Biden urges Americans to recommit to fighting pandemic in Thanksgiving address
President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Americans to recommit to fighting the deadly coronavirus pandemic in a Thanksgiving address ahead of the…
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READ: President-elect Joe Biden’s Thanksgiving address as prepared for delivery
President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday addressed Americans ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Read his remarks, as prepared for delivery,…
Continue Reading Coronavirus task force calls on states to ‘further accelerate mitigation’
The White House coronavirus task force is recommending a significant increase in testing as well as additional, accelerated mitigation measures in…
Continue Reading Biden appears to pour cold water on Warren and Sanders joining Cabinet
President-elect Joe Biden appeared to pour cold water on the idea of nominating Sens. Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders to his Cabinet, suggesting…
Continue Reading Pandemic inauguration could cut the choir, standing-room-only parties and maybe the historic lunch
Outside President Donald Trump’s bedroom window on the north side of the White House is the sound of building: hammers, drills, the beep-beep…
Continue Reading Lara Trump eyes Senate bid in North Carolina: ‘It would be an incredible thing’
Amid rumblings that President Donald Trump could mount another presidential run in 2024, voters may see a Trump on the ballot before that. Lara…
Continue Reading White House considering lifting European travel restrictions, source says
The White House is strongly considering lifting sweeping restrictions on travel from the European Union and the United Kingdom, an administration…
Continue Reading Georgia secretary of state says Trump threw him under bus despite his support
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday lambasted President Donald Trump, saying that the commander in chief threw him under the…
Continue Reading DOJ set to execute 5 federal prisoners before Inauguration Day
With fewer than 60 days until President-elect Joe Biden takes office, the Trump administration has set an unprecedented record of scheduling the most…
Continue Reading White House has signed off on Joe Biden getting the President’s Daily Brief
Three weeks after the election, the White House has given formal approval for President-elect Joe Biden to receive the President’s Daily Brief,…
Continue Reading Pardon for Michael Flynn under discussion at the White House
The White House has discussed a possible pardon for Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, and others, three…
Continue Reading ‘It’s wild down here’ as Milwaukee County recount continues
The Milwaukee County recount in Wisconsin won’t be finished until after Thanksgiving after a slower-than-expected start, including several…
Continue Reading Key Democrat warns Biden not to nominate Mike Morell as CIA director
A key Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee is warning President-elect Joe Biden that he should avoid nominating a top contender for the job…
Continue Reading Biden says transition outreach from Trump administration has been ‘sincere’
President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that communication from the Trump administration to help with his transition has been “sincere”…
Continue Reading Biden becomes first presidential candidate to win more than 80 million votes
Joe Biden has become the first presidential candidate to win more than 80 million votes, with his record-breaking number of popular votes still…
Continue Reading Here’s how Trump’s transition blockade finally ended
Two weeks after Joe Biden was projected to win the presidential election, General Services Administrator Emily Murphy was finally prepared to stop…
Continue Reading Biden’s intelligence chief pick promises to ‘speak truth to power’ in shift from Trump era
President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the US intelligence community, Avril Haines, made clear Tuesday that she intends to continue…
Continue Reading Biden taps longtime diplomat jettisoned under Trump as US ambassador to the UN
Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up in Louisiana, “in a segregated town in which the KKK regularly would come on weekends and burn a cross in…
Continue Reading Almost all Navy installations across the US are raising their health protection level status due to Covid-19
Nearly all Navy installations in the continental US are having their health protection measures against Covid-19 tightened Tuesday to protect the…
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US held dozens of children, including a 1-month-old, at border for several days in last 2 months
US Customs and Border Protection held more than five dozen children, some under the age of 1, in facilities along the US-Mexico border for over three…
Continue Reading Trump administration considers shortening recommended virus quarantine time
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force is reviewing evidence about how long people need to quarantine to be…
Continue Reading Trump loyalist connected to Biden conspiracy theories is leading Pentagon transition
Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist who was connected to efforts to spread conspiracy theories about Joe Biden, has been put in charge of the Pentagon…
Continue Reading Key lines from the unveiling of Biden’s top national security and foreign policy team
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced top members of his national security and foreign policy team. Biden’s nominees and appointees…
Continue Reading Biden prioritizes climate crisis by naming John Kerry special envoy
President-elect Joe Biden has appointed John Kerry as his special presidential envoy for climate, underscoring his commitment to tackling the global…
Continue Reading White House coronavirus task force calls for ‘significant behavior change of all Americans’
The White House coronavirus task force continues to sound the alarm on the spread of the pandemic across the country in weekly reports to states,…
Continue Reading Biden picks loyal lieutenant to lead mission to restore US reputation on world stage
Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of state, has worked with the former vice president for so long that one former…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania and Nevada certify election results for Biden, North Carolina for Trump
Pennsylvania and Nevada on Tuesday certified their 2020 general election results, formally awarding a combined 26 electoral votes from two key…
Continue Reading Justice Department places new pressure on immigrants facing deportation
The Justice Department is requiring some immigrants facing deportation to file to stay in the United States in a matter of weeks, a highly unusual…
Continue Reading CDC ready for Biden transition: ‘This is what we’ve been waiting for’
Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, beset by a Trump White House that was harshly critical of the agency’s…
Continue Reading US warship warned by Russian ship after challenging claims in Sea of Japan
The US Navy challenged what it called Russia’s “excessive maritime claims” to waters in the Sea of Japan Tuesday, sailing a warship…
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