Trump Expected to Name Fast-Food Executive Andy Puzder as Labor Secretary  —  Mr. Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, likely to peel back regulations  —  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name fast-food executive Andy Puzder as labor secretary, according to people familiar with the decision.

John Glenn, American hero, aviation icon and former U.S. senator, dies at 95  —  His legend is other-worldly and now, in his 95th year, that's where John Glenn has gone.  —  An authentic hero and genuine American icon, Glenn died this afternoon surrounded by family at the Ohio State University …

I'm the union leader Donald Trump attacked.  I'm tired of being lied to about our jobs.  —  Trump swore he'd save our jobs.  He didn't.  —  I'm a union leader in Indianapolis.  I represent the Carrier workers whose jobs Donald Trump has pledged to save.  And I'm tired of being lied to.

Donald Trump to Remain Executive Producer on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Donald Trump will remain an exec producer on NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice,” which is returning Jan. 2 after a two-year hiatus with new host Arnold Schwarzenegger.  —  MGM confirmed to Variety that Trump has retained his EP credit on the series.

Trump's Transition Team ‘Is Like Game of Thrones’  —  As the least experienced, least ideological, and therefore perhaps most malleable president-elect in history prepares to take office, all eyes are on who is influencing his decisions.  And so far, Donald Trump's administration is shaping …

1. Views of President-elect Trump and his administration  —  As Donald Trump prepares to take office as the nation's 45th president, 55% of the public says that, so far, they disapprove of the job he has done explaining his policies and plans for the future, while 41% approve of the job he has done.

On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘Safe Spaces’  —  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Amanda Delekta, a sophomore at the University of Michigan and political director of the College Republicans, was ecstatic when her candidate, Donald J. Trump, won the presidential election.

Ryan Plays the DC Press Corps Like a Fiddle  —  Millions of people's lives and livelihoods are on the line.  So it's not funny.  But if there weren't such dire real world consequences, Paul Ryan's current flimflam would be straight up hilarious.  Repealing Obamacare has immediate real world consequences.

Navy admiral's Pearl Harbor speech trolls Colin Kaepernick  —  A decorated US Navy admiral took the time to troll Colin Kaepernick during the 75th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration ceremony on Wednesday — saying those who died on that fateful day “never took a knee and never failed to stand” during the national anthem.

Did Putin elect Trump?  —  As The Hill, CNN and other news organizations reported last week, Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are calling on President Obama to declassify information about covert Russian attempts to influence the American elections that the Obama administration continues …

U.S. life expectancy declines for the first time since 1993  —  For the first time in more than two decades, life expectancy for Americans declined last year — a troubling development linked to a panoply of worsening health problems in the United States.  —  Rising fatalities from heart disease …

Reid predicts death of filibuster  —  Senate Democrats are about to get rolled on Donald Trump's Cabinet picks.  They could spend years in the minority.  And instead of the GOP collapse that many expected on Nov. 8, it's now Democrats soul-searching about what went wrong.

Kellyanne Conway Suggests That Women With Kids Shouldn't Take Jobs in the White House  —  Donald Trump's former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said that mothers should not accept high-powered career opportunities—a standard that does not apply to fathers, in Conway's opinion.

How Donald Trump's Web of LLCs Obscures His Business Interests  —  The opacity of his holdings makes it impossible to gauge the full extent of potential conflicts he may face as president  —  President-elect Donald Trump owns a helicopter in Scotland.  —  To be more precise …

Exclusive: Judge to Trump: No getting out of Jupiter golf club lawsuit  —  President-Elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-A-Lago on Palm Beach  —  U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Marra on Wednesday refused yet another request by Donald Trump to toss a 2013 lawsuit filed against his Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter.

African-Americans claim discrimination in class-action lawsuit against CNN, Turner  —  Two African-American employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against CNN, Turner Broadcasting and its parent company, Time Warner, alleging racial discrimination.  —  The two plaintiffs in the lawsuit …

Biden: I'm ‘embarrassed’ by the campaign  —  (CNN)This year's presidential contest was a substance-free spectacle, Vice President Joe Biden lamented on Thursday.  —  “This has been a very tough election.  It's been ugly, it's been divisive, it's been coarse, it's been dispiriting.

The populist revolt to ‘The System Worked’  —  Some intellectual cleanup in Bret Stephens' aisle  —  There's been a lot of talk about “peak trade” and the collapse in cross-border capital flows in recent years.  I seriously doubt that Donald Trump or any of the other recently elected populists …

Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds Earn More Than Their Parents  —  As wages stagnate in the middle class, it becomes hard to reverse this trend  —  Barely half of 30-year-olds earn more than their parents did at a similar age, a research team found, an enormous decline from the early 1970s …