Saturday's Headlines: Trump team backs off some sweeping campaign pledges

Pence replaces Christie as leader of Trump transition effort; Meet the potential Cabinet picks most likely to make liberals squirm; Vitriol only intensifies after bitter election; 'It’s now or never': How anti-Trump protests spread across the U.S.; In a crucial Democratic stronghold, Trump surged. Clinton didn't.; Series of strategic mistakes likely sealed Clinton's fate; Donors, lobbyists start shaping 'drain the swamp' administration of president-elect; Spurs coach Popovich, 'sick' over 'disgusting' election, sees parallel to ancient Rome; The Fix: Trump's questionable 'blind trust' setup just got more questionable; Professor who called Trump's big win also said Trump will be impeached;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump team backs off some sweeping campaign pledges Statements by President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers suggest that some of his biggest campaign proposals — to repeal the Affordable Care Act, to build a border wall and to investigate Hillary Clinton, among others — may be subject to revision. By Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more » Pence replaces Christie as leader of Trump transition effort Vice President-elect Mike Pence will replace the New Jersey governor as chairman of the Trump transition effort, a change that will cement Pence's influence over the incoming administration's policy and personnel. By Robert Costa, Philip Rucker and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   Meet the potential Cabinet picks most likely to make liberals squirm Some of the early names leaking out are of the sort that could send a real signal about Trump's path going forward. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Vitriol only intensifies after bitter election In the days since Trump's victory, the animosity wrought by a divisive election may have intensified: Cities have convulsed with protests. Swastikas, racial slurs and threats have appeared on public buildings and dorm-room doors. And online, the vicious exchanges between Clinton and Trump supporters have escalated to videotaped accounts of personal confrontation and retribution. By Abigail Hauslohner, Sandhya Somashekhar and Susan Svrluga  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   'It’s now or never': How anti-Trump protests spread across the U.S. Rallies against the president-elect, which largely have been both organic and peaceful, are the sharpest physical manifestation of the anger, shock, fear and unease felt among many after a brutal, divisive election. And they showed no signs of abating as they started up again Friday night. By Mark Berman and Wesley Lowery  •  Read more »   In a crucial Democratic stronghold, Trump surged. Clinton didn't. When results started pouring in from West Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton's numbers were good — her vote share north of 95 percent — but not good enough. She would need to turn out more voters there to counteract the flood of Republican votes coming from other parts of the largely rural state. By Kim Soffen, Ted Mellnik, Samuel Granados and John Muyskens  •  Read more »   Series of strategic mistakes likely sealed Clinton's fate A lack of voter enthusiasm couldn't be overcome with a message that was focused so heavily on Trump's divisiveness, some say. By Abby Phillip, John Wagner and Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Donors, lobbyists start shaping 'drain the swamp' administration of president-elect The president-elect is leaning on wealthy supporters and corporate lobbyists in his transition. By Matea Gold and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more »   Spurs coach Popovich, 'sick' over 'disgusting' election, sees parallel to ancient Rome The five-time NBA championship winning coach and U.S. Air Force veteran sounded off on the results of this week's presidential election prior to Friday night's game. By Jeremy Gottlieb  •  Read more »   The Fix: Trump's questionable 'blind trust' setup just got more questionable In addition to being in charge of his fortune, Trump's kids will serve on his transition team. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Professor who called Trump's big win also said Trump will be impeached Allan Lichtman said Congress would prefer a President Mike Pence — someone whom establishment Republicans know and trust. By Peter W. Stevenson  •  Read more »   Opinions   The task ahead for today's conservatives By George F. Will  •  Read more »   Spare me the euphemisms. White people made Trump president. By Colbert I. King  •  Read more »   Is the White House already changing Donald Trump? By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   A clean shave for President Trump — but not a free one By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   In two days, America saw two Trumps By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   On foreign policy, Donald Trump is no realist By Robert D. Kaplan  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   South Koreans gather en masse for protest against president With demonstrators flocking to Seoul to call on President Park Geun-hye to resign amid a scandal, police say South Korea's capital could see its largest rally ever. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more » 'If there were no civilians, we'd just burn it all': Noncombatants hamper Iraqi forces The push to retake Mosul from the Islamic State is a bitter urban battle: street to street, house to house, with too many families clogging thoroughfares while car bombs scream out of garages and straight into advancing military convoys. By Loveday Morris  •  Read more » Suave spy in 1960s TV hit 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' dies at 83 The debonair, Oscar-nominated actor was also a scholar and political activist. By Matt Schudel  •  Read more » Four killed, 14 wounded in bombing at U.S. air base in Afghanistan The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast at the Bagram base and said it had been planned for months. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more » Taking virtual reality beyond fun and games From preserving history to documenting life in conflict zones, an emerging body of research is pushing policymakers, human rights workers and law enforcement officials to see new uses for the technology. By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Michael Alison Chandler and Brian Fung  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. 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