There will be no Trump china collection due to cost and time, source says
The Trump administration will not have its own signature collection to display in the White House China Room — another departure from protocol…
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Jill Biden’s inauguration ‘gown’ inspired by unity, designer says
The formal dress and matching coat worn by first lady Jill Biden Wednesday night for inaugural festivities were designed with inspiration from new…
Continue Reading US Surgeon General Jerome Adams asked to step down by Biden team
US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said Wednesday that he has been asked to leave his role as the nation’s top doctor by incoming President…
Continue Reading READ: Pete Buttigieg, transportation secretary nominee, opening statement
In remarks prepared for delivery ahead of his confirmation hearing Thursday, transportation secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg previews his vision for…
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Impeachment trial hangs over Biden’s first days in office
President Joe Biden is calling for unity, but with an impeachment trial of an ex-President around the corner, a long list of nominations still to be…
Continue Reading Evidence shows Capitol rioters brutally attacked police with flagpoles, fire extinguishers and fists
The unprecedented images spoke for themselves, but as prosecutors start filing criminal charges against pro-Trump rioters who attacked the US…
Continue Reading Biden brings a dose of normal to a beleaguered nation
When President Joe Biden walked into the White House on Wednesday holding hands with his wife, it all seemed so normal. His daily schedule had been…
Continue Reading Buttigieg to testify for transportation secretary post at confirmation hearing
Pete Buttigieg will testify before a Senate panel on Thursday considering his nomination for transportation secretary, putting the former South Bend,…
Continue Reading Biden says Trump left him a ‘very generous letter’ before departing White House
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump left him a “very generous letter” before departing the White House.…
Continue Reading Former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton honor Biden as America’s new leader in joint video
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton honored President Joe Biden Wednesday evening as America’s new leader in a…
Continue Reading Biden is inheriting a nonexistent Covid-19 vaccine plan from Trump administration, sources say
Newly sworn in President Joe Biden and his advisers are inheriting no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump…
Continue Reading Fox News host Judge Jeanine lobbied Trump during his last few hours in office to pardon her ex-husband. It worked.
Fox News host Judge Jeanine successfully lobbied former President Donald Trump in an eleventh-hour effort to pardon her ex-husband in the final hours…
Continue Reading Divisive policies and actions from Trump-era that Biden could decide to alter
President Joe Biden assumed the office intent on healing a deeply fractured country and reversing former President Donald Trump’s divisive…
Continue Reading Biden starts fast on immigration by halting border wall and travel ban while embracing DACA
President Joe Biden kicked off his term by signing out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration…
Continue Reading Biden rescinds 1776 commission via executive order
President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal…
Continue Reading Homeland Security pauses some deportations for 100 days
WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Homeland Security is pausing deportations for 100 days, the department announced late Wednesday, with some…
Continue Reading Amanda Gorman calls on Americans to ‘leave behind a country better than the one we were left’ in powerful inauguration poem
Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate, challenged Americans Wednesday to unify and “leave behind a country better…
Continue Reading Biden: ‘Democracy has prevailed’
President Joe Biden ended his first day in office with a note of hope and optimism, closing his inaugural activities with an appearance at the…
Continue Reading GOP senators warn McConnell could face backlash if he votes to convict Trump
A faction of Senate Republicans has a warning for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: Stick with former President Donald Trump during his impeachment…
Continue Reading Security unlikely to return to pre-riot form in a post-inauguration Washington
As crews in Washington, DC, started dismantling some security fencing within hours of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, it remained clear…
Continue Reading Trump lays last-minute land mines for Biden on immigration: ‘Anything to make it difficult’
Days from the end of Donald Trump’s term, his administration rushed to push through possible legal land mines to make President Joe…
Continue Reading Last-minute Trump appointee at NSA put on administrative leave due to inspector general probe
National Security Agency General Counsel Michael Ellis, who was installed by former President Donald Trump during his final days in office, was put…
Continue Reading Biden targets Trump’s legacy with first-day executive actions
President Joe Biden is finalizing 17 executive moves just hours after his inauguration Wednesday, moving faster and more aggressively to dismantle…
Continue Reading Senate confirms Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, the first Biden Cabinet nominee confirmed
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s first Cabinet nominee Wednesday evening, voting to approve his pick for director of national…
Continue Reading Biden arrives at the White House and begins dismantling Trump’s legacy
Hours after he was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden signed 17 executive actions to begin overhauling the…
Continue Reading Biden names acting agency heads as key Cabinet nominees remain unconfirmed
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a slate of acting agency heads after taking office without a single one of his Cabinet nominees in place…
Continue Reading Read the letters outgoing Presidents left for their successors in the Oval Office
Being President of the United States can be lonely and daunting, and only a few people alive know what it’s like first hand. One of the modern…
Continue Reading GOP senator clears way for first Biden Cabinet vote after lifting hold
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas cleared the way for the Senate to vote on the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s director of national…
Continue Reading 3 new Democratic senators sworn in, flipping control of the Senate
Vice President Kamala Harris formally swore in three new, barrier-breaking Democratic senators on Wednesday afternoon following her own inauguration,…
Continue Reading Obama and Harris share fist bump at inauguration in historic moment
Barack Obama greeted Kamala Harris with a fist bump at the inauguration on Wednesday, a gesture that carried symbolic weight as the history-making…
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