Evening Edition: Despite talk of a military strike, Trump’s ‘armada’ sailed away from North Korea

British prime minister makes stunning call for early elections amid Brexit fallout; Trump signs 'Buy American, Hire American' executive order, promising to fight for U.S. workers; Facebook murder suspect kills himself after being spotted by police, authorities say; Homeland secretary says congressional critics should 'shut up' or change laws; Health insurers asked the Trump administration for reassurance on Obamacare. They didn’t get it.; Grappling with its history of slavery, Georgetown gathers descendants for a day of repentance; Could Arkansas’ battle over the death penalty signal the beginning of its end?; The real cost of Trump’s ‘fake news’ accusations; Democratic enthusiasm may not be enough to capture GOP House seat in Georgia; Trump’s old tweets are becoming a minefield of hypocrisy; The night Hillary Clinton said what she never expected to say: 'Congratulations, Donald'; She wanted her ex-husband to die with a happy thought so she told him Trump had been impeached; Hating the IRS this Tax Day? Blame Abraham Lincoln (and maybe the New York Times).;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Despite talk of a military strike, Trump's 'armada' sailed away from North Korea Instead of steaming toward the Korean Peninsula as President Trump had said, the Carl Vinson strike group was actually headed in the opposite direction to take part in "scheduled exercises" more than 3,000 miles away. By Simon Denyer and Emily Rauhala  •  Read more » British prime minister makes stunning call for early elections amid Brexit fallout Theresa May surprised her nation and its European partners with the call for a national election on June 8, seeking to cement her political backing as Britain moves ahead with the difficult negotiations on its break from the European Union. By Karla Adam, Griff Witte and Brian Murphy  •  Read more »   Trump signs 'Buy American, Hire American' executive order, promising to fight for U.S. workers The order tightens rules that award visas to skilled foreign workers and directs the federal government to enforce guidelines that bar foreign contractors from bidding on federal projects. By Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   Facebook murder suspect kills himself after being spotted by police, authorities say After a brief pursuit by Pennsylvania state police in Erie County, Steve W. Stephens fatally shot himself, police say. Stephens was accused of killing a 74-year-old man in Cleveland. By Lindsey Bever, Peter Holley, Avi Selk and Wesley Lowery  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Homeland secretary says congressional critics should 'shut up' or change laws John Kelly offered his assessment during a speech in which he laid out the threats facing the country. Critics have accused his agency of targeting Muslim travelers for unfair scrutiny. By Devlin Barrett  •  Read more »   Health insurers asked the Trump administration for reassurance on Obamacare. They didn’t get it. The future of federal funds that help lower-income Americans with their out-of-pocket health care costs has been thrown in doubt by an ongoing lawsuit between House Republicans and the White House. By Carolyn Y. Johnson  •  Read more »   Grappling with its history of slavery, Georgetown gathers descendants for a day of repentance For the first time, the school hosts the descendants of the 272 slaves its founders sold in 1838, and dedicates a building in their honor. By Julie Zauzmer  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Could Arkansas’ battle over the death penalty signal the beginning of its end? The extreme nature of Arkansas' efforts to execute eight inmates over a week and a half — after going 12 years without an execution — could underscore anti-death-penalty conservatives' argument about why it should be abolished. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis The real cost of Trump’s ‘fake news’ accusations When there is an international dispute — as there is between the United States and Russia over who was behind the chemical attack in Syria — it is in the president's best interest for U.S. news outlets to be regarded as legitimate on the world stage. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Democratic enthusiasm may not be enough to capture GOP House seat in Georgia The suburban swath north of Atlanta resembles the GOP's lingering drama over ideological purity, with 11 candidates bitterly feuding over what it means to be a Republican in the age of President Trump. By Robert Costa  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Trump’s old tweets are becoming a minefield of hypocrisy Trump's actions fly in the face of his past tweets with surprising regularity these days. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Book Review The night Hillary Clinton said what she never expected to say: 'Congratulations, Donald' "Shattered" is the first offering of what will surely be many books about what really happened inside the 2016 campaigns. By Steven Ginsberg  •  Read more »   The Fix She wanted her ex-husband to die with a happy thought so she told him Trump had been impeached Michael Elliott, a longtime Democrat, found the president to be a "loathsome individual," his ex-wife said. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   Retropolis | The past, rediscovered Hating the IRS this Tax Day? Blame Abraham Lincoln (and maybe the New York Times). To fund the Civil War, President Lincoln created an income tax and an agency to collect what was owed. By Michael S. 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