Donald Trump shakes up transition team, elevates Mike Pence’s role

President-elect Donald Trump is shaking up his transition team as he plunges into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice President-elect Mike Pence to head the operations. It amounts to a demotion for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who had been running Trump's transition planning for months.

News 17 mins ago 2:10 p.m.Pence to take over Trump transition team

Vice President-in-waiting Mike Pence will take over the transition for Donald Trump, and he'll be assisted by high-profile Trump backers like Newt Gingrich, Ben Carson, and Rudy Giuliani, the president-elect's team said Friday. Pence will replace New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who will instead serve on the transition executive committee as a vice chair.

Amid DNC Reckoning, Ellison Emerges as Progressive Antidote to Trump

Amid the growing post-election call for a " reckoning " within the Democratic Party, Rep. Keith Ellison on Minnesota has swiftly emerged as the favored progressive choice to lead that transition. "Liberal lawmakers and advocacy groups have started plotting a major overhaul of the Democratic National Committee ," the Washington Post reported late Thursday, with the first step being a replacement for the embattled interim chair Donna Brazile.

Trump Has No Plans to Change the MID: Economic Adviser

"There's nothing in the plan that currently would bring that under attack," said Steve Calk, chairman and chief executive officer of The Federal Savings Bank, and a member of Trump's economic advisory council. Any plans President-elect Donald Trump may have for tax reform don't include cutting the mortgage interest deduction, according to a member of Trump's economic advisory council .

Phoenix Veterans Day Parade 2016

Phoenix Veterans Day Parade 2016 Marchers carry the "Hero's Flag" during the Veterans Day Parade in central Phoenix on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2fk6ZmS Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams hands out badge stickers during the Veterans Day Parade in central Phoenix on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.

Chamber hosts lawmakers

The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday held its annual Fall Membership Breakfast featuring the Carroll County 2017 Georgia Legislative delegation. Daniel Jackson, right, president/CEO of the chamber and Carroll Tomorrow, recognized the Government Affairs Committee Chair John Jackson, second from right, for leading the question and answer session focusing on the upcoming session of the Georgia General Assembly.

Memo to Trump: ‘Action This Day!’

Donald Trump should be magnanimous and gracious toward those whom he defeated this week, but his first duty is to keep faith with those who put their faith in him. The protests, riots and violence that have attended his triumph in city after city should only serve to steel his resolve.

California awakes to shocking new political landscape

California woke up Wednesday to a stunning new reality: Republican Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States, with congressional majorities that will empower him to pursue an agenda most of the state finds objectionable and some consider dangerous. Having delivered 55 electoral votes to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the most of any state, Californians watched with surprise - and, in many cases, horror - as Trump pulled off arguably the greatest upset in modern political history, smashing through Clinton's supposedly formidable get-out-the-vote operation in crucial swing states like Florida and Ohio.

Sunset panel passes on Railroad Commission name change, other proposals

This spring, the staff of a legislative body that periodically reviews state agencies recommended a variety of major reforms to the entity that's supposed to regulate the oil and gas industry in the state. Among the proposals: Changing the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas to the "Texas Energy Resources Commission" so the public would have a better idea of what the 125-year-old agency actually does.

The Latest: Barron Trump youngest president son since JFK Jr

When President-elect Donald Trump and his family move into The White House in January, 10-year-old Barron Trump will be the youngest presidential son to reside in the executive mansion since John F. Kennedy, Jr. The White House has been home to only presidential daughters since JFK, Jr., whose father was assassinated just before his 3rd birthday in 1963. Kennedy's son broke a long drought of boys living in The White House.

Trump likely to reward loyalty with top appointments

President-elect Donald Trump's early list of potential appointments to top positions appears to reward people who were loyal to him after a campaign in which many Republican Party leaders kept their distance. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama senator who was one of Trump's most fervent supporters in the U.S. Congress, is said to be under consideration for a prominent role, perhaps defence secretary, sources familiar with transition planning said on Wednesday.

Transition: Obama, Trump to meet at White House

President Barack Obama is set to welcome his successor, Donald Trump, to the White House, extending an olive branch to a man he has blasted as unfit to serve as commander in chief and who led the charge to challenge the legitimacy of his own presidency. The Oval Office meeting scheduled Thursday symbolically begins the transition of power from Obama, a Democrat who ushered in a sweeping health care law and brokered a landmark nuclear accord with Iran, and Trump, a Republican who has vowed to wipe those measures away.

Shock and awe

Tentative Chico City Council election results: Sean Morgan: 11,385 votes Ann Schwab: 11,090 votes Randall Stone: 10,514 votes Karl Ory: 10,244 votes Tami Ritter: 9,891 votes Jovanni Tricerri: 8,365 votes Loretta Torres: 7,886 votes Jeffrey Glatz: 5,000 votes Lisa Duarte: 4,302 votes Jon Scott: 4,177 votes Mercedes Macias: 3,780 votes As of Wednesday morning Depending on who was watching it unfold on national television, the result of the presidential election was either a surreal, slow-motion train wreck or a major upset victory. That much was apparent in Chico during the gatherings of local Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday evening .

Trump begins to play catch-up on transition to White House as Clinton …

Emboldened Republicans claimed a mandate Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump after his astonishing election triumph, and an emotional Hillary Clinton told crestfallen supporters the GOP victor deserved a "chance to lead." President Barack Obama pledged a smooth transition of power.

How a Trump administration affects Texas Read Story Jason Whitely

Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City. DALLAS As the surprise settles in, Texans are taking a closer look at how a Trump administration will affect this state.