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Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry

11:40 pm November 23, 2020

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden is building out his administration with several key picks for national security and foreign policy roles. John Kerry, a former secretary of state, will lead the incoming administration’s effort to combat climate change. Alejandro Mayorkas will be nominated as the secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. Biden also plans to nominate Antony Blinken as his […]

Biden names 2 aides to legislative affairs team

11:08 pm November 23, 2020

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has named two longtime Capitol Hill aides to his legislative affairs team. Reema Dodin and Shuwanza Goff will serve as deputy directors of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Dodin has been working on the transition team already, leading its legislative engagement with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. She also serves as deputy chief of staff and […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none

7:40 pm November 22, 2020

Philadelphia: As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump‘s failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centered on the biggest prize of all: Pennsylvania. The strategy may have played well in front of television cameras and on talk radio. But it has proved […]

Michigan election staff recommends state to OK Biden victory

6:48 pm November 21, 2020

Detroit: Michigan’s elections agency on Friday recommended that the November 3 results be certified next week by state canvassers, a decision that would bless Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump but likely not cool partisan strife over the vote. The recommendation was posted online with the formal Monday meeting notice of the Board of State Canvassers. The guidance […]

Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest US president

11:33 am November 21, 2020

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In exactly two months, he’ll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice. As he wrestles with those issues, Biden will be attempting to accomplish another feat: Demonstrate to Americans that age is but a number […]