Evening Edition: Pentagon to investigate Flynn’s payments from foreign groups

Trump blames Democrats for government shutdown threats; New health-care bill may be little more than an exercise in blame-shifting; Cutting the cord: Which streaming service fits you best?; Mostly white Alabama city allowed to secede from school district despite racial motive, judge says ; United passenger who was violently dragged off flight settles with airline for undisclosed amount; Two U.S. service members die battling Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan; North Korea releases propaganda video showing simulated attack on White House; Trump promised to cut middle-class taxes and target the rich. His treasury secretary isn’t so sure anymore.; Trump tells leaders of Mexico, Canada that he won't pull out of NAFTA 'at this time'; Russian navy intelligence ship sinks after collision with freighter off Turkish coast ; Trump is about to be 0-4 on his legislative promises for his first 100 days; New bill would ban gay conversion therapy nationwide; How multiracial Americans reflect the broader state of U.S. race relations;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Pentagon to investigate Flynn's payments from foreign groups The Pentagon office will try to determine whether retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn "failed to obtain required approval prior to receiving" the payments, according to an April 11 letter from the Defense Department inspector general to House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz. By Dan Lamothe and Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more » Trump blames Democrats for government shutdown threats Even as leaders in Congress neared a deal to keep the lights on past Friday, the president accused Democrats of threatening to close the government over a refusal to back spending increases for defense and border security. By Kelsey Snell  •  Read more »   Analysis New health-care bill may be little more than an exercise in blame-shifting After taking the heat for the failure of the first proposal, the House Freedom Caucus issued a forceful endorsement of changes to the legislation that modestly tilted the bill to the right. Outside allies declared that the bill's fate now fell entirely on the shoulders of moderate Republicans. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Interactive Cutting the cord: Which streaming service fits you best? Everyone seems to have a streaming option these days — AT&T, Dish, even Google. But which saves you the most money? Use this calculator to build your ideal TV package and match it against what's available, based on an analysis of each service's channel lineup. By Aaron Williams and Brian Fung  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Mostly white Alabama city allowed to secede from school district despite racial motive, judge says Judge Madeline Haikala of the U.S. District Court in Birmingham issued a ruling charting a path forward for the separation but also called it "deplorable." By Emma Brown  •  Read more »   United passenger who was violently dragged off flight settles with airline for undisclosed amount The agreement comes the same day that the airline released an internal investigation into the events that led to David Dao's forcible removal, admitting it had made multiple mistakes. By Lori Aratani  •  Read more »   Two U.S. service members die battling Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan The deaths took place in restive Nangahar province, where Islamic State is defending safe havens. It was the third time this year that a member of the U.S. military has died in combat in Afghanistan. By Missy Ryan and Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   North Korea releases propaganda video showing simulated attack on White House The video comes at a particularly tense time in relations between North Korea and the United States, with the Trump administration sending warships to the region in a show of force against Kim Jong Un's regime. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Trump promised to cut middle-class taxes and target the rich. His treasury secretary isn’t so sure anymore. When asked on "Good Morning America" whether everyone in the middle class would see their taxes reduced, Steven Mnuchin admitted that it's possible they won't. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump tells leaders of Mexico, Canada that he won't pull out of NAFTA 'at this time' The White House said the president spoke with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who both "agreed to proceed swiftly, according to their required internal procedures, to enable the renegotiation" of the trade deal. By Damian Paletta and Todd C. Frankel  •  Read more »   Russian navy intelligence ship sinks after collision with freighter off Turkish coast  The vessel had previously been deployed for three months off Syria in the Mediterranean Sea. By Kareem Fahim and Andrew Roth  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Trump is about to be 0-4 on his legislative promises for his first 100 days The president has about exhausted his unilateral power. The rest of his agenda needs Congress to get done. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   New bill would ban gay conversion therapy nationwide The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, which would ban therapy that claims to change a person's sexual orientation, would do nationally what seven states and the District of Columbia have already done. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   'Other: Mixed Race in America' How multiracial Americans reflect the broader state of U.S. race relations Starting Monday, hear a new episode of The Post's five-part podcast each morning: five stories about families, inheritance and who is really "American." Listen to this introduction — and subscribe to get each new episode as soon as it's available. By Alex Laughlin  •  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. 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