President-elect Joe Biden
‘America is back’: Biden pushes past Trump era with nominees
Declaring “America is back,” President-elect Joe Biden introduced his national security team on Tuesday, his first substantive offering of how he’ll shift from Trump-era “America First” policies by relying on experts from the Democratic establishment to be some of his most important advisers.
Biden signals sharp shift from Trump with Cabinet picks
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday tapped Obama-era officials for top national security and economic roles, signaling a stark shift from the Trump administration’s “America First” policies that disparaged international alliances and favored deregulation and tax cuts.
Biden’s transition gets green light as Trump relents
The federal government recognised President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov 3 election on Monday, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. He relented after suffering yet more legal and procedural defeats in his seemingly futile effort to overturn the election with baseless claims of fraud.
John Kerry chosen as Biden’s climate tsar
Former US secretary of state John Kerry will act as "climate tsar" when US President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning.
Biden's 1st Cabinet picks expected Tuesday amid road blocks
President-elect Joe Biden's first Cabinet picks are coming Tuesday and planning is underway for a pandemic-modified inauguration in January as his team moves forward despite road blocks from the Trump administration.
Trump’s election challenges falling flat in court
While President Donald Trump vows to press ahead with efforts to overturn the election, judges across the country have consistently swatted down his legal challenges.
Judge throws out Trump bid to stop Pennsylvania vote certification
Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday, dealing President Donald Trump’s campaign another blow in its effort to invalidate the election.
Spokesman: Trump’s eldest son tests positive for coronavirus
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, was quarantining Friday after learning he has been infected with the coronavirus, a spokesperson said.
Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest US president
President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, he’ll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice.