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Donald Trump announced Monday via Twitter that William P. Barr will be stepping down as Attorney General just days before Christmas. Jeff Rosen will be replacing him. Barr’s departure ends a near two-year tenure where he served as Trump’s lap attack dog, using his own high-ranking position to further empower the soon-to-be former President. Barr first managed to […]
The vaccine rollout is officially underway in the U.S., and who gets it first will be a massive point of contention in the coming months. Take for example, the New York Times report that White House staff members will be among the first to receive the vaccine, news that has not gone over well since it broke […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci was thrust into the media spotlight this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and now Joe Biden appears to want Fauci to stick around next year, too. Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director and one of America’s leading infectious disease experts, will be Biden’s chief medical adviser when he […]
The United States Department of Justice is actively investigating a potential bribery scheme involving officials with ties to the White House. According to CNN, the case was made public Tuesday with the release of heavily redacted court documents in connection to a “bribery-for-pardon” probe. The records, which were unsealed by the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., confirm US prosecutors […]
President-elect Joe Biden announced Sunday that his administration will have an all-female senior White House communications team, the Washington Post reports. “I am proud to announce today the first senior White House communications team comprised entirely of women,” Biden said in his statement. “These qualified, experienced communicators bring diverse perspectives to their work and a shared commitment to building […]
The Department of Justice has published a new rule that could allow for the use of more execution methods for federal death sentences. These could include death by electrocution or firing squads. According to ProPublica, the rule cleared White House review at the beginning of November and will go into effect on Christmas Eve, just weeks before Donald Trump exits […]
This week, with Trump still refusing to formally concede despite losing the election, the General Services Administration informed Joe Biden and his team that the usual transition processes could now begin. In a social distancing-friendly interview with Lester Holt on Tuesday night, Biden said key discussions immediately kicked off between his team and the current administration […]
Immigrants and immigration advocates have scored a legal victory. On Saturday, a federal judge ruled Chad Wolf was “not lawfully serving as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security” when he issued a memorandum that effectively suspended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; therefore, making the memo invalid. As reported by NBC News, Judge Nicholas Garaufis determined Wolf’s appointment […]
The White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, said the U.S. won’t be able to contain COVID-19 as new cases continue to hit record highs. “We’re not going to control the pandemic,” Meadows told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday. “We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigations.” When […]
Multiple aides who work for Vice President Mike Pence—including his chief of staff—have tested positive for COVID-19. CNN has confirmed that Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short was diagnosed with the coronavirus on Saturday. Also, a senior adviser for Pence who is not employed by the government, Marty Obst, tested positive for the virus along with one of the Vice […]
