NATIVE AMERICANS WANT CABINET POSITIONS ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the powerful agency that oversees the nation’s tribes, setting up one of several looming tests of Biden’s pledge to have a Cabinet representative of Americans.
BIDEN TO ANNOUNCE CABINET PICKS NEXT WEEK
By: Nathaniel Ballantyne President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to fill out his administration and could name top leaders for his Cabinet as early as next week. Biden told reporters on Thursday that he’s already decided on who will lead the Treasury Department. According to the people close to the transition, that pick, along with […]
BIDEN WANTS TO REJOIN NUCLEAR DEAL, BUT IRAN MAY BE TOO FAR IN ITS WEAPON DEVELOPMENT
By: Nathaniel Ballantyne President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has promised to move quickly to rejoin the nuclear deal with Iran so long as Iran also comes back into compliance. But that vow is easier said than done. While Mr. Biden’s pledge pleased the deal’s other signatories, who were angry that President Trump withdrew from it two […]
BIDEN PROMISED NOT TO BE SO COZY WITH SAUDI ARABIA
By: Nathaniel Ballantyne Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi and got away with murder. His government bombed and killed civilians in Yemen and jailed Saudi activists for exercising their right to speak. For the last four years, President Trump’s close relationship with the Prince meant that he is untouchable.
HONEST REPUBLICANS SENATORS AND TUCKER CARLSON SAID TRUMP HAS NO CASE
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CDC COVID-19 RECOMMENDATION TO AMERICANS: “STAY HOME FOR THANKSGIVING”
With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. The Thanksgiving warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came as the White House coronavirus task force held […]
HOW DR. LI-MENG YAN BECAME A RIGHT-WING CORONAVIRUS MEDIA SENSATION
The American far right and members of the Chinese diaspora tapped into social media to give a Hong Kong researcher a vast audience for peddling unsubstantiated pandemic claims. Dr. Li-Meng Yan wanted to remain anonymous. It was mid-January, and Dr. Yan, a researcher in Hong Kong, had been hearing rumors about a dangerous new virus in […]
LEGAL TROUBLES AWAIT TRUMP AS HE CONSIDERS ASYLUM TO RUSSIA
A few miles south of the namesake tower where Donald Trump began his run for president, New York prosecutors are grinding away at an investigation into his business dealings that could shadow him long after he leaves office in January. The probe led by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is one of several legal […]