Trump taps oil executive Chris Wright as Energy secretary  —  The oil executive and GOP fundraiser disputes the need to fight against climate change.  —  President-elect Donald Trump named Chris Wright, head of a Denver-based oil service company and a vocal opponent of government action …

Defense pick Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says  —  Documents obtained by The Post provide extensive detail about allegation and the response by Trump's defense secretary pick.  —  Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense …

Trump won.  The celebrations started.  Then the trouble began.  —  The president-elect has been operating off his own script, making Cabinet picks that have posed immediate political challenges.

Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands, Study Finds  —  Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.  —  Tesla's vehicles have the highest fatal accident rate among all car brands in America …

When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?  —  When Donald Trump held a rally in the Bronx in May, critics scoffed that there was no way he could win New York State.  Yet as a strategic matter, asking the question “What would it take for a Republican to win New York?” leads to the answer …

Jay Bhattacharya, an NIH critic, emerges as a top candidate to lead the agency  —  The Stanford physician was excoriated by NIH's director in 2020 for his “fringe” ideas on covid.  Four years later, he's poised for power in Trump's Washington.

Editor-in-chief of Scientific American steps down after anti-Trump comments  —  The magazine's top editor wrote several profanity-laced social media posts about the results of the election. … Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth is leaving the publication less than two weeks …

Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in ‘Camps’  —  “Apparently some people think it makes us look like Nazis,” says a close Trump ally … To be sure, Trump's migrant expulsion program, if he were to follow through with his plans to deport millions …

Elon Musk pushes Lutnick for Treasury  —  The billionaire Trump confidant posted an endorsement on his social media network on Saturday.  —  Elon Musk is backing Donald Trump's transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to lead the Treasury Department, touting the billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald …

Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat.  She's still sending persistent appeals to donors  —  Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party's prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election.

A majority of Senate Republicans doubt Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general, sources say  —  More than half of Senate Republicans, including some in senior leadership positions, privately say they don't see a path for the former Florida representative, according to a number of Republican sources.

Trump's victory means war will end sooner, says Zelensky  —  Ukrainian president said he had had a ‘constructive’ conversation with the US president-elect and he had heard nothing ‘that goes against our position’  —  President Zelensky has said the war in Ukraine will “end sooner” …

Harris' campaign blew $2.6M on private jets in final weeks of campaign  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign shelled out $2.6 million on private jet travel in the final, dying gasps of her presidential run — bringing her failed campaign's total tally on the environmentally unfriendly mode …

Under the Chandelier at Mar-a-Lago, Trump Makes Picks at Breakneck Speed  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise and determined to hire people based on loyalty.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump chose his attorney general almost on a whim …