Category: Politics

Austin, 67, would be the first Black Pentagon chief.

Xavier Becerra and Alejandro Mayorkas were among several prominent Los Angeles figures who reached out to the White House about a convicted cocaine trafficker.

While Rochelle Walensky’s research has long had a public health focus, she has never run a government agency or organization as large and complex as the CDC.

The letter escalates the concerns of Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) who on filed complaints with ethics boards in five states calling for Rudolph Giuliani and other members of the team to be investigated and disbarred.

Combined, the two media outlets gained 11 total mentions per 100 people — up from just one combined in that July 2019 survey.

In this edition: The new political geography of Georgia, why $1,200 checks are getting dangled to voters in the Senate runoffs, and why today’s electoral college deadline won’t stop the lucrative effort to undermine the vote.

President-elect Joe Biden continues to build his cabinet. On Tuesday, he will introduce his picks for surgeon general, HHS secretary and CDC director, among others.

Georgia is a swing state, as the hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into the Jan. 5 Senate runoffs can attest.

In fact, South Dakota has seen one of the worst — if not the worst — outbreaks, including currently having the highest death rate in the country.

Let’s explore the legal debate that could derail yet another coronavirus stimulus bill.

A tweet from the Arizona Republican Party encapsulates the moment.

The president has downplayed the resurgence of the coronavirus, but his hotel executives told investors that losses will continue through 2021.