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Controversial Fed nominee Judy Shelton fails in Senate test vote
WASHINGTON — The nomination of Judy Shelton, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for the Federal Reserve, is stalled in the Senate after Vice President-elect Kamala Harris returned to the chamber to cast a key vote in a tally Tuesday. Two key Republicans were absent because of covid-related concerns. The 47-50...
Joe Biden filling top White House team with campaign veterans
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden announced a raft of top White House staff positions on Tuesday, drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants to fill out an increasingly diverse White House leadership team. Biden confirmed that former campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon will...
Georgia elections chief says Sen. Lindsey Graham asked about rejecting more absentee ballots 
ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham asked him if he had the power to reject more absentee ballots as election officials are conducting a recount and audit of the presidential race. Raffensperger, in an interview with The Washington Post on Monday, said the...
Trump rushes environmental regulations that could handcuff Biden
The Trump administration is rushing to issue permits, finalize major environmental regulations and even sell the rights to drill for oil in Alaskan wilderness before Inauguration Day in a push that could complicate Joe Biden’s climate and conservation agenda. The 11th-hour regulatory race underscores the extent to which federal agencies...
'More people may die': Biden urges Trump to aid transition 
WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden on Monday warned of dire consequences if President Donald Trump and his administration continue to refuse to coordinate with his transition team on the coronavirus pandemic and block briefings on national security, policy issues and vaccine plans. The remarks marked Biden’s toughest comments to...
Delayed start to transition of power hurts coronavirus-fighting effort, Biden team says 
WASHINGTON — With President Trump still balking at conceding electoral defeat and public health experts forecasting a horrific new phase of the covid-19 pandemic, calls intensified Sunday for the start of a formal transition to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden. The nationwide virus caseload last week touched unprecedented heights...
Newsmax chief says he'd welcome Trump to his cable channel but 'we don't want to be Trump TV'
All the talk about Donald Trump going from the White House to cable TV mogul doesn’t mean the president is going to take over Newsmax and turn it into Trump TV. “I would welcome the president’s involvement in the channel,” Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said. But even for the longtime...
Polling industry again faces criticism, but most got it right in presidential race
Days before President-elect Joe Biden declared victory, with millions of votes still being counted, pundits as well as regular voters were quick to condemn the polling industry for failing to gauge just how tight the 2020 presidential race initially seemed to be. Democrats hoping to watch a blue wave roll...
Trump skips Southeast Asia summit for third year in a row
HANOI, Vietnam — President Donald Trump skipped a summit with his Southeast Asian counterparts for the third year in a row on Saturday, with rival China set to expand its influence with a massive free trade deal in the region. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said Trump regretted he was...
Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden
WASHINGTON — Winston Churchill was not known for leaving his thoughts unspoken. One of them was this: “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried.” President Donald Trump, who has professed admiration for, if not deep...
Infrastructure, jobs are key to coming together under Biden, say Pennsylvania Republicans, unions
After more than a decade of division — Republicans trying to block Barack Obama at every move and Democrats questioning Donald Trump’s legitimacy — President-elect Joe Biden is inheriting a contentious crowd. His best strategy to bring them around a table together, a diverse group of Pennsylvanians say, would be...
Colorado governor says ignoring virus is like playing 'Russian roulette,' as daily cases nearly double in week
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Another 6,439 Coloradans were diagnosed with covid-19 — nearly double Monday’s daily total, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday, warning state residents who continue to ignore the virus’s threat that they were playing Russian roulette with their own lives and the lives of others. “You wouldn’t...
California governor went to party, violated own virus rules
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For months, Gov. Gavin Newsom has pleaded with Californians to resist the temptation to socialize with friends and relatives outside their household. Turns out, he’s the one who couldn’t resist. Newsom acknowledged Friday he attended a birthday party with a dozen friends on Nov. 6 at the...
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot defends joining crowd celebrating Biden-Harris win as virus cases surge
CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday defended her appearance last weekend when she joined a crowd celebrating the presumptive win of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. During a morning interview on MSNBC, the mayor was asked about joining revelers Saturday amid a spike in covid-19 cases in Chicago and...
Trump, stewing over election, to deliver remarks on covid-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first public remarks Friday since his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden, as he seeks to highlight positive developments in the race for a vaccine for the resurgent coronavirus, even as he refuses to concede the election. Trump is set to...
Georgia starts hand recount of presidential race
ATLANTA — Georgia’s manual recount began Friday morning as election workers reviewed the first of nearly 5 million ballots to confirm the outcome of the presidential race. The recount started at 9 a.m. and will last until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, resulting in a new, official count in the race where...
McEnany wears 2 hats as White House press secretary, campaign adviser 
WASHINGTON — A White House press secretary who refers questions to the White House? Kayleigh McEnany is wearing two hats, one as a Trump 2020 campaign adviser and the other as the White House press secretary, charged with articulating the administration’s policies and positions to the press and the public....
Trump supporters to rally in D.C. against voter fraud; evidence has yet to materialize
Len Young remembers the inspiration he felt a decade ago during a Tea Party rally in Washington, D.C. The Monroeville resident said he hopes to replicate that experience Saturday in the same place, this time in support of President Trump, other state and federal races and “real discovery of fraudulent...
Senate likely to vote on controversial Fed pick Judy Shelton next week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s unorthodox choice for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Judy Shelton, could be voted on by the Senate next week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office said Thursday. The willingness of the Senate GOP leadership to bring Shelton’s nomination to the floor indicates that they likely...
Dems, GOP take different approaches on Georgia Senate blitz
ATLANTA — Jon Ossoff took the stage in Columbus and looked out over a parking lot filled with cars, with supporters blaring their horns in approval as he declared that “change has come to Georgia.” Hours earlier, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler stepped to a microphone in suburban Atlanta and addressed...
Sen. Lindsey Graham giving $1M to help Georgia's GOP senators
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was just reelected in South Carolina, says he’s donating $1 million of his campaign money to help two GOP senators win runoff races in neighboring Georgia. Graham told Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that Republicans need to counter a “tsunami...
AP source: Biden to choose Ron Klain as chief of staff
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience across Democratic presidential administrations in the top role in his White House. That’s according to a person familiar with the decision who spoke...
W.Va. Gov. Jim Justice does not acknowledge Biden as election winner
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday refused to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the presidential election, four days after the race was called and despite no evidence yet from Republicans of widespread voter fraud. “As far as acknowledging that the election is over, I do not do...
Few legal wins so far as Trump team hunts for proof of fraud 
PHILADELPHIA — During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the scores of election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer whether he had found any signs of fraud found among the 592 ballots challenged. The answer was no. “Accusing people of fraud...
Kentucky eateries offer free meals for Trump hats
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two restaurant owners in Kentucky who support President-elect Joe Biden are offering free food and drinks to supporters of President Donald Trump, but with a catch: They have to turn in their “useless” Trump merchandise, including flags, shirts and hats. The idea was hatched by Troy King...


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