- Donald Trump intends to nominate Rick Perry as secretary of energy.
- The Energy Department, meanwhile, refuses to provide Trump’s transition team with a list of employees working on climate issues.
- Barack Obama says it’s important to listen to your intelligence briefings no matter how smart you are, responding to Trump comments that he didn’t need to sit through the daily intelligence briefings.
- Kanye West met with Trump in New York today.
- The Kremlin insists the idea of Russian interference in U.S. elections is “absolute nonsense.”
Via Reason