Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is expected to swear in three new, barrier-breaking Democratic senators on Wednesday afternoon after her own inauguration, officially giving Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since they lost the chamber in the 2014 verkiesings.
A new education secretary has been sworn in. What are the next steps for reopening schools?
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The Senate confirmed Miguel Cardona as education secretary on Monday, jump-starting the Biden administration's long journey toward reopening schools across the country. One of his first acts as a newly sworn-in se...
Houthis say they’ve seized majority control of key city in Yemen
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Yemen's Houthi rebels have taken control of 10 uit 14 districts of the strategic northern city of Marib, the Houthi deputy foreign minister, Hussein al-Ezzi, told CNN Wednesday. Ten spyte van hierdie, Marib's key city ce...
Pence pushes false election fraud claims in denouncing Democratic reform bill
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Former Vice President Mike Pence is seizing on a Democratic-led initiative to streamline election standards to again push false claims of voting irregularities in one of his first public statements since leaving off...
Die 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022
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Senate elections typically happen only every two years -- except sometimes they're three years in a row. Democrats picked up two seats in November 2020. They won two more in Georgia runoffs in January 2021. En in ...
Losing our sense of control during the pandemic
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On a recent trip to the supermarket, I was trying and failing miserably to open a plastic bag to tuck my broccoli into -- without licking my fingers for some much-needed traction because, wel, pandemie -- when I ne...
Senate confirms Cecilia Rouse to be Biden’s top economist
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The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's nomination of Cecilia Rouse to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. The vote on Tuesday was 95-4. Rouse, a labor economist and dean of the Princeton School of Public and...
Senate Democrats drop proposal to penalize companies for not providing $15 minimumloon
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Senate Democrats decided Sunday to abandon an alternative proposal to penalize companies for not providing a $ 15 minimum wage to their employees, the latest indication that boosting the federal minimum wage in thi...
Die parlementslid van die Senaat beslis teen die insluiting van minimum lone in die wetsontwerp op Covid
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Die parlementslid van die Senaat het daarteen uitgespreek om die verhoging van die minimum loon in die Covid-wetsontwerp op te neem, 'n medewerker wat vertroud is met die proses en twee bronne met direkte kennis van die situasie, vertel CNN. Th ...
Senate confirms Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary
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The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee for energy secretary, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The final vote was 64-35. Hierdie storie is besig om te breek en sal opgedateer word.
Democratic women poised to shake up male-dominated industry with new political media firm
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Recent success stories about women in politics are about candidates breaking barriers. There's a female vice president. More women than ever before serve in Congress. But when it comes to the people who help get the...
Demokratiese Rep. Stephanie Murphy considers Senate bid against Marco Rubio
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Florida Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy is seriously considering a run against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022, launching a listening tour on issues including the pandemic, "managing misinformation," fighting c...
Senaat bevestig Tom Vilsack om weer as landbousekretaris te dien
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Die Senaat bevestig Tom Vilsack as landbousekretaris van president Joe Biden, die voormalige goewerneur van Iowa na dieselfde kabinetspos te stuur wat hy vir die hele Obama-regering gedien het. Die stemming was 92...