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Whitmer, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela Jr. of Texas are nominated to serve as vice chairs, while Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is nominated to serve as vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection. Jason Rae is nominated as secretary, Virginia McGregor as treasurer and Chris Korge as national finance chair. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Nominates Gretchen Whitmer as DNC Vice Chair

“The attack on the U.S. Capitol was an attack on democracy itself, and the President bears some responsibility for what occurred. ... If the Senate proceeds with an impeachment trial, I will do my duty as a juror and listen to the cases presented by both sides,” said Sen. Rob PortmanRobert (Rob) Jones PortmanGOP in bind over Trump as corporate donations freeze Trump calls for 'NO violence' amid concerns of threats around inauguration Security concerns mount ahead of Biden inauguration MORE (R-Ohio).  … [Read more...] about Impeachment trial tests Trump’s grip on Senate GOP

Biden will nominate Wendy Sherman as deputy secretary of state and Victoria Nuland as undersecretary of state for political affairs — the second- and third-highest ranking posts, respectively. They were among the officials chosen to serve under the incoming secretary of state, Antony Blinken. … [Read more...] about Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans

Biden has said he wants Americans to view the president as a role model again; no more coarse and demeaning language or racist, divisive rhetoric. His team has promised to restore daily news briefings and the president-elect does not refer to the press as “the enemy of the people.” But it remains to be seen whether he will be as accessible as Trump, who until his postelection hibernation, took more questions from reporters than any of his recent predecessors. … [Read more...] about After Trump, Biden aims to reshape the presidency itself

Those examples explain why some doses are sitting in storage, but it’s not clear why two-thirds of the state’s vaccine supply hasn’t been used — putting the nation’s largest state far behind West Virginia, the Dakotas and most other states in the proportion of population that has been vaccinated. The state says it may be partly due to a data reporting lag: Counties and health systems may not always immediately report doses injected. But California’s fractured, complicated distribution system makes it nearly impossible to tell where vaccine has gone and how much of it has been administered. … [Read more...] about California has 2 million unused doses of vaccine even as demand soars. Here’s why