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Exchange between GOP senator, transgender nominee draws criticism from Democrats Dan Diamond and Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail This undated handout photo obtained on January 19, 2021 courtesy of the Biden-Harris transition team shows Dr. Rachel Levine, nominated by US President-elect Joe Biden to serve as Assistant Secretary for Health at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. - President-elect Joe Biden announced on January 19, 2...

Dr. Vivek Murthy, who has been nominated by President Joe Biden to be the next U.S. surgeon general, made in excess of $2 million on consultations and speeches regarding COVID-19,

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deb Haaland, U.S. President Joe Biden's historic pick for interior secretary, will seek to reassure lawmak...

For every vote the Democratic caucus loses, it needs that many more Republican votes to confirm President Joe Bidens Cabinet picks.

The party’s ideological blend of moderates and progressives carried it to power, but elements of that coalition could block the most ambitious parts of President Biden’s agenda.

Democrats’ Big Tent Helped Them Win. Now It Threatens Biden’s Agenda. The party’s ideological blend of moderates and progressives carried it to power in Washington, but elements of that coalition could block the most ambitious parts of President Biden’s agenda. Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, spoke this month in support of canceling federal student loan debt. President Biden and moderate Democratic senators have opposed a sweeping loan cancellation program.Credit...

The party’s ideological blend of moderates and progressives carried it to power, but elements of that coalition could block the most ambitious parts of President Biden’s agenda.

By DAN DIAMOND | The Washington Post | Published: February 20, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. WASHINGTON — As Vivek H. Murthy advised Joe Biden on the pandemic during the 2020 presidential campaign, culminating in Murthys nomination as surgeon general, he also maintained a lucrative side b...

Manchin WHEELING — The Poor People’s Campaign is calling out U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin for his stated opposition to the Biden Administration’s request to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Manchin, D-W.Va., has instead suggested raising the minimum wage over time in increments, or allowing states to set their own minimum wage. “We’re not interested in compromise — $15 an hour is our compromise,” said the Rev. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s campaign. ...

Tapped to be surgeon general, Vivek Murthy’s financial entanglements draw scrutiny before his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.