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The federal workforce is in a period of rebuilding and improving its morale after four years of former President TrumpDonald TrumpMore than two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden's coronavirus response: poll Sarah Huckabee Sanders to run for governor Mexico's president tests positive for COVID-19 MORE, Rep. Derek KilmerDerek Christian KilmerThe Hill's Morning Report - Biden's...
The White House on Monday admitted it has no idea how many doses of COVID-19 vaccine it has, with a 20 million discrepancy between the number of doses the CDC says it has sent out versus how many have been reportedly administered. White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday was asked for a ballpark...
By Elliot Spagat | Associated Press SAN DIEGO — During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies. The agreements say Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Texas are entitled to a...
President Joe Biden signaled flexibility on $1,400 checks he wants to send out to Americans – acknowledging Republican opposition to one of the signature parts of his $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. Biden defended the amount as 'reasonable' in a press availability Monday, as he continued his calls for 'unity' but also said it was...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five days into her new role, Jill Biden signaled Monday that she’ll be a more active first lady, with a trio of virtual appearances before governors’ spouses, young Latinos and library officials. She also used the meetings to promote President Joe Biden’s call for national unity and his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies. Officials in Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Texas say they are entitled to a 180-day consultation period before...
WASHINGTON (CBS SF) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive order permitting transgender individuals to serve in the military, the latest change in course on the issue over the last handful of years. On June 30, 2016, then-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that “effective immediately, transgender Americans may serve openly, and they...
Joe Biden’s first week in office is confirming what many people feared. Far from being a moderate, promoting national unity, he is implementing policies that cater to the most radical elements of his party. On immigration, Biden has reversed all of Donald Trump’s prudent policies and implemented the progressive agenda. He has suspended the construction...
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is “exploring ways” to put 19th century abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday the Treasury Department is taking steps to resume efforts to put Tubman on the $20 bill. Former Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration,...
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The Treasury Department is moving forward with an effort to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill after the effort was delayed indefinitely by the Trump administration in 2019. "The Treasury Department is taking steps to resume efforts to put Harriet Tubman on the front of the new $20 notes," said White House...
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, admonished Democrats against pursuing another impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, saying Monday it shows "shockingly bad judgment." In an interview on "America Reports," Cornyn admonished President Biden to not squander the "precious first few days of a new administration" by expending his party's energies on the Senate trial. Trump...
President Biden hopes to have 19th-century abolitionist Harriet Tubman adorn the $20 bill, replacing former President Andrew Jackson. While in office, former President Barack Obama pushed for Tubman to replace Jackson, and in 2016 the Treasury Department announced plans to release a “final concept design” for the Tubman $20 in 2020, the year marking...
Mother Jones; Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The Biden administration will resume efforts to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced today. “It’s important that our notes…reflect the...
President Joe Biden's Treasury Department is reviving a plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill after it was delayed under President Donald Trump. The decision to put Tubman, a former slave and noted abolitionist, in place of former President Andrew Jackson was made by the Obama administration in 2016. But last year then-Treasury Secretary Steven...
The Biden White House announced it will resume regular briefings with public health experts focused on the response to the coronavirus pandemic, reviving an approach that had fizzled out during the Trump administration even as the outbreak worsened. The White House anticipates holding three briefings each week led by public health officials and members of the administration's COVID-19 response team, press secretary...
President Joe Biden’s White House acknowledged “confusion” over the amount of coronavirus vaccines the nation has available and blamed the disarray on former President Donald Trump’s administration Monday. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made the comments in response to questions from the media during a Monday press conference. Newly-minted CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky...
With new questions surrounding the government’s inventory of Covid-19 vaccine doses, White House press secretary Jen Psaki is passing the buck to former President Donald Trump’s administration. Appearing Monday in the White House briefing room, Psaki was quizzed by two reporters about comments made by CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky — who told Fox News,...
The Biden administration plans on undertaking an interagency review before moving forward with, or reversing, a number of former President Donald Trump’s policies relating to China, including the delisting of multiple Chinese telecommunications companies. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at Monday’s briefing that “a range of regulatory actions and a range of...
President Biden on Monday signed a directive maintaining COVID-19 travel restrictions on most of Europe and Brazil, after former President TrumpDonald TrumpMore than two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden's coronavirus response: poll Sarah Huckabee Sanders to run for governor Mexico's president tests positive for COVID-19 MORE moved to roll them back just days before he left...
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley took aim at the media, saying their “blatant bias” is part of the reason there's a division in the country. “What responsibilit [sic] does the media plan to take for the division in our country? Our democracy benefits from an honest and fair media that...
How relations between the United States and Iran will take shape under the new Biden administration remains to be seen, but one U.S. general says the two foes are entering a “period of opportunity.” Gen. Frank McKenzie, who leads the U.S. Central Command, made the remarks to reporters as he flew to the Middle East....
The Trump administration did roll out an American AI Initiative in February 2019 which outlined a national strategy for AI development, however the plan did not provide any additional funding for research, but merely redirected existing funding sources towards AI R&D. “The Trump administration continues to make US leadership in AI a top priority,” Michael...
Tensions flared between Fox News contributors Jessica Tarlov and David Webb when they locked horns over the easing of indoor dining restrictions around the country. Harris Faulkner hosted Tarlov and Webb on Monday as they discussed the plan for multiple states and cities to lessen the restrictions that restaurants have been dealing with throughout the...
Ex-White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx has claimed she was the only full-time person working on the White House's response to the COVID-19 pandemic under Donald Trump. Birx made the claim in an interview with CBS News’ Face the Nation on Sunday, in which she appeared to attempt to do some reputational rehab by...
President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order repealing the July 2017 ban on transgender people serving openly in the military. In a press release announcing the move, the Biden administration stated that “that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to...
(CNN)President Joe Biden is set to meet Monday morning with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, as the President is poised to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the military as early as Monday. President Donald Trump's ban has been rebuked by the Democrat-led House of Representatives and condemned by LGBTQ activists as discriminatory. Austin voiced his...
CNN's media correspondent Brian Stelter has already vouched for the Biden White House's relationship with the truth, praising new press secretary Jen Psaki's "refreshing" commitment to delivering accurate information. Stelter shared a chyron from Sunday's episode of his show "Reliable Sources" that read, "Psaki promises to share 'accurate info' (How refreshing)." To drive the point home, he tweeted "(How refreshing)."...
A manatee was recently discovered in Florida with the word “Trump” apparently etched into its back. The grotesque assault on the wild aquatic being by persons as yet unknown drew repulsion and outrage from the public and officials. Coming in the final days of his presidency, the obscene act provided an apt illustration of Donald...
California has spent $41 million in the past four years fighting the Trump administration over its regulations and rollbacks involving climate change, immigration, consumer rights and more. During Donald Trump’s presidency, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed lawsuit after lawsuit, challenging the various federal agencies that set new national policies. The costs are “almost entirely”...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KDKA) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers met virtually on Sunday with leaders of the Biden administration to discuss some important elements in combating the Coronavirus pandemic — like vaccine distribution and a massive stimulus plan. One of the agenda items discussed were details on a $1.9 trillion rescue plan. Some senators suggested...
Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Monday aimed at boosting American manufacturing, setting in motion a process to fulfill his campaign pledge to strengthen the federal government's Buy American rules. Similar executive orders signed by former President Donald Trump had little effect because his administration waited to formalize changes until his second...
Aghast over former President Donald Trump’s decision to authorize a series of last-minute federal executions before departing the White House, progressives are starting to exert pressure on President Joe Biden to get specific about his timeline and planned approach to ending capital punishment. The argument, shared widely among left-aligned Democrats in Congress and reform advocates,...
by Kaylee Greenlee President Joe Biden’s proposed immigration policies that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, placed a hold on certain deportations and a temporary hold on Migrant Protection Protocols without increasing border security, according to a draft of the proposal. Critics of Biden’s proposed legislation say...
by Anthony Gockowski A Salvadoran gang member wanted on charges of aggravated murder, attempted murder and terrorism was removed from Minnesota during President Donald Trump’s final week in office. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 28-year-old Jose Wilmer Montano was removed from the United States on a charter...
In recent days, former President Donald Trump has watched from afar as one of his most popular rivals for public attention has been unleashed by the Biden administration to, in part, disparage Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. And the ex-president hasn’t even been able to tweet about it. Dr. Anthony Fauci, once a prominent...
President Joe Biden will reimpose the COVID-19 travel ban that former President Trump had lifted with less than 48 hours left in his presidency, a White House official confirmed to CBS News. Mr. Biden is expected to reinstate the ban on Monday. The ban will apply to all non-American travelers reentering the U.S. from Brazil,...
Dr Anthony Fauci has said he thought he might die when he was covered in white powder from a letter sent in the wake of death threats against him and his family. The infectious diseases expert, 80, detailed how he opened the note received in the mail to be covered in what turned out to be...
(CNN)The installation of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States was a welcome relief from four years of Donald Trump's constant demonization of Latinos, from separating immigrant children from their families to building his border wall to tossing paper towels at hurricane-ravaged Puerto Ricans. Inauguration Day featured the New York-bred Supreme Court...
President Biden continues to believe the ruling Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide against the Uighur Muslim population, the Washington Examiner can confirm, after the Trump administration designated China’s actions as such the day before Biden’s inauguration. Emily Horne, the spokesperson for Biden’s National Security Council, told the Washington Examiner that “President Biden has...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government’s effort to vaccinate millions of Americans against the coronavirus pandemic is lagging, new health officials in President Joe Biden’s administration conceded Sunday. But they held out hope that the campaign to curb the virus will markedly improve within three months. “The plane is in a nosedive and we’ve got...
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., argued on Sunday that sanctions against former Trump administration officials are a "dangerous" and "insidious escalation of China's effort to influence American policy." China imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen former Trump administration officials, including outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, just as President Biden was sworn into office. CHINA...
President Biden's chief of staff insisted that the Trump administration's plan to roll out the coronavirus vaccine was nonexistent after Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared to completely debunk CNN's much-criticized report that the Biden administration was "starting from scratch" with its vaccine distribution plan. "I think those two statements actually reconcile more than you might think. I think what...
House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., argued on Saturday that "our adversaries," not the American people, are benefitting from President Biden's actions during his first week in office. "Just look at the first week of this administration," McCarthy told "Justice with Judge Jeanine" on Saturday night. "It’s Russia, China, our adversaries who are benefiting, not the...
(CNN)In the aftermath of a divisive election, a riot at the US Capitol and the unprecedented final days of the Trump administration, the Supreme Court kept many controversial issues in a holding pattern of sorts, sticking to Chief Justice John Roberts' objective of keeping his branch of government out of the political spotlight. But now...
Bradley Cortright January 24, 2021 0 Comments White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is clarifying what has become a source of confusion around whether or not the Trump administration developed a COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan. During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday, Klain was pressed on the confusion that has...
Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as the White House coronavirus response coordinator in Donald Trump’s administration, told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan on Sunday that there were individuals in the previous government who believed the coronavirus pandemic was a hoax, The Hill reported. “There were people who definitely believed that this was a hoax,” she said....
Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, speaks after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC.Joshua Roberts | Getty Images Dr. Deborah Birx, the Trump White House coronavirus response coordinator, said in a CBS interview...
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President Biden's agenda in his first days in office and the Senate impeachment trial of former President TrumpDonald TrumpNYT: Rep. Perry played role in alleged Trump plan to oust acting AG Arizona GOP censures top state Republicans McCain, Flake and Ducey Biden and UK prime minister discuss NATO, multilateralism during call MORE dominated the political...
Biden to reinstate COVID travel ban targeting UK, Europe and Brazil: report