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SOS Secretary Benson joins bipartisan effort to adequately fund Election Assistance Commission DECEMBER 18, 2020 Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson joined a bipartisan group of 17 Secretaries of State across the country in ending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader of the House Kevin McCarthy in support of adequately funding the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) during fiscal year 2021. “Thi...

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The selections of Granholm, McCarthy and Kerry demonstrate that the Biden administration intends to cover special favors for government insiders with a smear of symbolic climate concerns. Bringing these three back into the inner halls of power will ensure continued crony capitalist deals for politically-connected businesses, reopen the revolving door between the offices of government and powerful green special interests, and ensure that Washington elites continue to enjoy the comforts and wealt...

Blinkens worked with Biden for almost two decades, including as top aide on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and later as national security adviser when he was vice president. He helped develop the U.S. response to political instability in the Middle East. The 58-year-old was deputy secretary of state under President Barack Obama and started his State Department career in the Clinton administration.  Blinken was considered to be one of two finalists to be America’s top diplomat. The ot...

Articles & Testimony The new U.S. administration will have a brief, early window to exert leverage, but Erdogan’s asymmetric relationship with Moscow may keep him from substantially altering Turkish policy on the S-400 dispute and regional issues. A key foreign policy challenge for President-elect Joe Biden is going to be getting along with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and managing Washington’s ties with Ankara. To this end, Biden needs to understand the dynamics and fears tha...

Opinion: The extraordinary rise of Pete Buttigieg CNN 12/16/2020 Opinion by Lincoln Mitchell © ELIZABETH FRANTZ/REUTERS Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg endorses former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at Chicken Scratch in Dallas, Texas, U.S., March 2, 2020. The news that Pete Buttigieg will be President-elect Joseph Bidens nominee for Transportation Secretary is the latest step in a rather extraordinary political journey. Less than two years ago, Butti...

At the EPA, new names have been circulating in the last week. Michael Regan, the head of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality, and Richard Revesz, a professor and former dean at the New York University School of Law, are reportedly under consideration to lead the agency after opposition arose to front-runner Mary Nichols Nichols, California’s top air regulator, was expected to face resistance from Senate Republicans, but a letter from a coalition of 70 environmental and soci...

US Electoral College confirms Joe Biden as election winner President-elect Joe Biden has refuted claims of voter fraud by Donald Trump after clearing the 270-vote threshold in the Electoral College count. Biden reached the milestone on Monday with Californias 55 votes. After Hawaii then added its tally, Biden reached 306 votes. Outgoing President Donald Trump received 232. "In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed," Biden said in a speech after the Electoral College confirme...

December 14th, 2020 in Podcast. Closed President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP photo) The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden on Monday as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he h...

Electoral College Vote: Alabamas 9 electors cast ballots for President Trump Share Updated: 7:14 PM CST Dec 14, 2020 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 7:14 PM CST Dec 14, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript Thank you, Uncle Sam. The results of the 2020 presidential election that was held on November the 3rd, 2000 and 20 were officially certified on November the 23rd 2020 by the state canvassing board composed of Governor Kay Ivey, Attorney General Steve M...