Activists Urge Clinton Campaign to Challenge Election Results in 3 Swing States  —  Hillary Clinton is being urged by a group of prominent computer scientists and election lawyers to call for a recount in three swing states won by Donald Trump, New York has learned.

Gov. Nikki Haley picked to become UN ambassador, sources say … COLUMBIA — President-elect Donald Trump is picking South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to become his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, The Post and Courier has learned.  —  The move, expected Wednesday …

Trump, in Interview, Moderates Views but Defies Conventions  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump tempered on Tuesday some of his most extreme campaign promises, dropping his vow to jail Hillary Clinton, expressing doubt about the value of torturing terrorism suspects and pledging to have an open mind about climate change.

Politico Editor RESIGNS After Publishing Home Addresses Of Alt-Right Icon Richard Spencer, Advocating For ‘Baseball Bats’  —  National editor at Politico Michael Hirsh resigned after publishing the home addresses of alt-right figurehead Richard Spencer Tuesday morning and advocating for serious violence.

Judge blocks Obama rule extending overtime pay to 4.2 million U.S. workers  —  A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million salaried workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president's signature achievements for boosting wages.

Kanye West — Dr. Says He Tried to Assault Staff ... Warned of Violence Against Cops  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Kanye West's personal physician is the one who called 911, warning the dispatcher Kanye was not violent but would become violent when police arrived to help him.

Democrat Harold Ford Jr. emerging as potential Trump pick  —  Former Democratic Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. is emerging as a possible contender for transportation secretary, or another Cabinet post, in Donald Trump's budding administration.  —  The telegenic Ford — who served five terms …

Gingrich: Romney, Trump not compatible on foreign policy  —  Newt Gingrich suggested Tuesday evening that Mitt Romney, a contender to be Donald Trump  —  's secretary of State, would not be compatible with the president-elect's vision for foreign policy.  —  “Romney wanted to be in President …

Poll: Obama's approval rating highest in seven years  —  President Barack Obama's approval rating is at a seven-year high, according to a CNN/ORC national poll released Wednesday.  —  Obama enjoys a post-election approval rating of 57 percent, his highest mark since September 2009, when his approval rating sat at 58 percent.

Trump adviser received salary from charity while steering Breitbart News  —  Donald Trump's chief White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon accepted $376,000 in pay over four years for working 30 hours a week at a tiny tax-exempt charity in Tallahassee while also serving as the hands-on executive chairman of Breitbart News Network.

CNN Guest Drops ‘N’ Word in Live, On-Air Smear of Bannon  —  The mainstream media's transparent quest to tarnish President-Elect Trump's image by insisting his adviser and former Breitbart executive Stephen Bannon is a bigot has reached absurd new levels.  —  CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin asserted …

Sanford mall Santa reassigned after putting Hillary on naughty list  —  After making a joke about Hillary Clinton being on his naughty list, a mall Santa working at the Seminole Towne Center was sent to sensitivity training and reassigned to another mall.

Trump gets to pick his own auditor  —  President-elect Donald Trump will soon be able to appoint a new director of the agency auditing his taxes, a potential political minefield after his writeoffs and his refusal to release his returns were repeatedly questioned in the campaign.

Dems Can't Afford to Say Yes to Trump  —  So Chuck Schumer started saying over the weekend that he would oppose Donald Trump's infrastructure bill, assuming it looks roughly the same as Trump's campaign proposal.  Good.  It's a sham.  Or, as Ron Klain called it in an absolute must-read …

Retired General James Mattis Seen as Leading Candidate for Defense Secretary  —  His selection would likely require Congress to pass a law  —  WASHINGTON—Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump's leading candidate to be defense secretary …

Major Advertising Technology Company Bars Breitbart News for Hate Speech  —  AppNexus takes a stand as bigger rivals, Google and Facebook, face scrutiny over their handling of ‘fake news’  —  AppNexus Inc., a major advertising technology provider, has barred Breitbart News from using …

Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’  —  Nasa's Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding as the president-elect seeks to shift focus away from home in favor of deep space exploration  —  Donald Trump is poised to eliminate …

Inside Trump's freewheeling vetting operation  —  Donald Trump's process for picking top political appointees is “pretty simple,” says Rep. Devin Nunes, a senior member of the president-elect's transition team.  —  When Trump's aides were scouting for names for a CIA chief …

Freedom of Association for Me, but Not for Thee  —  Last week, fashion designer Sophie Theallet announed she would refuse to sell or donate clothes to the next first lady, Melania Trump.  In an open letter, Theallet explained: … Good for Theallet for appreciating the greatness of America …

Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, has cultivated relationships with China's leaders, including President Xi Jinping.  He has paid multiple visits to the country to meet its top internet executives.

The Department of Justice is not going to conduct a vote audit based on your phoned-in outrage  —  For supporters of Hillary Clinton, the post circulating on Facebook and Reddit offers hope.  The Justice Department, it claims, is “tallying calls” from people who want an audit of the 2016 election.