Evening Edition: FBI backs CIA view that Russia helped Trump win election

Clinton says Putin’s grudge against her led Russia to interfere in U.S. elections; Partial transcript: 'Putin himself directed the covert cyberattacks'; Obama defends response to Russia before election; Manufacturing jobs are returning. But they're not the ones that disappeared.; Pentagon: China seizes U.S. underwater drone in disputed area of South China Sea; Ivanka Trump could be the most powerful first lady ever; Trump Grill’s star rating is plummeting, and Yelp is trying to save it from the trolls; After first bitter blast, U.S. faces second wave of frigid air this weekend; 12-year-old boy tried to detonate a nail bomb at a Christmas market, German authorities say; Defying skeptics, Kim Jong Un marks five years at the helm of North Korea; Ohio's youngest death-row inmate never touched the murder weapon. Why was he sentenced to death?; Saddam Hussein should have been left to run Iraq, says CIA officer who interrogated him; My 26-year-old sister is bringing her 68-year-old boyfriend to Christmas;   The day's most important stories   EXCLUSIVE FBI backs CIA view that Russia helped Trump win election FBI Director James Comey and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have backed a CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election in part to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to U.S. officials. Some lawmakers had suggested that the bureau and the agency weren't in agreement on the issue. By Adam Entous and Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more » Clinton says Putin’s grudge against her led Russia to interfere in U.S. elections The Democrat told donors that there is a "direct line" between the meddling and Russian President Vladimir Putin's displeasure at comments she made as secretary of state in 2011. By Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   Partial transcript: 'Putin himself directed the covert cyberattacks' Hillary Clinton said Russia's president has a "personal beef" against her: "Vladimir Putin himself directed the covert cyberattacks against our electoral system." By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Obama defends response to Russia before election "Part of the goal here was to make sure we did not do the work of the leakers for them by raising more and more questions about the integrity of the election right before the election," the president said at his last planned news conference of the year. By Juliet Eilperin and David Nakamura  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Manufacturing jobs are returning. But they're not the ones that disappeared. A combination of trade deals, automation and economic recessions sent the number of manufacturing jobs plummeting, with 6 million jobs lost by 2011. Now about half a million jobs have been regained. But the map of where products are made in the United States is being redrawn. By Ted Mellnik and Chris Alcantara  •  Read more »   Pentagon: China seizes U.S. underwater drone in disputed area of South China Sea The ocean glider was being used by the U.S. Navy to test water conditions in international waters, according to a U.S. defense official. By Missy Ryan and Dan Lamothe  •  Read more »   Ivanka Trump could be the most powerful first lady ever COLUMN | First ladies aren't always presidential spouses. And there's no job description, so Ivanka Trump can define her position. The president-elect's older daughter appears poised to be an adviser, advocate and hostess all at once — which could revolutionize the role. By Kate Andersen Brower  •  Read more »   Trump Grill’s star rating is plummeting, and Yelp is trying to save it from the trolls The ratings service is weeding out fake posts after a scathing review in Vanity Fair — and the president-elect's retaliatory tweet — caused the steakhouse's rating to fall a full star in one day. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »   After first bitter blast, U.S. faces second wave of frigid air this weekend The worst of the polar vortex is leaving the East Coast. Cities that will catch the brunt of the next blast include Chicago, Des Moines and Minneapolis. By Jason Samenow  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   12-year-old boy tried to detonate a nail bomb at a Christmas market, German authorities say Investigators said that they think the boy, who holds dual German and Iraqi citizenship, was guided by the Islamic State. By Stephanie Kirchner  •  Read more »   Defying skeptics, Kim Jong Un marks five years at the helm of North Korea The Kim regime has not just avoided its predicted demise, it is relatively strong. The nation has functioning nuclear weapons and is making rapid progress toward being able to deliver them to the continental U.S. And the third-generation communist leader has given his closest ally, China, the cold shoulder and suffered little for it.  By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   Ohio's youngest death-row inmate never touched the murder weapon. Why was he sentenced to death? Austin Myers, 21, is appealing his death sentence for the 2014 murder of Justin Back, who is pictured here and was killed in his home in Waynesville, Ohio. By Kristine Guerra  •  Read more »   Saddam Hussein should have been left to run Iraq, says CIA officer who interrogated him "You are going to fail in Iraq because you do not know the language, the history, and you do not understand the Arab mind," the dictator told former CIA officer John Nixon. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »   My 26-year-old sister is bringing her 68-year-old boyfriend to Christmas 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. 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