Category: Politics

The women Biden plans to nominate as deputies at the Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Interior and Education could help shore up the vulnerabilities of some of the Cabinet secretaries they will serve.

The effort would allow millions of immigrants here to start on a path to citizenship and expand refugee admissions as well as deploy technology to guard the border.

VA, the nation’s largest health-care system, says it has performed well in combating the coronavirus.

The House speaker accused acting defense secretary Christopher C. Miller of trying to “burrow” a Republican Party operative into the Democratic administration of Joe Biden.

The president-elect plans to volunteer at a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia as he prepares to take the oath of office at a heavily fortified Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.

Control of both the White House and Congress by Democrats could result in reforms to competition laws governing large tech companies’ business practices and even more litigation that could force break ups or significant structural changes at some of the world’s largest businesses.

As President Joe Biden takes office, his administration faces pressure to immediately prioritize the expansion of broadband access and dismantle some of the Trump administration’s hallmark efforts to deregulate the Internet.

Democratic leaders for years have proposed a bevy of new laws to shrink Silicon Valley’s corporate footprint, restrict its insatiable appetite for data and stop the spread of falsehoods online. But the party’s calls for regulation have grown more urgent in the days since Biden won the presidency, his party took control of the House and Senate — and Trump and his allies further exposed the risks of a largely unregulated web.

Once clear-cut, the uncertain future of gig work is the biggest labor issue facing the incoming Biden Administration.

Section 230 has become a favorite target of President Trump’s. It will get a more nuanced review under the incoming administration.

President Trump’s attacks on civic institutions, sowing of social divisions, trampling of political norms and broadsides against the free press have raised questions about the endurance of the values the United States has long professed to cherish.

With bipartisan backing to rein in the power of Big Tech, the president-elect could usher in a new era of accountability for Silicon Valley.