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 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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Republicans ready to launch wide-ranging probe of Russia, despite Trump's stance  —  Leading Senate Republicans are preparing to launch a coordinated and wide-ranging probe into Russia's alleged meddling in the U.S. elections and its potential cyber threats to the military …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Greg Lake: King Crimson and ELP star dies aged 69  —  One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, the British musician is known for songs including In the Court of the Crimson King and his solo hit I Believe in Father Christmas.  —  He died on Wednesday after “a long and stubborn battle with cancer”, said his manager.

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.”

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

Strict voter ID law approved in Michigan House  —  Lansing — Michigan's Republican-led House on Wednesday night approved a strict voter identification proposal over strenuous objections from Democrats who argued the plan could disenfranchise properly registered voters.