Sunday's Headlines: At the Pentagon, overpriced fuel sparks allegations — and denials — of a slush fund

Trump touts 'tremendous' deals with Saudis amid splashy debut on world stage; As Trump prepared for visit, Saudis blocked U.S. on terrorist sanctions; A GOP congressman from Kentucky wonders: Is 'this Trump thing' sustainable?; For Democrats, special elections may be preview of 2018 campaigns;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories At the Pentagon, overpriced fuel sparks allegations — and denials — of a slush fund The Pentagon has generated almost $6 billion over the past seven years by charging the armed forces excessive prices for fuel and has used the money — called the "bishop's fund" by some critics — to bolster mismanaged or underfunded military programs, documents show. By Craig Whitlock and Bob Woodward  •  Read more » Trump touts 'tremendous' deals with Saudis amid splashy debut on world stage In Saudi Arabia, the president signed a joint "strategic vision" that includes $110 billion in American arms sales and other new investments that the administration said would bring hundreds of thousands of jobs. By Philip Rucker and Karen DeYoung  •  Read more »   As Trump prepared for visit, Saudis blocked U.S. on terrorist sanctions The White House was stymied on a plan to add the Saudi ISIS branch to a terrorist list. By Joby Warrick  •  Read more »   A GOP congressman from Kentucky wonders: Is 'this Trump thing' sustainable? Rep. James Comer returned to his district for the first time in a month, worrying that, for Republicans, the "wheels were falling off." Was Trump still popular here? Had he lost this part of Kentucky? As he braved town hall meetings during the congressional recess, he started to hear an answer. By Chico Harlan  •  Read more »   @PKCapitol | Analysis For Democrats, special elections may be preview of 2018 campaigns Democrats have made a tactical decision not to turn the contests into a referendum on President Trump's alleged scandals and instead are focusing on policy decisions by the president and congressional Republicans. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   I wrote ‘The Art of the Deal’ with Trump. His self-sabotage is rooted in his past. By Tony Schwartz  •  Read more »   I was in the CIA. We wouldn’t trust a country whose leader did what Trump did. By Steven L. Hall  •  Read more »   Trump or Congress can still block Robert Mueller. I know. I wrote the rules. By Neal Katyal  •  Read more »   Israelis cheered for Trump. But they may miss Obama more than they expected. By Daniel Shapiro  •  Read more »   We’ve gotten better at diversity. Now the challenge is inclusion. By Nitin Nohria  •  Read more »   It's time to focus — finally — on running the country By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   North Korea fires ballistic missile, South Korean officials say In its latest weapons test, North Korea on Sunday launched a ballistic missile that flew more than 300 miles east from an area near Pyongyang, South Korea's military said. By The Associated Press  •  Read more » After breach, humanity's 'doomsday' seed vault is still safe for now Is the fact that some water seeped into the "fail-safe" seed vault no big deal? Or are we as a human race doomed to die, starving and cropless, in the event of global catastrophe? The answer is a bit more measured. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more » NBA Playoffs Warriors' rout of Spurs underscores underwhelming quality of this postseason Game 3 of the Western Conference finals continued what has become a consistent theme of these playoffs: a one-sided spectacle marred by the absence of a star player.  By Tim Bontemps  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis The Seth Rich conspiracy shows how fake news still works This week's reemergence of the conspiracy theory involving the slain Democratic National Committee staffer revealed plenty about the fake news ecosystem. By David Weigel  •  Read more » Baldwin, Johansson lead SNL's White House team in singing 'Hallelujah' "Saturday Night Live" started its season finale with a callback to its serious post-election cold open. By Elahe Izadi  •  Read more » Anderson Cooper apologizes for conjuring an unsavory image of Donald Trump "It was unprofessional," the CNN host said of the exchange with conservative pundit Jeffrey Lord that evoked an image of the president, his desk and the call of nature. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more » The Switch | Perspective The MP3 may have been abandoned, but your files are going to be just fine The "death" of the MP3 is really not much of a death at all. Still, some nostalgia is understandable: The MP3 changed the way we listened to music as it liberated people from tapes and compact discs. By Hayley Tsukayama  •  Read more » News quiz: 10 questions from a busy, turbulent week A lot happened in the past week. See how well you paid attention to the news, and earn more points for quickly providing the correct answers. By Tiffany Harness  •  Read more » Food How America ruined breakfast Virtually all boxed cereals have a sugar problem, and it's not just the sweetener. By Michael Ruhlman  •  Read more » Food Quick and easy recipes for the grill You don't need hours to grill a great meal. Just use these ideas from the Recipe Finder. By Kara Elder  •  Read more » Wellness Confused about what's healthy? Despite (or perhaps because of) a flood of information, Americans get a failing grade in nutrition literacy. By Carrie Dennett  •  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. 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