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Cable news wars intensify with new year, new administration Happy News Year — for some. A new year, a new administration and an eventful month that included an inauguration as well as an insurrection at the nation’s Capitol saw the ratings race among cable news networks tighten. According to Nielsen Ratings, CNN saw huge gains in January, MSNBC had a big month, too, while Fox, the overall ratings leader for 19 years running, stumbled coming off the starting block. When it came to weekday prime-time TV, MSNBC averaged 3.31 million viewers, CNN pulled in 3.12 million and Fox News Channel go...

Pete Buttigieg and Alejandro Mayorkas Make History as They Are Sworn Into Biden's Cabinet People 2/3/2021 Virginia Chamlee © Provided by People Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images; Mark Makela/Getty Images Pete Buttigieg (left) and Alejandro Mayorkas The Biden administration added two more firsts to its Cabinet this week, swearing in PeteButtigieg as the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet post in American history and Alejandro Mayorkas as the first Latino and first immigrant to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Former South ...

By Jordain Carney - 02/03/21 12:41 PM EST   Top Senate Republicans said Wednesday that there are unlikely to be additional votes on Biden Cabinet picks until after the impeachment trial. Republicans are pointing to the schedule as the reason for the holdup, arguing that Democrats chose to take up the budget resolution, which will eat up the Senate’s schedule until at least Friday. The Senate is then poised to start former President Trump ADVERTISEMENT “We're not intentionally trying to slow it down but the Democrats have chosen the agenda, and they've chosen to do the budget resoluti...

From Mayor Pete to Secretary Buttigieg: Appearances hint at expansive role for next transportation chief Michael Laris, Ian Duncan The days since the presidential inauguration have been wall-to-wall Pete Buttigieg, a media blitz that offers a view into his role as transportation secretary and efforts to advance the Biden administration’s broader agenda. He’s been on “The Tonight Show,” “The View” and talked to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, reprising a role he played on the campaign trail to focus on the new president’s climate change and racial justice goa...

Senate confirms Buttigieg, first openly gay US cabinet member AFP 2/2/2021 AFP © Kevin LAMARQUE Pete Buttigieg, the new US transportation secretary, is the first openly gay member of a White House cabinet US President Joe Biden's pick for secretary of transportation was confirmed on Tuesday by the Senate, making Pete Buttigieg the first openly gay member of a White House cabinet. Buttigieg, a breakout star of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign before dropping out and endorsing Biden, was confirmed by a strong bipartisan vote of 86 to 13. The confirmation elevates B...