Sunday's Headlines: French voters face a choice that mirrors the West’s new divide

Trump-McConnell alliance gets biggest test yet with health care; Boos rain down after GOP lawmaker says 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care'; Democrats' biggest foes for 2018 may be time and themselves; 'We seek joy': Rid of ISIS, Mosul residents return to smoke-filled billiard halls ; Sessions follows Obama playbook on prosecuting officers, but not on police reform;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories French voters face a choice that mirrors the West's new divide Final polling before today's presidential vote showed independent centrist Emmanuel Macron with a 25-point lead. But a loss for far-right challenger Marine Le Pen won't vindicate the establishment. By Griff Witte  •  Read more » Trump-McConnell alliance gets biggest test yet with health care At stake is the long-term future of the health-care system and the near-term future of the GOP-controlled government. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a political insider, and President Trump, the ultimate outsider, will need to balance each other to score a big legislative win. By Sean Sullivan, Abby Phillip and Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Boos rain down after GOP lawmaker says 'Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care' Rep. Raúl Labrador, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, made the comment at a town hall meeting in Lewiston, Idaho. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   @PKCapitol | Analysis Democrats' biggest foes for 2018 may be time and themselves Democrats say Republicans will "pay a price" in the midterm elections for the health-care bill, but their internal divisions may stand in the way of a strong campaign. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   'We seek joy': Rid of ISIS, Mosul residents return to smoke-filled billiard halls With the militants now expelled from the city's east, more than a dozen pool halls have reopened as residents try to bring back a sense of normalcy to their lives. New clubs have also sprung up, betting that residents will indulge in some of the pleasures that were banned by the militants. By Loveday Morris  •  Read more »   Sessions follows Obama playbook on prosecuting officers, but not on police reform Where the Justice Department under the previous administration saw fatal shootings by police as a product of cultural problems in law enforcement, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is inclined to see them as the result of a few bad officers. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him. Then politics got in the way. By Carlos Lozada  •  Read more »   Le Pen may lose the French elections. But that won’t mean more stability. By David A. Bell  •  Read more »   Trump’s tough talk about North Korea might actually end the crisis By Eric Li  •  Read more »   These photos show what Boko Haram suicide bombers have tried to blow up By Ashley Gilbertson  •  Read more »   Who gets hurt — and when — if Trumpcare becomes law By Jacob Leibenluft  •  Read more »   These recent elections show that polling isn’t, and never was, broken By Anna Greenberg and Jeremy Rosner  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Before Always Dreaming's Kentucky Derby win, his fate rested on a single race Horse trainer Todd Pletcher took home his second win in the Run for the Roses by risking everything on just one pre-Derby qualifier for Always Dreaming. By Chuck Culpepper  •  Read more » 82 Chibok girls freed in Nigeria after years in Boko Haram custody They were kidnapped in 2014 and came to symbolize the wrath of the country's insurgency. More than 100 of them are still missing. By Kevin Sieff  •  Read more » SNL mocks 'Morning Joe' and takes a call from Trump's 'publicist' The opening of "Saturday Night Live" spoofed the real-life romance between MSNBC on-air personalities Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, and imagined President Trump returning to the days of masquerading as his own spokesman. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more » Minnesota town will get nation's first public Satanic Temple monument Officials in Belle Plaine approved the installation in the community's Veterans Memorial Park as part of a compromise that keeps in place a statue bearing a cross. By Sandhya Somashekhar  •  Read more » White House suggests key funding source for historically black colleges may not be constitutional It is the latest move in what some call a "mixed record" by the Trump administration toward historically black colleges and universities. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Susan Svrluga  •  Read more » Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered Philly's high-tech, totally organic municipal plumbing — from 1812 City utility workers just uncovered wooden water mains that were installed more than 200 years ago. By Steve Hendrix  •  Read more » Perspective I tried to eat with the McDonald’s frork. It was actually kind of fun. The fry-tensil is a gimmick, it's silly, and it may lead to the most fun you've had at McDonald's since you were a kid. By Tim Carman  •  Read more » Critic's Notebook The 35 movies everyone will be talking about this summer In a season when movie theaters traditionally turn into playgrounds overrun by testosterone and phallocentric humor — even more so than usual, that is — the summer of 2017 is decidedly and refreshingly she-focused. By Michael O'Sullivan  •  Read more » News quiz: Food for thought and big interviews We have 10 fresh questions. The faster you correctly answer, the more points you can score. By Tiffany Harness  •  Read more » Car Review Prius Prime: A Tesla for the rest of us Toyota's replacement for the Prius Plug-in tops its rivals from GM, Ford, Hyundai and Kia. By Warren Brown  •  Read more » Food Don't just sit there — simmer productively Put on a big pot of something savory that will satisfy you through the week. By Bonnie S. Benwick  •  Read more » Home & Garden Revitalize the room where you recharge An expert's picks for a timeless master bedroom retreat.  By Megan McDonough  •  Read more » Spring Dining Guide The highs, the lows and the in-betweens of D.C. restaurants Every spring, The Post dining critic returns to a clutch of dining rooms to bring you up to speed on places that have been around for a while. And he ranks his top 10 newcomers from the past year. By Tom Sietsema  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. 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