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Biden: Trump Is Obstructing the Transition

Some agencies are cooperating, president-elect says, while others have been 'hollowed out'

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden turned up his criticism of President Trump and his appointees' handling of the transition on Monday, saying they're putting up roadblocks. "Right now, we just aren't getting all the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas," Biden...

Adviser: Biden Has Plan to Speed Up Vaccine Production

'You will see him invoking the Defense Production Act,' adviser says

(Newser) - With the pandemic on course to kill more Americans than died in World War II, President-elect Joe Biden is planning to invoke a wartime law to boost vaccine production, according to a member of his COVID-19 advisory board. "You will see him invoking the Defense Production Act," Dr....

Twitter to Scrub POTUS Followers on Inauguration Day

Though they will be prompted to re-follow, if they so choose

(Newser) - Joe Biden will start his presidency with no Twitter followers. The social media giant says it will reset the official presidential account, @POTUS, as well as the official White House account and any other official administration accounts, to zero followers when Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20, Variety reports....

Biden: It Will Take 6 Months to Fix Trump Border Policies

'The timeline is to do it so that we, in fact, make it better not worse'

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden says he won’t immediately roll back President Trump’s actions on immigration despite some advocates pushing for action as soon as he takes the oath of office in January. Biden said Tuesday that he will work to undo his predecessor’s actions and will focus on...

'Nothing to Worry About,' Biden Says as He Gets His Shot

Trump deserves some credit, president-elect says

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden took his first dose of coronavirus vaccine on Monday, thanking health care workers and expressing confidence in the process. Nurse practitioner Tabe Mase put the needle in Biden's left arm, on live television, at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. "We owe these folks an awful...

Jim Carrey Is No Longer Joe Biden on SNL

Alex Moffat takes over role

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden has a new face on Saturday Night Live following weeks of actor Jim Carrey playing the role. Regular SNL cast member Alex Moffat stepped into the role during Saturday's cold open—see the video —just hours after it was announced that Carrey would no longer...

Biden Calls Once-Close Graham a 'Disappointment'

President-elect says the senator used to be a personal friend

(Newser) - Joe Biden and Lindsey Graham served in the Senate together and used to speak glowingly of one another despite being on opposite sides of the aisle. But in a sign of how much their relationship has frayed in recent years, the president-elect told Stephen Colbert Thursday night that "Lindsey'...

Breonna Taylor's Mother Reminds Biden

Tamika Palmer took out a full-page ad to address the president-elect

(Newser) - Breonna Taylor's mother took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post to send President-elect Joe Biden a message. "We need your actions to show that you are different than those who pay lip service to our losses while doing nothing to show that our loved ones' lives...

Biden Pick Would Break a 245-Year String

Native American has never overseen US policy with tribes

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations, per the AP . Tribal leaders and activists around the country,...

Biden, Pence Will Get the Vaccine Very Soon

Pence on Friday, Biden possibly next week, according to sources

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence are set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine soon, the AP reports. According to two transition officials familiar with the matter, Biden will receive the vaccine publicly as early as next week. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't...

Buttigieg&#39;s New Job Makes &#39;Perfect Sense&#39;
Buttigieg's New Job
Makes 'Perfect Sense'
OPINION
Dec 16, 2020 8:23 AM CST

Buttigieg's New Job Makes 'Perfect Sense'

He'll have ample opportunity to shine as transportation secretary, writes Chris Cillizza

(Newser) - It's official: President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Pete Buttigieg as his transportation secretary. "I trust Mayor Pete to lead this work with focus, decency, and a bold vision," Biden said Tuesday, per USA Today . But does Buttigieg really want to lead the Transportation Department? "Isn't...

Fauci: These 2 Should Get Their Shots Now

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks two people in particular should skip to the front of the line for a coronavirus vaccination: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. "For security reasons, I really feel strongly that we should get them vaccinated as soon as we possibly can," he said on Good ...

For Putin, It&#39;s Finally Official
For Putin, It's Finally Official
Dec 15, 2020 6:51 AM CST

For Putin, It's Finally Official

Russian president wishes 'every success' to President-elect Joe Biden

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden six weeks after Election Day. Putin offered his congratulations on Tuesday after voting by state electors, which confirmed 306 electoral votes for Biden . The Kremlin said it had waited for "official" results before commenting , though it took only...

Biden Wins Electoral Vote, 306-232, With No Defections

Smooth process in state capitals follows Trump's efforts to overturn the election results

(Newser) - Electors in state capitals across the nation met their constitutional obligation to cast their votes for president Monday—a formal exercise that cemented President-elect Joe Biden's election victory. The final count was 306 electoral votes for Biden, 232 for President Trump, the AP reports, as it was in the...

This Should Be Milestone Day for Joe Biden

Electoral College meets to formally cast their votes for the presidency

(Newser) - Monday is a significant day in the US on two fronts: Not only do COVID vaccinations begin but the Electoral College meets. The latter is the next big step in the selection of the president, and one with added significance in 2020 because of President Trump's continuing challenge of...

ER Doctor: My Honesty About COVID Got Me Fired

Cleavon Gilman tweeted about what he saw in Arizona

(Newser) - An Arizona ER doctor says he got fired after tweeting his frustration over hospital conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Guardian reports. "Just got to work and was notified there are no more ICU beds in the state of Arizona," Cleavon Gilman tweeted in November about the Yuma...

Meet Time's 'Person of the Year' for 2020

Magazine names Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Time magazine has named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris its “Person of the Year,” the AP reports. Time's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says Biden and Harris won the honor for “changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than...

Biden Blames Party Losses on 'Defund the Police'

President-elect tells civil rights leaders that cost Democrats elections

(Newser) - In suggesting civil rights leaders choose their words carefully when debating criminal justice changes with Republicans, President-elect Joe Biden had an example of the risk. "That's how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we're talking about defunding the police,"...

Time's Person of the Year Comes Down to These 4

Recipient to be named Thursday on NBC

(Newser) - For the fifth straight year, Donald Trump is on the short list for Time 's Person of the Year. The president is one of four finalists revealed Wednesday on the Today show . The person "who affected the news or our lives the most, for better or worse" in...

Biden Giving Big Role to a Familiar Face

President-elect will bring in Susan Rice to guide domestic policy

(Newser) - Joe Biden is bringing a familiar ally back to the White House. Politico reports that he has picked Susan Rice to guide domestic policy. More formally, she will run the White House Domestic Policy Council and thus have a big say in everything from health care to immigration to programs...

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