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President-elect Joe Biden tapped Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Fudge is a member of the House Agriculture Committee and had previously been campaigning to become the first black female Agriculture secretary. She would be the second black woman to serve as HUD secretary. She told Politico last month that

The U.S. Supreme Court Friday dealt a serious blow to President Donald Trump’s effort to win a second term through the courts. But the president is not done with litigation. In a lawsuit pending in Fulton County Superior Court, Trump seeks to overturn the presidential election results in Georgia. Now he has appealed to the

Washington (AFP) – The US green-lit the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunizations would take place

Joe Biden shouldn’t be limping for too much longer. Doctors said one of the small fractures Biden sustained while playing with his dog weeks ago was barely detectable. The other is “healing as expected” after the examination at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, the Biden transition team said in a statement. “Results were very encouraging,” said

Washington (AFP) – Thousands of red-hatted protesters filled Washington streets on Saturday to demand “four more years” for Donald Trump’s presidency and to denounce, without proof, the “massive fraud” they insist gave the election to Joe Biden. Despite a stinging decision Friday at the US Supreme Court — which snubbed a last-ditch effort by Trump

Washington (AFP) – The US Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in a fresh setback for the president. The longshot suit lodged late Tuesday against four states key in the November 3 vote — Michigan,

The attorneys general of 17 states that voted for President Donald Trump in November on Wednesday publicly stated their support for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bid to file a lawsuit challenging the results in four swing states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden. The four states in question are Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden announced his appointment of Barack Obama‘s former national security adviser Susan Rice to serve as the head of the White House Domestic Policy Council. Rice has been a contender in multiple roles of Biden’s administration – she was considered for Vice President as well as for secretary of state (which