Democrats blast Trump’s pick for Education Secretary

Democrats sliced holes in billionaire Betsy DeVos’s credentials to be the next US Education Secretary at a confirmation hearing on Tuesday , raising doubts whether President-elect Donald Trump’s pick will win approval in the full Senate. The nomination of DeVos to head an agency that sets policy for younger children and universities and also administers a college financial aid program of $1 trillion has outraged Democrats who believe the Michigan Republican wants to dismantle public education.

Group Urges Trump to Counter Iran Deal

A bipartisan group of former top U.S. officials is calling on Donald Trump to establish a dialogue with Iranian exiles to counter the deal Obama made with Iran. In a three-page letter to the president-elect, the officials called on him to begin dealing with the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran and its main component the Mujahedeen-e Khalq , which have been the premier voices of opposition to the Tehran regime since 1979.