The top US general is standing firm amid sweeping changes at the Pentagon which have seen senior officials replaced by Trump idealogues and alarmed senior defense officials. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley made clear his dedication to the constitution at an event Wednesday while standing beside the newly installed acting
Continue Reading If President-elect Joe Biden gets to choose a new Supreme Court justice, chief of staff Ron Klain would have the playbook ready. Klain, tapped for the top Biden role on Wednesday, has been at the absolute center of Supreme Court confirmations for three decades, as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and as a
Continue Reading Newly elected House lawmakers are arriving on Capitol Hill on Thursday for orientation as Washington gears up for the next session of Congress, which will officially get underway in January. New member orientation is a tradition that allows incoming lawmakers, fresh off securing seats in Congress, to learn more about what’s to come as they
Continue Reading Corey Lewandowski, an adviser to President Donald Trump’s campaign, has tested positive for the coronavirus, he confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Lewandowski said he is feeling fine and will stay home as a precaution. He joins a growing list of individuals close to the President to have tested positive for the virus this week after
Continue Reading Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday continued to reject the call from Democrats for a big coronavirus stimulus package, saying, “that’s not a place I think we’re willing to go” and reiterated his push for a bill that’s “highly targeted at what the residual problems are.” McConnell said of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
Continue Reading A growing number of GOP senators told CNN on Thursday that Joe Biden should have access to classified briefings, the latest indication that Republicans acknowledge the President-elect is likely on his way to the White House despite President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the results. “I would think — especially on classified briefings — answer
Continue Reading Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot hailed a “new day for science” in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden’s announcement of a new coronavirus task force, recording a mocking video to take a swipe at President Donald Trump, who has downplayed the virus and frequently disregarded his own health officials. Lightfoot, a Democrat who has openly criticized
Continue Reading Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that the country needs to consider Joe Biden the President-elect — joining a growing list of Republican allies to President Donald Trump who say the 2020 race is over. “I think that we need to consider the former vice president as the President-elect. Joe Biden is the President-elect,”
Continue Reading The Trump campaign is moving from state to state to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win, in a series of increasingly wild legal maneuvers without credible claims that face astronomical odds and carry little precedent. Lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona now are attempting to advance a smattering of accusations and legal theories, some based upon
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Ron Klain to be his incoming chief of staff, the Biden transition office said in a news release Wednesday, elevating his longtime aide to one of the most powerful positions in the White House. Klain is one of Biden’s most trusted campaign advisers and was long seen
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson tested positive for coronavirus Monday morning, his deputy chief of staff Coalter Baker confirmed. Carson was tested at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland after he began to experience symptoms of Covid-19, though he is no longer at the hospital. “Secretary Carson
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump sparked celebrations in cities across the country, including many of the places that swept Biden into the White House. From New York to Miami in the East and Denver and Austin out West, Biden supporters flooded into the streets after news organizations projected Biden
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — For nearly four years, the Trump administration gradually, and swiftly, choked off immigration to the United States, making it exceedingly difficult for people to come to the country to study, work, and seek refuge. But on Saturday, after unrelenting attacks, thousands of immigrants breathed a sigh of relief after Joe Biden was
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Kamala Harris, who on Saturday became America’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, represents a new face of political power after an election all about who wields power and how they use it. The California senator’s history-making win also represents the millions of women in the demographics —
Continue Reading WILMINGTON, Delaware — Joe Biden says he and his campaign “continue to feel very good” about the Democratic nominee’s prospects of winning the presidency as votes are counted in several key states. The former vice president said he and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, have “no doubt” that after votes are counted, the
Continue Reading DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire — Former Vice President Joe Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the U.S.-Canada border that the first places in the country to make its presidential preference known. The ballots were cast in the minutes after midnight, becoming the
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas rejected a GOP-led challenge Monday seeking to invalidate nearly 127,000 drive-thru ballots cast in the Democratic-leaning Houston area. The lawsuit is a major last-minute challenge to voting rules in closely watched states ahead of the election, in which some officials have made special accommodations amid the coronavirus
Continue Reading Superstars Lady Gaga and John Legend will join Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for their final respective events on the campaign trail on the eve of Election Day, the Biden campaign announced Sunday. Gaga is scheduled to appear at a drive-in rally with the Democratic nominee and Jill Biden in Pittsburgh and Legend will join
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HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge set a hearing for Monday morning to hear a challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County, Texas, the largest county in the state. Judge Andrew Hanen, who was appointed to the bench by President George W. Bush, set a hearing for 10:30 a.m., local time on Monday. A group
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Joe Biden’s presidential campaign will air a new campaign ad featuring Bruce Springsteen during Saturday night’s nationally televised game between Ohio State and Penn State on ABC, a Biden aide told CNN. The 60-second ad — titled “Hometown” and featuring Springsteen’s song “My Hometown” from his 1984 album “Born In The U.S.A.” — includes the
Continue Reading Joe Biden is pledging that if he’s elected president, he will sign an executive order to form a task force that will focus on reuniting the 545 immigrant children who’ve been separated from their families. The pledge was mentioned in a digital ad the campaign has started airing in the key states of Arizona, Florida,
Continue Reading RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas — Within the last six months, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the U.S., the Trump administration filed 75 lawsuits to seize private land along the U.S.-Mexico border for the border wall, according to data from the Texas Civil Rights Project. In the final days of the presidential election, President Donald Trump,
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AUSTIN, Texas —Stars from several fondly remembered television shows and movies have come together in recent weeks to not only offer counterprogramming during the idle days of the pandemic but also to stir support for Democrats looking to replace the current cast of the West Wing. From “Star Trek” to “Seinfeld,” these virtual events offer
Continue Reading The anonymous senior Trump administration official who wrote a 2018 New York Times op-ed and a subsequent book critical of President Donald Trump is Miles Taylor, he revealed in a statement on Wednesday. Taylor, who was chief of staff to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, wrote a lengthy statement explaining why he penned
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to limit mail-in ballot drop box locations to one site per county, a decision that largely affects the Houston and Austin areas. The court ruled that Abbott’s order “provides Texas voters more ways to vote in the
Continue Reading She is only 48 and could easily serve more than three decades on the Supreme Court. But no matter how long Justice Amy Coney Barrett sits on the bench, the conditions under which she started are not likely to fade soon from the nation’s memory. Barrett begins her Supreme Court tenure one week before Election
Continue Reading The US Mission in Turkey issued a warning to American citizens Friday of a potential terror attack threat in Istanbul and elsewhere in the country. The US Mission “has received credible reports of potential terrorist attacks and kidnappings against US citizens and foreign nationals in Istanbul, including against the US Consulate General, as well as
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Immigration experts are expecting an increase in the number of migrants journeying to the US-Mexico border in the coming months following the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Latin America. As countries put lock downs in place earlier this year, the number of Central Americans migrating north dropped. From March to
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO, California — Lawyers have not been able to reach the parents of 545 children who had been separated from their families by U.S. border officials between 2017 and 2018, according to a new court filing. Hundreds of parents may also have been deported without their children. The filing from the Justice Department and
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