Biden builds out White House senior staff with top campaign advisers
President-elect Joe Biden is building out the staff that will surround him in the White House, announcing Tuesday that he is tapping two long-time…
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Biden builds out White House senior staff with top campaign advisers
President-elect Joe Biden is building out the staff that will surround him in the White House, announcing Tuesday that he is tapping two long-time…
Continue Reading Task force warns of ‘further deterioration’ as pandemic worsens
The White House coronavirus task force has again ramped up its warnings to states in a weekly set of reports as the pandemic continues to…
Continue Reading READ: Federal prosecutors’ letter denouncing Barr’s election fraud 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 House Democrats ask to delay Supreme Court arguments over Mueller docs
The Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to postpone oral arguments in an upcoming case concerning grand jury…
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Biden campaign manager, former Beto aide Jen O’Malley Dillon to serve in key White House role
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Former Beto O’Rourke aide Jen O’Malley Dillon will join President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming…
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Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon to serve in a top White House role
Jen O’Malley Dillon will join President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration as a deputy chief of staff, the Biden-Harris transition…
Continue Reading Former Black caucus chair Cedric Richmond to leave Congress and join Biden White House
Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond will join President-elect Joe Biden’s White House, departing the New Orleans-area House of Representatives seat…
Continue Reading US military uses warship to shoot down ICBM in test of missile defense system
A missile fired from a US Navy warship successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time Monday during a test of the…
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Twitter, Facebook CEOs testify in U.S. Senate hearing on 2020 election disinformation
WASHINGTON, DC — The CEO of Twitter says the social media site flagged some 300,000 tweets as part of efforts to combat disinformation in the…
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Donald Trump doesn’t seem to want to do his job anymore
President Donald Trump lost the presidential election 10 days ago. Since then, he’s done next to nothing — at least publicly — to…
Continue Reading Congresswoman-elect shocked by Republicans calling her ‘Breonna’ because of her Breonna Taylor mask
Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush said Monday evening she was stunned and “hurt” when some Republicans addressed her as “Breonna”…
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Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon to get a top White House job
Jen O’Malley Dillon will join President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration as a deputy chief of staff, a source familiar with the…
Continue Reading Stanford distances itself from Dr. Scott Atlas after he urges resistance to public health measures
Stanford University on Monday evening distanced itself from White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the…
Continue Reading NATO chief warns against premature withdrawal from Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a stark warning Tuesday that any premature withdrawal from Afghanistan could be dangerous, a day after…
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Trump aims to undermine Biden’s legitimacy even as legal challenges fizzle
When President Donald Trump learned at the end of last week that his lawyers were dropping their lawsuit seeking a review of ballots in Arizona, the…
Continue Reading Trump aims to undermine Biden’s legitimacy even as legal challenges fizzle
When President Donald Trump learned at the end of last week that his lawyers were dropping their lawsuit seeking a review of ballots in Arizona, the…
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani’s conspiracy theories could be dangerous to democracy, experts say
Rudy Giuliani’s increasingly outlandish claims of election fraud have former federal officials worried that theories peddled by the man once…
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New York Times: Trump asked advisers about possible strike on Iranian nuclear site
President Donald Trump last week asked senior aides what possibilities he had for an offensive strike on Iran’s primary nuclear site, The New…
Continue Reading New York Times: Trump asked advisers about possible strike on Iranian nuclear site
President Donald Trump last week asked senior aides what possibilities he had for an offensive strike on Iran’s primary nuclear site, The New…
Continue Reading Trump’s transition sabotage threatens vaccine rollout
President Donald Trump’s refusal to coordinate with President-elect Joe Biden on the critical Covid-19 vaccine is bringing a staggering…
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Georgia secretary of state says Lindsey Graham implied he should try to throw away ballots
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stood firm Monday on his account that Sen. Lindsey Graham had hinted that he should try to discard some…
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Lankford argues he did ‘step in’ Friday and had private conversation with GSA over Biden transition process
Sen. James Lankford said Monday that he did “step in” with the General Services Administration late last week over the presidential…
Continue Reading Lankford argues he did ‘step in’ Friday and had private conversation with GSA over Biden transition process
Sen. James Lankford said Monday that he did “step in” with the General Services Administration late last week over the presidential…
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Trump’s Pentagon takedown makes the US vulnerable during the transition
While much of the world has been preoccupied with the President’s refusal to acknowledge his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, Donald Trump has…
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Esper memo warned conditions weren’t met for withdrawal from Afghanistan
Then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sent a classified memo earlier this month to the White House asserting that it was the unanimous recommendation…
Continue Reading Esper memo warned conditions weren’t met for withdrawal from Afghanistan
Then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sent a classified memo earlier this month to the White House asserting that it was the unanimous recommendation…
Continue Reading Deadly hate crime levels surge in latest FBI reporting
Hate crime reports in America surged in 2019 to the highest level since 2008, according to new data released on Monday by the FBI. In its annual…
Continue Reading GOP senators shrug off Trump’s conspiracies over election results: ‘He can say whatever he wants’
Top Senate Republicans seemed unmoved Monday by President Donald Trump’s baseless charges that the election was “rigged” and his…
Continue Reading At least 2 members of Congress announce positive Covid-19 diagnoses Monday
At least two members of the US House of Representatives announced Monday that they tested positive for Covid-19 and another member announced he was…
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