WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Legal Fee Tracker: 3M earplug settlement lawyers inch closer to $540 million payout reut.rs/40GJpY6 Dave Thomas Mike Scarcella

New: Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some Cabinet picks while using private companies to vet potential candidates for admin jobs, sources tell us. More w/ Evan Pérez, Kristen Holmes & Holmes cnn.com/2024/11/15/pol…

One thing I haven't seen mentioned much is that if Republicans capitulate and allow Trump to make at-will recess appointments, he could use that power to appoint judges as well as executive branch officials.

After reaching a $6.01 billion deal with 3M to settle the largest mass tort litigation in US history, lawyers for the plaintiffs got a step closer this week to securing their own share of the settlement fund. More in the Legal Fee Tracker reut.rs/40GJpY6 Dave Thomas

The US Attorney's Office in Manhattan will devote fewer resources to policing cryptocurrency crimes after securing several major convictions, including that of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, a senior prosecutor said reut.rs/3AJBcYr

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Musk's political ascendancy stirs hopes of redemption for X banks reuters.com/business/finan…

I love hearing Barry Sonnenfeld rant about this.

NEW: As Alex Jones continues trying to halt the sale of Infowars to the Onion, lawyers for X made an appearance during an emergency hearing on Thursday. The company hasn't explained why. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

I've never had the "showing up to class" naked dream but every six weeks or so I have the "you signed up for this class and forgot about it and never showed up and now you can't graduate" dream.

If the modern portion of 13 Going On 30 were set today, then Jenna would have been 13 in 2007, and she would know how to do the Crank That Soulja Boy dance.

Plaintiffs' lawyers behind a $6.01 billion mass tort settlement with 3M have persuaded a federal judge to maintain a 9% hold-back on the class funds, paving the way for law firms in the case to be awarded common benefit fees reut.rs/40GJpY6 Dave Thomas

This man was born 80 years ago today. He could still drink you under the table. He could still make you laugh harder than anyone you’ve ever met. He could still make you feel like you’re the only person in the room. He could still give you the best advice you’ve ever gotten and

Dave-mentum is sweeping the nation.

The cost of police misconduct lawsuits in Chicago is soaring, but the city isn't budgeting more money to pay for them. Great graph here:

Congratulations future GOTY winner Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.

Reuters has tapped Sally Buzbee, ex Washington Post and AP, to be News Editor for US and Canada

Breaking my Twitter silence to re-up Reuters' Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting about Elon Musk's business empire: reuters.com/investigates/s…