Amid rumors of Donald Trump Jr.’s split from fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle in favor of Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, a source told People magazine that Don Jr. “has been seeing Anderson for ‘about 6 months’ and ‘even took her on a trip to Alaska and introduced her around as his girlfriend when he was still very much with Kim.’”

Said a separate source: “Don Jr. has always wanted to look good in his father’s eyes. … Someone like Bettina, who is and has been a model, and is in Waspy circles of Palm Beach is something that would impress him.”

Trump loyalist Kash Patel’s chances to become the head of the FBI are looking better and better, Politico reports.

Playbook: “Patel is clearly trying to shed the reputation that he earned over the years in Washington as a brash and voluble Trump sycophant, but it remains to be seen whether he will be able to withstand increasing scrutiny of his record — and questions about his character — as he continues to meet with senators and as a confirmation hearing looms in the new year.”

Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. lender, and investment bank Goldman Sachs plan to contribute to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committees, but have yet to decide on the amount, Reuters reports.

“President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will attend the annual Army-Navy game in Landover, Maryland, on Saturday, and they are bringing some guests who are sure to stir debate,” Fox News reports.

“In what will be the 125th meeting of the Black Knights and Midshipmen, a source tells Fox that Trump is taking Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth to the highly anticipated football clash, while Vance confirmed on social media that he will have Marine veteran Daniel Penny by his side.”

“More than a dozen congressional Democrats plan to sit out President-elect Trump’s inauguration, and many more are anxiously grappling with whether to attend,” Axios reports.

“Not every Democrat skipping the ceremony will do so to protest Trump — but a formal boycott is materializing as a first act of resistance against the incoming president.”

Wall Street Journal: “Titans of the business world are rushing to make inroads with the president-elect, gambling that personal relationships with the next occupant of the Oval Office will help their bottom lines and spare them from Trump’s wrath.”

“In the weeks since the election, Trump and his advisers have been flooded with calls from c-suite executives who are eager to get face time with the president-elect and his team at Mar-a-Lago, the private Florida club where the transition team conducts much of its planning for the second term. A business consultant close to Trump is advising corporate clients to engage with Trump in any way they can and emphasize common goals, such as tax and regulatory changes. Clients are already angling for spots on whatever business advisory panels the new president may form.”

Axios: CEOs court Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

New York Times: “Of the more than 80 personnel announcements Mr. Trump has made since Election Day, 45 have been announced in social media posts and emails that he has sent after 6 p.m. Many have come after 10 p.m., prompting a wave of social media chatter and television coverage that sometimes continues throughout the night and into the early morning hours.”

“The second time’s a charm for President-elect Donald Trump — at least when it comes to an election win getting him the establishment recognition he has always sought,” The Hill reports.

“Trump has received a display of homage at home and abroad since winning November’s contest over Vice President Harris. It’s the kind of public pomp that eluded him after his shock victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016.”

“President-elect Donald Trump is weighing a bid to save the failing Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Washington, DC – and rebrand it once more as a Trump International Hotel,” the New York Post reports.

“Three sources familiar with the situation said that the incoming commander-in-chief’s company, the Trump Organization, is weighing options that include a licensing deal or even possibly buying back the lease on the government-owned, 125-year-old Old Post Office building.”

Donald Trump is meeting with Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook on Friday, the latest in a string of meetings between the president-elect and tech executives, Bloomberg reports.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday evening called for authorities to shoot down the mysterious drones that have been seen in the skies of New Jersey and around the country, The Hill reports.

The chief executive of OpenAI, Sam Altman, is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the New York Times reports.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called his likely successor at USDA, Brooke Rollins, and left a voicemail — but hasn’t received a response, Politico reports.

FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker, who has earned bipartisan respect in roughly a year on the job, said he will resign on Donald Trump’s inauguration day, Politico reports.

David Kurtz: “If the presidential appointees whose terms are longer than the president’s – precisely in order to make them more independent and less susceptible to political interference – keep resigning at the end of the president’s term, then they’re basically turning these positions into the same as those held by any other administration appointee.”