Joe Biden

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 team making false argument about his 2016 transition

11:59 pm November 22, 2020

Washington: It’s not just President-elect Joe Biden‘s transition that’s under a microscope. President Donald Trump and his allies are harking back to his own transition four years ago to make a false argument that his own presidency was denied a fair chance for a clean launch. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany laid out the case from the White House podium last week […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump slams global climate agreement, Biden intends to rejoin

11:47 pm November 22, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump railed against the Paris climate accord on Sunday, telling world leaders at a virtual summit that the agreement was designed to cripple the US economy, not save the planet. “To protect American workers, I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one-sided Paris climate accord, a very unfair act for the United States,” Trump […]

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 […]