Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times:
Trump team asks State Department for details on programs aimed at helping women  —  Donald Trump's transition team has asked the State Department for details on programs aimed at benefiting women around the world, including identifying staff members who worked to reduce gender-based violence and promote women in the workplace.

Elizabeth McNichol / RealClearPolicy:
How States Can Reduce Income Inequality  —  Since the late 1970s, income gains in the United States have largely gone to the richest households, while many middle- and lower-income Americans haven't shared in the nation's growing prosperity.  Though the causes of rising inequality …

CNNMoney:
Trump's vineyard is hiring — foreign workers  —  Trump's conflicts of interest are unprecedented  —  Donald Trump's vineyard is looking to hire foreign workers to start just days after he's sworn in as president.  —  In a filing with the U.S. Department of Labor, the Charlottesville …

Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Kellyanne's Brutal Response to Whether She'll Have Time to Be Special Counselor  —  Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway did not immediately accept a role in his administration because she needed time to consider whether she could both serve the president and care for her family.

TMZ.com:
‘16 and Pregnant’ Star — Valerie Fairman Dead of Presumed Overdose  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Valerie Fairman — the 23-year-old star from the reality show “16 and Pregnant” — has died and her family tells TMZ it appears to be an overdose.  —  Valerie's mom tells us she was at a friend's home …

Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Exclusive: Sen. Corker's Height, Business Dealings Hurt His Secretary Of State Chances  —  Republican Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker was reportedly a contender to become President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state, but internal documents provided by a Trump confidant reveal …

Heather Stauffer / LancasterOnline:
Jewish family leaves Lancaster County in fear after being blamed for cancellation of Hempfield elementary Christmas play  —  A Hempfield elementary school is under fire for ending its longstanding production of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol,” and a Jewish family has fled the county …

Cally Musland / KFGO-790:
Senator Heidi Heitkamp on recent legislation and meeting with Donald Trump  —  Senator Heidi Heitkamp talks about her recent legislative work, including the RESPONSE Act being passed and signed into law, which Heitkamp introduced as a result of the Casselton train derailment.

Basma Atassi / CNN:
Saddam Hussein's daughter: Trump has ‘political sensibility’  —  Basma Atassi, CNN  —  (CNN)On the morning of Eid al-Adha in December 2006, Raghad Saddam Hussein, her sister and their children squeezed together in front of the television in Raghad's home in Amman and wept as they watched footage …

Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump picks Sean Spicer as White House press secretary, Jason Miller as communications director  —  Sean Spicer's defense  —  President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer to serve as White House press secretary, Trump's transition team announced Thursday.

James Tarmy / Bloomberg:
What's in Ivanka Trump's Art Collection, and What Is It Worth?  —  Ivanka Trump's apartment, which stars in many of her 2,781 Instagram posts, seems to telegraph contemporary good taste.  There's a funky light fixture by designer Lindsey Adelman in the dining room, vintage chairs …