Looks like there is new news on this front.
I went today to check status of the KB4056892 issue on this page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4056892/windows-10-update-kb4056892
Followed the new link to this page just added today, 1-17-18:
Says it is safe to unpause WU and install KB4056892 and then install KB4073290.
I think I'll wait a few days, just to be sure the cure isn't as bad as the disease, ha ha.
Excellent! finally they started to fix the bug in Windows 10!