Sunday's Headlines: Trump could quickly doom health law’s subsidies for millions of Americans

Trump plans to dissolve his charity after months of scrutiny; Nominee for attorney general is shadowed by race and history; No survivors found after Russian military plane with 92 on board crashes en route to Syria; They'll be home for Christmas: A family gets a big holiday surprise;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump could quickly doom health law's subsidies for millions of Americans Even without repealing the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration could undermine it by ending billions of dollars paid to insurers to subsidize the health coverage of nearly 6 million Americans. That could prompt health plans to raise their prices or exit the ACA marketplaces. By Amy Goldstein  •  Read more » Trump plans to dissolve his charity after months of scrutiny The president-elect said he had decided to shutter his charitable foundation, but it was not clear when that could happen, given an ongoing investigation in New York. The Donald J. Trump Foundation has come under intense scrutiny this year after reports in The Washington Post detailing its practices, including cases in which Trump apparently used charity money to settle lawsuits involving his for-profit businesses. By Mark Berman and David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more »   Nominee for attorney general is shadowed by race and history The racial politics of the South helped mold Sen. Jeff Sessions, a conservative stalwart and a lightning rod for civil rights activists. By Ellen Nakashima and Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   No survivors found after Russian military plane with 92 on board crashes en route to Syria The airliner was carrying the famed Alexandrov military choir when it crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi and bound for a Russian air base in Syria. Russian officials said they were ruling out terrorism as the cause of the crash. By David Filipov  •  Read more »   They'll be home for Christmas: A family gets a big holiday surprise Finding a home for five Maryland boys and their parents has been a community project that started when a school registrar saw the boys' mother leave a parent-teacher conference, pushing their father in his wheelchair and toting her youngest son alongside her. In the rain. By Julie Zauzmer  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   2016: The year in photos By Jabin Botsford, Ricky Carioti, Melissa Lyttle, Melina Mara, Matt McClain, Bonnie Jo Mount, Sarah L. Voisin and Chris Rukan  •  Read more »   Five myths about the Nativity By Candida Moss  •  Read more »   On Christmas, and ‘taming the savageness of men’ By Joe Scarborough  •  Read more »   Some lessons from Jesus, for all of us By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Evangelicals side with Israel. That's hurting Palestinian Christians. By Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian  •  Read more »   What the Hanukkah story teaches us about the Trump administration By Danya Ruttenberg  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Netanyahu blasts U.N., Obama over West Bank settlements resolution Israel's prime minister said the measure condemning settlement activity is part of the "swan song of old-world bias against Israel," and he expressed optimism that the world order is about to change, especially with Donald Trump's inauguration on the horizon. By Ruth Eglash and Carol Morello  •  Read more » Ryan proposes fines, ethics moves on live-streaming House members In a belated response to this summer's 25-hour sit-in by Democrats protesting inaction on gun-control legislation, a proposed new rules package would impose paycheck deductions for broadcasting from the chamber's floor or engaging in other conduct deemed disruptive. By Bloomberg News  •  Read more » Queen Elizabeth II to miss Christmas service due to illness Buckingham Palace said Sunday that Queen Elizabeth II will miss the traditional Christmas morning church service as she continues to recover from a heavy cold. The Associated Press  •  Read more » When the days are short and cold, a special kindness blossoms Ask people about the best thing they've ever given to someone else, and their memory search stretches beyond the cheery rituals of Christmas. Ask about the gift that meant the most to both the recipient and the giver, and people talk about the most unexpected of moments, gifts that were neither neatly wrapped nor intricately planned. By Jessica Contrera, Steve Hendrix, Colby Itkowitz, Amy B Wang and John Woodrow Cox  •  Read more » Europe's grim future could be terrorism as a fact of life New Islamic State efforts to sow terror are pushing the continent's counterterrorism authorities to their limits, forcing citizens and their leaders to resign themselves to a new era in which attacks may no longer be the exception. By Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more » What psychologists really think about what you tell your kids about Santa Some say the story of Santa Claus affects children in ways that may not have been considered — and that it can undermine the trust of children in their parents. By Ana Swanson  •  Read more » Five interceptions keep Redskins' playoff hopes alive in win over Bears Washington's offense and defense both showed flashes of a big-game ability that had been lacking recently in the 41-21 victory that boosted the team's chances of making the playoffs to nearly 50-50. By Liz Clarke  •  Read more » Executions and death sentences plummeted this year as capital punishment declined nationwide The falling numbers offered the most glaring signs yet about how the practice has dwindled in America today, but this year also offered signs of its persistence. By Mark Berman  •  Read more » News quiz: The holiday week edition This is no time to slow your news consumption. Plenty of events happened around the world that were worth noting. Were you paying attention? By Tiffany Harness  •  Read more » Food Taking the fear out of 'Company's coming!' These recipes can be made in advance, and all are crowd-pleasers. By Bonnie S. Benwick  •  Read more » Wellness The downside of high intensity Millennials' strenuous workouts have a serious side effect: hip pain. By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. 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