Evening Edition: Sessions pledges to put the law before his political views

The most dreaded words for nominees in their hearings: 'Donald Trump said …'; Vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. says Trump has named him to lead commission on 'vaccine safety'; Republicans scramble to ease concerns about Obamacare replacement; GOP faces delay in plan to quickly confirm Trump nominees; Fox News secretly settled sexual-harassment claim against Bill O'Reilly; Men are slow to show support for the Women's March. Is it considered unmasculine?; College football will miss Deshaun Watson, but it will never forget him; A convicted killer became the first U.S. inmate to get state-funded gender-reassignment surgery; Late-night hosts mock Donald Trump for saying that Meryl Streep is 'overrated'; Clare Hollingworth, reporter who broke news about start of World War II, dies at 105; 5 Diets, Week 1: How we did on Whole30, Weight Watchers, Buddha's Diet and more;   The day's most important stories   Sessions pledges to put the law before his political views At the confirmation hearing for attorney general, Sessions said that although his politics might indicate otherwise, he would abide by the Supreme Court decision underpinning abortion and the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. He also said he understood the waterboarding of suspects to elicit information was "absolutely improper and illegal." By Matt Zapotosky, Sari Horwitz and Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more » The most dreaded words for nominees in their hearings: 'Donald Trump said …' We break down how things could get awkward in this week's Senate hearings. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. says Trump has named him to lead commission on 'vaccine safety' The announcement from Kennedy comes after the president-elect — who has long been critical of vaccines — met at Trump Tower with the advocate who has spearheaded efforts to roll back child vaccination laws. By Abby Phillip,, Lena H. Sun and Lenny Bernstein  •  Read more »   Republicans scramble to ease concerns about Obamacare replacement While there is broad consensus in the party about doing away with the law, there is far less agreement about what a substitute should look like — or even how quickly one needs to be in place. By Sean Sullivan and Kelsey Snell and Amy Goldstein  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   GOP faces delay in plan to quickly confirm Trump nominees The Wednesday schedule now only has three confirmation hearings as delays were announced for Rep. Mike Pompeo, who is being considered for CIA director, and Betsy DeVos, who is Donald Trump's pick for education secretary. By Ed O'Keefe and Emma Brown  •  Read more »   Fox News secretly settled sexual-harassment claim against Bill O'Reilly Former host Juliet Huddy says she fought off unwanted advances by the cable-news star. She reportedly settled for an amount in the high six figures in September, several weeks after Fox News chairman Roger Ailes was ousted amid claims against him from other women. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Men are slow to show support for the Women's March. Is it considered unmasculine? Of the 175,000 people who indicated they are going on the march's Facebook page, just a fraction appear to be men. By Michael Alison Chandler  •  Read more »   College football will miss Deshaun Watson, but it will never forget him The sport will soon know what it is like to part with the Clemson quarterback as he likely heads to the NFL — to be sad the relationship is over, but to know on a deep level it became better for the experience. By Adam Kilgore  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A convicted killer became the first U.S. inmate to get state-funded gender-reassignment surgery Transgender inmate Shiloh Quine, sentenced to life without parole for a 1980 murder, recently underwent surgery — with California taxpayers footing the bill. By Kristine Guerra  •  Read more »   Late-night hosts mock Donald Trump for saying that Meryl Streep is 'overrated' "Look, Mr. Trump," comedian Stephen Colbert said. "You can refuse to release your taxes . . . but calling Meryl Streep overrated? No! No! Too far!" By Emily Yahr  •  Read more »   Clare Hollingworth, reporter who broke news about start of World War II, dies at 105 The young reporter would became one of the most intrepid war correspondents of the 20th century. By John Otis  •  Read more »   5 Diets, Week 1: How we did on Whole30, Weight Watchers, Buddha's Diet and more Read about the stumbles and victories our staffers are experiencing as they try to stick to their January eating plans. By Kendra Nichols, Tom Sietsema, Joe Yonan, Bonnie S. Benwick and Adam Kilgore  •  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. 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