Welcome to our retooled Top Headlines section. Our objective is to save you time by reviewing hundreds of news and policy sites every morning. In addition to our top-of-the-fold Right Analysis and Hook summaries, here are more of today's top stories.
- Trump names former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao (wife of Senate Leader Mitch McConnell) Transportation Secretary. (USA Today)
- Trump picks Wall Street investment guru Steve Mnuchin to lead Treasury. (Wall Street Journal)
- Trump deals with Carrier to keep jobs in America — a key campaign promise and he is not in the White House yet. (Bloomberg)
- Economy likely won't top 3% for the year — goodbye, Barack Obama. (Washington Free Beacon)
- Trump's difficult transition from business to the presidency. (USA Today)
- Nancy Pelosi survives challenge, retains failed Democrat leadership role. (Washington Post)
- Keith Ellison, leading candidate for the DNC, took a 2008 trip to Saudi Arabia to meet with a radical cleric and a bank that funds suicide bombings. (Washington Free Beacon)
- Surprise! Obama's "Iranian nuke deal" is working as planned — U.S. cash has already been diverted to armies. (Washington Times)
- While Veterans suffer... a grinch at the VA is busy trashing an employee's Christmas tree. (Washington Examiner)
- Free speech update: Web hosting company shuts down conservative site boycotting Target stores. (Daily Signal)
- "Ready for Michelle" PACs urge the first lady toward a 2020 run. Ready for another Obama? (The Hill)
- And for fun, a little satire: U.S. Christians brace for a brutal onslaught of "Happy Holidays" attacks. (Babylon Bee)
