Politics Jan 20 Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain orders regulatory freeze on new or pending rules from the Trump administration Using 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 troops Pass 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 president President 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 Maine The 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 victory With 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 1 Trump 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 Governor Senator 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…