Saturday's Headlines: U.S. soldier in Niger ambush was bound, apparently executed, villagers say

2 GOP senators pull support for Roy Moore after he doesn't deny dating teens when in his 30s; Trump says U.S. won't be 'taken advantage of anymore.' Then Pacific Rim nations reach...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   U.S. soldier in Niger ambush was bound, apparently executed, villagers say The body of La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed by Islamist militants last month, was found with his arms tied behind his back and had a large gaping wound in the back of his head, according to two villagers who saw his body. The new information raises questions about whether he was captured and killed after the attack, and it could help explain why it took two days to find Johnson's body. By Sudarsan Raghavan  •  Read more » 2 GOP senators pull support for Roy Moore after he doesn't deny dating teens when in his 30s The Senate candidate from Alabama said in a radio interview that he never knew the woman who accused him of sexual contact in 1979, when she was 14, but he did not rule out the possibility that he may have dated teen girls when he was in his 30s. By Michael Scherer and David Weigel  •   Read more »   Trump says U.S. won't be 'taken advantage of anymore.' Then Pacific Rim nations reach trade deal without U.S. The deal to move ahead with the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact, which President Trump threw into question when he withdrew from it earlier this year, represents a rebuke of Trump near the end of his 12-day Asia trip. By Ashley Parker  •   Read more »   'Better to die in combat than in hunger': Rescued from war, South Sudan's child soldiers are going back In 2015, during a lull in the country's civil war, 1,775 boys promised the United Nations that their lives as combatants had ended. Two years later, the boys are returning to the battlefield, and the United Nations' hopes of ending the global problem of underage fighters are fading. By Kevin Sieff  •   Read more »   EPA is taking more advice from industry — and ignoring its own scientists On pesticides, chemical solvents and air pollutants, Administrator Scott Pruitt and his deputies are using industry figures to challenge past findings and recommendations of the agency's own researchers. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Bannon is right: It's no coincidence The Post broke the Moore story By Ruth Marcus  •   Read more »   Democrats, cut the cheer By David Von Drehle  •   Read more »   The GOP tries to trade polar bears for tax cuts By Kathleen Parker  •   Read more »   Here's an idea, Republicans: Repeal and replace the tax code By George F. Will  •   Read more »   For the love of God, don't bring guns to church By Colbert I. King  •   Read more »   How low will the GOP sink? By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   FBI database for gun buyers missing millions of records Agencies responsible for records of criminal convictions, mental illness diagnoses and other flags that would keep guns out of potentially dangerous hands have long failed to forward them to federal databases used for background checks, a gap that contributed to the shooting deaths of 26 people in a Texas church. By Devlin Barrett, Sandhya Somashekhar and Alex Horton  •  Read more »     U.S. warns Saudis, Iran of threats to stability in Lebanon Several recent events have led to growing fear of a war in Lebanon — intended or not — that could engulf the region. Some U.S. and foreign officials worry that strong support for Saudi Arabia by President Trump may have helped motivate Riyadh to overplay its hand. By Karen DeYoung and Anne Gearan  •   Read more »   The mosque is Belgium's biggest. Officials say it's a hotbed for extremism. Parliament wants the country's leaders to take over the sprawling complex that is just steps from the gleaming core of the European Union. It is the latest attempt to tighten security after radicalized Belgians emerged at the heart of terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels in recent years. By Michael Birnbaum and Souad Mekhennet  •   Read more »   'Don't worry, it's over': Why this father hugged the man who helped kill his son The audience in a Kentucky courtroom watched transfixed as Abdul-Munim Sombat Jitmoud extended his forgiveness to the man complicit in the killing of his son. By Marwa Eltagouri  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. 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