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U.S.-Russia ties sink to new lows as Tillerson takes tough stance against Assad; Susan Rice's 4-Pinocchio claim about Obama, Syria and chemical weapons ; Post reporter David Fahrenthold wins Pulitzer Prize for stories about Trump's charitable giving; Teacher killed, two students injured in San Bernardino elementary school shooting, police say; Gorsuch takes oath to become the newest justice of the Supreme Court; What does a rookie Supreme Court justice do? Kagan tells Gorsuch it starts in the kitchen.; Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy; Passenger dragged off United plane after refusing to give up his seat on overbooked flight; Fox News parent company investigates sexual harassment claims against Bill O'Reilly; She wanted to criticize Black Lives Matter in a college speech. A protest shut her down.; Salt from icy roads is contaminating North America’s lakes; Far-right leader says France 'not responsible' for deporting Jews during Holocaust; Trump finds his niche: Fixing problems that no longer exist;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Wells Fargo orders former executives to return $75 million after sales probe A six-month investigation revealed that the former CEO and the former leader of the retail bank operation knew that employees created millions of sham accounts more than a decade before the bank was fined $185 million by regulators last year. The decision was one of the most aggressive uses of a compensation clawback by Wells Fargo in its more than 100-year history. By Renae Merle  •  Read more » U.S.-Russia ties sink to new lows as Tillerson takes tough stance against Assad Signaling the focus of talks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will have in Moscow later this week, officials said Russia, in propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bears at least partial responsibility for Wednesday's chemical attack and would face further deterioration in its relations with the United States if it continues to support him. By Carol Morello  •  Read more »   Fact Checker | Analysis Susan Rice's 4-Pinocchio claim about Obama, Syria and chemical weapons In the wake of President Trump's cruise-missile strike against Syria for apparent use of sarin nerve agent, many readers asked us to examine what the former national security adviser had said earlier this year: "We were able to get the Syrian government to voluntarily and verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile." By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   Post reporter David Fahrenthold wins Pulitzer Prize for stories about Trump's charitable giving Shortly after the New Hampshire primary, Fahrenthold set out to learn what had become of $6 million Donald Trump said he'd raised for veterans. Fahrenthold noticed that the GOP presidential candidate had stopped distributing the money, despite having given out just a little more than $1 million. That was the start of a much longer reporting effort, one that eventually expanded to cover all of Trump's charitable giving — and the illusions he'd created, over his lifetime, that made his philanthropy seem more impressive than it was. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Teacher killed, two students injured in San Bernardino elementary school shooting, police say San Bernardino City Unified School District said the shooter, a white male, was dead at North Park Elementary School. By Lindsey Bever, Wesley Lowery and Peter Holley  •  Read more »   Gorsuch takes oath to become the newest justice of the Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch's swearing-in is the conclusion of a nearly 14-month process to fill Antonin Scalia's seat, with Republicans winning a bitter battle to ensure his replacement was a like-minded disciple who will restore a conservative majority on the court. By Robert Barnes and Ashley Parker  •  Read more »   What does a rookie Supreme Court justice do? Kagan tells Gorsuch it starts in the kitchen. Justice Elena Kagan had the opportunity at a Colorado event last summer to tutor Neil Gorsuch on the unique — and unglamorous — responsibilities of the court's most-junior member. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy The action marks the latest break by the attorney general with Obama-era priorities. He said a new strategy will be set by an in-house team of advisers. By Spencer S. Hsu  •  Read more »   Passenger dragged off United plane after refusing to give up his seat on overbooked flight Horrified passengers recorded the man being pulled screaming from his seat and thrown to the floor of the plane with a bloody nose. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Fox News parent company investigates sexual harassment claims against Bill O'Reilly Wendy Walsh said O'Reilly pulled a job opportunity from her in 2013 after she declined to visit his hotel room — a charge he denies. Since 2002, four women have been paid about $13 million to drop similar charges against the Fox News star. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   She wanted to criticize Black Lives Matter in a college speech. A protest shut her down. Officials at Claremont McKenna College anticipated protests, but campus police weren't prepared for the hundreds of students that rallied against pro-police speaker Heather Mac Donald. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   Salt from icy roads is contaminating North America’s lakes At least 7,770 freshwater lakes are at risk of elevated salt levels — a likely underestimate, environmental researchers said. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   WorldViews | Analysis Far-right leader says France 'not responsible' for deporting Jews during Holocaust Marine Le Pen's views on France's past could spill over into this month's presidential election. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   Wonkblog | Analysis Trump finds his niche: Fixing problems that no longer exist President Trump has finally found an economic issue that's not too complicated for him to do something about. That's stopping China from manipulating its currency that it hasn't been manipulating for the past two years. By Matt O'Brien  •  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. 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