A prominent civil rights lawyer, he served under President Bill Clinton as solicitor general.
Category: Politics
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Nearly 3,500 federal workers to get benefits for contracting the coronavirus at work
Death benefits have been granted to survivors of 14 federal employees who caught the virus on the job.
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Most Republicans greet Trump’s push to overturn the election with a customary response: Silence
Three Republican senators criticized Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results. The others responded with what has become their go-to reaction: Silence.
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What will Inauguration Day look like amid a pandemic?
Balls, parades and masses on the Mall transform Washington every four years. But officials are planning for a different reality as coronavirus cases surge.
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An unusually easy Trump debunking: There was no suspicious vote dump in Wisconsin
Trump’s goal is obfuscation, not accuracy.
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GOP’s post-election tactics are causing more concern about suppressing the Black vote, even after it happened
Recent incidents in Michigan and Georgia seem to confirm some Black Americans’ fears about voter suppression.
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Inauguration is 62 days away. What could go wrong?
The votes have been (mostly) counted, and though Joe Biden is clearly the president-elect, there are still more steps and potential obstacles for that to become official. Plus, why more men are dying of covid-19.
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Virus threat reaches into halls of Congress, clouding Senate agenda
The coronavirus diagnosis of Sen. Charles Grassley is the biggest threat to Washington lawmakers since Sen. Rand Paul was diagnosed in March, and it leaves Congress’s year-end agenda in doubt.
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Just because an attempt to steal an election is ludicrous and ham-handed doesn’t mean it can’t work
This particular attempt may come down to senators President Trump has worked to alienate.
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Biden warns that ‘tough guy’ approach to the coronavirus leads to deaths
Amid a nationwide surge, the incoming president welcomed a change of heart from some Republican leaders.
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Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency
President Trump’s lawyers offered a stew of falsehoods and conspiracy theories in a desperate effort to claim he did not lose the election.
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As defeats pile up, Trump tries to delay vote count in last-ditch attempt to cast doubt on Biden victory
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, has told associates his ambition is to stall the vote certification in an effort to have GOP lawmakers pick electors, a outcome that appears unattainable.