Evening Edition: Declassified report says Putin ‘ordered’ effort to undermine faith in U.S. election

Congress looks to build border wall — paid for, at least initially, by taxpayers; What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week; 5 dead after gunman opens fire at Fort Lauderdale airport; The crack in this Antarctic ice shelf just grew by 11 miles. A dramatic break could be imminent.; 'I hope I've made you proud': Michelle Obama chokes up during speech to educators; My three maddening, futile years inside the broken Senate confirmation process; U.S. used Cold War-era statute to prosecute Taiwanese American nuclear engineer; Tilikum, the orca linked to three human deaths, has died; Your sequel-free, superhero-less guide to 2017 movies; ‘One of the most scary things I've ever seen': Man rescues skier dangling dangerously from lift; I overheard my son-in-law apologize to a waiter for our 10% tip;   The day's most important stories   Declassified report says Putin 'ordered' effort to undermine faith in U.S. election Russia carried out a comprehensive cyber campaign to upend the U.S. presidential election, an operation ordered by Russian President Vladi­mir Putin that "aspired to help" elect Donald Trump by discrediting his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded in a report released today. The report depicts Russian interference as unprecedented in scale. By Greg Miller  •  Read more » Congress looks to build border wall — paid for, at least initially, by taxpayers The plan would rely on authority under a 2006 law passed with bipartisan support. It would not preclude reimbursement, potentially meeting the Trump pledge to "build a wall and make Mexico pay for it." By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week By the time we start on one fact check of Donald Trump's tweet, he may have tweeted many others that are fact-checkable. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more »   5 dead after gunman opens fire at Fort Lauderdale airport Several other people were injured and hospitalized after the attack in the baggage-claim area of the terminal housing Delta and Air Canada. A suspect was in custody, according to a sheriff's department spokeswoman. The airport has been closed, and all flights were suspended. By Mark Berman and William Wan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The crack in this Antarctic ice shelf just grew by 11 miles. A dramatic break could be imminent. A growing rift is setting the ice shelf up for a loss of nearly 2,000 square miles of ice — an area larger than Rhode Island and almost as big as Delaware. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   'I hope I've made you proud': Michelle Obama chokes up during speech to educators In her final official speech, an emotional first lady seemed to allude to concerns and fears about President-elect Donald Trump — without ever mentioning him by name. By Joe Heim  •  Read more »   My three maddening, futile years inside the broken Senate confirmation process COLUMN | A former Pentagon official expected the confirmation process for a diplomatic position to go relatively smoothly. But he learned that qualified candidates are often pawns in a political game — and important posts go unfilled. By Doug Wilson  •  Read more »   U.S. used Cold War-era statute to prosecute Taiwanese American nuclear engineer Nuclear energy experts say they are baffled that the government is pursuing the case and took an old statute meant to discourage the spread of nuclear weapons and applied it to an export licensing matter. By Ellen Nakashima and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Tilikum, the orca linked to three human deaths, has died SeaWorld said the animal, believed to be 36, was near the high end of a captive whale's average life expectancy. By Avi Selk and Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »   Your sequel-free, superhero-less guide to 2017 movies It's a little early to definitively predict which titles will be worth watching, but we can hazard a few guesses. By Stephanie Merry  •  Read more »   ‘One of the most scary things I've ever seen': Man rescues skier dangling dangerously from lift "I kind of stopped thinking and just started acting," Mickey Wilson said of the dramatic rescue at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado. By Sarah Larimer  •  Read more »   I overheard my son-in-law apologize to a waiter for our 10% tip The advice columnist takes your questions about the strange train we call life. By Carolyn Hax  •  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. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071