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Politics & Government

His Cabinet Still Unconfirmed, Biden Looks At Plan B For Early Days In Office

5:01am January 14, 2021

by Ayesha Rascoe

Normally, the Senate confirms a few Cabinet officials before Inauguration Day. But President-elect Joe Biden will need to turn to career civil servants for help because of delays.

Then-Vice President Joe Biden presides over a joint session of Congress in January 2017 to formally name Donald Trump as president-elect.

Politics & Government

FACT CHECK: What Pence And Congress Can And Can't Do About The Election

11:34pm January 05, 2021

by Brian Naylor

Many Republicans have indicated they will object to the formal electoral vote count. There is a good chance it will become a spectacle, but there's next to no chance it will change the outcome.

President-elect Joe Biden is poised to take over the White House's Twitter accounts.

Politics & Government

Twitter Will Reset @POTUS Account To 0 Followers After Biden Transition

5:28pm December 23, 2020

by Reese Oxner

The president-elect's transition team is pushing back against Twitter's decision, which is a reversal from the last presidential transition.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, "For my part, I am ready for interaction and contacts with you," according to the Kremlin.

Putin And Bolsonaro Congratulate Biden On His Victory Over Trump

4:28pm December 15, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The Russian leader contacted U.S. President-elect Joe Biden after the Electoral College affirmed his victory. Putin was one of the last major world leaders to do so.

The incoming first lady was the subject of a Wall Street Journal opinion article suggesting she stop using the title "Dr." because she is not a physician. Biden received her doctorate in education in 2007.

Biden Team Response To Controversial Op-Ed 'Clearly A Political Strategy,' Editor Says

1:37pm December 14, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Paul Gigot, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, writes, "There's nothing like playing the race or gender card to stifle criticism."

Former Secretary of State, John Kerry poses on Martha's Vineyard in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on Sept. 18, 2020.

As Climate Envoy, Kerry To Seek 'Ambition' With 'Humility'

11:49am December 10, 2020

by Steve Inskeep

One challenge facing John Kerry in his new role as climate envoy to President-elect Joe Biden will be to convince other governments the U.S. will abide by its commitments.

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Dr. Rochelle Walensky is President-elect Joe Biden's pick to head the CDC. Here, she speaks at a 2006 HIV conference in Washington, D.C.

Biden Names Massachusetts Doctor to Lead CDC

2:46pm December 07, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Dr. Rochelle Walensky is an infectious disease expert and teaches at Harvard Medical School. She will replace Robert Redfield, the current director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A woman wears a hijab and an American flag mask during an election celebration last month in New York's Times Square.

Majority Of Muslims Voted For Biden, But Trump Got More Support Than He Did In 2016

2:30pm December 05, 2020

by Leila Fadel

Despite anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies, President Trump appears to have gotten more support from American Muslims in the 2020 election than four years ago.

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President Trump leaves after speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving.

Politics & Government

The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump

11:48am December 05, 2020

by Domenico Montanaro

The president continues to cry foul about an election he lost, but he's running out of time and options, as even his own party is beginning to abandon him.

Avril Haines has been nominated as the first woman to be the director of national intelligence, a position that oversees all 17 intelligence agencies. Here, Haines speaks after President-elect Joe Biden introduced her last week in Wilmington, Del.

National

The Winding Journey Of Avril Haines, Biden's Pick To Lead U.S. Intelligence

8:10pm November 30, 2020

by Greg Myre

Avril Haines, the first woman nominated to the top intelligence post, took a strange path to this job. She studied judo in Japan, physics in college, and rebuilt a plane that she later crash-landed.

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