Evening Edition: U.S., Russia tensions rise after strike against Syria

Trump officials defend Syria strikes, say they were 'in our vital national interest'; The remarkable timing of the U.S. strike, and the possible message it sent to China; 13 questions raised by Trump's strike on Syria; Congress greets Syria strike with mix of applause and anger; 'I'm officially off the Trump Train': Trump's online base is fuming about the Syria strikes; Gorsuch is confirmed, restoring conservative tilt to high court; Immediate impact: Gorsuch could begin playing pivotal role on court starting next week; Trump just got his first major victory. It could be his last for a while.; 'Sweden has been attacked': Truck crashes into Stockholm store, killing 4; First Marines punished for online conduct following nude-photo scandal; Trump Organization settles suit with José Andrés after chef pulled out of D.C. hotel; Homeland Security withdraws its request ordering Twitter to identify a Trump critic; ‘One word says it all. Asian’: Airbnb host reportedly leaves guest stranded because of her race; With lethal injection drugs expiring, Arkansas plans unprecedented seven executions in 11 days; A girl was found living among monkeys in an Indian forest. How she got there is a mystery.; There’s an ‘Earth-like’ planet with an atmosphere just 39 light-years away; My husband wants to go on a week-long hiking trip with a woman he met online;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   U.S., Russia tensions rise after strike against Syria Russia condemned the U.S. missile strike against Syrian government forces as an attack on its ally and said it was suspending an agreement to minimize the risk of in-flight incidents between U.S. and Russian aircraft operating over Syria. By David Filipov and Anne Gearan  •  Read more » Trump officials defend Syria strikes, say they were 'in our vital national interest' Officials said the United States was justified in targeting the Shayrat air base that was used to launch a chemical weapons attack that killed scores of men, women and children in Syria's Idlib province Tuesday. By Carol Morello, Anne Gearan and Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   WorldViews | Analysis The remarkable timing of the U.S. strike, and the possible message it sent to China It is not yet clear when President Trump decided to launch the strike or which countries were informed. Whatever the circumstances or rationale, China's president does not like surprise and the surprise U.S. military move is not going to be popular — at all. By Emily Rauhala  •  Read more »   The Daily 202 | Analysis 13 questions raised by Trump's strike on Syria Was Trump's attack on Syria the opening salvo of a broader campaign to topple Bashar al-Assad? Will Congress get a say? Here are the unknowns. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Congress greets Syria strike with mix of applause and anger Some lawmakers of both parties want President Trump to ask Congress for authorization before using any more force in Syria. By Karoun Demirjian and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   'I'm officially off the Trump Train': Trump's online base is fuming about the Syria strikes The reaction from some of the president's most ardent supporters online was fractured and furious: "This is not what we voted for," one wrote. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   Gorsuch is confirmed, restoring conservative tilt to high court The confirmation of Neil Gorsuch ends a year-long fight by Republicans and represents a major victory for President Trump. It also marks a significant accomplishment for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who refused to consider President Barack Obama's nominee after Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, leaving the seat open for Trump to nominate a conservative jurist. By Ed O'Keefe and Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   Immediate impact: Gorsuch could begin playing pivotal role on court starting next week The new justice is likely to consider how voting rights should be protected and to weigh in on whether to expand the breadth of the Second Amendment. He may even cast the deciding vote in a major case on the separation of church and state. By Robert Barnes and Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Trump just got his first major victory. It could be his last for a while. Unless Republicans want to blow up Senate rules even further, it's very likely that for the next two-ish years of this Congress, Trump's proposals will be dead on arrival in a severely partisan Senate. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   'Sweden has been attacked': Truck crashes into Stockholm store, killing 4 The driver escaped after plowing a stolen truck into a department store, leaving three dead and injuring a "large number" of people, police said. By Heba Habib and Griff Witte  •  Read more »   First Marines punished for online conduct following nude-photo scandal The two active-duty Marines, one a noncommissioned officer and the other a junior enlisted Marine, had made demeaning comments about one of their enlisted leaders, said a Marine official. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump Organization settles suit with José Andrés after chef pulled out of D.C. hotel President Trump's company and the celebrity chef have settled a nearly two-year-old legal dispute stemming from the chef's decision to shelve plans to open a restaurant in Trump's D.C. hotel following Trump's controversial remarks on immigration. By Jonathan O'Connell  •  Read more »   Homeland Security withdraws its request ordering Twitter to identify a Trump critic The agency had demanded that the tech company release information to identify a vocal critic of President Trump. Twitter then filed a lawsuit to protest that order, saying that it violated the user's First Amendment right. By Hayley Tsukayama and Craig Timberg  •  Read more »   ‘One word says it all. Asian’: Airbnb host reportedly leaves guest stranded because of her race "I'm an American citizen," Dyne Suh said in a video after the abrupt cancellation. "It stings." By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   With lethal injection drugs expiring, Arkansas plans unprecedented seven executions in 11 days After 12 years without an execution, Arkansas is expected to administration a flurry of lethal injections unmatched in modern U.S. history. By Mark Berman  •  Read more »   A girl was found living among monkeys in an Indian forest. How she got there is a mystery. Based on her behavior, it appears she could have lived among the primates since she was an infant, police said. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   There’s an ‘Earth-like’ planet with an atmosphere just 39 light-years away The discovery suggests that atmospheres could exist around the millions of planets like this one, astronomers say. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Chat Transcript My husband wants to go on a week-long hiking trip with a woman he met online The advice columnist takes your questions about the strange train we call life. By Carolyn Hax  •  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. 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