Politics Archives

Grijalva: ”It’s a celebration but comes with expectation and optimism”

January 20, 2021 6:36 PM Cody Lee

Many people celebrated Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden, but few were as happy to see change arrive in the nation’s capitol as Rep.…

These are the kids in the First and Second Families

January 20, 2021 6:08 PM CNN

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris weren’t the only ones in their families to receive new titles on Wednesday after the…

Justice Sonia Sotomayor to administer vice presidential oath to Kamala Harris

January 20, 2021 7:28 AM CNN

On Wednesday, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants, and Sonia Sotomayor, the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court justice,…

How a US presidential inauguration works

January 20, 2021 7:49 AM CNN Newsource

The invitations have been scaled back by the pandemic and the security has been heightened by the insurrection, but Joe Biden’s inauguration as the…

Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others

January 20, 2021 6:28 AM The Associated Press, Gabriel Salazar

The last-minute clemency, announced Wednesday morning, follows separate waves of pardons over the past month for Trump associates convicted in the…

On Day One, Biden to undo Trump policies on climate, virus

January 20, 2021 5:23 AM The Associated Press, Gabriel Salazar

Biden on Wednesday will end construction on Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, end the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority…

Joe Biden grieves Covid victims on eve of his inauguration: ‘To heal, we must remember’

January 19, 2021 5:04 PM CNN, Jenny Day

One of the great tragedies of the past year, as some 400,000 Americans lost their lives to Covid-19, was not only that many victims died alone…

President spends last full day in office in isolation

January 19, 2021 6:15 PM NBC News, Brandon Mejia

President Donald Trump is making plans for a ceremonial sendoff, after a norm-shattering four years. His tenure in the White House ends with another…

Avril Haines, Biden’s DNI pick, pledges to keep politics out of intelligence after Trump’s wars with intelligence community

January 19, 2021 2:30 PM CNN Newsource

Avril Haines, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, pledged Tuesday to turn the corner after President Donald…

Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’

January 19, 2021 2:39 PM CNN Newsource

With one day left in his tenure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to his taxpayer-funded Twitter account and denounced multiculturalism, saying it…

12 Guard members removed from Biden inauguration

January 19, 2021 12:27 PM The Associated Press

Their removal from the massive security presence at the nation’s capital comes as the FBI worked to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops…

The future of the border wall under the Biden Administration

January 19, 2021 12:03 PM April Hettinger

President-elect Joe Biden made a “not another foot of wall” promise during his campaign. Now, elected Democrats are challenging him to uphold his…

Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary

January 19, 2021 5:50 AM The Associated Press

Levine joins Biden’s Health and Human Services secretary nominee Xavier Becerra, a Latino politician who rose from humble beginnings to serve in…

Trump to lift some COVID travel restrictions

January 19, 2021 5:19 AM Sumiko Keil, Gabriel Salazar, NBC News

“We plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread,” Biden’s press secretary…

Joe Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants

January 19, 2021 5:03 AM The Associated Press, Gabriel Salazar

President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his…

Trumps’ snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude

January 18, 2021 2:07 PM CNN

On the morning of January 20, Donald Trump and Melania Trump will depart the White House as President and first lady, but they will not invite their…

Biden administration tells migrant caravan: Don’t come now

January 18, 2021 8:13 AM Sumiko Keil, NBC News

“The situation at the border isn’t going to be transformed overnight,” a senior Biden transition official…

FBI vetting Guard troops in D.C. amid fears of insider attack

January 18, 2021 5:09 AM The Associated Press

Insider threats have been a persistent law enforcement priority in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001,…

Biden chief of staff doesn’t rule out stopping intelligence briefings for Trump

January 17, 2021 11:01 AM CNN

Joe Biden’s incoming White House chief of staff on Sunday did not rule out blocking President Donald Trump from receiving intelligence briefings once…

Pence calls Harris while Trump continues to stew in denial

January 15, 2021 12:48 PM CNN, Jenny Day

One is dropping in on the White House phone operators, addressing troops at bases across the country, paying a visit to national guardsmen in place…