Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump  —  Dallas — I am a Republican presidential elector, one of the 538 people asked to choose officially the president of the United States.  Since the election people have asked me to change my vote based on policy disagreements with Donald J. Trump.

Joe Biden predicts he will run for president in 2020, adds that he is not yet ‘committed’  —  Vice President Joe Biden told a small group of reporters Monday that he may run for president in 2020.  —  “Yeah, I am.  I am going to run in 2020,” Biden said when asked if he would run for office again.

Incoming national security adviser's son, who peddles conspiracies, has a government transition email  —  (CNN)The son of incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn, who Sunday night peddled a false conspiracy theory about a DC pizzeria, has an official government transition email address.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner plan move to DC  — Kushner is expected to play a significant role in the new Trump administration, while Ivanka Trump may take a lead role in managing her father's sprawling business interests  —  (CNN)Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner …

Democrats to give Trump Cabinet picks the Garland treatment  —  Senate Democrats are preparing to put Donald Trump's Cabinet picks through a grinding confirmation process, weighing delay tactics that could eat up weeks of the Senate calendar and hamper his first 100 days in office.

Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste  —  The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews …

In Dakota Access pipeline controversy, Obama's ties to tribes played pivotal role … Three months ago a young Malaysian woman asked President Obama about the protests taking place over the Dakota Access pipeline: She wanted to know what the president was doing “to ensure the protection of the ancestral land …

Trump's election stole my desire to look for a partner  —  In August, I went on six dates in one week.  I had decided that I was ready to look for a partner.  Enough of this dating unavailable men a half-decade younger than me.  They'd never seriously consider a relationship with me, my two children and our needy dog.

Trump's Threat to the Constitution  —  WASHINGTON — On July 7, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, met privately with House Republicans near the Capitol.  I was present as chief policy director of the House Republican Conference.

Heightened security at L.A. transit stations after threat to blow up Universal City station  —  People on the platform at the Metro Red Line Universal City station in 2014 (Christina House / For The Times)  —  Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is stepping up security …

Trump adviser on Taiwan call: 'If China doesn't like it, screw ‘em’  —  President-elect Trump slams China on Twitter_00013714.jpg  —  (CNN)Stephen Moore, an economic adviser to Donald Trump, defended the President-elect's recent call with the president of Taiwan, saying in a local radio interview that he didn't care if it upset China.

Woman with incurable disease faces backlash from Social Security after Royals fans raise money to get her to a game  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One Royals fan feels like she is being punished for the good deed of others.  —  Joyce Jeter has a debilitating medical condition …