Friday's Headlines: In late-night drama, Senate passes spending bill, averting shutdown

A decades-old grudge briefly derailed a Senate vote on the spending bill; H.R. McMaster is out as national security adviser, to be replaced by John Bolton; South Korea worries...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   In late-night drama, Senate passes spending bill, averting shutdown The bill now heads to President Trump, and the White House has said he will sign it. The Senate vote occurred early Friday morning after hours of delay because of a last-minute complication. The 2,232-page bill gives huge increases to military and domestic programs, abandoning Republicans' claims of fiscal discipline. By Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis  •  Read more » A decades-old grudge briefly derailed a Senate vote on the spending bill It is unclear why Sen. Jim Risch was not informed or did not know about the renaming of the White Clouds Wilderness until Thursday, when it was effectively too late to change the bill. By Mike DeBonis  •   Read more »   H.R. McMaster is out as national security adviser, to be replaced by John Bolton In a move that could lead to dramatic changes in the administration's approach to crises around the world, the president said in a tweet that he was naming Bolton — a former U.N. ambassador, Fox News commentator and conservative firebrand — as his third national security adviser. By Greg Jaffe and Josh Dawsey  •   Read more »   South Korea worries about the return of Bolton and his hawkish views The former U.N. ambassador will become President Trump's national security adviser next month, coinciding with summits with Kim Jong Un. By Anna Fifield  •   Read more »   China threatens to raise tariffs on about $3 billion of U.S. imports China said the measures are a response to a previous U.S. move to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum, but they came only hours after President Trump announced plans to impose a package of $60 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. By David J. Lynch  •   Read more »   Today's WorldView | Analysis Can Trump win a trade war with China? Beijing has already responded to President Trump's new tariffs with threats of its own. By Ishaan Tharoor  •   Read more »   A city that makes guns confronts its role in the Parkland mass shooting Smith & Wesson was considered just a solid corporate citizen in its home town — until people learned it made the rifle used at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. By Story by Todd C. Frankel | Photos by Kevin Hagen  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   John Bolton's appointment is a fitting coda to conservatism's failures By Joe Scarborough  •   Read more »   A cry for help from deep within the White House By Michael Gerson  •   Read more »   Could this Trump nominee interfere with Mueller? By David Ignatius  •   Read more »   My daughter died at Parkland. It's now my job to be her voice. By Lori Alhadeff  •   Read more »   Add another zealot to the White House By Max Boot  •   Read more »   Trump won't release his NDAs. That's secrecy in the service of secrecy. By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Former Playboy model gives emotional account of alleged affair with Trump, apologizes to Melania In her first television interview about her alleged 10-month relationship with Donald Trump, Karen McDougal said he tried to hand her cash after they had been "intimate," an experience she said left her crying on the car ride home. By Eli Rosenberg and Beth Reinhard  •  Read more »     Sacramento police shut down admission to Kings game after demonstrators surround arena to protest police shooting Police shot Stephon Clark 20 times in his own yard Sunday night, thinking he had a gun. It was an iPhone. By Alex Horton and Wesley Lowery  •   Read more »   NCAA Tournament Loyola Chicago, on a 'Mission from God,' advances to the Elite 8 The 11th-seeded Ramblers and their suddenly famous chaplain, Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, pulled off another upset, edging Nevada, 69-68, to continue their improbable run in the South Region. By Gene Wang  •   Read more »   NCAA Tournament Bluegrass blue blood bounced as Kansas State ousts Kentucky Ninth-seeded Wildcats knock off perennial March power to set up improbable meeting with Loyola Chicago in Elite Eight. By Gene Wang  •   Read more »   NCAA Tournament Florida State gives Gonzaga big problems, pulls off the upset The Seminoles' size and athleticism bothered the higher-seeded Bulldogs from start to finish. By Tim Bontemps  •   Read more »   Facebook had a closer relationship than it disclosed with the academic it called a liar The social media platform provided a massive amount of data for Aleksandr Kogan's use, and two of its own data scientists worked with Kogan between 2013 and 2015. By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Drew Harwell and Craig Timberg  •   Read more »   Former Fox News anchor files defamation suit against Bill O'Reilly Laurie Dhue, who worked for the cable news network from 2000 to 2008, was one of five women reported to have received settlements related to the former star host's actions and behavior at Fox News. By Eli Rosenberg  •   Read more »   This billionaire wants your help — and $800 million — to save Toys R Us The executive behind Little Tikes and Bratz is looking to raise $800 million in a crowdfunding campaign. By Abha Bhattarai  •   Read more »   This tiny skeleton might look like an alien, but her genes tell a different story "And everybody is born with mutations. This person just happened to roll snake eyes," said the geneticist who examined this strange skeleton found in northern Chile. By Ben Guarino  •   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. Manage my email newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe from Today's Headlines Privacy Policy | Help ©2018 The Washington Post  |  1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071