“Well, you know our inner cities are in terrible shape, and they definitely need some real attention,” he told Fox News on Tuesday. “You know, there have been so many promises made over the last several decades and nothing has been” done.

The housing post was “one of the offers that’s on the table,” Mr. Carson confirmed.

The ‘Morning Joe’ effect.

Another name surfacing for a domestic cabinet post? It’s former Representative Harold Ford Jr., a moderate Democrat, as possible transportation secretary. Why Mr. Ford? He is a frequent guest on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” and the co-host Joe Scarborough has the president-elect’s ear.

A Democratic education reformer defends her dance with Trump.

Michelle Rhee, a Democrat who has been willing to ruffle feathers on education, didn’t exactly take herself out of the running to be Mr. Trump’s education secretary, but she did push back at critics who do not approve of her visits to Trump Tower.