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The reconstituted Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to explore strategies to protect county residents from any potential changes in federal immigration policy. Supervisor Hilda Solis recommended the analysis, saying many of her constituents are worried about President-elect Donald Trump's statements about illegal immigration.
For years, Republicans in Congress have been eyeing an overhaul of the federal workforce -by reducing the number of workers and curtailing benefits and pay while making it easier to fire bad employees.
Congressional Republicans are using the short term government spending bill to expedite a vote on retired Gen. James Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Defense Department.
After the elections and Donald Trump's win, when half the country was mourning and the other half was celebrating, I did not participate in any of the heated arguments on social media. It seemed that everyone was talking in circles - people who once shrugged off Hillary Clinton's email scandal as an unimportant detail were now mired in the minutiae of Trump's legal battles, and people who said Trump should not accept the election results now said that Clinton should - and, frankly, I scrolled past the majority of it for more cat videos.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence is acknowledging that the son of Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser was helping his father with scheduling and administrative items. But Pence says "that's no longer the case."
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 10, 2016. The House on Tuesday voted to bottle up articles of impeachment filed against Koskinen by hard-line conservatives upset about the agency's targeting of political groups.
Donald Trump's new luxury hotel in Washington D.C. has been attracting foreign envoys, special interest groups - and a bit of controversy. One of the latest groups to book the hotel is the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank whose big donors will gather there Tuesday night for a speech from Vice-President-elect Mike Pence.
The University of Illinois will not label its three campuses as sanctuaries for immigrant students illegally living in the U.S., school leaders said Tuesday as they pushed aside pressure from faculty and others to make the designation. Petitions from students and faculty at campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield were among efforts by students and others at more than 100 colleges and universities around the country to make the schools sanctuaries for immigrants following President-elect Donald Trump 's promises to crack down on illegal immigration.
Gov. Nathan Deal has declared this week Winter Weather Preparedness Week, and Georgia agencies encourage residents to get ready for the challenges that come with winter in the region.
Joe Biden announces plan to run for president in 2020, Jimmy Kimmel and his wife are expecting baby #2, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner will move to Washington, D.C., and videos from Beyonc's private collection are going up for auction. Get all the details at MarieClaire.com!
Gov. Nikki Haley will be on Capitol Hill later this week to meet with many of the senators who will determine whether she gets to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Haley's deputy chief of staff and spokesman, Rob Godfrey, told The Post and Courier that Haley would "meet some senators as a part of the confirmation process."
On issues of national security and intelligence, no one is likely to have more influence in Donald Trump's White House than retired Gen. Michael T. Flynn.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has found a way to protect health care benefits for thousands of retired coal miners whose benefits are set to expire at the end of the year. But Democrats say the solution offered by the Kentucky Republican is only temporary and does not protect pension benefits that also are at risk.
South Carolina's first African American U.S. senator has asked the Smithsonian Institution to reconsider their omission of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas from the exhibits in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. I was saddened and extremely disappointed to learn that the museum excluded the celebration of one of the nation's most influential African Americans and preeminent legal minds Smithsonian officials did not have any immediate comment on the request for Sen. Tim Scott .
A bill to strengthen protections for employees who blow the whistle on fraud, waste and mismanagement in government contracts has gained congressional approval and now will head to the president's desk to be signed into law. The bill, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, permanently expands whistleblower protections to nearly all contractors and subcontractors for the federal government, except for those who work in the intelligence community.
MSNBC Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have reported multiple scoops on President-elect Donald Trump's transition efforts and potential cabinet selections since the election. The exclusives come as the pair, who often give Trump friendly coverage, have confirmed that they regularly speak directly to Trump and have reportedly been advising him, including on his cabinet selections.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill, said Tuesday that conspiracy theory tweets from the son of Michael Flynn, President-elect Trump's pick for national security adviser, are troublesome. Michael Flynn Jr., who has served as his father's chief of staff, has promoted a false story claiming Hillary Clinton ran a child sex ring out of a Washington D.C. pizza shop.
It's a wonderful satire right out of Twain or Thurber, a minority of the electorate goes for the loosest and least knowledgeable candidate, certain that he will lose and their votes will only be harmless protest, a middle finger to Washington, and then - Whoa. The joke comes true.