Evening Edition: Trump confidants may face tangle of potential conflicts as presidential advisers

McConnell: Democrats need to 'grow up,' let Trump picks get confirmed; Trump, Sessions plan to restrict highly skilled foreign workers, which could be a boon for India; Obama: I didn't misjudge the threats Putin posed; Iran's former president, who was set to play crucial role in selecting next supreme leader, dies; 4 Israeli soldiers intentionally killed by Palestinian truck driver; It's time to retire the tainted term 'fake news'; Patriots need to watch their backs after Steelers’ demolition of Dolphins; NYPD captain draws outrage after saying, 'True stranger rapes ... are the troubling ones'; Is Duke's Grayson Allen already back to tripping his opponents?; I tried the Chinese practice of 'sitting the month' after childbirth; Jazz critic and journalist dies at 91;   The day's most important stories   Trump confidants may face tangle of potential conflicts as presidential advisers With confirmation hearings set to start for Cabinet nominees, ethics experts are raising alarms about others with the president-elect's ear, including billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, who stand to profit as members of a "shadow Cabinet." By John Wagner and Ylan Q. Mui  •  Read more » McConnell: Democrats need to 'grow up,' let Trump picks get confirmed The Senate leader said there are no plans to alter packed calendar, but he vowed that no nominee will earn an up-or-down vote until the requisite background checks are completed by the FBI and a federal ethics office. By Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   Trump, Sessions plan to restrict highly skilled foreign workers, which could be a boon for India The president-elect refers to H-1B visas as a "cheap labor program" subject to "rampant" abuse, but India's growth as a global tech hub could be jump-started if its best minds must remain there to do work outsourced by U.S. firms. By Max Bearak  •  Read more »   Obama: I didn't misjudge the threats Putin posed "I think that I underestimated the degree to which, in this new information age, it is possible for misinformation, for cyberhacking and so forth, to have an impact on our open societies, our open systems, to insinuate themselves into our democratic practices," the president said on "This Week." By David Nakamura  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Iran's former president, who was set to play crucial role in selecting next supreme leader, dies Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 82, was considered the figurehead of moderate Iranians who seek reforms in political life as well as economic and cultural openings to the West. His death leaves a vacuum that could further marginalize reformist efforts. By Carol Morello  •  Read more »   4 Israeli soldiers intentionally killed by Palestinian truck driver Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the assailant in the Jerusalem attack that also injured a dozen people was "inspired" by the Islamic State but offered no evidence. By William Booth  •  Read more »   Margaret Sullivan | Media Columnist It's time to retire the tainted term 'fake news' Fake news has a real meaning — deliberately constructed lies, in the form of news articles, meant to mislead the public. But the label has been co-opted to the point that it is misleading and useless. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   Patriots need to watch their backs after Steelers’ demolition of Dolphins Pittsburgh coasted to a stress-free 30-12 victory, confirming the notion that the Steelers are the primary threat to top-seeded New England in the AFC. By Mark Maske  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   NYPD captain draws outrage after saying, 'True stranger rapes ... are the troubling ones' City hall immediately distanced itself from the comments made by the leader of the 94th Precinct, saying they did not represent the views of the mayor, his administration or the police department. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   Is Duke's Grayson Allen already back to tripping his opponents? The Blue Devil was given an "indefinite" suspension that lasted one game. His return to the court — and his entanglement with a Boston College player — leaves little doubt that the punishment had no effect. By Jeremy Gottlieb  •  Read more »   I tried the Chinese practice of 'sitting the month' after childbirth This mother never got to stay in bed with her first three children, so she turned to an age-old custom after the arrival of her fourth. By Leslie Hsu Oh  •  Read more »   Nat Hentoff | 1925-2017 Jazz critic and journalist dies at 91 Hentoff was a champion of jazz music and a passionate defender of civil liberties in columns he wrote for The Washington Post, Village Voice and the New Yorker, among other publications. By Martin Weil  •  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