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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is welcoming the choice of Ben Carson to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development. McConnell says in a statement that the agency is in need of reform to "better serve all Americans." But House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says Carson isn't the right man to lead the agency. She says there's "no evidence" that he has the "necessary credentials" for the job. Donald Trump says Carson is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities."
NEW YORK (AP) — Ivanka Trump is meeting today with former Vice President Al Gore, who is an aggressive advocate on the idea that humans are causing climate change. Ivanka Trump is a member of her father's transition team. President-elect Donald Trump said on the campaign trail that man-made climate change is a hoax. Gore told supporters of Hillary Clinton last month that Trump would walk away from international efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Ivanka Trump is viewed as being to the left of most Republicans on a range of issues, including climate change.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lawyers for the Green Party have filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to order a recount of Pennsylvania's presidential election results. The lawsuit argues that Pennsylvania's barriers to a recount violate voters' constitutional rights. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is spearheading recount efforts in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Donald Trump narrowly defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in all three states on his way to victory.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors estimate it will take about seven days to present their case against Dylann Roof, who is charged with hate crimes in the fatal shooting of nine black parishioners in a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year. Roof's lawyers were put back on the case today by the judge after Roof requested it. They said they wouldn't need much time to prepare for the guilt phase of Roof's trial, which is scheduled to begin Wednesday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Roof, meaning there will be a second, penalty phase of the trial if he's found guilty. For that part, Roof wants to go back to being his own lawyer.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Most of the jurors in the Michael Slager murder trial in South Carolina are said to be undecided about a verdict in the case. The jury provided the court a note to that effect this morning. The jury has now deliberated more than 17 hours over four days in the trial on whether to acquit Slager or find him guilty of murder or voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. Slager is a former North Charleston police officer. On Friday, it appeared that the stalemate involved only one juror.
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