Why it matters: Trump's pick, which was confirmed after markets closed, puts one of the nation's foremost vaccine skeptics in charge of America's health care agencies.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy appear to be soliciting applicants to work at the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a social media post Thursday.
The big picture: The initiative, whichPresident-elect Trump said would be advising from "outside of government," is looking to hire "small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting."
The Trump administration is reportedly expected to pursue the demolition of electric vehicle tax credits that provide discounts of up to $7,500 on new EVs.
Why it matters: Those incentives have encouraged EV adoption at a time when climate advocates say it's critical to transition away from fossil fuels. But Trump has bashed the credits, which were included in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
Beehiiv, a newsletter startup taking aim at Substack, says it's making a "multi-million dollar investment" to create a new "beehiiv Media Collective" of journalists on its platform.
It's mid-November and the holiday hits are already hitting new highs.
Driving the news: The Christmas Hits playlist became the No. 1 playlist on Spotify in the U.S. this week, with almost double the streams than this time last year.
Dotdash Meredith, one of the largest print and digital publishers in the U.S., is laying off 53 people, or roughly 1.5% of its staff, its CEO Neil Vogel told employees in a note Thursday obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: The cuts, which will mostly impact employees working on its print business, are part of an ongoing effort to prioritize the company's investments in digital products.
Lauren LeFranc, the showrunner on HBO's "The Penguin," tells Axios Latino being in charge of such a high profile series was an amazing opportunity to get more Latino representation on screen.
The big picture: The show, which spins off from the 2022 movie "The Batman" and ended its run Sunday with a viewership high of 2.1 million viewers, is one of few shows run and written by a Latina (LeFranc is of Mexican descent).
Elon Musk's X platform continues to be the dominant social discourse app in America, garnering 30 times more daily visits in the U.S. on average during the general election than rival platforms, according to data from Similarweb.
X also saw a larger usage bump on Election Day than its rivals.
Why it matters: The relationship between Musk and Trump is growing closer by the day, Axios' Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei report.
Trump has already begun to leverage Musk's authority on the platform to successfully amplify his demand for Senate Republicans to allow recess appointments for his Cabinet picks.
Of note: The post-election week saw users, including The Guardian, leave X in a small protest and join Bluesky, which has seen over a million downloads in a few days and crossed the 15 million user mark.
What to watch: Trump's publicly traded social media platform Truth Social is currently valued at over $6 billion, but still barely makes money.
It's unclear how Trump plans to leverage the platform as president, but his posts typically garner more interactions on X.
A unified government under GOP control may signal better returns for investors than a divided Congress would have, according to an analysis by WT Wealth Management.
The E. coli outbreak linked to onions served in McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers has now infected at least 104 people in 14 states, per a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update Wednesday.
The big picture: McDonald's reported sales took a hit over the outbreak, which the CDC said killed one person, hospitalized 34 people and left four with kidney problems.
A major roadblock stems from limited technological infrastructure, including a lack of access to quality broadband internet — a long persisting problem.
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