Evening Edition: Obama orders review of Russian hacking during elections

Trump request at Energy Dept. raises concern that some may be targeted over climate views; Trump's answer to gender issue: Take women from the Hill; Goldman Sachs veteran Gary Cohn expected to head National Economic Council; A gender sensitivity class in India was going well — until a dowry dispute turned deadly; The polar vortex is coming. Here’s what that means — and how cold it could get.; One-third of long-term users of prescription opioids say they became addicted or dependent; Red-state Democrats flirt with a brief government shutdown over coal miners' health care; In Germany, the language of Hitler is no longer a thing of the past; This is what happens when Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter ; Anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders guilty of inciting discrimination; Obama authorizes larger raise for federal employees; To John Glenn, the real hero was his wife, who conquered disability; Am I being judgmental by skipping a deadbeat dad's third baby shower?;   The day's most important stories   Obama orders review of Russian hacking during elections President Obama said he wanted the report before he left office, according to homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco, who did not commit to making the report public. In October, the intelligence community accused Moscow of seeking to interfere in the election through the hacking of "political organizations." By Ellen Nakashima and Philip Rucker  •  Read more » Trump request at Energy Dept. raises concern that some may be targeted over climate views The transition team has asked department officials to identify which employees have worked on forging an international climate pact, raising concerns that Donald Trump's team may be singling out people who have helped implement certain policies under President Obama. By Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Trump's answer to gender issue: Take women from the Hill The president-elect's Cabinet picks (and people rumored to be in the running) are reducing the thin ranks of female Republicans in Congress faster than they can be replaced. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Goldman Sachs veteran Gary Cohn expected to head National Economic Council The president-elect has repeatedly turned to alumni of the bank to serve in his administration or help with the transition. By Renae Merle, Ylan Q. Mui and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A gender sensitivity class in India was going well — until a dowry dispute turned deadly An effort to address the centuries-old attitudes that still result in widespread oppression and violence against women in India seemed promising in one village. That is, until an unexpected death by poison that pitted family member against family member threatened to reverse the hard-won gains. Story by Annie Gowen | Photos by Poulomi Basu  •  Read more »   The polar vortex is coming. Here’s what that means — and how cold it could get. It could be 20 to 35 degrees below average for this time of year in the Midwest, and daytime highs from D.C. to New York will struggle to climb out of the 20s. By Angela Fritz  •  Read more »   One-third of long-term users of prescription opioids say they became addicted or dependent Virtually all long-term users said they were introduced to the drugs by a doctor's prescription, not by friends or through illicit means, a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll found. But more than 6 in 10 said doctors offered no advice on how or when to stop taking the drugs. By Scott Clement and Lenny Bernstein  •  Read more »   Red-state Democrats flirt with a brief government shutdown over coal miners' health care This fight is the first sign of an emerging strategy for Democrats who are looking to force their Republican counterparts to respond to Donald Trump's campaign promises. By Kelsey Snell  •  Read more »   In Germany, the language of Hitler is no longer a thing of the past The reemergence of words that were weaponized by the Nazis is generating a fierce debate over the power of language in politics, especially as nationalists surge on both sides of the Atlantic. By Anthony Faiola and Stephanie Kirchner  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   This is what happens when Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter After Trump criticized a college student during the election campaign, she was blasted by calls, emails and social-media messages attacking her. "I didn't really know what his supporters were going to do, and that to me was the scariest part," Lauren Batchelder said. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   Anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders guilty of inciting discrimination If the far-right politician becomes the next Dutch prime minister, Wilders has vowed to ban the Koran, close mosques and Islamic schools, and stop immigration from Muslim countries. By Karla Adam  •  Read more »   Obama authorizes larger raise for federal employees In letters to the House and Senate, the president authorized an average pay raise for 2017 of 2.1 percent, instead of the 1.6 percent he submitted in August. By Joe Davidson  •  Read more »   To John Glenn, the real hero was his wife, who conquered disability For most of her life, Annie was afflicted with an 85 percent stutter, meaning she would become "hung up on 85 percent of the words she tried to speak, which was a severe handicap," as John put it. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Am I being judgmental by skipping a deadbeat dad's third baby shower? The advice columnist takes your questions about the strange train we call life. By Carolyn Hax  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. 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