According a Trump insider, the race to become Donald Trump’s energy secretary has now narrowed to three people — Ray Washburne, Joe Manchin and Rick Perry, reports The Daily Caller.

• WashExaminer: Former Ambassador to Russia: Putin Sought ‘Revenge’ Against Clinton
• Reuters: Trump Targets Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Fighter Jet Costs
• Guardian: Muslims to March on White House in Bid to Dismantle Discriminatory Registry
• WashTimes: ICE Spends $100 Million Ferrying Illegal Immigrant Children Around US, Watchdog Says
• Guardian: Twitter U-Turns Over Banning White Nationalist

Donald Trump brushed away criticism of his appointing a number of billionaires and millionaires to his administration (his cabinet is now worth a collective $14.5 billion) by saying that he wants “people that made a fortune!” reports Fortune.

• Politico: Conway: Former Ford CEO Mulally Being Considered for Secretary of State
• WEEI-FM: Sources: Former Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine Being Considered for United States Ambassador to Japan
• Free Beacon: Top Ten Reasons Andy Puzder Is a Great Pick for Labor Secretary
• WashTimes: CNN Documentary: Republicans Are Racists for Opposing Obama
• Politico: Trump Builds a Brass Cabinet

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma, to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt is a man who has long fought the very agency he is being nominated to lead, reports The Washington Post.

• Daily Caller: DNC Official Shared Political Intel With Turkish Government Officials, Paid For Pro-Turkey Op-Ed
• Politico: Reid Predicts Death of Filibuster
• The Hill: Poll: Americans Split On Government’s Role In Health Insurance
• Weekly Standard: Congress to Crack Down on Business with Iran, Leading Republican Says
• Daily Caller: Maryland Students Outraged After President Defends Illegal Immigrants in Spanish