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.

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.

Clinton team sees recount effort as waste of resources

" 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. The former Democratic presidential candidate and her close aides see the recount drive largely as a waste of resources, according to people close to Clinton.

Carrier says it has deal with Trump to keep jobs in Indiana

Air conditioning company Carrier Corp. said Tuesday it had reached a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence planned to travel to the state Thursday to unveil the agreement alongside company officials.

Trump picks Mnuchin as treasury secretary

Elaine Chao's record at the Labor Department suggests she'd have a light hand when it comes to safety regulation as transportation secretary and would seek to shift responsibility from the federal government to... Trump has a follow-up meeting Tuesday with the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, who has become a symbol of the internal divisions agitating the transition team. Reaching deep into conservative territory, President-elect Donald Trump chose Georgia Rep. Tom Price to oversee the nation's health care system on Tuesday, picking a fierce "Obamacare" critic who also has championed... President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday received only his third top-secret intelligence briefing since his election four weeks ago.

Trump victory tour: ‘Thank you’ or ‘ego’ trip?

Trump victory tour: 'Thank you' or 'ego' trip? President-elect Donald Trump is launching his nationwide victory tour in Cincinnati on Thursday night. Check out this story on portclintonnewsherald.com: http://cin.ci/2gfFCLa Donald Trump is the first president-elect ever known to go on a nationwide victory tour, which kicks off this week in a key swing state that helped the real estate mogul pull off his surprise victory.

After major victory, ND pipeline protesters to defy deadline

Protesters celebrated a major victory in their push to reroute the Dakota Access oil pipeline away from a tribal water source but pledged to remain camped on federal land in North Dakota anyway, despite Monday's government deadline to leave. Hundreds of people at the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, encampment cheered and chanted "mni wichoni" - "water is life" in Lakota Sioux - after the Army Corps of Engineers refused Sunday to grant the company permission to extend the pipeline beneath a Missouri River reservoir.

Pence aide canceled lobbying contract ahead of ban

A key aide to Vice President-elect Mike Pence removed himself from the U.S. government's rolls of federal lobbyists and canceled a lucrative lobbying contract with the state of Indiana days before Donald Trump's team announced it will ban lobbyists from taking jobs with the administration. Joshua Pitcock filed the necessary paperwork Nov. 14 and canceled a contract that had paid him $23,000 a month to be the sole Washington lobbyist for Indiana, where Pence has been governor.

Hotline Extra: Cooper’s Lead Grows in North Carolina

North Carolina Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper grew his lead over the weekend against Republican Gov. Pat McCrory to 9,558 votes as of Monday afternoon, according to the State Board of Elections . Cooper's lawyer, Marc Elias, told reporters earlier Monday that it is "extremely unlikely" that margin breaks 10,000, the threshold that would disallow McCrory's requested statewide, taxpayer-funded recount.

A recount won’t change the election results, but Trump and the…

President-elect Donald Trump amplified conspiracy theories from the far right about widespread illegal voting, and his efforts to re-litigate the election align somewhat with a movement led by the far left. President-elect Donald Trump amplified conspiracy theories from the far right about widespread illegal voting, and his efforts to re-litigate the election align somewhat with a movement led by the far left.

Human Rights Department toils with just half of staff it had at peak

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights, a 50-year-old state agency charged with investigating claims of illegal discrimination, has seen its staff shrink by almost half from its historic peak in 1990. The steady drop in full-time enforcement officers and other staff comes amid a growing workload in recent years and heightened racial tensions in Minnesota over the past year.

Editorial: Disabled Kansans are waiting too long for care

Thousands of Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are languishing on a seven-year waiting list to get services that would allow them to live independently, according to NPR. Kansas officials must address the waiting list with all possible speed, fulfilling our obligation to offer a safety net to our most vulnerable citizens.

The Latest: Heitkamp joins in asking protesters to leave

An organizer of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline says he believes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to close land to demonstrators will escalate tensions. Dallas Goldtooth is a protest organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network.