Evening Edition: Elite unit that helped kill bin Laden gets expanded power to hunt terrorists

Trump fills White House counsel and deputy national security posts; Why people are giving Jill Stein millions for an election recount; A Dakota pipeline's last stand; Dylann Roof ruled competent to stand trial in South Carolina church shooting; Missing California woman found alive three weeks after apparent abduction ; The 'Gilmore Girls' final four words: Did you love them or hate them?; The hidden college costs the admissions office doesn't tell you; Redskins show that they're not in the Cowboys' weight class;   The day's most important stories   Elite unit that helped kill bin Laden gets expanded power to hunt terrorists The Obama administration is giving the Joint Special Operations Command authority to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on foreign fighters around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants are driven from strongholds in Iraq and Syria, officials said. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Dan Lamothe  •  Read more » Trump fills White House counsel and deputy national security posts Don McGahn, a well-known campaign finance lawyer, will be White House counsel while K.T. McFarland, a national security analyst, has been named deputy national security adviser. By Jerry Markon and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   Why people are giving Jill Stein millions for an election recount The former presidential candidate wants recounts in three states. Her effort has generated the largest donation drive for a third party in history. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   A Dakota pipeline's last stand The Standing Rock Sioux tribe's resistance to the controversial $3.7 billion Dakota Access pipeline draws on 150 years of troubled history with the federal government. By Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Dylann Roof ruled competent to stand trial in South Carolina church shooting The 22-year-old is charged with a hate crime, obstruction of religion and other counts for the June 2015 attack that left nine dead. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   Missing California woman found alive three weeks after apparent abduction Sherri Papini, 34, was discovered on Thanksgiving Day when she was released by her captor on a rural road in Yolo County, authorities said. By Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The 'Gilmore Girls' final four words: Did you love them or hate them? In the last decade, as more viewers discovered the show through cable reruns and Netflix, the "final four words" have reached near-mythical status. By Emily Yahr  •  Read more »   The hidden college costs the admissions office doesn't tell you When budgeting out tuition and room and board, don't forget about the costs of Uber and off-campus meals. By Bruce Horovitz  •  Read more »   Redskins show that they're not in the Cowboys' weight class Washington piles up yards again with its finesse offense, but it proves incapable of throwing a powerful punch like Dallas. By Sally Jenkins  •  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. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071