Trump to nominate Elaine Chao for transportation post: source

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to head the Transportation Department, a source with knowledge of the decision said on Tuesday. Chao, the wife of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, served as labor secretary under President George W. Bush and was the first Asian-American woman to hold a Cabinet position. Although Trump spoke on the campaign trail about wanting to "drain the swamp" in Washi