About Jenny @jennymarder
Jenny Marder is a senior science writer for NASA and a freelance journalist. Her stories have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and National Geographic. She was formerly digital managing editor for the PBS NewsHour.
Jenny’s Recent Stories
Politics Jan 20
Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain orders regulatory freeze on new or pending rules from the Trump administrationUsing a powerful tool to stop any last-minute changes by the Trump administration, Biden’s new chief of staff Ron Klain has issued a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies ordering a freeze on all rules until the…
Politics Jan 20
Billie Jean King: ‘Our leadership is starting, just starting, to look like America’Billie Jean King, an American tennis player who fought for gender equality in her sport and beyond, told Judy Woodruff that watching the inauguration of Kamala Harris as the first woman vice president one of the greatest days of her…
Politics Jan 20
President reviews readiness of military troopsPass in Review, occurring on the Capitol’s East Front, is a military tradition in which the incoming president reviews the readiness of military troops, in a demonstration with every branch of the military represented.
Politics Jan 20
What’s next on the schedule for Biden and Harris?At about 1:30 p.m. ET at the Capitol’s East Front, Biden will perform the “Pass in Review,” a military tradition in which the incoming president reviews the readiness of military troops. After that, Biden and Harris will join former presidents…
Politics Jan 20
‘Have a good life, we will see you soon,’ Trump said in final remarks as presidentPresident Donald Trump said goodbye to a largely unmasked crowd at Joint Base Andrews. With no mention of Joe Biden and just seven hours after a wave of pardons that included his former chief strategist Stephen Bannon and Elliot Broidy,…
Nov 04
Biden wins MaineThe Associated Press calls Maine for Biden. Maine, like Nebraska, is not a “winner-takes-all” race, and Biden wins three of the state’s four electoral votes. Trump lost Maine by 2.9 percentage points in 2016.
Nov 04
With votes still being counted, Trump falsely claims election victoryWith multiple key battleground states still counting ballots, President Donald Trump falsely said he had won the election and that “we’ll be going to the Supreme Court.” This comes as many fiercely contested states, including Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania…
Nov 04
Trump wins 4 of Nebraska’s 5 electors, Biden wins 1Trump has won Nebraska’s popular vote and four of the state’s five electors, the Associated Press reports, while Biden picked up one electoral vote. In all but two states, electoral votes are “winner-take-all,” NewsHour correspondent Amna Nawaz points out. But…
Nov 04
Trump ally Steve Daines staves off a challenge from Montana GovernorSenator Steve Daines held onto his seat after a long-anticipated challenge from current governor and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Steve Bullock. Daines, a staunch ally of President Trump, will serve a second term in the U.S. Senate.
Nov 04
‘We have to be patient,’ says American historian Michael Beschloss“We are not sticking a piece of bread into a toaster that’s supposed to pop it up within 60 seconds,” presidential historian Michael Beschloss tells Judy Woodruff. “We’re having a presidential election … We have to be patient. We have…