Saturday's Headlines: Trump speaks with Taiwan’s president in major break with U.S. policy on China

Little-known law could help Trump and Cabinet avoid millions in taxes; Supporters of Trump challenge recount efforts in three states; President-elect's post-truth world is scarier than you think; A guide to all the ways Trump’s transition is like a reality show; Why Trump gets more hype out of 1,000 jobs than Obama does out of 16 million; Many Trump supporters willing to let him pick and choose what promises to fulfill;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump speaks with Taiwan's president in major break with U.S. policy on China The call is the first known conversation between a U.S. president or president-elect with a Taiwanese leader since 1979. China considers Taiwan a province, and news of the official outreach by Donald Trump is likely to infuriate the regional military and economic power. By Anne Gearan  •  Read more » Little-known law could help Trump and Cabinet avoid millions in taxes Federal ethics laws let Cabinet nominees skip taxes on profits from investments they're forced to sell. The president-elect could potentially reap the same tax advantage. By Drew Harwell  •  Read more »   Supporters of Trump challenge recount efforts in three states The president-elect and his backers have filed challenges to Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein's push for recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. By Jerry Markon and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   Margaret Sullivan | Media Columnist President-elect's post-truth world is scarier than you think Donald Trump's inner circle is now utterly dismissing the existence of facts. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A guide to all the ways Trump’s transition is like a reality show The drama of President-elect Donald Trump's transition is abnormal for Washington but feels pretty familiar for loyal reality-TV fans. Here's why. By Elahe Izadi and Emily Yahr  •  Read more »   Why Trump gets more hype out of 1,000 jobs than Obama does out of 16 million The approaches of the president and the president-elect offer a contrast: Obama's success was slow, uneven and policy-driven, whereas Trump appears to be pushing an agenda grounded as much in emotion as economics. By Ylan Q. Mui  •  Read more »   Many Trump supporters willing to let him pick and choose what promises to fulfill In the three weeks since Trump won the election, he has dropped or leaned away from a number of key campaign promises, puzzling some of his supporters. But they say they still trust him. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   Opinions   Trump's demagogic illogic strikes again By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   Welcome to the post-truth presidency By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   The 'right' to be spared from guilt By George F. Will  •  Read more »   Think of America as one people? The census begs to differ. By Mike Gonzalez  •  Read more »   The national teacher shortage is a myth. Here's what's really happening. By Kate Walsh  •  Read more »   Trump's proposed tax 'reform' is hardly reform at all By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Amid bitter partisan battles, another N.C. voting case heads to Supreme Court The justices will consider whether the drawing of the state's congressional districts was unconstitutionally influenced by race. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more » People susceptible to placebo effects may be keeping us from new drugs A former biotech executive believes he may have found a way to make drug testing much more efficient by screening out people who are unusually responsive to placebos. By Erik Vance  •  Read more » Hit on Vikings QB Bradford exposes flaws in NFL's use of instant replay Pro football's replay system can fix an overlooked call on a two-yard pass, yet it couldn't do anything about an illegal hit to the head that officials missed on the deciding play of this week's Vikings-Cowboys game. By Mark Maske  •  Read more » Peng Chang-kuei | 1919-2016 Hunanese chef credited as creator of General Tso's chicken dies at 97 Peng Chang-kuei's dish evolved into the deep-fried, sticky and unabashedly inauthentic staple of American Chinese take-out. By Emily Langer  •  Read more » Millennial apathy isn't leading to the end of democracy around the world New data shows that American millennials aren't skeptics of democracy. They're just a bit less gung-ho about it than their parents and grandparents. By Jeff Guo  •  Read more » No. 4 Washington makes strong case for playoff spot by crushing Colorado The Huskies hammered the No. 8 Buffaloes for a 41-10 victory in the Pac-12 championship game. By Chuck Culpepper  •  Read more » Jury asks for more time in trial of S.C. officer who shot fleeing driver The jurors will deliberate again next week in the trial of a former officer charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of an unarmed black motorist. By Mark Berman  •  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. 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