Blinken served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser under President Barack Obama. The announcement came along with a number of other national security picks.
Newsom said on Twitter that his children came into contact with a California Highway Patrol officer who tested positive for the virus. He said everyone in his family has tested negative so far.
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with three doctors — Comilla Sasson, Ivan Melendez and Lynn Paxton — about what they're seeing on the frontlines of the latest surge in coronavirus cases.
The experimental cocktail from the biotech company Regeneron is the same drug President Trump got when he was battling the coronavirus this year. It is designed for mild to moderate cases.
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Katherina Rosqueta, director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, about donating to nonprofits as the country deals with a pandemic and a recession.