Read: Excerpts from Biden’s DHS pick Alejandro Mayorkas’ opening statement
Alejandro Mayorkas will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday to be considered for secretary of…
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Biden crafts inaugural address to unify a country in crisis
President-elect Joe Biden has spoken volumes inside the US Capitol over more than four decades, but the weight of those words does not approach the…
Continue ReadingRead: Biden secretary of state nominee Antony Blinken’s opening statement
Antony Blinken will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday to be considered for secretary of state. Read his opening…
Continue Reading5 ways Biden plans to reset health care after Trump
Strengthen the Affordable Care Act. Restore abortion protections. Lower drug prices. President-elect Joe Biden has a long list of health care…
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Janet Yellen is heading to Congress. The stakes have never been higher
Janet Yellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve and President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, faces a huge task…
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Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary
Levine joins Biden’s Health and Human Services secretary nominee Xavier Becerra, a Latino politician who rose from humble beginnings to serve in…
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Los ‘hipopótamos de la cocaína’, que llevó Pablo Escobar a Colombia, deben ser sacrificados, dicen los científicos, pero no todos están de acuerdo
(CNN) — Puede que Pablo Escobar, el narcotraficante más conocido de Colombia, haya muerto en 1993, pero su influencia sigue sintiéndose en el…
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Trump levantará algunas restricciones de viaje de COVID
“Planeamos fortalecer las medidas de salud pública en torno a los viajes internacionales para mitigar aún más la propagación”, dice la secretaria…
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Sismo de magnitud 6,4 sacude el centro oeste de Argentina
Un sismo de magnitud 6,4 sacudió el este de Argentina este lunes, según reportes del Servicio Geológico de Estados…
Continue ReadingMcConnell, Schumer close in on power-sharing agreement in evenly divided Senate
The top two Senate leaders are nearing a power-sharing agreement to hash out how the evenly divided chamber will operate, with Democrats in charge of…
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Risky driving and fatal crashes surged in 2020, even with fewer drivers on the road, a new report finds
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many Americans to stay home and stay put. But even though fewer people were driving during the first six months of…
Continue Reading Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 19 de enero: Washington se blinda en las horas finales de Trump
Un “rayo de esperanza” en la batalla contra el coronavirus. Siguen circulando en Facebook publicaciones que promueven la violencia. Esto es lo…
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Trump to lift some COVID travel restrictions
“We plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread,” Biden’s press secretary…
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States complain that demand for the Covid-19 vaccine is outpacing supply
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there’s still a gap in the number of Covid-19 vaccines that have been…
Continue Reading El jefe del Pentágono dice que ‘no hay información de inteligencia que indique una amenaza interna’ para la toma de posesión
Washington (CNN) — El secretario de Defensa interino, Christopher Miller, dijo el lunes que «no hay información de inteligencia que indique una…
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California pauses Covid-19 shots from one lot of vaccine containing more than 330,000 doses
Health officials in California are telling medical providers across the state not to administer doses from one lot of Moderna’s coronavirus…
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California becomes first state to top 3 million virus cases
California’s caseload is also far ahead of other large states. Texas had more than 2 million and Florida topped 1.5…
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Joe Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his…
Continue ReadingPentagon chief says ‘no intelligence indicating an insider threat’ to inauguration as FBI vets National Guard
Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller said Monday that there is “no intelligence indicating an insider threat” to…
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