People of color make up nearly half of Biden transition team
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in January, nearly half of the transition team laying the groundwork for his administration is…
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Trump says for the first time Biden won the election but later insists he’s not conceding
President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that Joe Biden won the presidential election, but the President refused to concede…
Continue Reading Fauci: ‘It would be better’ if government health officials could start working with incoming Biden-Harris administration
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that “it would be better” if government health officials could start working with President-elect Joe…
Continue Reading Top DHS official ratchets up rebukes of Trump’s false election claims
The Trump administration official in charge of helping states secure their elections has ramped up his efforts to reject the false claims coming from…
Continue Reading Trump administration renews push to confirm Wolf amid concerns over legitimacy and agency purge
There’s a renewed push to get Chad Wolf confirmed as Homeland Security secretary — a position in which he’s been serving in an…
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Federal judge says new DACA rules imposed by Trump Administration are invalid
WASHINGTON, DC — Chad Wolf was not legally serving as acting U.S. Homeland Security secretary when he signed rules limiting DACA applications…
Continue Reading Lack of transition coordination and Pentagon chaos could leave US vulnerable to national security threats
President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede defeat to President-elect Joe Biden and grant him access to the presidential daily briefings, or…
Continue Reading Jared and Ivanka are poised to return to a Manhattan social scene that no longer welcomes them
If the celebrations that spilled into the streets of New York City in the wake of Joe Biden’s victory made one thing clear, it’s that the…
Continue Reading Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s children withdrawn from school after administrators raised concerns about adherence to Covid precautions
Administrators at the posh Washington private school that the three young children of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner attended for the last three…
Continue Reading Trump had a very bad Friday in court with his election cases. They’re headed for more action next week
Legal experts have been saying for a week now that President Donald Trump’s court cases to throw out ballots and turn around his election loss…
Continue Reading Army identifies 5 Americans killed in helicopter crash involving peacekeeping force in Egypt
The US Army has identified five Americans killed in a helicopter crash Thursday while serving as part of a peacekeeping force in Egypt. The…
Continue Reading Organizers look to build off momentum and turn out a new batch of young voters in Georgia’s runoffs
Rebecca Spoor was too young to vote in the general election. The 17-year-old Georgian thought she would have to wait until the next election cycle to…
Continue Reading John Kelly blasts Trump for not helping with the transition: ‘The downside to not doing so could be catastrophic’
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly issued an on-the-record statement Friday night lambasting President Donald Trump for not helping with…
Continue Reading As Trump refuses to concede, his agencies awkwardly prepare what they can for a Biden transition
Bulky briefing books and budgets are unopened. Office spaces dedicated to the transition sit vacant. And planning conversations between incoming and…
Continue Reading Biden’s toughest foreign policy challenge may be regaining allies’ trust
President Donald Trump may be refusing to concede his defeat, but governments around the world are congratulating President-elect Joe Biden —…
Continue Reading Nevada governor tests positive for Covid-19
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak tested positive for Covid-19 Friday, according to a news release from his office. Sisolak, a Democrat, received a positive…
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors assigned to investigate election fraud denounce William Barr’s policy change
A group of federal prosecutors on Friday urged Attorney General William Barr to rescind his order for any prosecutor to examine allegations of voting…
Continue Reading Loeffler unleashes onslaught against Warnock in Georgia race for Senate control
Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler unleashed an onslaught this week against Rev. Raphael Warnock, trying to portray her Democratic opponent and…
Continue Reading Judges rule against Trump campaign in 6 Pennsylvania cases over absentee ballots
Two judges in Pennsylvania on Friday tossed a half dozen court cases the Trump campaign had brought to invalidate thousands of votes around…
Continue Reading Federal election official blasts Trump’s false election claims as ‘laughable,’ ‘baffling’ and ‘insulting’
A senior federal election security official who was appointed by President Donald Trump has blasted the President’s false post-election claims,…
Continue Reading Gov. Cuomo responds to Trump’s threat to not send vaccine to New York: ‘He tries to bully people’
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday accused President Donald Trump of trying to use a potential coronavirus vaccine to intimidate him following…
Continue Reading How Democratic leaders handled the 2016 election loss and transition
As President Donald Trump refuses to acknowledge the reality that he lost last week’s presidential election, his Republican allies have mostly,…
Continue Reading Carter Center will monitor part of a US election for the first time by observing Georgia recount
The Carter Center announced Friday it will monitor the ongoing hand recount of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia to “help bolster…
Continue Reading READ: John Kelly statement on Trump not helping with the transition to a Biden administration
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly issued an on-the-record statement Friday night lambasting President Donald Trump for not helping with…
Continue Reading The week in 16 headlines
As President Donald Trump continues to contest the legitimacy of the election, Joe Biden begins his transition process, announcing coronavirus…
Continue Reading Fact checking the baseless claim that millions of Trump votes were deleted
A human error that briefly led to incorrect election results in a Michigan county has spiraled into a sprawling, baseless conspiracy theory…
Continue Reading States waiting for answers from feds on coronavirus vaccine distribution
With the US on the cusp of a coronavirus vaccine, states are scrambling to nail down their distribution plans as they await key information —…
Continue Reading Trump campaign drops Arizona lawsuit requesting review of ballots
Lawyers for the Trump campaign have dropped a lawsuit seeking a review of all ballots cast on Election Day after finding that the margin of victory…
Continue Reading Michigan judge rejects demand to block certification of Biden win in Detroit and debunks fraud claims
A Michigan state judge has rejected an attempt by two poll challengers to block the certification of a Joe Biden win in Detroit, which helped carry…
Continue Reading Pentagon senior adviser accused Pompeo and senior politicians of taking money and getting rich from ‘the Israeli lobby’
A new senior adviser at the Pentagon repeatedly said the United States’ support for Israel was the result of “Israeli lobby” money…
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