New polls released Sunday confirm it: Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a clear advantage over President Donald Trump heading into the first debate on Tuesday.
Biden’s pick for top Pentagon policy job apologizes for past tweets at confirmation hearing
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President Joe Biden's nominee to become the top policy official at the Pentagon, Colin Kahl, apologized to Republican senators for using "sometimes disrespectful" language in tweets criticizing several Trump adminis...
Biden’s union promises, and an interview with Hungary’s Klubradio
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This was excerpted from the March 2 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe. On election eve, Joe Biden promised t...
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...
Proud Boys nominated man to hold ‘war powers’ and lead January 6 attack, Justice Department says
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Federal prosecutors say a Seattle-area resident was nominated to have "war powers" to lead the Proud Boys on January 6, as they continue to allege that members of the Trump-supporting extremist group were prepping, ...
Refugees are being removed from flights to the US as they await Biden’s signature
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Washington Hundreds of refugees who had been approved -- and booked -- to come to the United States are being taken off flights, according to resettlement agencies who work directly with refugees. President Joe Bide...
Biden’s stimulus effort hits the runway
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The House is poised to vote on the biggest piece of legislative work in the Biden administration thus far, all ahead of the March 14 deadline when some pandemic-era unemployment benefits expire. The $ 1.9 trillion ...
House Democrats plan to push Biden’s Covid relief plan through the chamber next week
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Washington House Democrats are taking a major step forward to push through President Joe Biden's massive $ 1.9 trillion Covid relief bill by the end of next week. The House Budget committee announced Thursday it wil...
Former top State Department official is Biden’s leading contender to be US ambassador to China
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Washington Nicholas Burns, a former US ambassador and senior State Department official, is the leading contender for US ambassador to China, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. The Biden administr...
Biden’s presidency gets going
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A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. How the next four weeks play out will have immeasurable consequences for millions of Americans as ...
Melania Trump disengaged from her husband’s second impeachment trial and bitter over Jill Biden’s publicity
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While former President Donald Trump watches his second impeachment trial unfold, Melania Trump spends most of her time post-White House relaxing at the spa and staying out of the fray. Though she has been checking i...
How Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks are making history
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Being nominated to serve in a presidential Cabinet is, obviously, a huge honor. It's also been decidedly perilous in recent years. Dating all the way back to Bill Clinton's first term, at least one Cabinet pick has ...
Merrick Garland, Biden’s pick for attorney general, has confirmation hearing set for February 22
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President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 22 and 23 for his confirmation hearing. The dates were announced b...