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Justice Sonia Sotomayor to administer vice presidential oath to Kamala Harris

January 20, 2021 7:28 AM CNN

On Wednesday, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants, and Sonia Sotomayor, the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court…

Biden puts Trump’s climate and environmental rollbacks in his crosshairs

January 20, 2021 7:22 AM CNN Newsource

Among incoming President Joe Biden’s Day One priorities: Begin rolling back climate and environmental policies of the Trump administration,…

Biden to rescind 1776 commission via executive order

January 20, 2021 7:20 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden will issue an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to…

Here are the executive actions Biden is expected to take on Inauguration Day

January 20, 2021 7:00 AM CNN

President-elect Joe Biden plans to take 17 executive actions in the first hours of his presidency Wednesday, signing a flurry of executive orders,…

Trump departs White House for final time as president, travels to Florida instead of inauguration

January 20, 2021 6:18 AM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump left the White House for the final time as president Wednesday morning. Trump emerged from the building and…

How the narrow Senate majority will shape Biden’s presidency

January 20, 2021 6:09 AM CNN Newsource

In a matter of hours, President Joe Biden will inherit a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and Senate. But the narrow majorities in both…

Trump pardons Steve Bannon as one of his final acts in office

January 20, 2021 5:08 AM CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump pardoned his former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a last-minute decision made only hours before he is scheduled to depart…

Biden prepares to conjure hope and bear pain for a grieving nation

January 20, 2021 4:56 AM CNN

Joe Biden’s life of resilience in the face of unbearable loss will take on new meaning when he steps up to deliver his inaugural address…

Washington Post: Biden to ask for US Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ resignation and name acting official

January 20, 2021 4:49 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to ask for US Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ resignation soon after he is sworn-in on Wednesday, and…

Biden transition team denies outgoing acting defense secretary transitional office space

January 20, 2021 4:48 AM CNN

The Biden transition team has declined to give outgoing acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller office space and resources for his transition out…

‘A vote of conscience’: GOP senators signal that Trump’s fate is in their hands

January 20, 2021 4:03 AM CNN Newsource

A wide range of Senate Republicans are noncommittal about whether they are considering convicting Donald Trump of committing high crimes and…

Trump revokes rule barring lobbying by former officials as he leaves office

January 20, 2021 3:48 AM CNN Newsource

As his term comes to an end, President Donald Trump revoked a rule he signed early in his term that imposed a five-year lobbying ban for…

Trump, in dead of night, releases members of his administration from ethics pledge, including lobbying ban

January 20, 2021 3:09 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge,…

Biden to start fast on immigration with DACA, border wall and travel ban

January 20, 2021 3:06 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden will kick off his term by rolling out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump…

Biden will extend student loan payment deferrals until October

January 20, 2021 3:04 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden will direct the Department of Education Wednesday to extend the suspension of federal student loan payments and interest.…

In first hours as president, Biden to sign 15 executive actions reversing Trump policies on climate, immigration, virus

January 20, 2021 3:00 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first official acts as president, Joe Biden is signing executive orders on a broad range of issues, from the coronavirus…

Trump issues final batch of 73 pardons, 70 commutations

January 19, 2021 11:10 PM ABC News, Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump issued a raft of 11th-hour pardons and commutations early Wednesday that included his one-time…

Trump pardons Steve Bannon in ‘We Build The Wall’ fraud case

January 19, 2021 9:12 PM CNN, ABC News, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump pardoned his former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a last-minute decision made only hours before he…

Trump grants clemency to rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black in final flurry of presidential power

January 19, 2021 11:29 PM CNN Newsource

The White House announced early Wednesday that President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to rapper Lil Wayne and a commutation to rapper Kodak…

Trump pardons former strategist Steve Bannon, among 143 people awarded pardons or commutations in final hours in office

January 19, 2021 10:58 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting…

Most Americans say the virus pandemic is out of control, ABC News poll finds

January 19, 2021 8:30 PM ABC News

WASHINGTON, DC — As President Donald Trump is leaving office, just 1 in 10 Americans say the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is mostly…

Finally I can unclench my jaw and exhale

January 19, 2021 8:31 PM CNN

I can finally feel myself beginning to unclench my jaw, drop my shoulders, and exhale. The past four years have felt like a lifetime. That 2016…

Group of House conservatives pushing to oust Liz Cheney, an effort Republican aides still view as a long shot

January 19, 2021 8:29 PM CNN Newsource

A group of House conservatives is pushing to challenge Liz Cheney‘s role as conference chairwoman, trying to force a special meeting to discuss…

Biden’s secretary of state pick vows to appoint LGBTI envoy and allow embassies to fly pride flag

January 19, 2021 8:02 PM CNN Newsource

Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the State Department, said Tuesday that he plans to swiftly appoint an LGBTI envoy,…

Biden’s defense secretary pick pledges to uphold ‘principle of civilian control of the military’

January 19, 2021 7:32 PM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for defense secretary, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, pledged on Tuesday that he will “uphold the…

DOJ closes insider trading investigation into Sen. Richard Burr

January 19, 2021 7:28 PM CNN Newsource

The Justice Department has notified Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina that it has closed the insider trading investigation into him.…

Key takeaways from the first confirmation hearings for Biden nominees

January 19, 2021 6:33 PM CNN Newsource

With just one day left until President-elect Joe Biden takes office, five of his Cabinet nominees faced Senate panels as part of the first step of…

Members of extremist Oath Keepers group planned attack on US Capitol, prosecutors say

January 19, 2021 6:28 PM CNN

Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the first significant conspiracy charge in the US Capitol attack, alleging that three members of the so-called Oath…

Sen. Hawley blocks quick consideration of Biden’s Homeland Security nominee over border wall questions

January 19, 2021 6:15 PM CNN Newsource

Sen. Josh Hawley blocked quick consideration of President-elect Joe Biden’s Homeland Security nominee, Alejandro Mayorkas, on Tuesday, leaving…

Biden’s State Department pick reaches out for GOP allies as he promises policy shifts

January 19, 2021 6:00 PM CNN

Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the State Department, indicated to Congress Tuesday that he plans to emphatically…