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Your nightly rundown of the day's top stories delivered straight to your inbox. View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Thursday, May 4, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Thursday Evening Briefing]( By KAREN ZRAICK AND SANDRA STEVENSON (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s [the sign-up]( Good evening. Here’s the latest. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times 1. House Republicans celebrated a major victory as they narrowly passed a bill [to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act](. It [passed 217-213]( and goes to [the Senate next]( where there is little guarantee of the bill’s survival in its current form. The vote lends momentum to President Trump’s Capitol Hill agenda, but it could also leave [moderate Republicans facing a backlash]( from their constituents. Above, Mr. Trump congratulated House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans at the White House after the vote. _____ Yana Paskova for The New York Times 2. President Trump [returned to New York]( for the first time since the inauguration to meet with [Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia]( a key U.S. ally. Above, protesters gathered before his arrival. Earlier, the president revealed the itinerary for his first overseas trip since taking office. He’ll visit [Israel, Saudi Arabia and]( while he’s abroad later this month. _____ George Etheredge for The New York Times 3. Over 16 years, more people have died illegally crossing the southwestern U.S. border than from the Sept. 11 attacks and [Hurricane Katrina]( combined. Our team in Texas [visited a Texas State University lab]( where forensics experts analyze the remains and the belongings of migrants, who are often found without identification. “The idea is to figure out who they are, and give them their name back,” one said. _____ Gerald Herbert/Associated Press 4. Two fatal police shootings — one that happened in Louisiana last year, the other in South Carolina in 2015 — yielded different outcomes in courts this week. We examine [why one resulted in Justice Department charges]( while the other did not. Above, a mural of Alton Sterling at the scene where he was killed in Baton Rouge. And prosecutors in Texas are weighing murder charges against the police officer who was fired for [fatally shooting 15-year-old Jordan Edwards](. _____ Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 5. In Iraq, a new [strategy was set in motion to recapture Mosul](. Iraqi forces opened a western front, aiming to force the Islamic State to fight in multiple directions and collapse its defenses. The move trapped hundreds of thousands of civilians on an urban battlefield. _____ Pool photo by Matt Dunham 5. Gaffe-prone, but grumpily endearing. That’s one way to describe [Prince Philip]( the 95-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, whose retirement was announced by Buckingham Palace. The news was an anticlimax after a [frenzy among the news media]( over speculation about a royal death, including one erroneously published (and unfinished) obituary. _____ Frederic Scheiber/European Pressphoto Agency 6. In France, the aggressive tactics of the far-right presidential candidate [Marine Le Pen in Wednesday’s televised debate]( did not appear to go over well. Polls had her challenger, the centrist upstart Emmanuel Macron, above, ahead by 20 points. The vote is Sunday; here’s [a breakdown]( of where the two stand on major issues. _____ Scott Olson/Getty Images 7. Barack and Michelle Obama were in Chicago to unveil [renderings of the Obama Presidential Center]( this week. They said the $500 million stone-and-glass complex on Lake Michigan would be a different kind of presidential library, with recording studios and recreational areas. It’s expected to be completed in 2021. _____ Sling TV, via Associated Press 9. Hulu, which announced this week that it is entering the live television business, will find a lot of competition there. The company joins other new services like Sling, above, DirecTV Now, PlayStation Vue and YouTube TV. Choosing a service can be overwhelming (which ones show what channels?) so [we put together a guide](. _____ Francine Daveta/NBC 10. Finally, big news from TV land. [Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, co-hosts of “Morning Joe”]( on MSNBC, announced that they’re engaged. They hadn’t disclosed their romantic relationship before. “It was something I couldn’t deny anymore,” Ms. Brzezinski told Vanity Fair. Have a great night. _____ Photographs may appear out of order for some readers. Viewing [this version]( of the briefing should help. Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. Want to look back? Here’s [last night’s briefing](. What did you like? What do you want to see here? Let us know at [briefing@nytimes.com](mailto:briefing@nytimes.com?subject=Evening%20Briefing%20Feedback). ADVERTISEMENT Sponsor a Subscription Inspire the future generation of readers by contributing to The Times’s [sponsor-a-subscription program](. For questions, email sponsor@nytimes.com or call [1-844-698-2677](. 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