Monday's Headlines: Showdown looms over money for border wall as budget deadline nears

Macron, Le Pen advance to runoff to lead France as voters reject legacy political parties; Warring cousins, a grisly execution: A Tunisian family torn apart by ISIS; 'Everyone tunes in': Inside Trump's obsession with cable TV; White House offers conflicting details of Trump tax plan;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Showdown looms over money for border wall as budget deadline nears President Trump and his top aides pressed congressional Republicans to use the threat of a government shutdown to win funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, an effort that could lead to a standoff with lawmakers in both parties ahead of Friday's deadline to pass a spending bill. Trump's push for fast action on the wall is part of a mounting scramble inside the administration — which is nearing its symbolic 100-day mark — to kick-start the president's agenda, even if it risks dire political consequences. By Kelsey Snell and Robert Costa  •  Read more » Macron, Le Pen advance to runoff to lead France as voters reject legacy political parties The May 7 presidential matchup between far-right anti-immigrant firebrand Marine Le Pen and unconventional centrist Emmanuel Macron sets up a battle between a contender who wants to seal France tight against the tides of globalization and another who seeks to strip away even more barriers with the rest of the world. By Michael Birnbaum and James McAuley  •  Read more »   Warring cousins, a grisly execution: A Tunisian family torn apart by ISIS In the mountains of western Tunisia, radical Islamists are seeking to spread their ideology and impose control, sowing chaos and cowing villagers with brute violence in a quest for new territories in the wake of defeats and retreats in Iraq and Syria. One evening last fall, the battle led one man to betray his relative. By Sudarsan Raghavan  •  Read more »   'Everyone tunes in': Inside Trump's obsession with cable TV For the president — a reality TV star who parlayed his blustery-yet-knowing on-air persona into a winning political brand — television is often the guiding force of his day, both weapon and scalpel, megaphone and news feed. And his obsession with the tube has upended the traditional rhythms of the White House. By Ashley Parker and Robert Costa  •  Read more »   White House offers conflicting details of Trump tax plan President Trump promised a plan is coming Wednesday. But his advisers remain split on key details. By Damian Paletta  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Chaffetz's abrupt — and welcome — exit By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   France’s election reveals a new political divide By Anne Applebaum  •  Read more »   Instead of threatening North Korea, Trump should try this instead By John Delury  •  Read more »   Sessions's aloha-baiting could bring attention to the real problem By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   Metro's test: Can our politics still solve critical problems? By Fred Hiatt  •  Read more »   The Trump team has an opportunity with Japan — if it can pull together a strategy By Josh Rogin  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   A popular public school Bible class faces a constitutional challenge For decades, Mercer County, W.Va., elementary and middle schools have offered a weekly Bible class during the school day. A lawsuit arguing that the practice violates the First Amendment's establishment clause is headed to federal court. By Joe Heim  •  Read more » Under fire for recent Holocaust flubs, Trump will headline Days of Remembrance ceremony The White House has been widely criticized by Jewish organizations for what they see as a slow response to the recent spike in anti-Semitic incidents across the country and for a pair of verbal gaffes about the Holocaust. By Kristine Phillips and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis Trump voters don't have buyer's remorse. But some Clinton voters do. Polls show Donald Trump would win the popular vote if the 2016 election were done over again, 43 percent to 40 percent, avenging his loss in that tally. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » U.S. defense chief arrives in Kabul as Afghan defense minister resigns in disgrace Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived unannounced Monday to assess America's longest war as the Trump administration weighs sending more troops. The visit occurred as the Afghan defense minister and the army chief resigned following a deadly weekend attack by the Taliban killed at least 140 government troops. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more » Fact Checker | Analysis The facile claim that Obama’s Iran negotiator was ‘the architect of the North Korean nuclear deal’ A Republican lawmaker has repeated a talking point common in conservative media, but it's wrong and misleading. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more » Perspective A black man was lynched in 1932. An author wants the community to finally deal with it. While Jim Hall believes his book could help heal "an open wound" in Virginia's Fauquier County, his account of the two horrible crimes has gotten a very cool reception where they took place. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more » There's now an even better reason to steal that hotel bathrobe Hotels are hoping that seersucker and zebra-print robes — all perfectly suited for sharing on social media — will help woo millennials. 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