Evening Edition: GOP in turmoil as 4 states vote; Mich., Miss. are focus

Poll: Trump's lead shrinking as Cruz, others gain steam; Meet Trump's sister, the federal judge Cruz called a 'radical pro-abortion extremist'; Some Republicans are choosing the arsenic (Cruz) over the firing squad (Trump); Top ISIS leader may have been killed in airstrike, Pentagon official says; Authorities: Troopers justified in fatal shooting involving armed takeover of Oregon refuge; American tourist killed in stabbing near Biden visit to Tel Aviv; Georgetown students invite Planned Parenthood leader to campus, but the cardinal objects; He spent two years in prison. Now he works in the White House.; A principal met a student she had expelled, and it changed her approach to discipline; Pentagon lifts veil of secrecy on plans for 'Avatar' fighters and drone swarms; Chris Cooley: Robert Griffin III ‘was never willing to be friends with Kirk Cousins’;   The day's most important stories   GOP in turmoil as 4 states vote; Mich., Miss. are focus Voting in Mississippi and Michigan is widely expected to solidify the leads of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton in their respective nominating contests. By Abby Phillip, Philip Rucker and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more » Poll: Trump's lead shrinking as Cruz, others gain steam In the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton still leads Bernie Sanders, but her national margin is the smallest in a Washington Post-ABC News poll since the beginning of the campaign. By Dan Balz and Scott Clement  •  Read more » Meet Trump's sister, the federal judge Cruz called a 'radical pro-abortion extremist' Maryanne Trump Barry is in some respects the polar opposite of her younger brother. As for the judge's views on abortion, a law review study puts Barry in the middle of the ideological spectrum. By Fred Barbash  •  Read more »   Some Republicans are choosing the arsenic (Cruz) over the firing squad (Trump) As the party looks for an alternative to the front-runner, the senator from Texas must decide whether his best path is sticking to his stand against everything and anyone in Washington, or if success will require some rapprochement with the GOP establishment. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Top ISIS leader may have been killed in airstrike, Pentagon official says The coalition attack on the Syrian town of Shadadi also killed 12 other Islamic State fighters, officials said. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   Authorities: Troopers justified in fatal shooting involving armed takeover of Oregon refuge LaVoy Finicum was shot Jan. 26 after attempting to run a roadblock. Officials also said they are investigating three FBI agents who never reported they fired shots during the encounter. By Mark Berman  •  Read more »   American tourist killed in stabbing near Biden visit to Tel Aviv A Palestinian attacker went on a stabbing rampage that left one person dead and nine wounded as the vice president was meeting nearby with former Israeli president Shimon Peres. By William Booth, Carol Morello and Ruth Eglash  •  Read more »   Georgetown students invite Planned Parenthood leader to campus, but the cardinal objects The Archdiocese of Washington called for the school to instill the "values of Pope Francis," despite the university saying students may invite any outside speaker. By Michelle Boorstein  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   He spent two years in prison. Now he works in the White House. Christopher Poulos, convicted of possessing cocaine with intent to sell, is a law student interning with the Office of National Drug Control Policy. His story is illustrative of President Obama's philosophy that the United States is a nation of second chances. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   A principal met a student she had expelled, and it changed her approach to discipline The encounter made her examine her own role in the school-to-prison pipeline. By Emma Brown  •  Read more »   Pentagon lifts veil of secrecy on plans for 'Avatar' fighters and drone swarms The secretive Strategic Capabilities Office was launched in summer 2012 to figure out how to best counter growing strategic threats from China and Russia.  By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   Chris Cooley: Robert Griffin III ‘was never willing to be friends with Kirk Cousins’ The former Redskins player — who was among the harshest RGIII critics in 2014 — offered a level of candor listeners hadn't heard previously on ESPN 980. By Dan Steinberg  •  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. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071