A routine process of certifying election results is getting attention in Michigan as President Trump and his allies attempt to discredit the results despite the lack of signs of vote-count problems.
When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were running against each other, they both pledged to hire more women in national security positions. Pledge organizers see signs that this promise might be fulfilled.
Thomas-Greenfield has worked in foreign service for more than three decades, including as head of the Bureau of African Affairs in the Obama White House. This position requires Senate confirmation.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with James Steinberg, former deputy secretary of state, about what to expect from Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state.
Mayorkas, who was born in Havana, came to the U.S. with his family as a political refugee. He was U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services chief in the Obama administration.
More than 150 business leaders released a letter calling on President Trump to start the transition process, given the urgent need to tackle the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
The president-elect's history-making picks include the first Latino nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security and the first woman to lead the intelligence community.