Washington Post – by Amy B Wang

In his first round of Sunday show interviews since the election, Vice President-elect Mike Pence did not rule out the possibility that President-elect Donald Trump could reinstate waterboarding as an interrogation technique during his administration.

On CBS Sunday, “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson brought up Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his comments Saturday at the Halifax International Security Forum. At a panel discussion there, McCain vehemently insisted that any attempt to bring back waterboarding, which simulates drowning, would be quickly challenged in court, the Associated Press reported.   Continue reading “Mike Pence doesn’t rule out waterboarding under Trump administration”

New York Post – by Marisa Schultz

Donald Trump praised Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday and took a parting shot at the New York Democrat’s soon-to-be predecessor, Harry Reid.

Trump used his kind words about Schumer as a swipe against the retiring Senate minority leader, Reid, one of the president-elect’s most vocal critics during the campaign.

“I have always had a good relationship with Chuck Schumer,” Trump tweeted Sunday morning about Schumer, the soon-to-be Senate minority leader. “He is far smarter than Harry R and has the ability to get things done. Good news!”   Continue reading “Trump: I have always had a good relationship with Chuck Schumer”

Washington Post

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he plans to nominate Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general and Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) as CIA director, the first selections to his Cabinet as his transition continues to build momentum.

Trump also confirmed that he has selected retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn as his national security adviser, news that had been reported a day earlier.   Continue reading “Trump chooses Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director”

CNS News – by Hans von Spakovsky

Vanita Gupta, the acting head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, apparently has been working in violation of federal law for more than a year and a half.

That may render all of the official actions she has taken during that period—lawsuits, demand letters, hires, you name it—“void” and of no effect.   Continue reading “DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Head Is Violating Federal Law and Her Actions May Be Void”

Reuters

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Ford Motor Co Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr told him the automaker would not move a Kentucky plant to Mexico, but the firm said it informed him the decision was to keep one vehicle in U.S. production.

On Thursday, Trump posted on Twitter: “I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky. I owed it to the great State of Kentucky for their confidence in me!”   Continue reading “Ford tells Trump no Lincoln SUV production going to Mexico”

King 5 News

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington state Republican Senator Doug Ericksen announced Wednesday plans to introduce a bill that would lead to stricter penalties for those involved with or participating in illegal protests.

Ericksen, R-Ferndale, said he has prepared a bill for the next legislative session that would create a new crime of “economic terrorism.” If approved, it would allow felony prosecution of those who intentionally break the law in an attempt to intimidate or coerce private citizens or the government by obstructing economic activity.   Continue reading “‘Illegal protests’ criminalized under WA senator’s proposed bill”

Fusion

MEXICO CITY— The Mexican government is scrambling to adjust its strategy from carefully confronting candidate Trump to defending itself against President-elect Trump.

It’s not an easy task. There’s not much Mexico can do at this point to dissuade the Trump administration from following through on its campaign promises to build a wall, impose trade tariffs, renegotiate NAFTA and deport undocumented immigrants.   Continue reading “Mexican government launches 11-point plan to deal with Trump”

CNBC News

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will meet with Donald Trump this weekend to discuss the secretary of state position, a source close to the president-elect with direct knowledge of his thinking told NBC News.

In March, the former Massachusetts governor called Trump “a phony” and “a fraud” when discussing the then-candidate. Trump, who endorsed Romney in 2012, has called him a loser, adding that Romney begged for his endorsement and “would’ve dropped to his knees” for it. He has also said that he “choked like a dog” during his 2012 presidential campaign against President Barack Obama.   Continue reading “Romney and Trump to discuss secretary of state position, NBC source says”

New York Post – by Daniel Harper

So much for Swiss neutrality.

An agency overseen by the Swiss foreign ministry made a hefty donation to the Clinton Foundation — at the same time the US and Switzerland were in the midst of a diplomatic struggle over tax evasion.

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation shelled out about $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation in 2011, money earmarked for a program that sought to lower mortality for mothers and infants in Liberia, the Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper discovered on Sunday, according to The Local.   Continue reading “Switzerland not so neutral with Clinton Foundation donation”

Fox News Latino

During fiscal year 2016, which ended Sept. 30, border patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas apprehended about 500 undocumented immigrants per day.

“McAllen station is actually the busiest station in the whole country for illegal entries,” said Supervisor Border Patrol Agent Marlene Castro during a ride-along with Fox 7.

Castro is one of the border patrol agents securing the 1,254-mile border in Texas.   Continue reading “In their patrols, agents find many border crossers who want to be apprehended”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

The Trump transition team brought a little order to the media coverage of power shift Wednesday night, offering in their first media conference call a list of those the president-elect is meeting with, and interviewing for top Cabinet posts.

Aides Sean Spicer and Jason Miller did not differentiate who was advising and who is being interviewed for jobs, but the list is a who’s who of Washington and conservatives.   Continue reading “The Trump Cabinet, adviser list: Kissinger, Sessions, Haley”

Business Insider – by Akin Oyedele

The US Geological Survey said Tuesday that it found what could be the largest deposit of untapped oil ever discovered in America.

An estimated average of 20 billion barrels of oil and 1.6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids are available for the taking in the Wolfcamp shale, which is in the Midland Basin portion of Texas’ Permian Basin.   Continue reading “The largest oil deposit ever found in America was just discovered in Texas”

ABC News

An explosion caused by a gas leak in the central Illinois city of Canton killed one person, and injured another 11 people on Wednesday, Illinois State Police has confirmed.

“The gas explosion took place in the 10 block of North 1st Avenue, Canton,” Illinois State Police said in a statement. “Several surrounding buildings were affected by the blast. Search crews have completed a primary search and are in process of conduction secondary searches to the affected areas. At this time, there is 1 confirmed fatality and 11 additional persons injured. Those individuals were transported to local hospitals.”   Continue reading “1 Dead, 11 Injured, in Gas Explosion in Central Illinois City”

The Hill – by Megan R. Wilson

Three GOP congressmen have issued an amendment to the House Republican Conference rules that would overturn the ban on earmarks.

The amendment is drawing swift opposition from conservative groups like Heritage Action for America, which called pet project spending “the lubricant that empowers politicians to cut bad deals.”   Continue reading “House GOP to vote on bringing back earmarks”

Click Orlando

CITRA, Fla. – Two CSX trains collided and derailed early Wednesday in Marion County, causing 20 cars to overturn and a fuel leak of up to 15,000 gallons, officials said.

The head-on collision was reported about 4:15 a.m. at a train crossing on 175th Street at NE 23rd in Citra, just north of Ocala.

Two men on one of the trains were evaluated, but they refused medical treatment, Marion County Fire Rescue officials said. No one was injured on the other train, officials said.   Continue reading “Trains collide, derail in Marion County, Florida, causing massive fuel leak”

ABC News 10

In her lifetime, California Sen. Barbara Boxer has seen her party lose two presidential elections after winning the popular vote — Al Gore’s race against George W. Bush in 2000, and now Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald J. Trump.

A week after her party’s White House loss, the retiring U.S. senator has introduced a bill that  would amend the Constitution in order to abolish the Electoral College. According to a New York Times estimate, Clinton will be ahead in the popular vote by more than 2 million votes and more than 1.5 percentage points. But Trump got 306 in the Electoral College vote while Clinton got 232 — 270 is needed to win.    Continue reading “Sen. Barbara Boxer introduces bill to abolish Electoral College”

UPI – by Stephen Feller

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (UPI) — The Los Angeles Police Department will not enforce immigration laws should the Trump administration ask it to do so, the chief of police said Monday.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said the LAPD will continue to follow a 1979 directive not to enforce the laws, which includes turning people over to the federal government when arrested for misdemeanor crimes if they do not have legal status in the United States.   Continue reading “LAPD will not help with Trump plan to deport immigrants, chief says”