Evening Edition: Trump picks critic of minimum-wage hike to head Labor Dept.

Union leader criticized in Trump tweet gets threatening calls; Using a bazooka when a scalpel or toothpick would do: How Trump fights back; How Paul Ryan’s attacks on Hillary Clinton could come back to haunt him; Federal judge's ruling effectively halts Michigan's presidential recount ; First American to orbit Earth, a 20th century hero, dies; Addicted to video games: One family's struggle to save their son; Massive 7.8 earthquake shakes the Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific Ocean; Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, CDC data shows; Sick of the news? This is no time to tune out.; Obama's claim that no foreign terror organization 'successfully' attacked the U.S. on his watch; Young adults are increasingly unlikely to earn more than their parents, study finds; Clash over patent-office fraud a sign of what’s to come for federal workers; He didn't think his speeding was dangerous. Then he crashed and killed 3 people.; A disabled veteran needed a job. So Lowe's hired him — and his dog.; Why the wealthy buy Rolls-Royce cars but won't drive them in Washington;   The day's most important stories   Trump picks critic of minimum-wage hike to head Labor Dept. Andrew Puzder, who runs the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., is also a vocal opponent of rules that would make more workers eligible for overtime pay. By bringing in Puzder, Trump is signaling that he may scale back some of regulations introduced by current Labor Secretary Tom Perez. By Jonnelle Marte  •  Read more » Union leader criticized in Trump tweet gets threatening calls Trump fired back after Chuck Jones, president of the United Steelworkers Local 1999, said he believed the president-elect lied to Carrier workers in Indiana. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   Using a bazooka when a scalpel or toothpick would do: How Trump fights back Richard Nixon tried to keep his enemies list secret. Donald Trump may post his on Twitter. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   How Paul Ryan’s attacks on Hillary Clinton could come back to haunt him So how much do conflict of interest matters matter, now that a Republican's the one headed to the White House? By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Federal judge's ruling effectively halts Michigan's presidential recount The ruling ensures Republican Donald Trump's narrow victory in the state. By Roger Schneider and Ed White | AP  •  Read more »   John Glenn | 1921-2016 First American to orbit Earth, a 20th century hero, dies One of the original "Magnificent Seven" astronauts in NASA's Mercury program, John Glenn captured the nation's attention in 1962 when he first circumnavigated the globe. He went on to serve four terms as a U.S. senator from Ohio, and he took a final flight of glory at age 77, rocketing back into space as a crew member aboard the shuttle Discovery. By Matt Schudel  •  Read more »   The Screen Age Addicted to video games: One family's struggle to save their son For five years, Robin and her husband, Terrence, felt their son descending into a realm they didn't like or understand. They finally came up with a plan, and if it didn't save him, nothing would. By Caitlin Gibson  •  Read more »   Massive 7.8 earthquake shakes the Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific Ocean A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii immediately after the quake but was quickly canceled. By Angela Fritz  •  Read more »   Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, CDC data shows The 2015 statistics contained another grim milestone: For the first time since the late 1990s, more deaths were attributed to heroin than traditional opioid painkillers such as hydrocodone and oxycodone. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   Margaret Sullivan | Columnist Sick of the news? This is no time to tune out. Since the election, many people have wanted to take a break from what's happening. But critical thinking is more important than ever in the age of Donald Trump and fake news. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Obama's claim that no foreign terror organization 'successfully' attacked the U.S. on his watch Readers demanded a fact check of the president's statement, which is technically correct because of very careful phrasing. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   Young adults are increasingly unlikely to earn more than their parents, study finds Rising income inequality has eroded the ability for American children to grow up to earn more than their parents. The falloff is particularly steep among children born in the middle class. By Jim Tankersley  •  Read more »   Clash over patent-office fraud a sign of what’s to come for federal workers President-elect Donald Trump and conservatives on Capitol Hill have vowed to target the federal bureaucracy. By Lisa Rein  •  Read more »   He didn't think his speeding was dangerous. Then he crashed and killed 3 people. Ogulcan Atakoglu has pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter in the devastating Feb. 27 crash in Bethesda and is scheduled to be sentenced Friday. By Dan Morse  •  Read more »   A disabled veteran needed a job. So Lowe's hired him — and his dog. Charlotte, a golden retriever service dog, wears a matching vest while on the job with her owner, Clay Luthy, at the home improvement store in Abilene, Tex. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   Why the wealthy buy Rolls-Royce cars but won't drive them in Washington The Rolls is everything that Washington is: traditional, expensive, tailored to the powerful. Will it help change the city's "quiet money" culture? By Jessica Contrera  •  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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