Feb 02 WATCH: Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary By Hope Yen, Associated Press The Senate is poised to approve Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary. Continue reading
Feb 02 WATCH: Deputy Defense Sec. nominee Kathleen Hicks testifies before Senate committee By Courtney Vinopal The Senate Armed Services committee will hear testimony Feb. 2 from President Joe Biden's nominee for deputy defense secretary, Kathleen Hicks. Continue reading
Jan 28 WATCH: Biden opens sign-up window for uninsured in time of COVID-19 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The actions were only the first steps by Biden, who has promised to build out former President Barack Obama’s health care law to achieve a goal of coverage for all. Continue reading
Jan 26 WATCH: Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state By Associated Press The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat. Continue reading
Jan 21 WATCH: Biden signs COVID-19 executive orders, lays out pandemic plan By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden served notice Thursday that the nation's COVID-19 response is under new management and he's demanding progress to reduce infections. Continue reading
Jan 21 WATCH: Pelosi says it’s not ‘unifying’ to forget about impeachment By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will hold her a news conference on Jan. 21, her first since Joe Biden became president and the Democrats took control of the Senate. Continue reading
Jan 21 WATCH: Pete Buttigieg testifies in Senate confirmation hearing for Transportation secretary By Hope Yen, Associated Press President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, will pledge to carry out the administration's ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation's infrastructure during a Senate hearing on Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 21 WATCH: Biden, Harris participate in virtual national prayer service By Associated Press President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will participate in a national prayer service from the White House in honor of their inauguration. Continue reading
Jan 19 WATCH: Biden DNI pick Haines says no room for politics in intel agencies By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the intelligence community, Avril Haines, promised Tuesday to "speak truth to power" and keep politics out of intelligence agencies to ensure their work is trusted. Continue reading
Jan 19 WATCH: Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris By Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the nation's historic confluence of crises. Continue reading