Evening Edition: Trump picks retired Marine Gen. Mattis for defense secretary

The trick to persuading Trump? Flattery, proximity and snappy pitches. ; Clinton wasn't charged with mishandling classified info. Trump might appoint someone convicted of it.; Trump defends direct negotiations with Carrier to keep jobs in U.S.; Will a gossipy tabloid be the new paper of record in the Trump administration?; Pakistan plays up, then plays down prime minister's chummy call with Trump; François Hollande won't seek another term as France's president; Search for survivors after deadly Tennessee wildfires ‘could be more of a recovery than a rescue’; I know what it's like to care for a child with microcephaly. My son is 53 years old.; She says she was harassed at TSA. Now she protests outside the agency for hours.; One Marine paid ‘the ultimate price.’ Another stole his story to get VA benefits and a free home.; A photo of a 4-year-old with Hillary Clinton was used as a disturbing meme. Her mother fought back.; She's still taking us there: Mavis Staples soars again in late career; BuzzFeed's hit piece on 'Fixer Upper' stars Chip and Joanna Gaines is dangerous;   The day's most important stories   Trump picks retired Marine Gen. Mattis for defense secretary The president-elect has chosen former senior military officer James Mattis, who led operations across the Middle East, to run the Pentagon less than four years after he hung up his uniform, according to people familiar with the decision. By Dan Lamothe  •  Read more » The trick to persuading Trump? Flattery, proximity and snappy pitches. Since winning the election, Trump has made clear that even his firmest positions are open to change, often echoing the last person he spoke to — or what he last saw on TV. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   Clinton wasn't charged with mishandling classified info. Trump might appoint someone convicted of it. If nominated to be secretary of state, former CIA director David Petraeus would have to undergo a potentially bruising confirmation hearing that would likely reexamine the lurid case that led to his conviction. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   Trump defends direct negotiations with Carrier to keep jobs in U.S. "I think it's very presidential. And if it's not presidential, that's OK because I like doing it," the president-elect said while visiting the Indiana factory. The deal sets the stage for an unprecedented level of intervention by the White House into private enterprise. By Ylan Q. Mui and Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Will a gossipy tabloid be the new paper of record in the Trump administration? With some highly sourced scoops, the New York Post appears to have a leg up with the president-elect. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Pakistan plays up, then plays down prime minister's chummy call with Trump The morning papers were giddy with hyperbole over the call between Donald Trump and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, but by the end of the day, though, the official tone had become more circumspect. By Pamela Constable  •  Read more »   François Hollande won't seek another term as France's president After consistently high unemployment figures and a string of terrorist attacks, the socialist leader became the most unpopular president in the history of modern France. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   Search for survivors after deadly Tennessee wildfires ‘could be more of a recovery than a rescue’ The devastation has been "unfathomable," with at least 10 deaths and more than 700 structures damaged or destroyed, officials said. By Lindsey Bever, Angela Fritz and Peter Holley  •  Read more »   I know what it's like to care for a child with microcephaly. My son is 53 years old. In 1963, the expectations for children born with brain damage were very different from today. When a doctor advised institutionalization for Andrew Altman, his mother Barbara rejected the idea immediately. Over the past five decades she has learned the difficulties — and the joys — of parenting a child with microcephaly. By Barbara Altman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   She says she was harassed at TSA. Now she protests outside the agency for hours. Alyssa Bermudez, a Bronze Star veteran, became a whistleblower in a case against an agency riddled with accusations. By Manuel Roig-Franzia  •  Read more »   One Marine paid ‘the ultimate price.’ Another stole his story to get VA benefits and a free home. Marines who'd served with Casey Owens banded together to expose Brandon Blackstone, the man who co-opted his tragic story. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   A photo of a 4-year-old with Hillary Clinton was used as a disturbing meme. Her mother fought back. Jennifer Jones was determined to get the image of her daughter that was being used by Trump supporters off the Internet. By Colby Itkowitz  •  Read more »   She's still taking us there: Mavis Staples soars again in late career At 77, the gospel and soul icon whose family provided the soundtrack of the civil rights era is always honing her art. By Neely Tucker  •  Read more »   BuzzFeed's hit piece on 'Fixer Upper' stars Chip and Joanna Gaines is dangerous The piece tried to suggest that because the church the home-renovation gurus attend is against gay marriage, the couple could be as well. Here's why that's bad journalism and bad advocacy. By Brandon Ambrosino  •  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. 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