Christmas traditions continue at the White House while transition stalls
There is not much in the way of activity at the White House, as Thursday marked the 12th day out of 16 since the election with nothing on President…
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Ben Carson says he was ‘desperately ill’ from Covid but is now ‘out of the woods’
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Friday he became “desperately ill” from Covid-19, but now believes he is…
Continue Reading Trump campaign fundraises off of Giuliani news conference and uses photo of Trump in hospital
The Trump campaign sent out another fundraising email to supporters on Friday, signed by President Donald Trump, praising his attorney Rudy…
Continue Reading Pentagon to announce new restrictions for building workforce amid Covid-19 surge
The Defense Department will increase its coronavirus prevention efforts and restrictions for the workforce inside the Pentagon beginning next week, a…
Continue Reading Senior GOP lawmakers grow anxious over Trump’s effort to overturn election results
A growing number of veteran GOP lawmakers are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s tactics to overturn election results showing he lost the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court agrees to delay arguments in Democratic lawsuit over Mueller documents
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to postpone oral arguments in a case concerning grand jury material redacted from former special counsel Robert…
Continue Reading Pompeo seen as auditioning for 2024 on Israel trip while he organizes at home
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s groundbreaking trip to a West Bank settlement Thursday was meant to highlight the Trump administration’s…
Continue Reading Florida Republican senator says he has Covid-19
Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said in a statement Friday morning he has tested positive with Covid-19, adding to the number of lawmakers in…
Continue Reading Biden taps several long-time aides for White House roles
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Louisa Terrell, a long-time aide and Capitol Hill veteran, as his director of legislative affairs — a role…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Giuliani and the Trump legal team’s wild, fact-free press conference
In a wild, tangent-filled and often contentious press briefing led by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Trump…
Continue Reading Mitt Romney calls Trump’s attempt to overturn Michigan election ‘undemocratic’
Two prominent Republican senators on Thursday ripped President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election in…
Continue Reading Trump’s history of undermining the law ends with assault on right to vote
President Donald Trump’s four-year history of undermining American rights and legal norms is fittingly ending with his attack on one of the…
Continue Reading Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread fraud after statewide audit
Georgia has finished its statewide audit of the razor-thin presidential race, confirming that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald…
Continue Reading New York authorities investigating millions in tax write-offs from the Trump Organization
New York authorities investigating the Trump Organization have expanded their inquiries to include tax write-offs involving millions of dollars in…
Continue Reading Trump courts Michigan GOP leaders in bid to overturn election he lost
President Donald Trump has invited Republican state lawmakers from Michigan to the White House on Friday, according to a person familiar with the…
Continue Reading Senior Pentagon official Anthony Tata tests positive for Covid-19
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, a top Pentagon official, has tested positive for Covid-19 after meeting with the Lithuanian minister of…
Continue Reading Trump’s refusal to concede creates strange gap between Biden and Harris on classified intelligence
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris took part in a classified briefing of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week and emerged in a strange…
Continue Reading Trump held unannounced meeting with Indonesian minister in Oval Office
United States President Donald Trump met with Indonesia’s Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment at the White House on Tuesday, a meeting…
Continue Reading Judges toss Republican lawsuits in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia
State judges in Arizona and Pennsylvania and a federal judge in Georgia rejected election-related lawsuits Thursday from Republicans and the Trump…
Continue Reading Biden poised to make first Cabinet announcements next week, eager to respond to Trump’s sabotage attempts
President-elect Joe Biden has expedited the selection of his Cabinet and is planning to make the first of several key announcements next week, an…
Continue Reading Trump told ally he’s trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election
President Donald Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt…
Continue Reading Inside Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to sow chaos on behalf of Trump and steal the election
One day before the Trump campaign’s legal team needed to convince a federal judge that Joe Biden shouldn’t have won Pennsylvania, Rudy…
Continue Reading Federal death row inmate’s execution delayed because of attorneys’ Covid-19 diagnosis
A federal court judge agreed Thursday to delay the execution of Lisa Montgomery after her attorneys argued they needed more time to work on her…
Continue Reading Biden’s incoming chief of staff says Trump ‘failing to follow the law’ by not letting transition begin
Incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Thursday that President Donald Trump and General Services Administrator Emily Murphy are failing…
Continue Reading Biden says Trump ‘will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible presidents’
President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday that President Donald Trump “will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible…
Continue Reading Major coronavirus outbreak hits crew of US Navy warship
There has been a major coronavirus outbreak aboard a US Navy guided missile destroyer, the USS Michael Murphy, which has spread to nearly one-quarter…
Continue Reading ‘An incredibly traumatic 24 hours’: New York City school closures set off new round of infighting
New York City’s decision to close schools as coronavirus rates rise has set off a torrent of political infighting and a fresh round of public…
Continue Reading Children facing deportation are asking Trump and Biden for help
In a last-ditch effort days before they could face deportation, children in federal custody are asking President Donald Trump, President-elect Joe…
Continue Reading Census delay could kill Trump’s plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from count
The Census Bureau said Thursday it has discovered unspecified “anomalies” in its count of the US population that could delay the report…
Continue Reading Rahm Emanuel under consideration to become Biden’s transportation secretary
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is under consideration to lead the department of transportation, people familiar with the matter say, a move that…
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