memeorandum: Donald Trump to Remain Producer on ‘The Apprentice’ While President (Alexandra Jaffe/NBC News)

11:45 AM ET, December 9, 2016

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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: alan.com

Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:

Donald Trump to Remain Producer on ‘The Apprentice’ While President — President-elect Donald Trump will remain an executive producer on the reality television show “The Apprentice” even after takes office next month, and could continue earning a profit from the show, it was revealed on Thursday.

Discussion: CNN

Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Mark Burnett: I 'have never been a supporter of Donald Trump's candidacy'

Discussion: ABC News

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
The reality show president: Trump to retain producing credit on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

Discussion: Raw Story, ABC News, The Week, Politico, alan.com, ThinkProgress and Political Wire

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.

New York Times:

Trump Eyes Interior Secretary Spot; He Spent Millions on Campaign and Made Millions Back — President-elect Donald J. Trump could name Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers as his choice for interior secretary among his announcements on Friday. — Mr. Trump raised more money than Hillary Clinton in the last stretch of the campaign.

Discussion: Public Policy Polling

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: Mother Jones, ThinkProgress, Politico, Political Wire, Daily Kos and Climate Depot

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: The Nation, CNBC, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, TheStreet.com, twitchy.com and New York Times

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

Mark Krikorian / National Review:
Trump's Labor Department Pick: Put Americans Last

Discussion: Breitbart, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine and The Federalist

Sarah Fenske / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
Andrew Puzder, Trump's Pick for Labor Department, Was Accused of Abusing Wife

Discussion: AOL, Law News, Mother Jones, alan.com, Jezebel, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and Vox

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Carrier to ultimately lose some jobs Trump saved: report — Carrier will eventually lose some of the 800 jobs President-elect Donald Trump — fought to save at the air conditioning and heater manufacturer's Indianapolis plant, according to a new report. — United Technologies …

Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Carrier to ultimately cut some of jobs Trump saved

Discussion: Washington Monthly, New York Times, alan.com, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, TheBlaze, The Week and Daily Kos

Chuck Jones / Washington Post:
I'm the union leader Donald Trump attacked. I'm tired of being lied to about our jobs.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Common Dreams, Lawyers, Guns & Money, CBS 4, New York Times, NBC News, Daily Kos, Morning Consult, Mediaite, NPR, LifeZette, AOL, Raw Story, CBS New York, ABC News, aflcio.org, Deadline, Politicus USA, TheBlaze, The Nation and CNBC

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

CBS News: Trump has declined many intelligence briefings offered to him according to Senate aide

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 …

Reuters:
Trump may signal support for Michigan Republican as next party chair

Discussion: Political Wire

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

Discussion: Political Insider blog, The Resurgent and Political Wire

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: The Hill, RedState, Mediaite, USA Today, FTVLive and TVNewser

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

Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:

Trump Paid Nearly $2.9 Million to Family-Owned Businesses as Campaign Wound Down — Trump also gave $10 million to his campaign in the final weeks of the election — President-elect Donald Trump in the final weeks of the election paid nearly $2.9 million to family-owned companies …

Discussion: Political Wire, The Week and Patterico's Pontifications

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

Rob Bradford / Full Count:

Sources: Former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine being considered for United States Ambassador to Japan — Five years ago, Bobby Valentine was just about a week into his career as Red Sox manager. Now he may be on the verge of becoming a United States ambassador.

Discussion: Washington Post, CBS New York and USA Today

W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:

Good riddance Harry Reid — In a Thursday op-ed in the New York Times, Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada wrote ruefully on the occasion of his retirement, addressing what many liberals have described as the “post-truth” world. After all, how else could they have lost the 2016 election?

Discussion: Power Line, twitchy.com, New York Times and Political Wire

Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:

Obama orders ‘full review’ of election-related hacking — President Barack Obama has ordered a “full review” of hacking-relating activity aimed at disrupting last month's presidential election and he expects that report before he leaves office on Jan. 20, a top White House official said Friday.

Discussion: The Week

Rae Ellen Bichell / NPR:

Baby Dinosaur's 99 Million-Year-Old Tail, Encased In Amber, Surfaces In Myanmar — In 2015, Lida Xing was visiting a market in northern Myanmar when a salesman brought out a piece of amber about the size of a pink rubber eraser. Inside, he could see a couple of ancient ants and a fuzzy brown tuft that the salesman said was a plant.

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, The Atlantic, Engadget, Mashable, The Verge, AOL and The Week

Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:

Boeing pledges $1 million for Donald Trump's inaugural events — 4.4k Shares — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter attack on Boeing isn't keeping the aircraft builder from writing a big check to back his inaugural festivities. — The company already had committed $1 million …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Vox, New York Post, The Hill, The Week, alan.com, The Last Refuge, EgbertoWillies.com, NBC News, New York Times and Defense One

Democracy21:

Trump's Continued Ownership of Business Enterprises Will Cause Serious Problems for His Presidency and the Country, Says Bipartisan Group of Leading Governance Experts — A bipartisan group of organizations and individuals, many of whom specialize in ethical and conflicts of interest issues …

Discussion: Sunlight Foundation

Geert Wilders / BBC:

Netherlands trial: Geert Wilders guilty of incitement — Dutch anti-Islam political leader Geert Wilders has been convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination. — But no penalty was imposed by the court near Amsterdam on Wilders, whose party is leading in polls ahead of parliamentary elections in March.

Discussion: NPR, The Daily Caller and Vox Popoli