Friday's Headlines: Federal judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline, dealing a major blow to Trump

New acting attorney general once promoted a company accused of deceiving clients; McConnell: There isn't 'any chance' Trump will stop Mueller probe; 'The whole place was in...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Federal judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline, dealing a major blow to Trump President Trump had scorned the Obama administration for failing to move ahead with the 1,200-mile project. He signed an executive order two days into his presidency, saying the move showed how he would overcome environmental roadblocks to spur job and infrastructure development in the United States. By Fred Barbash and Allyson Chiu  •  Read more » New acting attorney general once promoted a company accused of deceiving clients Former customers of World Patent Marketing expressed dismay at Matthew G. Whitaker's appointment to lead the Justice Department for now. By Carol Leonnig, Rosalind Helderman and Robert O'Harrow  •   Read more »   McConnell: There isn't 'any chance' Trump will stop Mueller probe The Senate majority leader made the remarks in an interview Thursday with a Lexington radio station. By Felicia Sonmez  •   Read more »   'The whole place was in flames': Residents flee as Camp Fire tears through California towns Evacuation routes were clogged with people attempting to flee the growing blaze, and first responders expressed concern about whether they could escape. By Eli Rosenberg and Jason Samenow  •   Read more »   It was 'like hell': Witnesses recount the horror, sacrifice inside Calif. bar For many of those inside, there was a grim benefit to being young in America during an age of massacres: They knew exactly what to do, in the way that past generations knew how to hide from tornadoes or nuclear bombs. By Katie Zezima, Mark Berman and David Fahrenthold  •   Read more »   Deaths of guard and sheriff's deputy fuel debate over active-shooter defenses The massacre, along with others like it in recent months, shows how difficult devising an effective strategy to head off an attack can be — and the exceptionally high cost it can exact on those on the front lines. By Justin Jouvenal and Alex Horton  •   Read more »   Las Vegas shooting survivors live through California massacre A year after they escaped a mass shooting at a country music festival, survivors encounter another gunman. By Katie Zezima and Katie Mettler  •   Read more »   Sarah Sanders promotes altered video of CNN's Jim Acosta, sparking allegations of visual propaganda The White House defends its decision to revoke the correspondent's credentials as critics detect manipulation in the video of an incident during a news conference. By Paul Farhi  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Matthew Whitaker is a crackpot By Ruth Marcus  •   Read more »   How the GOP might win in 2020 By Henry Olsen  •   Read more »   Democratic legitimacy is on the line in Georgia By Edward B. Foley  •   Read more »   The NRA wants us to talk about mental health over guns. Here's why it's wrong. By Elizabeth Bruenig  •   Read more »   The Kavanaugh debacle cost the Democrats the Senate By Marc Thiessen  •   Read more »   Voters sent a message in the midterms: Enough is enough on guns By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Fact Checker | Analysis The Trump administration's fuzzy math on 'criminals' in the caravan President Trump claims there are 300 "rough, rough people" in the caravan of migrants traveling through Mexico. But the administration won't explain how that figure is calculated. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »     Democratic candidates in Florida pull into recount range as state again is epicenter of post-election fight over ballots Republicans maintain a narrowing lead in the U.S. Senate and governor's races as votes continue to be counted. By Michael Scherer  •   Read more »   Kemp's lead over Abrams narrows amid voting complaints in Georgia governor's race Kemp declared victory Wednesday, even as election officials continued counting thousands of absentee and provisional ballots. By Amy Gardner, Beth Reinhard and Aaron Davis  •   Read more »   The Debrief 'The guardrails are off': Trump takes aggressive moves he resisted before elections The president quickly forced out his attorney general and has signaled that more is to come. By Philip Rucker  •   Read more »   Critic's Notebook Stacey Abrams, a sea-blue dress and the politics of appearance How the Georgia gubernatorial candidate stood in for an invisible demographic — and buried our trite notions of "relatability." By Robin Givhan  •   Read more »   In revealing new memoir, Michelle Obama candidly shares her story The former first lady doles out life lessons and tackles tough topics — including how she feels about President Trump, who she believes put her family's safety at risk with his vehement promotion of the false birther conspiracy theory about Barack Obama. By Krissah Thompson  •   Read more »   Pelosi's Democratic opponents scramble to organize the resistance Previous attempts to oust the longtime party leader have failed. Now her critics are counting on a crop of incoming lawmakers for reinforcement. By Mike DeBonis  •   Read more »   Conservative Arkansas could soon have the highest effective minimum wage in the country The red state will be a test case over whether a higher minimum wage results in job losses. Business leaders are divided about what they think will happen. 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