Thursday's Headlines: Trump nominees map plan for tax cuts, trade and Carrier-style negotiations

President-elect's picks would form the wealthiest administration in modern American history; Colombian congress approves historic peace deal with rebels; She says she was harassed at TSA. Now she protests outside the agency each day.; 'Let God handle it': Villagers pick and choose which of their children to save;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump nominees map plan for tax cuts, trade and Carrier-style negotiations Two of the president-elect's Cabinet picks said tax reform would spur companies to hire more workers. One of them also called for direct interventions to keep jobs, similar to this week's negotiations that led to the manufacturer Carrier retaining operations in Indiana. By Ylan Q. Mui and Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more » President-elect's picks would form the wealthiest administration in modern American history Many of Donald Trump's appointees were born rich, attended elite schools and increased their fortunes as adults. By Jim Tankersley and Ana Swanson  •  Read more »   Colombian congress approves historic peace deal with rebels After referendum voters rejected the original pact with FARC, Colombia's president revised it with the idea that the treaty needed just a simple vote in the legislature. By Joshua Partlow and Nick Miroff  •  Read more »   She says she was harassed at TSA. Now she protests outside the agency each day. Alyssa Bermudez, a Bronze Star veteran, became a whistleblower in a case against an agency riddled with accusations. By Manuel Roig-Franzia  •  Read more »   'Let God handle it': Villagers pick and choose which of their children to save Youths are dying every day in rural Yemen, as the health system and other safety nets have been shorn away by a 20-month-old conflict in which the United States is playing a role. By Sudarsan Raghavan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Democrats, skip the civil war By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   Stick a sterling silver fork in Trump's 'populism' By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   How Trump could surprise the world on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking By Dennis Ross  •  Read more »   Castro was a false liberator By Charles Lane  •  Read more »   Can this man save France from the far right? By Christine Ockrent  •  Read more »   Democrats should pick their health-care battles By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Pakistan says Trump lavished its prime minister with praise in phone call Lavishing praise on the Pakistanis would be a major turnaround for President-elect Donald Trump. In 2012, he took to his favorite social media platform, Twitter, to denounce Pakistan. By Max Bearak  •  Read more » Pilot in soccer team tragedy reported fuel emergency moments before plane crash An audio recording of the final conversation between the pilot and air traffic controller was leaked to the Colombian press, providing the clearest image yet of the crash that killed 71 people. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more » Bill to combat foreign propaganda advances in Congress The initiative is aimed at tracking and battling foreign propaganda amid growing concerns over Russian efforts to spread "fake news" and disinformation that threatens U.S. national security. By Craig Timberg  •  Read more » Millions of workers in limbo after rule expanding overtime pay eligibility is put on hold The Labor Department regulation, which was scheduled to kick in today, was challenged in court by a number of business groups and a collection of states. By Jonnelle Marte  •  Read more » Evidence suggests that Lucy, our most famous ancestor, had superstrong arms It's no easy task to reconstruct the lifestyle of a hominid who has been dead for 3.2 million years, but bone scans suggest that the Australopithecus both climbed trees and walked on land — representing a turning point in human evolution. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more » A hacker is giving away a special code that turns cars into self-driving machines Startup Comma.ai released a free software kit to help developers learn to build a device that can turn any car into an autonomous vehicle. Washington is not happy with how this coder is getting around regulation. By Elizabeth Dwoskin  •  Read more » Mother captured in ‘heartbreaking’ overdose video charged with child endangerment Mandy McGowan, who was filmed on the floor of a Massachusetts Family Dollar store as her toddler daughter tried to wake her, was arraigned on a child endangerment charge. 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