memeorandum: Senate Democrats threaten brief shutdown over policies they hope Trump will support (Kelsey Snell/Washington Post)

1:10 PM ET, December 9, 2016

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Martin Matishak / Politico:

Obama orders ‘full review’ of election-related hacking — President Barack Obama has ordered a “full review” before he leaves office of the cyberattacks that plagued this year's presidential election, a top White House official said Friday. — The announcement by Lisa Monaco …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Townhall.com, ABC News, NBC News, NPR, Occupy Democrats, The Week, Mashable and Washington Post

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

Obama orders review of Russian hacking during presidential campaign — President Obama has ordered a “full review” of Russian hacking during the November election, as pressure from Congress has grown for greater public understanding of exactly what Russia did to interfere in the electoral process.

Discussion: Political Wire and AOL

CNN:

Obama orders review of Russian election-related hacking — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama has ordered a full review into hacking by the Russians designed to influence the 2016 election, White House Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco said Friday.

Discussion: BizPac Review, Washington Post, New York Magazine and The Root

Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:

Obama Orders Investigation Into Election-Related Hacking — Trump says ‘it could be some guy in his home in New Jersey’ — Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans plan inquiries — President Barack Obama has directed U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct an investigation …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN

Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Obama orders review of cyber attacks on 2016 election: adviser

Discussion: Engadget

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Shutdown looms as Senate Dems oppose short-term spending bill — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging coal-state Senate Democrats to take “yes for an answer,” as a bloc of Democratic senators continue fighting a short-term government funding measure — raising the real threat …

Discussion: Hot Air and The Resurgent

Jake Sherman / Politico:

Paul Ryan: I had a ‘very exciting meeting’ with Trump today — Speaker Paul Ryan said he had a “very exciting meeting” with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Friday. — “I really enjoyed coming up here and meeting with the president-elect. We had a great meeting.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News

Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:

After Repeal — It's the opportunity Republicans have been awaiting for six years, which invites the obvious question: Are they going to screw it up? In January, a united Republican Congress and Republican White House will finally have the ability to dispose of Obamacare, the unpopular and destructive health-insurance law.

Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats threaten brief shutdown over policies they hope Trump will support

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, RedState, Daily Kos, NPR, New York Magazine, The Week, Politico and Hot Air

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

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.

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Conway On Trump Decision Not To Leave ‘The Apprentice’: Obama Played Golf! — Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, on Friday morning defended the President-elect's decision to stay on as an executive producer of NBC's “The Apprentice,” comparing the move to President Obama's time playing golf.

Discussion: The Week and alan.com

David Wright / CNN:
Conway on Trump ‘Apprentice’ role: He'll do it in his spare time

Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire

Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Conway: ‘Doubtful’ Trump will take salary from ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

Discussion: Hot Air

Bloomberg:

Trump Team's Memo Hints at Broad Shake-Up of U.S. Energy Policy — Advisers seeking to identify staff involved in climate policy — Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump are developing plans to reshape Energy Department programs, help keep aging nuclear plants online and identify staff …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, ThinkProgress, Politico, Daily Kos, Political Wire, The Resurgent and Climate Depot

Wall Street Journal:

Trump Expected to Pick Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to Run Interior — If confirmed by the Senate, she would lead administration's efforts to open up federal lands and waters to fossil-fuel development — WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers …

Discussion: RedState and Morning Consult

New York Times: Trump Eyes Goldman Sachs President for Economic Post; Millions Spent on Campaign, and Millions Made Back

Taegan Goddard / Political Wire: Trump Picks Rodgers for Interior Secretary

Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:

Carrier says it will spend millions automating Indiana plant, plans to lay off workers Trump ‘saved’ — The deal keeps getting worse. — As part of the deal President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck with Carrier, the company has promised to make a $16 million investment …

Discussion: Common Dreams, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Post, NBC News and Mediaite

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carrier to ultimately lose some jobs Trump saved: report

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Resurgent, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, The Week, TheBlaze and CNNMoney

Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:

Could a Last-Minute Suitor Woo Megyn Kelly Away from Fox News? — Despite an offer of more than $20 million from Fox, Kelly appears to be listening to some surprising suitors. — On Wednesday morning, Megyn Kelly was once again promoting her new memoir, Settle for More …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, USA Today, FTVLive, Mediaite and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »

Joe Concha / The Hill:
Report: Megyn Kelly in talks with ABC

Discussion: RedState

Julia Hahn / Breitbart:

Trump Expected to Tap Labor Secretary Who Prefers Foreign Labor to American Workers — President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to name as his Labor Secretary fast food executive Andy Puzder, who stands diametrically opposed to Trump's signature issues on trade and immigration — which won him the election.

Discussion: National Review, The Nation, CNBC, Washington Free Beacon, Politico, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, TheStreet.com and New York Times

Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
COULD BREITBART BREAK WITH TRUMP?

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Politico, Breitbart and The Week

Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Top Ten Reasons Andy Puzder Is a Great Pick for Labor Secretary

Discussion: Power Line, Hit & Run, twitchy.com and ThinkProgress

Patrick J. Michaels / The Hill:

Trump's EPA pick will make Obama regret his environmental overreach — Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's nomination for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is as clear a signal as the incoming administration can send with regard to its environmental policies.

Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Scott Pruitt, Trump's Climate-Denying EPA Pick, Is Worse Than You Think

Discussion: Raw Story

Harper Neidig / The Hill:

Report: Trump down to two candidates for RNC head — 's field of preferred candidates for chair of the Republican National Committee has narrowed to just two candidates, Politico reported Thursday. — Trump is reportedly deciding between Ronna Romney McDaniel, Mitt Romney's niece who's …

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump likely to pick McDaniel to lead RNC

Discussion: Political Insider blog, The Resurgent and Political Wire

Mark Hosenball / Reuters:

Trump gets one presidential intelligence briefing a week: sources — President-elect Donald Trump is receiving an average of one presidential intelligence briefing a week, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter, far fewer than most of his recent predecessors.

Discussion: CBS News, Political Wire, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Jezebel and Hot Air

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Alabama Inmate Executed After Supreme Court Refuses a Stay — WASHINGTON — An Alabama inmate was put to death by lethal injection on Thursday after a deadlocked Supreme Court refused to stay his execution, The Associated Press reported. The inmate, Ronald B. Smith, had been sentenced …

Discussion: Washington Post, SCOTUSblog, The Week and Empirical SCOTUS

Kent Faulk / al.com:
Execution of Alabama Death Row inmate Ronald Bert Smith set to proceed

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, NPR, KTLA, BuzzFeed and Associated Press

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

This is what happens when Donald Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter — About a year ago, 18-year-old college student Lauren Batchelder stood up at a political forum in New Hampshire and told Donald Trump that she didn't think he was “a friend to women.”

Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

Jesse Berney / Rolling Stone:

Trump's Presidency Is Shaping Up to Be an American Tragedy — His administration is likely to be just as bad as you think - and possibly worse — They're already building the inaugural stand on the west side of the Capitol building. In six weeks, Donald Trump will stand on it …

Discussion: Washington Post, Truthdig and TalkLeft

Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:

Barneys slammed with discrimination suit by black New Jersey couple who say they were hassled when returning scarf, jeans — A black couple filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Barneys Thursday — claiming the store hassled them when they tried to return a scarf and a pair of fancy jeans, the Daily News has learned.

Discussion: The Root and Raw Story