Activists fear Biden鈥檚 commitment to $15 minimum wage
Union activist Terrance Wise recalls being laughed at when he began pushing for a national $15 per hour minimum wage almost a decade ago. Nearly a year into the pandemic,...
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White House aide suspended for threatening reporter
White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has been suspended for a week without pay after he reportedly issued a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover...
Joe Biden sworn in as 46th President of the United States, says “democracy has prevailed”
Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that 鈥渄emocracy has prevailed" as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a...
Mike Pence calls Kamala Harris to offer congratulations
Vice President Mike Pence has called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
Biden faces challenge in guiding America past Trump era
President-elect Joe Biden appeared on television last week as a bipartisan group of lawmakers huddled in an undisclosed location to protect them from a violent mob that was ransacking the...
Biden criticizes pace of vaccine rollout, vows to accelerate
President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that 鈥渢hings will get worse before they get better鈥� when it comes to...
Biden picks Connecticut schools chief as education secretary
President-elect Joe Biden introduced Miguel Cardona as his pick for education secretary on Wednesday, saying Connecticut抖阴ap education chief and life-long champion of public schools is the right pick to lead...
Biden to address COVID bill, holiday pandemic precautions
President-elect Joe Biden will speak Tuesday as the nation deals with a COVID-19 surge that’s casting a shadow over the Christmas holiday this week.
Biden adjusting agenda to reflect narrow divide in Congress
President-elect Joe Biden is adjusting the scope of his agenda to meet the challenges of governing with a narrowly divided Congress and the complications of legislating during a raging pandemic.
Among first acts, Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing
Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the...