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Dems win Georgia senate runoffs Jan 6, 2021 | 1 Democrats Jon Ossoff, left, and the Rev. Ralph Warnock both appear to have won their runoff races against Republican incumbents in the U.S. Senate. Their victories put control of the Senate in Democratic hands. Lisa Keen  |  Keen News Service lisakeen@mac.com A look at the numbers in the Tuesday, Jan. 5, U.S. Senate races in Georgia indicate that Democrats have won control of the Senate, a development with enormous favorable consequences for th...

Pete Buttigieg to visit Hudson River tunnel as Schumer pushes for Gateway project Shant Shahrigian © Tasos Katopodis WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 30: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks to Transportation Secretary-Designate Pete Buttigieg on December 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Pete Buttigieg urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to bring to a vote a House-passed bill that would provide for $2,000 direct cash payments for coronavirus relief on the cal...

Quote of the Week “My motto is the opposite of Michelle Obama’s. If the president goes low, I’m going to go lower.” — Republican presidential candidate William Weld, while signing the lower door of the refrigerator at The Conway Daily Sun on Jan. 2, 2020. “I don’t think anybody who runs for mayor in America, thinks, ‘You know, do two terms, and then it’s right to the White House. At least not in the city like mine.” — Democratic presidentia...

What you need to know about Bidens cabinet picks CNN 1/8/2021 By Kate Sullivan, CNN © David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images/FILE Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan, speaks during TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. TechCrunch Disrupt, the worlds leading authority in debuting revolutionary startups, gathers the brightest entrepreneurs, investors, hackers, and tech fans for on-stage interviews. Photographer: Da...

Retired astronaut Scott Kelly tested the limits of putting humans in space when he spent a year in orbit to test the effects on his own body. As NASA’s Perseverance rover prepared to touch down on Mars, Kelly joined LX News to talk about the goal of getting a human mission to Mars by 2030. NASA Dec 21, 2020 After six months aboard the International Space Station, a Randolph native has been named as one of the 18 astronauts with a chance to go to the moon. Scott Tingle, a gra...

This Week in Cars: Hennessey, EVs, and the Cabinet Annie White © Hennessey Our trip through the weeks stories, including an 1817-hp supercar, plenty of EVs, and just a little politics. Tis the Season Its road salt season in the parts of the United States that experience winter. Thats bad news for everyone who worries about keeping their car rust-free, but particularly for the owners of certain vehicles built by Honda. The company has recalled 430,000 cars due to a risk that t...

Bidens Cabinet: Expertise, diversity and an Obama class reunion Janet Hook © (Associated Press) Bidens Cabinet nominees include Debra Haaland, Pete Buttigieg, Marcia L. Fudge, Janet Yellen and Xavier Becerra, from left. (Associated Press) Over the course of the presidential campaign, voters got to see two Joe Bidens: the one who promised to restore stability and competence to government, and another who promised an FDR-style transformation to address social and economic inequ...

Pete Buttigieg revitalized South Bends downtown. Now hes taking on a much bigger challenge. CNN 12/18/2020 By Matt McFarland, CNN Business © Kevin Lamarque/Pool/AP Former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Bidens nominee to be transportation secretary, speaks after Biden announced his nomination during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool/AP) South Bend, Indiana has a transit budge...

Perhaps Buttigieg Was the Perfect Pick David A. Graham Popular Searches Not for the first time, people are having strong feelings about Pete Buttigieg. President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he’d nominate the former Democratic presidential rival and mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to become transportation secretary, and the reactions were predictably polarized. Buttigieg’s fans heralded it as a great job for a young leader and a stride for LGBTQ representation. His d...

16 Dec 2020 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is trashing President-Elect Joe Biden’s “revolving door” transition team of corporate insiders and special interests, calling it “horrible.” During an interview with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill of the Intercepted podcast, Ocasio-Cortez was asked about Biden’s choice to give cabinet positions and transition team spots to Washington, D.C. insiders, McKinsey consultants, Big Tech employees, and Wall Street executives. Scahill calle...