Monday's Headlines: EPA, Labor Dept. are targeted by industry leaders after Trump solicits policy advice

Pence warns North Korea not to test U.S. resolve, offers strikes in Syria and Afghanistan as examples; Against all odds, a communist soars in French election polls; In Iowa, the meaning of a life, a death and another cup of coffee; Two House Republicans face anger from their own voters over health-care debacle;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories SPECIAL REPORT EPA, Labor Dept. are targeted by industry leaders after Trump solicits policy advice The president invited American manufacturers to recommend ways to cut regulations and make it easier to get their projects approved. Industry leaders responded with suggestions to remove more than 150 regulations and painted the clearest picture yet of the dramatic steps Trump officials are likely to take in overhauling federal policies. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more » Pence warns North Korea not to test U.S. resolve, offers strikes in Syria and Afghanistan as examples At a news conference in Seoul, Vice President Pence said the Trump administration wanted to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons "through peaceful means" but repeated the administration's warning that "all options are on the table." By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   Against all odds, a communist soars in French election polls With less than two weeks before France's presidential election, the meteoric and unexpected rise of Jean-Luc Mélenchon is sending jitters through financial markets and shock waves through an increasingly anxious electorate. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   In Iowa, the meaning of a life, a death and another cup of coffee As Rep. Steve King stirs controversy, those in his district like the regulars at the Quik Mart in Kiron — population 229 — faced a plain truth when they lost one of their own: The white population is shrinking, and towns like theirs are vanishing. By Stephanie McCrummen  •  Read more »   Two House Republicans face anger from their own voters over health-care debacle Fewer than 100 days after the GOP assumed complete control of Washington, their struggles have stoked widespread distrust inside the party. The friction is evident at town hall meetings across the country including those held by Ted Yoho, a far-right conservative from Florida, and Mike Coffman, a centrist from Colorado, who had to defend their decisions at home. By Sean Sullivan and Kelsey Snell  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Venezuela and the eclipse of American leadership By Jackson Diehl  •  Read more »   New York's criminal-justice reform sets an example for Sessions to follow By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump isn't sure what to do next on Syria. Congress has some ideas. By Josh Rogin  •  Read more »   Why we don't call it Nationalists' Day By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   The president suddenly notices that he missed a spot By Tom Toles  •  Read more »   Pakistan's move to execute alleged Indian 'spy' may be a ploy By Barkha Dutt  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   WorldViews | Analysis What Erdogan’s narrow referendum victory means for Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's slender win reflected Turkey's deepening polarization; opposition parties claimed that up to 2.5 million ballots were invalid. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more » Cleveland police seek suspect in Facebook homicide video Police and the FBI are hunting for a man who killed an elderly man in broad daylight and posted video of the shooting on the social media site. By Drew Harwell  •  Read more » Under Trump, ICE arrests soar for migrants with no criminal records Arrests of immigrants with no criminal records more than doubled from the previous year to 5,441 people in the first quarter of 2017. By Maria Sacchetti  •  Read more » Which state sends the most tax dollars to the IRS? Hint: It's not a state. As Tax Day approaches, show some love for the good people who live in the nation's capital. By Associated Press  •  Read more » Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered Virginia Tech was not the worst school massacre in U.S. history. This was. Eighty years before a student gunman killed 32 people and himself at the university campus, an angry school board member blew up a Michigan school. By Theresa Vargas  •  Read more » Perspective Great local reporting stands between you and wrongdoing. And it needs saving. A small West Virginia paper's powerful work on opioids won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, but shrinking newsroom staffs nationwide mean there are increasingly fewer reporters in the vital watchdog role. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more » Analysis How the ‘Fast and the Furious’ franchise became one of the few things the world could agree on The eighth movie, "The Fate of the Furious," beat out 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to become the reigning global opening-weekend champ with an estimated $532.5 million in worldwide ticket sales. By Stephanie Merry  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. 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