WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday to boost government buying from U.S. manufacturers, as talks with Congress over a $1.9
A decade ago, I had a rare opportunity. Rushed onto a flight in the middle of the week, I made my way to Washington, D.C. I had been asked, quite at the last moment, to go to the White House to discuss transgender issues.
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FILE - In this March 16, 2018 file photo, The Vice President s official residence on the ground of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington. Repairs are needed and officials say it s best to make them while the house is unoccupied. So Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, are spending these early days of the Biden administration at Blair House, across the street from the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) January 28, 2021 - 10:04 AM
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Kamala Harris canât beat the work commute.
She s living temporarily at Blair House, the president s official guest residence on Pennsylvania Avenue across from the White House, while some repair work is done at the official vice-presidential home a few miles away on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory.
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Proximity to power: What the West Wing office layout says about the Biden administration
It’s an adage in any high-pressure office: proximity is power. Nowhere is that more true than the West Wing.
President Joe Biden begins his term with a team of seasoned Washington operators whose placement inside the building provides clues to who will be close at hand in moments of crisis and who is most likely to encounter the President when he’s working from his office.
Unlike his predecessor, who professed a love for governing by chaos and whose aides were constantly jockeying for face-time, Biden appears more likely to go by-the-book. Officials say his meetings are run more traditionally, with a set list of attendees and usually an agenda.