Evening Edition: DeVos confirmed for education post as Pence casts historic tiebreaking vote

Here are a few things you may not know about the new education secretary; Cabinet nominees are getting more 'no' votes than ever; DHS chief predicts travel ban will be reinstated, acknowledges missteps; Trump's loose talk about Muslims gets weaponized as court prepares to hear arguments about travel ban; Trump administration to approve final permit for Dakota Access pipeline, allowing project completion; Tornado slams New Orleans, causing 'substantial' damage, dozens of injuries; Islamic State documents say some 'problem' foreign fighters are refusing to fight; Trump makes false statement about U.S. murder rate to sheriffs’ group; Melania Trump missed out on 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to make millions, lawsuit says; Open-carry advocates walked into a police station with a loaded rifle. Officers were not amused.; As the planet warms, doubters launch a new attack on a famous climate change study; Rosie O’Donnell as Steve Bannon? SNL could really make Trump angry if it wanted to.; Women 'do not come with an expiration date': Christie Brinkley, a proud 63, poses for SI swimsuit issue;   The day's most important stories   DeVos confirmed for education post as Pence casts historic tiebreaking vote Every Democrat in the Senate voted against Betsy DeVos, as did two Republicans, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, who said they do not think that she was qualified for the job. It marked the first time a vice president's tie-breaking vote was needed to confirm a Cabinet secretary. By Emma Brown  •  Read more » Here are a few things you may not know about the new education secretary For one thing, the billionaire businesswoman did not support Donald Trump for most of the 2016 presidential campaign. By Valerie Strauss  •  Read more »   Cabinet nominees are getting more 'no' votes than ever Opposing senators were mostly deferential to the president's picks until about four decades ago, and more voted "no" on President Barack Obama's picks than those of any previous president. Trump's nominees are on pace to break that record. By Kevin Uhrmacher and Kevin Schaul  •  Read more »   DHS chief predicts travel ban will be reinstated, acknowledges missteps Ahead of a key court hearing at 6 p.m. EST, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said that if he were given a second chance, he might do things differently in rolling out the order. "I should have — this is all on me, by the way — I should have delayed it just a bit, so that I could talk to members of Congress," he said. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump's loose talk about Muslims gets weaponized as court prepares to hear arguments about travel ban The states of Washington and Minnesota, which sued to block President Trump's order, are citing his inflammatory rhetoric as evidence that the government's claims — it's not a ban and not aimed at Muslims — are shams. By Fred Barbash and Derek Hawkins  •  Read more »   Trump administration to approve final permit for Dakota Access pipeline, allowing project completion The Army will allow the 1,200-mile, $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota as early as Wednesday, according to Justice Department documents. President Trump had instructed Army Corps of Engineers officials — who withheld the permit needed to complete the pipeline in December, citing the need for a more extensive environmental review — to expedite its review. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Tornado slams New Orleans, causing 'substantial' damage, dozens of injuries Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Southeast, dropping multiple tornadoes in southern Louisiana, one of which did major damage to communities in east New Orleans — among the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. By Angela Fritz  •  Read more »   Islamic State documents say some 'problem' foreign fighters are refusing to fight Some militants from France, Belgium and Kosovo have doctor's notes explaining why they can't fight.  By Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim  •  Read more »   Trump makes false statement about U.S. murder rate to sheriffs’ group The president claimed the country's murder rate is the highest it's been in 45 to 47 years. But the rate actually is almost at its lowest point, according to the FBI. By Tom Jackman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Melania Trump missed out on 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to make millions, lawsuit says The libel suit says an article falsely alleging the first lady once worked for an escort service hurt her chance to establish business relationships during the years in which she would be "one of the most photographed women in the world." By Tom Hamburger  •  Read more »   Open-carry advocates walked into a police station with a loaded rifle. Officers were not amused. The pair, who were arrested, said they were testing their Second Amendment rights. Police and an open-carry group blasted the stunt: "I find this behavior totally unacceptable and irresponsible," a Michigan police chief said. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   As the planet warms, doubters launch a new attack on a famous climate change study A former NOAA scientist has reopened a contentious debate over the validity of a key climate change study, asserting that procedures for archiving its data were not properly followed by its authors. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Rosie O’Donnell as Steve Bannon? SNL could really make Trump angry if it wanted to. Why stop at Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer? By Dan Zak  •  Read more »   Women 'do not come with an expiration date': Christie Brinkley, a proud 63, poses for SI swimsuit issue Posing with her two daughters in Sports Illustrated was irresistible for the former supermodel and swimsuit-issue icon. By Cindy Boren  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. 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