Inauguration Day for a new president — along with the introduction of a new administration — doesn’t come without its excitement. And in the case of the soon-to-be 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden and the vice president-elect Kamala Harris (the first woman and person of color in history to take on theContinue Reading
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When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.Invalid EmailJoe Biden rolled into Philadelphia for the last time yesterday…Continue Reading
Black policy leaders will play a pivotal role in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition, marking one of the most diverse agency review teams in history. Of the 500-plus team members announced this week, more than half are women, and Black men and women are leading more than one-quarter of the teams.Continue Reading
With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to rage, and President Trump refusing to concede the election, the nation’s two Democratic leaders in Congress on Thursday scolded Republicans for their reluctance to pass a new COVID-19 relief bill and accept that Joe Biden is now president-elect. “Stop the circus and get to work on whatContinue Reading
Election 2020 Pennsylvania A bicyclist passes a Count Our Votes sign near the Allegheny County Election Division Warehouse on Pittsburgh’s Northside where votes continue to be counted, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the many electionContinue Reading
For the first time in American history, a president is refusing to concede an election that he has very obviously lost. Donald Trump has angrily insisted that Joe Biden only won because of massive election rigging, and has filed multiple lawsuits to overturn the result. Trump also recently fired the entire topContinue Reading
Another systematic polling error — this time larger than 2016 — didn’t quite cost Joe Biden the presidency, but it seems pretty clear that had Republicans done about one point better across the board we would be looking at Republican control of both the House and Senate to go alongContinue Reading
Donald Trump welcomes pro-Brexit leader Nigel Farage at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss., in August 2016. Farage is one of Trump’s strongest U.K. supporters. He was their anti-science standard-bearer. He made it seem like blaming immigrants and minorities had no consequences. He emboldened falsehoods of a grand conspiracy targeting nationalists and championed the useContinue Reading
“Listen to this,” Donald Trump said at one point during the final debate of the presidential season against Joe Biden. He said it like he was about to tell a secret, like he was about to blow your mind. What was he about to say? Was it a plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic that…Continue Reading
