Trump picks army general as security adviser

Mr Trump also named Keith Kellogg, a retired US Army General who has been serving as the acting national security adviser, as chief of staff to the National Security Council. Speaking to reporters in West Palm Beach where he spent the weekend, Mr Trump said John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, would serve the administration in another capacity.

After Legislative Coup, North Carolina Can No Longer Be Considered a Democracy, Study Finds

A new report finds that North Carolina’s democratic institutions are so flawed that the state should no longer be considered a functioning democracy. The report, by the Electoral Integrity Project, or EIP, “points to extreme gerrymandering, voter suppression of communities of color and the recent stripping of power of incoming Democratic Governor Roy Cooper by Republicans,” reports “Democracy Now!” EIP gave the state a score of 58 out of 100 points-similar to those of Cuba, Sierra Leone and Indonesia.

After Legislative Coup, North Carolina Can No Longer Be Considered a Democracy, Study Finds

A new report finds that North Carolina’s democratic institutions are so flawed that the state should no longer be considered a functioning democracy. The report, by the Electoral Integrity Project, or EIP, “points to extreme gerrymandering, voter suppression of communities of color and the recent stripping of power of incoming Democratic Governor Roy Cooper by Republicans,” reports “Democracy Now!” EIP gave the state a score of 58 out of 100 points-similar to those of Cuba, Sierra Leone and Indonesia.