Even before Joe Biden won the presidency earlier this month, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made clear that she wanted to be Treasury secretary in his administration.
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. This story is breaking and will be updated.
Senate confirms Tom Vilsack to serve again as agriculture secretary
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The Senate confirmed Tom Vilsack as President Joe Biden's agriculture secretary, sending the former Iowa governor to the same Cabinet position he served for the entirety of the Obama administration. The vote was 92...
All eyes on Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough as she reviews minimum wage provision in Covid relief bill
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A little known but powerful Senate official is being thrust into the spotlight this week as Democrats are eager to see whether an increase to the federal minimum wage will be kept in President Joe Biden's Covid reli...
Meet Elizabeth Ann the ferret: The first endangered American animal to be cloned
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London Scientists have cloned an endangered US animal for the first time, creating a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann from the frozen cells of an ancestor in a landmark achievement that boosts conservation eff...
White House suspends deputy press secretary for one week for threatening reporter over story about him
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(CNN Business)White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that one of her deputies, TJ Ducklo, had been suspended for one week without pay after a Vanity Fair story revealed Ducklo had threatened a reporter wh...
3 reasons why a ‘center right’ party will never work
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The news was intriguing: A group of 120 Republicans held a meeting in the last week to talk about the possibility of forming a "center right" party or a new faction within the GOP to signal a clear break from former...
She never won a Nobel prize. But today this pioneering physicist is getting her face on a stamp
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Chien-Shiung Wu isn't a household name, but the pioneering physicist's portrait could be coming soon to a mailbox near you. Her face is the latest image on a US Postal Service stamp issued on Thursday. And the timin...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to quarantine after security agent tests positive
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department chief of staff Laura Schiller said in a statement. Schiller's statem...
Cottagecore has us yearning for a bygone era that never was
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Acres of flower fields stretch into the horizon as you frolic in the amber glow of the afternoon sun. After foraging for an assortment of plants, you return to your secluded cottage to bake a crusty loaf of sourdoug...
FBI agent, mother of two, honored at memorial service: ‘We will never forget you’
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Fellow law enforcement officers, friends and family mourned slain FBI Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger at a memorial service on Saturday in Florida. Schwartzenberger and Special Agent Daniel Alfin were shot an...
Female Nazi concentration camp secretary charged with complicity in 10,000 murders in Germany
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Berlin A former secretary from the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp has been charged with complicity in the murders of 10,000 people, German prosecutors said Friday, in what is a rare case involving an alleged female...
Georgia secretary of state investigating whether pro-Trump attorney voted illegally
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched an investigation into whether attorney Lin Wood voted as a legal resident in the November election, a source with Raffensperger's office confirmed to CNN. ...