The action reverses a Trump administration move, and came less than a week after the new president issued another wide-ranging civil rights executive order.
Dr. O’Connor succeeds Dr. Sean P. Conley, who drew criticism for misleading the public after President Donald J. Trump contracted the coronavirus last year.
The Biden administration must act quickly to repair the damage.
By Neil Eggleston and Alexa Kissinger
The authors are lawyers who served in the administration of President Barack Obama. Mr. Eggleston was the White House counsel from 2014 to 2017. Ms. Kissinger was a special assistant to Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to the president, from 2013 to 2015.
Jan. 25, 2021
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Of all the urgent tasks facing the Biden administration, among the most pressing is to unwind former President Donald Trumpâs four-year effort to âdeconstruct the administrative state.â
From headline-grabbing policies like caging children at the southern border to stealth rollbacks of climate and environmental regulations, politicizing the role of science and leaving hundreds of key political appointments vacant during a pandemic, the consequences of the Trump administrationâs governing philosophy will take swift, sustained and systemic efforts to
Uber, After Buying Postmates, Lays Off More Than 180 Employees
The departures include most of the executive team at Postmates, the food delivery app that Uber bought last year.
Uber bought Postmates last year for $2.65 billion. Food delivery has been crucial to Uber as its ride-hailing business has been hurt in the pandemic.Credit.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Published Jan. 23, 2021Updated Jan. 25, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO Uber on Thursday laid off roughly 185 people from its Postmates division, or about 15 percent of Postmates’ total work force, said three people with knowledge of the actions, as the ride-hailing giant consolidates its food delivery operations to weather the pandemic.