Making the likelihood of a strong conflict of interest even more apparent, president-elect Trump is expected to keep a stake in his businesses, while serving as president of the United States. While he will likely hand over the reins of his organization to his two eldest sons, he is resisting calls for him to divest.

A new study from the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government shows the mainstream media were much more focused on Clinton’s scandals than Trump’s, equating their mistakes equally, rather than spending time on the truthfulness and importance of each claim. From the study: “Clinton’s alleged scandals accounted for 16% of her coverage—four times the amount of press attention paid to Trump’s treatment of women and sixteen times the amount of news coverage given to Clinton’s most heavily covered policy position.”

President Obama has decided to order a “full review” of hacking activity during the presidential election. He expects the report to be finished by the time he leaves office on January 20, 2017. “We may be crossed into a new threshold, and it is incumbent upon us to take stock of that, to review, to conduct some after-action, to understand what this means, what has happened and to impart those lessons learned," Lisa Monaco, Obama’s counter-terrorism advisor told reporters on Friday.

A new Morning Consult poll found that despite the proliferation of fake news, most adults find cable news and major outlets to be credible. Of the major news outlets, both cable and online, Fox, The Huffington Post, Breitbart and Infowars were found to be the most untrustworthy, with ABC and CBS topping the list as the most credible.

On December 15, Hillary Clinton will hold a gala at the Plaza Hotel for the top donors to her failed presidential campaign. Since invitations went out last week, Clinton staffers have been dealing with complaints from large donors who are upset they didn’t get an invite. There are big donors, and then there are really big donors.

The Congressional Leadership Fund, the top super PAC supporting House Republicans raised almost $51 million during the 2016 election cycle. The PAC and a related arm spent $48 million supporting 32 candidates in House races across the country. Much of the PAC’s success is due to Paul Ryan’s fundraising prowess.

In an op-ed for The New York Times, Republican elector from Texas Christopher Suprun explains why he will not cast his ballot for Trump on December 19, despite Texas having been carried by the Republican nominee. Suprun points to, among many other things, both Trump’s incitement of violence during the campaign and his questionable picks of top advisors, particularly Michael Flynn and Steve Bannon.

One of the most covered stories of the transition period has been Trump’s pick for Secretary of State. The choices range wildly, with longtime Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani in the mix, as well as longtime Trump opponent Mitt Romney. Other contenders include Sen. Bob Corker and former CIA director, Gen. David Petraeus. Trump announced he would likely make his pick by next week.

Trump has chosen Terry Branstad as the next U.S. Ambassador to China. The current Iowa governor has longstanding ties to China and  a friendship with Chinese president Xi Jinping. A transition team spokesperson said that Branstad has “a tremendous understanding of China and Chinese people,” as well as “a lot of experience and a great grasp of trade issues [and] agricultural issues.”

Democratic candidate for president in 2000 Al Gore met with Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka. Speaking of the meetings, Gore said:  "I had a lengthy and very productive session with the president-elect. It was a sincere search for areas of common ground... I found it an extremely interesting conversation, and to be continued, and I'm just going to leave it at that."