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.

Donald Trump just insulted a union leader on Twitter.  Then the phone started to ring.  —  Chuck Jones uses a flip phone, so he didn't see the tweet.  His friend of 36 years called him Wednesday night and said: The president-elect is smearing you on Twitter.

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.

Farewell, Fair Senate  —  Washington — In my time in the Senate, I've served with 281 senators.  I've rarely given advice unless asked.  But since I am leaving the Senate floor for the final time, I have a few things to say.  —  To Republicans, I say recognize the difference between campaigning …

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.

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 …

Michigan recount halted  —  (CNN)A federal judge has ordered Michigan's Board of Elections to stop the state's electoral recount.  —  US District Judge Mark Goldsmith issued the order late Wednesday — dissolving a previous temporary restraining order against the Board of Elections that allowed the recount to continue.

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 …

Our campaign lost the election.  But Trump's team must own up to how he won.  —  Jennifer Palmieri was communications director for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.  —  I know how to be a gracious loser.  —  I could have let it go last week when Kellyanne Conway …

Quite Possibly the Funniest Thing That Brian Williams Has Ever Said  —  For years I've wondering if former NBC news anchor Brian Williams is an aspiring stand-up comic.  What he said last night on The 11th Hour sealed it — this guy can make people laugh, albeit not always intentionally.

Donald Trump Is Said to Intend to Keep a Stake in His Business  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is considering formally turning over the operational responsibility for his real estate company to his two adult sons, but he intends to keep a stake in the business and resist calls to divest …

Even anti-Trump working-class voters are having second thoughts  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Robert James stood outside the Carrier plant just before the president-elect addressed workers at the refrigeration and heating assembly plant.  —  “I feel a great swing of emotions that go from disbelief …

Secretary of state candidate Rep. Dana Rohrabacher defends Russia, denounces China  —  Secretary of state candidate Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., said in an interview Wednesday that the United States cooperating with Russia is a good thing and that China is not America's friend.

2018 Senate: The Democrats Are Very Exposed  —  But potentially counteracting forces — partisan polarization & the negative midterm effect on the president's party — complicate the midterm picture  —  Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley, UVA Center for Politics December 8th, 2016

Koch Industries Says House GOP's Tax Plan ‘Could Be Devastating’  —  Billionaire brothers' firm adds to retailers' complaints  —  Corporate overhaul would tax imports while exempting exports  —  Koch Industries Inc., the influential private firm headed by billionaire Republican supporters Charles …

With Trump, conservatives hope for ally in ‘War on Christmas’  —  Conservatives are hoping that Donald Trump  —  will be a strong ally in the “War on Christmas.”  —  The president-elect, who repeatedly promised his supporters “we're going to say ‘merry Christmas’ again,” …

CBS2 Exclusive: Giants' Nikita Whitlock Has Home Vandalized With Hateful Graffiti  —  MOONACHIE, N.J. — The Bergen County home of a local athlete was broken into Tuesday evening.  Several items were taken, but what's more disturbing is what the suspects left behind.