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Krispy Kreme has apologized to the Smyrna Police Department in Georgia after employees at the store on South Cobb handed an on-duty officer a doughnut box with "Black Lives Matter" scrawled on top. (FOX 5)
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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump stands with Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos in Bedminster, N.J. Charter school advocate and wealthy Republican donor Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary, causing outrage among teachers unions. But Democrats and rights activists also are raising concerns about how her conservative Christian beliefs and advocacy for family values might impact minority and LGBT students. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Herschel Talley talks with his wife Betty in their home in Crete, Neb., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. The couple, who have a son in the National Guard whose unit is perennially under-equipped, say they hope Donald Trump will strengthen the military. They also hope Trump can improve the economy and fix a health care system that they say is so broken that Betty, 62, is still working part-time just to maintain health insurance. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Eddie Kramer eats breakfast with his wife, Abby, at the Engine House Cafe in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. The Kramers, who both work for insurance companies and voted for Donald Trump, hope their health insurance bills shrink. They are bothered by how much they pay for their family of four, including two young children; their monthly premiums rose by about $50 last year, and they still had to pay $80 for required medications after their 7-year-old’s tonsils were removed. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at podium, cheers health care workers to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Californians join health care workers at a rally to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Health care workers rally to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Rep. Hilda Solis, D-CA, joins health care workers at a rally to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at podium, joins health care workers to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Health care workers rally to save the Affordable Care Act across the country outside LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. The rally was one of many being staged across the country in advance of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump has promised to repeal and replace the health care law, and the Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday passed a measure taking the first steps to dismantle it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, photo, an employee of the Turner County Dairy in Parker, S.D., works with a cow during the milking process. Dairy farm operators in the U.S. for years have relied on immigrant workers to carry out the tasks involved in milk production, but producers in South Dakota might soon tap into a different labor force: unemployed residents of Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Regina Garcia Cano)
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FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2014 file photo, tax form 8962 is seen in Washington. If you haven’t signed up for health insurance this year, you may be getting a nudge from the taxman. The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of uninsured taxpayers that they’re potentially on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, and his wife Mercedes Schlapp, a columnist and Fox News contributor.
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FILE - This Dec. 21, 2016, file booking photo provided by the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Des Moines, Iowa, shows Susan Ackerman, a former administrative law judge for Iowa Workforce Development. A court ruling issued Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, upheld the firing of Ackerman who helped expose improper political pressure in Gov. Terry Branstad's administration, saying she lied to get her adult daughter state-funded health insurance. (Polk County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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Nick Stafford fills 1 of 5 wheelbarrows full of change, mostly pennies, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at the DMV in Lebanon, Va. Stafford was paying the sales tax on two cars that he was titling. Stafford had paid $165 to file three lawsuits in Russell County General District Court: two against specific employees at the Lebanon DMV and one against the DMV itself., which means he spent $1,005 to get 10 phone numbers and the satisfaction of delivering 300,000 pennies. Not to mention the nearly $3,000 he paid the DMV for the cars. (David Criggeru/The Bristol Herald-Courier via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 2017 AND THEREAFTER -This Dec. 15, 2016 photo shows McHenry County College's Young-Adult Student Success Program graduate Jonathan Sandoval while he practices welding techniques at the welding center in Woodstock, Ill. The program that helps 18-24 year-olds become self-sufficient with higher-paying occupations in manufacturing and healthcare is made possible by a $100,000 grant last year from the McHenry County Workforce Network and was renewed for a second year this year. (H. Rick Bamman/Northwest Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo McHenry County College's Young-Adult Student Success Program graduate Jonathan Sandoval demonstrates welding techniques at the welding center in Woodstock, Ill. The program helps 18-24 year-olds become self-sufficient with higher-paying occupations in manufacturing and healthcare. The program is made possible by a $100,000 grant last year from the McHenry County Workforce Network and was renewed for a second year this year. (H. Rick Bamman/Northwest Herald via AP)
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Members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee listened as Kansas Public Employees Retirement Systemexecutive director Alan Conroy, gave them a KPERS update and overview Thursday, Jan, 12, 2017, at the Capitol in Topeka. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
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Kansas Public Employees Retirement System executive director Alan Conroy, gives members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee a KPERS update and overview ThursdayThursday, Jan, 12, 2017, at the Capitol in Topeka. (Thad Allton/Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
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FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, Miracle Stewart, right, an employee of Amazon PrimeNow, prepares bags to fill with orders from customers making purchases, at a distribution hub in New York. Amazon said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, that it plans to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. over the next 18 months. The online retailer says they are full-time jobs that come with benefits. Many of the jobs will be at new fulfillment centers being built in several states, including California, Florida and Texas. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
