Wednesday's Headlines: Corporate America unnerved by Trump’s unpredictable style

Trump adviser's son removed from transition team after spreading conspiracy theory; Hospital industry warns of 'crisis' if health law is repealed; In West Virginia coal country, they trust Donald Trump; Carrier union leader on the deal: Trump lied; Trump introduces defense nominee Mattis as a 'popular choice'; GOP lawmakers seek harmony, but may clash with Trump;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Corporate America unnerved by Trump's unpredictable style In one day, Donald Trump issued a public jab at Boeing, took credit for a Japanese conglomerate's months-old pledge to invest $50 billion in the U.S. and announced through a spokesman that he had sold his stock portfolio. Some business leaders and economists have worried about whether executives could speak their minds about Trump without fear of facing his rage. By Drew Harwell and Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more » Trump adviser's son removed from transition team after spreading conspiracy theory Michael G. Flynn used his social media account to back a bogus story tied to a shooting at a Washington pizzeria. By Greg Miller  •  Read more »   Hospital industry warns of 'crisis' if health law is repealed Trade groups sent a letter to Trump arguing their clients could face massive financial losses if the Affordable Care Act is rescinded in a way that causes a surge of uninsured patients. By Amy Goldstein  •  Read more »   In West Virginia coal country, they trust Donald Trump Optimism is pervasive around Buckhannon, even after President-elect Trump last week chose as his commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, the billionaire who in 2006 owned the mine where an underground explosion killed 12 miners, the region's worst coal disaster in decades. By Marc Fisher  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Carrier union leader on the deal: Trump lied Chuck Jones felt optimistic about the deal that was supposed to preserve 1,100 jobs — until the union leader heard from Carrier that only 730 of the jobs would stay and 550 of his members would lose their livelihoods after all. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   Trump introduces defense nominee Mattis as a 'popular choice' Retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis will need a waiver from Congress to serve as secretary of defense. By Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   GOP lawmakers seek harmony, but may clash with Trump Many who disagree with Trump on deficits, entitlement programs and some other issues would not say how willing they will be to oppose Trump outright. By Mike DeBonis and Kelsey Snell  •  Read more »   Opinions   Trump is all madness and no method By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   The electoral college should be unfaithful By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   Stop smearing Keith Ellison By Jeremy Ben-Ami  •  Read more »   Trump flunks his first foreign policy test By David Ignatius  •  Read more »   Repealing Obamacare without replacing it would be a disaster By Henry J. Aaron and Robert D. Reischauer  •  Read more »   A false victory at Standing Rock By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Libya could become even more chaotic after the Islamic State loses its stronghold The Islamic State's hopes of extending its self-proclaimed "caliphate" into Libya have been dashed, at least for now. But remaining militants could undermine a fragile U.S.-based unity government. By Sudarsan Raghavan  •  Read more » How Pizzagate went from rumor, to hashtag, to gunfire in D.C. What brought Edgar Welch and his assault rifle to a Washington restaurant was a choking mix of false accusations, political nastiness and technological change. It's a tale of scandal that never was, and of a fear that spread through channels that only recently existed. By Marc Fisher, John Woodrow Cox and Peter Hermann  •  Read more » Pipeline protesters forced from N.D. camps by blizzard, subzero temperatures Temperatures dropped below zero overnight and gusts of wind up to 55 mph whipped through the camp, as organizers and medics urged activists to take shelter at a nearby casino resort. By Derek Hawkins  •  Read more » Earthquake kills dozens of people in Indonesia's Aceh province Nearly 100 people reportedly died in the 6.4-magnitude undersea earthquake and dozens were reportedly injured. Rescue efforts continue By Heri Juanda and Ali Kotarumalos | AP  •  Read more » Refrigerator identified as a potential source of deadly warehouse fire in Oakland Investigators honed in on a refrigerator and other electrical appliances as possible causes of the fire at a warehouse in Oakland that killed 36 people, as crews were set to finish their search for bodies. By Paul Elias and Sudhin Thanawala | AP  •  Read more » Europe's leaders have a new fear — their own voters The resignation of Italy's prime minister is another sign across the European Union that the ballot box has turned into a revolutionary weapon for citizens to depose of the status quo. By Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more » Who gets hurt when part-time work becomes the new normal Many Americans are still cobbling together a living with one or several part-time jobs. Overall, the number of people working part-time has risen 9.1 percent from 2002 to 2016. 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