countries America's place on the latest World Happiness Report improved, from 15th last year to 13th. But the list has some bad news about our happiness inequality. By Jena McGregor  •  Read more »   A fire alarm went off while I ate. Should the restaurant have given me a free dessert? Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves. Tom Sietsema  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. 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