Aides to President-elect Joe Biden held at least 20 meetings with Trump administration officials and were in active discussions with every federal agency, as well as the White House, preparing for the daunting task of taking over a crumbling economy and overseeing the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.
The nominee needs to be confirmed by a Senate currently controlled by Republicans, and the person will take command of an agency racked by accusations of politicization.
In the two contests that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, it is Warnock, a 51-year-old preacher, who is animating the diversifying Democratic base and is being seen as a ripe target for the GOP.
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These ceremonies are something pleasant in a world of awful. Even if it is just a matter of appearances.
The money was meant for businesses critical to national security. It is mostly unspent, with some going to a hodgepodge of little-known companies with unclear importance to national defense.
European leaders acknowledge that the coronavirus is far from under control, but many seem reluctant to keep their economies closed or to stand in the way of family members seeing one another after a year marked by long periods of strict confinement measures and social isolation.
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Peter Newsham, who has come under criticism by more liberal members of the city council, will be chief in Prince William County. His surprise departure comes as law enforcement agencies around the country are facing pressure to make swift changes in their departments to answer calls for more just policing.
The Duchess described the “almost unbearable pain” that comes with losing a child, and urged people to “commit to asking others, ‘Are you OK?’”
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Fox News opinion personalities say Trump lostMore than two weeks after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Fox News opinion hosts have started to acknowledge Biden’s win.
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Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) filed complaints against Giuliani and others working with the Trump campaign, calling for them to be stripped of their law licenses for filing “frivolous” lawsuits and allegedly engaging in “conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.”
Republicans in the Senate have been about four times as likely as Americans overall to have tested positive for the virus.
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The selection of John F. Kerry as chief climate diplomat gives the new position gravitas at a time when U.S. credibility abroad on global warming and other issues has waned under President Trump.
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Alejandro Mayorkas championed cybersecurity initiatives during the Obama years.
Daraa was the cradle of the revolution. Two years after its recapture by government forces, killings are on the rise.
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Analysts expect Joe Biden’s ascent to power to bolster liberal, internationalist forces across the Atlantic.
He was convicted of stealing papal documents in 2012, and served two months in a Vatican jail before being pardoned by Benedict.
Governments eager to relax the rules and people eager to enjoy themselves have given the virus a window. Now, winter is coming.
Hundreds of people in a town in Ethiopia’s Tigray region were stabbed, strangled and hacked to death in an apparent ethnically based attack that may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes, the commission said.
The suspects are accused of negotiating a sales price for the phantom masks that was five times the asking price set by manufacturer 3M, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in the South District of Texas.
The call that Johnny Dwight Whited placed to the Decatur, Ala., police department has helped crack the cold case murder of Christopher Alvin Dailey, authorities say.
Divided by politics and covid exhaustion, Americans debate how to celebrate.
Students at Howard University and the University of Maryland in College Park say they want flexible grading options.
D.C. and Prince George’s County already have a 10-person cap on gatherings.
But organizers announce plans for a pro-gun caravan of vehicles through Richmond in January.
The action against OANN, which President Trump’s allies have praised in recent weeks while raging against Fox News for supposed disloyalty following the election, was the latest sign that Silicon Valley remains prepared to enforce policies against false and misleading information.
Investors cheer as the White House transition gets under way and Janet Yellen is tapped for treasury secretary — steps seen as progress in stabilizing the economy.
If confirmed by the Senate, the former Federal Reserve chair would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department since the institution was founded in 1789.
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Green Bay took Jordan Love in the draft, but it's worth wondering whether Aaron Rodgers's heir apparent will ever get the starting job.
For Washington’s young offense, having a veteran quarterback in Alex Smith has made a difference over the past few weeks.
For its first rankings of 2020, the committee met in Texas in recent days staring at an inscrutable puzzle with 17 unbeaten teams.
