Friday's Headlines: Trump tells Post he is unwilling to say Obama was born in the U.S.

Trump’s campaign says he recognizes Obama's U.S. birth, but layers it with falsehoods; Trump's scaled-back tax plan projected to add less to federal debt, deliver fewer benefits; Virtuoso of violence: An arms dealer fuels Libya's chaos; Could Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' convince the world that its subject is not a traitor?;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump tells Post he is unwilling to say Obama was born in the U.S. Despite Donald Trump's refusal to say so, his campaign said late Thursday that he does, in fact, believe Obama was born in Hawaii. Trump was once a vocal proponent of the debunked conspiracy theory that the nation's first black president was born overseas and ineligible for the White House, and has never disavowed those claims. By Robert Costa  •  Read more » Trump’s campaign says he recognizes Obama's U.S. birth, but layers it with falsehoods The Trump campaign and the candidate aren't delivering the same messages when it comes to Obama's birthplace. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Trump's scaled-back tax plan projected to add less to federal debt, deliver fewer benefits The plan dramatically reduces the size of tax cuts for high earners and the middle class, compared with earlier Trump proposals, though it includes even more benefits for the lowest earners in the country, independent analysts said. By Sean Sullivan and Jim Tankersley  •  Read more »   Virtuoso of violence: An arms dealer fuels Libya's chaos He has played a part in nearly every conflict that followed the death of Moammar Gaddafi. And in his post-Arab Spring world, there are always more battles to fight, more enemies on the horizon: "We have other Gaddafis in Libya today." By Sudarsan Raghavan  •  Read more »   Could Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' convince the world that its subject is not a traitor? In the new movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the whistleblower comes across as a brilliant, likable patriot. By Stephanie Merry  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Dear Democrats: Stop freaking out By Eugene Robinson  •  Read more »   Mike Mullen and Sam Nunn: How to deal with North Korea By Mike Mullen and Sam Nunn  •  Read more »   Trump is right: Clinton's child-care plan doesn't exist By Catherine Rampell  •  Read more »   Hillary sharpens, Trump softens. He's rising, she's falling. By Charles Krauthammer  •  Read more »   Trump's destructive validation of racists By Michael Gerson  •  Read more »   Should we let 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia? Not so fast. By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Number of U.S. railroad workers testing positive for drug use skyrockets After several years in which heroin and illegal opioid use has increased in the general population, there is hard evidence that use of those drugs and others may be on the rise in the industry. By Ashley Halsey III  •  Read more » Pentagon grudgingly accepts Syria deal amid deep mistrust of Russia Defense officials are working on the mechanics of how military-to-military coordination with Russian forces is managed. By Karen DeYoung and Missy Ryan  •  Read more » This year's fall TV harvest has some wheat — but also a lot of chaff Here come the new shows. But don't get too attached to most of them, because half are likely headed for the compost pile. By Hank Stuever  •  Read more » The DEA wants to ban this plant. Researchers say the plan is 'insane.' Kratom is gaining popularity across the U.S. for its opiate-like effects. Advocates say the plant poses few health risks and helps users relieve severe pain and overcome prescription painkiller addictions. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more » Trump's absurd claim that 92 million Americans represent a 'nation of jobless Americans' Only a small percentage of these people want a job, as the rest are retired, in school, on disability or caring for children. Trump wants to suggest the economy is on the rocks, but the reality is that the unemployment rate is below 5 percent. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more » Obama rallies Latino Congress members to reject Trump’s 'bluster and falsehoods' The president hopes to rally Latinos to support Hillary Clinton at the polls. By David Nakamura  •  Read more » U.S. begins paying out reparations from France to Holocaust survivors and their heirs The payments, which are for those who were deported to Nazi death camps on French trains, are the first compensations from France's government to survivors who settled in the United States. By Katherine Shaver  •  Read more » After investigation, Navy’s Blue Angels will stop using maneuver that killed a pilot Marine Capt. Jeffrey Kuss crashed while attempting the "Split S," a stunt in which a plane swoops down in the opposite horizontal direction from which it came after a dive. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more » See-now-buy-now fashion storms the runways Which season are we seeing? It depends. Some designers are showing spring dress and others are rolling out chunky sweaters. By Robin Givhan  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. 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