Donald Trump announced Dr. Mehmet Oz as the new administrator for Medicare and Medicaid Services, promising healthcare cuts. The president-elect also tapped Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary, aiming for wide-ranging tariffs. Ukraine struck a Russian weapons arsenal with U.S. long-range missiles, prompting Putin to change Russia’s nuclear doctrine. New York prosecutors in Trump’s hush money case are open to delaying sentencing until the end of his second term. A powerful “bomb cyclone” storm is headed for the Pacific Northwest, bringing high winds, heavy snowfall, and life-threatening rainfall.
Trump names TV Dr. Oz to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CNN)
Trump taps billionaire CEO Howard Lutnick to be commerce secretary (CBS)
Ukraine fires U.S. long-range missiles at Russian weapons arsenal (CNN)
Prosecutors in Trump Manhattan hush money case seek indefinite delay (USA Today)
“Bomb cyclone” set to hit the U.S. Pacific Northwest region (NPR)
