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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Trump: Madman of the Year  —  So, Time magazine, ever in search of buzz, this week named Donald Trump Person of the Year.  But they did so with a headline that read, “President of the Divided States of America.”  —  The demi-fascist of Fifth Avenue wasn't flattered by that wording.

They've Gone Insane  —  And hating Trump hasn't made them any nicer either.  —  I just don't get it.  People are going insane about Donald Trump being president-elect.  It's beyond the wildest anger and fear I saw even about Richard Nixon, my hero.  And, as I say, I just cannot see it.

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 …

Everything You Need to Know About Rogue Electors  —  It's been one month since Election Day, but the real votes for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won't be cast for another 11 days.  —  That's when the 538 actual people who make up the Electoral College will meet in state capitals across …

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 …

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.

Clinton blasts ‘epidemic’ of fake news  —  on Thursday decried the spread of fake news online, calling it an “epidemic” that Congress should take action against.  —  “The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year …

The Washington Post honors David Fahrenthold with inaugural Ben Bradlee Prize  —  Fahrenthold recognized for his body of work during the 2016 presidential campaign  —  The Washington Post today awarded David Fahrenthold the first annual Ben Bradlee Prize for his penetrating coverage during the 2016 presidential campaign.

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.

Trump ‘devils’ burned in Guatemalan ceremony  —  Cardboard figures of President-elect Donald Trump  —  were set ablaze at the annual “Burning of the Devil” ceremony in Guatemala.  —  The centuries-old tradition, held every year ahead of Christmas, is supposed to rid homes and neighborhoods of bad spirits.

The collapse of the political Left  —  It's been a tough decade for the political left.  Eight years ago a Time magazine cover portrayed Barack Obama as Franklin Roosevelt, complete with cigarette and holder and a cover line proclaiming “The New New Deal.”  A Newsweek cover announced “We Are All Socialists Now.”

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 …