Evening Edition: Trump signs executive orders seeking to revive controversial oil pipelines

Fury and power struggle mark Trump's first days in office; Sean Spicer uses repeatedly debunked citations for Trump's voter fraud claims; FBI Director James Comey to stay on in Trump administration; HHS nominee skirts questions about impact of executive order on ACA; Is Trump ready for war in the South China Sea?; Trump just forfeited in his first fight with China; Oscar nominations: The diversity is impressive. Now time for a long-lasting reset.; Israel approves huge expansion of settlements in response to Trump presidency; USDA researchers ordered to stop publishing news releases, other documents; Trump's first four-Pinocchio rating as president; Activists planning to disrupt inauguration were infiltrated by conservative group; After collapse during speech, Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton announces he has prostate cancer; Pentagon still scrambling to understand if hiring freeze includes civilian personnel; In a community of million-dollar homes, a fight over a $500 mailbox ends in court; 5 Diets, Week 3: A bumpy road on Whole30, Weight Watchers and Buddha's Diet; The 5-ingredient recipe is the culinary equivalent of fake news ;   The day's most important stories   Trump signs executive orders seeking to revive controversial oil pipelines The move to breathe new life into the Dakota Access and Keystone XL projects is the latest step in the new president's effort to dismantle Obama administration policies. It was unclear how President Trump's orders would restart the projects or expedite environmental reviews. The White House did not immediately release text of the orders. The Keystone order could undo a major decision by former president Barack Obama, who had said the project would contribute to climate change. By Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more » Fury and power struggle mark Trump's first days in office The turbulence and competing factions that were a hallmark of Trump's campaign have been transported to the White House. Nearly a dozen senior officials and other Trump advisers and confidants, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity, describe private conversations and moments. By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Matea Gold  •  Read more »   Sean Spicer uses repeatedly debunked citations for Trump's voter fraud claims The White House press secretary claimed the president believes millions voted illegally in the presidential election, based on studies that were presented to him. Then Spicer cited a Pew study that does not support this claim. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more »   FBI Director James Comey to stay on in Trump administration Comey, who is under investigation for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe, has told people he has been asked to stay in his post in the Trump administration, people familiar with the matter said. By Matt Zapotosky, Ellen Nakashima and Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   HHS nominee skirts questions about impact of executive order on ACA In a contentious hearing, Tom Price said that no Americans would be worse off under the president's executive order to ease rules under the Affordable Care Act. By Amy Goldstein and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Is Trump ready for war in the South China Sea? The White House spokesman's comments were widely interpreted as doubling down on remarks by the secretary of state nominee, who said the U.S. would not allow China access to islands in the area. By Simon Denyer  •  Read more »   Trump just forfeited in his first fight with China Donald Trump acts like he's getting tough on China, but one of his first acts was a total capitulation. By Matt O'Brien  •  Read more »   Oscar nominations: The diversity is impressive. Now time for a long-lasting reset. After complaints about underrepresentation, African American filmmakers break records. Is that enough? By Ann Hornaday  •  Read more »   Israel approves huge expansion of settlements in response to Trump presidency The approval of 2,500 housing units in the Jewish settlements in the West Bank comes just two days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Trump, who has signaled more accommodating policies toward Israel. By William Booth  •  Read more »   USDA researchers ordered to stop publishing news releases, other documents The order raised concerns that the Trump administration was trying to influence distribution of their findings, leaving USDA officials scrambling to clarify the memo. By Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump's first four-Pinocchio rating as president In a meeting with business leaders, the president claimed he was a "very big person" on the environment who has "received awards" on the subject. We found no facts to support this claim. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more »   Activists planning to disrupt inauguration were infiltrated by conservative group D.C. police confirmed that secret video recordings made by a group called Project Veritas led to the arrest of one man and foiled an alleged acid attack at the DeploraBall in downtown Washington. By Peter Hermann  •  Read more »   After collapse during speech, Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton announces he has prostate cancer The governor fainted while giving his State of the State address Monday night. By Lindsey Bever and Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Pentagon still scrambling to understand if hiring freeze includes civilian personnel Defense Department officials say they still do not know whether the civilian workforce, which makes up about 35 percent of the 2.1 million civil servants in the federal government, are exempt from Trump's executive order. By Lisa Rein  •  Read more »   In a community of million-dollar homes, a fight over a $500 mailbox ends in court A mailbox mandate angered members of a Bowie area community into launching a seven-year fight that finally ended when a Prince George's County judge delivered an order that their homeowners' association overstepped its bounds. By Lynh Bui  •  Read more »   5 Diets, Week 3: A bumpy road on Whole30, Weight Watchers and Buddha's Diet Halfway through the month, The Post dieters hit some roadblocks — but pushed through. By Kendra Nichols, Tom Sietsema, Joe Yonan, Bonnie S. Benwick and Adam Kilgore  •  Read more »   The 5-ingredient recipe is the culinary equivalent of fake news Some recipes labeled that way really work, but more often they're fraught with problems. How simple does cooking have to get? By Bonnie S. Benwick  •  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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