President-elect Joe Biden on Monday will nominate William Burns as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, CNN has learned, tapping a respected veteran American diplomat who has served in posts around the world from the Reagan to the Obama administrations.
Biden to propose sweeping immigration bill on first day in office
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President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a comprehensive immigration plan on his first day in office, a source familiar with the proposal tells CNN, describing an agenda that provides a multi-year pathway to citizenshi...
Brayden Harrington, who bonded with Biden over stuttering, to appear in prime-time inauguration special
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Brayden Harrington, the 13-year-old New Hampshire boy who bonded with President-elect Joe Biden over their shared experience with stuttering, will be part of the prime-time special capping off Biden's inauguration o...
Biden announces Rachel Levine as pick for assistant secretary at HHS, would be first transgender Senate-confirmed federal official
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President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as assistant health secretary, and she would make history as the first out, transgender federal official to be confirmed by the United States Senate...
How Trump will hand off the ‘nuclear football’ to Biden
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Washington President Donald Trump will not be in attendance Wednesday to watch as his successor Joe Biden is sworn into office but his absence will have little impact on what may be one of the most important moments ...
Biden crafts inaugural address to unify a country in crisis
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President-elect Joe Biden has spoken volumes inside the US Capitol over more than four decades, but the weight of those words does not approach the magnitude of the message he will deliver on its steps during his in...
Biden administration promises equitable vaccine access to Black and brown communities
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President-elect Joe Biden and his administration vow to ensure Black and brown people get equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine through mobile clinics, vaccination centers and partnerships with local communities, the...
Biden to nominate Gary Gensler for SEC commissioner, Rohit Chopra to lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Gary Gensler to serve as the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a source famil...
Biden on track to take office without key Cabinet roles in place
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President-elect Joe Biden is on track to take office without key Cabinet members being confirmed on the day of his inauguration, a result of the Republican-led Senate moving much more slowly to schedule confirmation...
All US federal prisons on temporary lockdown ahead of Biden inauguration
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Federal prisons across the United States have been placed under temporary lockdown ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced Saturday that it is securing all institutio...
Young leaders ask incoming Biden administration for a seat at the table
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Washington, DC A cohort of youth-led organizations has asked the incoming Biden administration to create official positions aimed at engaging younger Americans. The groups have drafted a memo asking the Biden adminis...
Biden to sign executive orders rejoining Paris climate accord and rescinding Muslim ban on first day
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President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign roughly a dozen executive orders, including rejoining the Paris climate accord and ending the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, on his first day in office, accordi...
‘Batwoman’ gets a new lead, but Season 2 looks like the same flawed show
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After a first season that never quite got off the ground creatively, "Batwoman" announced that original star Ruby Rose would be leaving but that the series would hang around without her. The contortions necessary to...