Washington Times,
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Cheryl K. Chumley
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Watch out. One of Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisory board members told CNN that Americans need to give up their Christmas parties in order to help contain the spread of COVID-19. Who died and made these political hacks the keeper of the constitutional rights? Look, we know the coronavirus is harmful to health — fatal even to some. But we know, too, that the coronavirus is not a fraction as fatal or even harmful as what the political hacks say. We know, for instance, that it’s mostly the elderly who die and the children who don’t, and that it’s ridiculous to
CNN,
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Michael Warren
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Arlette Saenz
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Joe Biden rarely misses Sunday Mass. So it was notable when the President-elect didn't attend church on November 29, the first Sunday of Advent and the beginning of the season when Roman Catholics like Biden prepare for Christmas. (Snip) That's a level of devotion to regular religious services not seen from recent presidents, who were professed Christians but intermittently attended church or worshipped privately while in office. Donald Trump has not had a habit of attending church services weekly, though he made several appearances at the Episcopal church in West Palm Beach near his resort as well as at various
NBC News,
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Tom Winter
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12/12/2020 1:46:53 PM
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Hunter Biden’s former business partner sent him an email in 2017 saying he did not disclose on his tax returns $400,000 in income from the Ukrainian natural gas company where he sat on the board, according to a copy of the email obtained by NBC News. The message from Eric Schwerin, then president of Rosemont Seneca Partners, says Hunter Biden would need to “amend” his 2014 returns to reflect the “unreported” income, according to the copy of the email. “In 2014 you joined the Burisma board and we still need to amend your 2014 returns to reflect the unreported Burisma
Associated Press,
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Eric Tucker
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12/11/2020 8:14:00 PM
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WASHINGTON — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one of several contenders under consideration by President-elect Joe Biden for the role of attorney general, a person with knowledge of the search process said Friday. The other three contenders at the moment include former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, said the person, who cautioned that no decision had been reached and no announcement was expected imminently. The person was not authorized to discuss the search process by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press. The Associated
Associated Press,
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Jonathan Lemire
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Will Weissert
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WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced five top picks for his new administration, drawing on leading names from the Obama White House while also tapping an Ohio congresswoman and a congressional committee veteran. Appearing at the afternoon event were Biden's choice for director of White House Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice, who served as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser and U.N. ambassador; and Denis McDonough, Obama’s White House chief of staff, now nominated as veterans affairs secretary. Also attending will be Biden's selection for agriculture secretary, Tom Vilsack, who held the same post for Obama; Ohio Rep.
Fox News,
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Stephanie Giang
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Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's COVID-19 restrictions have now resulted in more than $1.2 million in fines to a gym for defying the lockdowns in recent months. “Governor Murphy has thrown everything he possibly could to shut us down. He has arrested my partner and I, given us over 60 citations, some of them criminal. He fines us $15,497.76 per day for every day we’re in operation. Our fines are totaling over $1.2 million, but every single day, Frank and I open our gym,” Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith told “America’s Newsroom” Thursday. The Atilis Gym owners have had
USA Today,
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Bart Jansen *
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A progressive climate group issued a blistering statement against President-elect Joe Biden for selecting Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development rather than the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Sunrise Movement Executive Director Varshini Prakash said in a statement Thursday that it is “frustrating” that Fudge was “sidestepped to head the USDA” in favor of former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. (Snip) “If Biden appoints Vilsack to lead the USDA, it would be a slap in the face to Black Americans who delivered the election to Joe Biden,” she said. “Vilsack failed Black farmers before
Los Angeles Times,
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Erika D. Smith
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12/10/2020 1:44:35 PM
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When the leader of California's Legislative Black Caucus talks about why it should be a Black woman who replaces Kamala Harris in the U.S. Senate, she often comes back to the old adage about political power. "If you don't have a seat at the table," Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) told me, "then you're on the menu." And Black people in California clearly have no intention of being on the menu. For the second time this week, an amalgam of Black leaders sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, urging him to pick Rep. Karen Bass of
USA Today,
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Rick Jervis
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The number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border has nearly doubled in recent weeks, and smugglers are using riskier tactics to get them across, a top U.S. Border Patrol official says. Agents are apprehending an average of 153 young migrants a day at the border since October, up from about 80 a day earlier this year, Deputy Chief Raul Ortiz, Border Patrol's second in command, said in an interview with USA TODAY. (Snip) Most worrying are the large numbers of those considered "tender age" – 12 and younger and sometimes as little as 7 months old, he said
Wall Street Journal,
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Joanna Sugden
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12/9/2020 8:42:50 AM
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LONDON—Two of the first people vaccinated in the U.K. on Tuesday with the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE shot responded adversely to the injection, the country’s National Health Service said, prompting the regulator to issue new guidance warning those with a history of significant allergic reactions against having the inoculation. “Both are recovering well,” said Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director for the NHS. The two people are NHS workers, part of the first tranche to receive the vaccine in line with front-line staff having initial access. Each of them carried an adrenaline auto-injector to deal with their allergies. The U.K. is
Cleveland.com [Cleveland OH],
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Sabrina Eaton
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12/9/2020 8:37:16 AM
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge to be the next U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Politico reports, citing “two people with knowledge of the decision.” Spokesman for Biden’s transition team did not respond to requests for comment on the report, and a spokeswoman for Fudge said she could not confirm it and was trying to reach Fudge. “Everybody is calling about it,” said Fudge spokeswoman Denise Tolliver. As news outlets began reporting that Fudge was picked for the job, Fudge told The Associated Press that it would be “an honor
Fox News,
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Joseph A. Wulfsohn
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12/8/2020 9:49:45 PM
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President-elect Joe Biden did not make the smoothest introduction of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra during a Tuesday event unveiling Biden's health and coronavirus team. On Monday, the Biden transition announced that Becerra, California's attorney general and a former Democratic congressman, would be the president-elect's pick to head HHS. The choice led to criticism from prominent Republicans who have pointed to Becerra's past support for Medicare-for-all and his progressive stance on abortion. However, Biden briefly took the focus off that controversy by botching the formal introduction of the pick. "For Secretary of Health and Education Services
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Another one who thinks laws don't apply to him. Democrat, of course.