Protests raged for another weekend in Olympia, Wash., with reports of a gun being fired. Trump supporters and members of the Proud Boys gathered Saturday afternoon at Washington’s state Capitol, along with leftist counterprotesters. Police in Olympia declared a riot early and arrested at least one person, with at least one street brawl between the […]
President-elect Joe Biden has not said whether he’ll commit to keeping the Delaware U.S. attorney investigating Hunter Biden in his position in the new administration. It’s standard for new presidents to ask for the resignation of all U.S. attorneys upon entering office, but given the conflict of interest, Fox News repeatedly asked the Biden transition […]
President-elect Joe Biden told a group of civil rights leaders that calls among progressives to defund the police allowed the GOP to “beat the living hell” out of Democrats during the 2020 election cycle, according to leaked audio that surfaced Thursday. Biden’s remarks came during a virtual meeting attended by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and […]
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a three-part plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the first 100 days of his administration. Biden, speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., as he formally unveiled his team of top health officials, emphasized “masking, vaccinations, opening schools. These are the three key goals for my first 100 […]
Republicans slammed President-elect Joe Biden after he announced his choice of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for secretary of Health and Human Services on Monday, and they criticized Becerra’s record on abortion and other issues. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he would not vote to confirm Becerra, and pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List urged […]
Talk about going out with a bang. A new report from Axios claims that President Trump is considering a dramatic White House departure that includes a final Air Force One flight to Florida where he will host an opposing rally during Joe Biden’s inauguration. “The Trump talk could create a split-screen moment: the outgoing president […]
Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Friday said he said “yes right on the spot” to President-elect Joe Biden’s offer to serve as his chief medical adviser. “Absolutely, I said yes right on the spot,” Fauci told NBC’s “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. He will continue serving as director of the National Institute of […]
President-elect Joe Biden said during an interview Thursday that he plans to ask the American public to wear masks for 100 days, starting the day he is inaugurated, in order to drive down the number of coronavirus cases. Biden, during an interview with CNN, said he will ask Americans to mask up, but only for […]
President Trump is once again charging that last month’s presidential election was rigged and rampant with fraud. In an address posted on his Twitter and Facebook pages that the president described as possibly “the most important speech, I’ve ever made,” Trump charged that “lots of bad things happened” during the election. And he argued that […]
President-elect Joe Biden was hurt on Saturday and is expected to be examined by an orthopedist “out of an abundance of caution,” according to officials. Biden’s team released a statement saying the 78-year-old slipped “while playing with his dog Major, and twisted his ankle.” “Out of an abundance of caution, he will be examined this […]
President-elect Joe Biden picked up 132 more votes after an election recount in Milwaukee County, among the two places in Wisconsin that President Trump spent $3 million to force a recount. In Dane County, another Democratic stronghold, votes are still being tallied in a count expected to last into the weekend, but Trump has gained […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has informed President-elect Joe Biden and his team that the Trump administration is ready to begin the transition process. GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, sent a letter to Biden on Monday saying that he would have access to federal resources and services to facilitate a presidential transition, according […]