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Taiwanese American Kelu Chao named acting head of U.S. federal agency 01/22/2021 03:34 PM Kelu Chao (image source: insidevoa.com) Washington, Jan. 21 (CNA) Taiwanese American journalist Kelu Chao has been appointed as interim CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the White House announced Thursday. Chao, a news executive at Voice of America (VOA), will replace Michael Pack, who resigned as head of the USAGM at the request of U.S. President Joe Biden shortly after the new leader took office Thursday, according to a VOA report. Chao has been a vocal critic of Pack, a conservative doc...

Media no longer an ‘enemy of the people’ But the fight for greater government transparency doesn’t end with a new administration. By The Editorial BoardUpdated January 22, 2021, 2:50 p.m. Email to a Friend Avril Haines testified this week before the Senate Intelligence Committee to be President Joe Biden’s national intelligence director. Haines pledged to declassify the CIA’s report on the murder of Washington Post columnist and Saudi national Jamal Khashoggi.Joe Raedle/Getty A new administration in Washington brings the chance for a fresh start but also for a return ...

President Joe Biden's scouring start He signals a goal of eradicating every trace of the Trump era from U.S. memory.  By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times (TNS) January 22, 2021 — 11:28am Text size Copy shortlink: President Joe Biden has an answer for that: Not to worry. In the very first executive orders of his presidency, Biden has signaled that he intends to do more than merely repeal and reverse Trump's policies. His plan is to eradicate any trace of Trumpism from American government. Implicit in Biden's first orders is the ...

President Joe Biden (Image: Twitter/@CNNPolitics) The Biden Administration has fired four people, including two in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who were appointed by former President Donald Trump. The firings break a precedent where presidents of both parties have allowed the general counsel to finish their terms. Peter Robb, who served as the board’s general counsel, was asked to step down by the Biden Administration. Robb refused, calling the request “unprecedented since the nascence of the National Labor Relations Act” and saying his removal “would set an unfortunate p...

Updated at 9:37 p.m. ET Michael Pack resigned Wednesday as the CEO of the federal agency over the Voice of America and other federally funded international