Your Weekend Briefing

France, Kentucky Derby, Trump View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Sunday, May 7, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Weekend Briefing]( By KAREN WORKMAN, MAYA SALAM AND DAVID SCULL Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. Jeff Pachoud/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 1. The world turns its attention to France today as that country [holds]( most consequential presidential election]( in decades. The final hours of the race were given a jolt when the campaign of Emmanuel Macron, a pro-Europe centrist, announced [it had been hacked](. Mr. Macron has been leading Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist and euroskeptic, [generously in the polls](. Both candidates are considered outsiders, and whether either could really [be effective as president is in doubt](. _____ Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times 2. House Republicans celebrated a major victory last week with the passage of their health care bill, but it may be short-lived. The legislation, which would roll back the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, now moves to the Senate. [Its future there is uncertain](. House Republicans who voted for the bill [could face a backlash]( in next year’s elections, especially if the measure’s [potential to hurt the economy]( is realized. Above, protesters in Washington. _____ Justin Sullivan/Getty Images 3. But right now, the economy is good. So good, in fact, that the U.S. is getting [close to full employment](. The latest numbers showed the jobless rate [dropped to 4.4 percent]( the lowest in more than 10 years. Wage growth, however, needs to be stronger to declare full employment, our economic reporter said. _____ Al Drago/The New York Times 4. It was a busy week for President Trump. On Friday, his second nominee to be secretary of the Army [withdrew from consideration](. Earlier in the week, he met with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia, above, during his [first trip back to New York]( as president. He also [hosted the Palestinian leader]( at the White House, [spoke with Russia’s president]( by phone and signed an order on [religious liberty](. _____ Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press 5. The House is in recess all week; the Senate is not. Senators have a subcommittee hearing Monday on Russian interference in the election. Sally Q. Yates, above, the former acting attorney general, and James R. Clapper Jr., the former director of national intelligence, are [expected to testify](. Also, the Senate Intelligence Committee has requested that a number of high-profile Trump campaign associates [hand over records of their communications with Russians](. _____ Parker County Sheriff’s Office, via Reuters 6. Issues of race and policing in the United States persist. [Murder charges were leveled against Roy Oliver]( above, a former Dallas-area police officer accused of fatally shooting Jordan Edwards, 15, whose [funeral was held Saturday](. In South Carolina, Michael T. Slager [pleaded guilty to charges]( that he violated Walter L. Scott’s civil rights in 2015, when the former officer shot and killed Mr. Scott. The Justice Department announced it would not bring charges against two Baton Rouge, La., officers involved in the [fatal shooting of Alton B. Sterling](. _____ Morry Gash/Associated Press 7. Always Dreaming hoofed his way to [a Kentucky Derby win]( on a soggy Saturday at Churchill Downs, landing his owners a $1,635,800 paycheck. Lookin at Lee finished second and Battle of Midway was third. It’s been two years since American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby, kicking off a streak that led him to Triple Crown glory. These days, he’s a stud, [making his owners up to $600,000 a day](. Some of his foals have [already been born](. _____ Landon Nordeman for The New York Times 8. Let’s take a moment to reflect on Rei Kawakubo, above, whose work was the centerpiece of New York’s biggest social night of the year: the Met Gala. Ms. Kawakubo was the [first living designer to be given a solo show]( at the Costume Institute since 1983. She was an elusive presence at the ball last week, but her [designs made a radical statement](. _____ University of Kentucky 9. It was a simple plan. A college student in Kentucky would [crawl through a building’s air duct]( in the wee hours to steal a copy of a final exam. But the student, and another one helping him, were caught red-handed by the instructor. They’ve been charged with felony burglary. “It’s an unusual set of circumstances,” a University of Kentucky spokesman said. “It also underscores how late our faculty work.” _____ Brian Rea 10. Finally, let’s talk about love. One of the finalists in our Modern Love College Essay Contest wrote about how the [cool girl persona she crafted on social media]( overtook her real-life personality, too. When she couldn’t break character to be more earnest in love, the man she was involved with moved on. Now, she’s trying to change. The essay was her start. Love was also celebrated and mocked on “Saturday Night Live,” with [a parody of the newly engaged “Morning Joe” hosts]( Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. Have a great week. _____ Photographs may appear out of order for some readers. Viewing [this version]( of the briefing should help. Your Weekend Briefing is published Sundays at 6 a.m. Eastern. And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Evening Briefing, weeknights at 6 p.m. Eastern. Want to look back? Here’s [Friday’s Evening Briefing](. What did you like? What do you want to see here? 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