FILE – In this Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, former President…

In this Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, former President Bill Clinton applauds as his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in New York, where she conceded her defeat to Republican Donald Trump after the hard-fought presidential election. Hillary Clinton's aides and supporters are urging dispirited Democrats to channel their frustrations about the election results into political causes - just not into efforts to recount ballots in three battleground states.

Hillary Clinton And Katy Perry Are Still BFFs After The Election

Hillary Clinton took a break from hiking to present the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award , which honors charitable work for children in developing nations, to Katy Perry Tuesday night at UNICEF's annual Snowflake Ball in New York. "I cannot tell you how delighted I am to be here to help celebrate," Clinton said after surprising the audience walking onstage to Perry's "Roar."

North Dakota backs away from checking cars headed to pipeline protest

North Dakota law enforcement will not make spot checks on vehicles headed to the camp where activists are protesting a pipeline project near a Native-American reservation, the governor's office said on Wednesday, backing away from a previous plan. The decision indicated the state will not actively enforce Monday's emergency order to evacuate the camp issued by Governor Jack Dalrymple, who had cited a coming blizzard.

Federal preschool grants awarded to New England states

Four New England states are among 18 states getting more than $247 million in federal grants to continue expanding access to high-quality preschool for children from low- to moderate-income families. The share of the funds announced Wednesday includes $15 million for Massachusetts, $11.7 million for Connecticut, $7.3 million for Vermont and $6 million for Rhode Island.

Perry gushes about Bloom

The 32-year-old singer was joined by her British actor beau at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball in New York on Tuesday night , where the Roar star was presented with the organisation's Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award. And speaking to Entertainment Tonight on the blue carpet at Manhattan's Cipriani Wall Street, Katy revealed Orlando has taught her a lot " and not only about UNICEF's work around the world.

CannaNative’s Cedric Black Eagle Invited to President Obama’s 2016…

CannaNative a , LLC announced today that President Obama has invited his adopted native family Mary Black Eagle and her son, Cedric Black Eagle, co-founder of CannaNative a and former Chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana, to a Holiday Reception at the White House on Friday, Dec. 2. In May, 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama visited the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana and was ceremoniously adopted into the Crow Nation and bestowed the name, "One Who Helps People Throughout The Land" by the late Hartford Jr. AKA and Mary Black Eagle, who became his sponsors -- or new Crow Tribe adopted parents, according to native custom.

How did Trump, Pence rescue 1,000 jobs at Carrier?

"Has Donald Trump kept one of his campaign promises to Indiana?" asked WRTV in Indianapolis last night after word broke that Carrier would keep 1,000 jobs in place rather than send them to Monterrey, Mexico. The major manufacturer had planned to close out 1,400 positions, and workers had hoped that Trump and his running mate Mike Pence could act quickly to save as many of them as possible.

Trump will outline plans for leaving his business ‘in total’

In this Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during the third presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at UNLV in Las Vegas. Trump said Wednesday he will soon announce how he intends to leave his business "in total."

Reckoning for Pelosi as House Democrats vote for leader

" Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi faces a challenge to her job as frustrated House Democrats meet to select a new slate of leaders. Pelosi is likely to be re-elected easily Wednesday despite disenchantment among some in the Democratic caucus she has led since 2002.

Trump tapping Washington, Wall Street veterans for top jobs

Steven Mnuchin, national finance chairman of President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, walks to lunch at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. Steven Mnuchin, national finance chairman of President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, walks to lunch at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York.

GOP leaders set for House vote on medical research bill

Republican leaders are ready to push through the House a compromise medical research bill that's prompted complaints from Democrats and consumer groups but seems all but certain to sail through Congress with momentum built by victories that it delivers for both parties and the White House. The legislation envisions spending $6.3 billion over the coming decade, including $4.8 billion for National Institutes of Health research.

A diabetes patient has her pulse checked during a medical check-up

Two of the Senate's most liberal lawmakers are assailing a $6.3 billion medical research bill as a gift to drug companies, even as Republican leaders prepare to try pushing the measure through the lame-duck Congress. "It's time for Congress to stand up to the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, not give them more handouts," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Tuesday in a written statement.

Creators of U.S. consumer agency rise to defend it in court

Nov 29 The U.S. lawmakers who helped bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into being rose to defend it on Tuesday, urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review a ruling that poses an existential threat to the agency. In an amicus brief, 21 current and former members of Congress said the whole court should review a decision reached by three of its judges in October that the CFPB's sole director has too much power and that the President should have power to fire the director.

Guess Who Else Wanted to Punish Flag Burners?

Clinton, then a senator from New York, reportedly opposed a constitutional amendment that would criminalize the desecration of the flag, but introduced legislation in 2005 and backed a second bill in 2006 that would criminalize flag burning . More than half of Democrats in the Senate backed her effort, the New York Times reported at the time.

Heya remember when Hillary wanted to ban flag burning?

I know I know we've sort of beaten the whole " Trump wants to jail flag burners " thing to death today, but there's just so much juice left in that tasty, tasty fruit. Earlier this morning, Ed Morrissey set forth the basics of why this should essentially be a constitutional non-starter.