Evening Edition: Macron beats back populist tide to win French presidency

What was Macron's unlikely path to France's top job?; Le Pen comes up short but has widened the appeal of her far-right National Front party; House GOP defends health bill as Senate Republicans stay wary; 4th U.S. citizen detained in North Korea as relations with White House remain tense; Warren Buffett slams Wells Fargo's handling of sales scandal; The U.S. government wants Julian Assange in jail. That could hurt the free press.; Why D.C. forfeited $15.8 million as its poorest residents waited for homes; Teen with BB gun enlisted San Diego officers in suicide plot, police say; SNL ridicules Kellyanne Conway in a remarkably short sketch; Disney provides a castle to cap a storybook romance, but some couples say their wedding wasn't a fairy tale come true; Thunder Snow, the horse who refused to run the Kentucky Derby, is doing fine; When my mother was dying, I wish her doctors had told me the truth;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Macron beats back populist tide to win French presidency After a tumultuous campaign, voters rejected anti-E.U. firebrand Marine Le Pen and chose Emmanuel Macron, a centrist political neophyte who has pledged to revive both his struggling country and the flailing continent. Le Pen conceded defeat, telling her demoralized supporters in Paris that the country had "chosen continuity." By Griff Witte, James McAuley and Isaac Stanley-Becker  •  Read more » What was Macron's unlikely path to France's top job? The banker who has never held elected office has now been elected to one of the most powerful executive offices in the West, commanding the second-largest economy in a troubled Europe. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   Le Pen comes up short but has widened the appeal of her far-right National Front party The daughter of a party founder sought to capitalize on growing anti-immigration sentiment and argued against the E.U. Now the party will take the momentum of this campaign into June's legislative race. By Isaac Stanley-Becker  •  Read more »   House GOP defends health bill as Senate Republicans stay wary The party is presenting a divided front as senators cast the House legislation — which narrowly passed last week — as a mere starting point amid growing anxiety over its provisions. "The House bill is not going to come before us," Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said. By Robert Costa and John Wagner  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   4th U.S. citizen detained in North Korea as relations with White House remain tense The American, who worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, is accused of "hostile acts," North Korea's state news agency said Saturday in announcing his detention. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   Warren Buffett slams Wells Fargo's handling of sales scandal The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the bank's largest shareholder, rebuked the handling of widespread illegal practices that spanned at least 15 years and included targeting undocumented immigrants to open new bank accounts. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   Perspective The U.S. government wants Julian Assange in jail. That could hurt the free press. You may dislike the WikiLeaks founder's methods, but prosecuting Assange could turn out to be a major move toward what President Trump has long threatened to do: punish independent media. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   Why D.C. forfeited $15.8 million as its poorest residents waited for homes The city's Department of Housing and Community Development was forced to return millions in the past three years after repeatedly missing key spending deadlines meant to ensure that federal housing money is properly managed. Those funds could have provided a year's worth of rent vouchers to about 1,000 of the neediest families. By Debbie Cenziper, Sarah Bowman, Lillianna Byington and Robin Eberhardt  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Teen with BB gun enlisted San Diego officers in suicide plot, police say Police traced the original 911 call and determined that the 15-year-old, who was fatally shot near a high school, had summoned authorities himself. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis SNL ridicules Kellyanne Conway in a remarkably short sketch "Saturday Night Live" turned the senior Trump adviser into the star of her own 1990s-era game show — complete with Rockapella soundtrack. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Disney provides a castle to cap a storybook romance, but some couples say their wedding wasn't a fairy tale come true Since 1991, Disney has put on more than 30,000 weddings at its theme parks and resorts, plus its cruises. But the nuptials are't always picture perfect for the guests. By Megan McDonough  •  Read more »   Thunder Snow, the horse who refused to run the Kentucky Derby, is doing fine Spectators feared the Irish-bred colt had suffered an injury following one of the shakiest starts in derby history, in which he pranced and tried to buck his jockey off his back. By Marissa Payne and Cindy Boren  •  Read more »   Perspective When my mother was dying, I wish her doctors had told me the truth The author, who is a physician herself, reflects on her mother's last days — and she says keeping news of a terminal illness secret is not a kindness to the patient's loved ones. By Yvette Youssef  •  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. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071