Biden Administration Set to Expand Wind Power
The Biden administration on Monday announced its plans to rapidly expand offshore wind farming along the East Coast and create thousands of jobs in the process.
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Biden’s Canine Plans Go to the Dogs After ‘Biting Incident’
President Joe Biden has sent his two dogs back to his family home in Wilmington, Delaware, after the younger of the two German Shepherds was involved in a “biting incident” with a White House security agent, U.S. media said Monday.
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Report: Former Presidential Doctor Was a ‘Toxic Leader’ of White House Medical Staff
Now a member of Congress, Ronny Jackson’s former White House Medical Unit subordinates told Defense Department inspector general investigators he routinely berated them and drank alcohol to excess on overseas trips.
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Biden Press Secretary Vows ‘Truth and Transparency’ in First Briefing
Jen Psaki, who held several roles during the administration of former President Barack Obama, took questions from reporters Wednesday night while announcing the reinstallation of the daily White House press briefing.
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Coronavirus Vaccination Given Live to Pences, Surgeon General
Vice President Mike Pence received the vaccine against the novel coronavirus on Friday.
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DOJ Investigating Potential Presidential Pardon Bribery Scheme
The Justice Department has been investigating whether certain individuals engaged in a plot to bribe White House officials in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to a court filing unsealed Tuesday night.
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It’s Major: Pets Poised for a Return to the White House
The arrival of the Biden pets will mark the next chapter in a long history of pets residing at the White House after a four-year hiatus during the Trump administration.
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Biden Announces All-Female Senior White House Press Team
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced Sunday the members of their administration’s senior communications staff, a history-making team made up entirely of women.
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Biden Names Key White House Staff
President-elect Joe Biden announced additions to his administration Tuesday morning as his transition team filled senior positions with veterans from his presidential campaign.
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Presidential Race Undecided as States Continue to Count Votes
With a global pandemic and biting recession as a backdrop, the 2020 election has been nothing like previous races featuring presidents seeking reelection.
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White House Chief of Staff Flouted Covid Rules for Atlanta Wedding
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reportedly hosted a large wedding for his daughter in May in Atlanta that appeared to violate city and state coronavirus restrictions prohibiting gatherings of more than 10 people.
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Trump Leaves Hospital as White House Covid Cases Rise
President Donald Trump said over Twitter Monday that he will leave the Washington hospital where he has been treated for coronavirus the last three days to continue recovering at the White House, where a rapidly increasing succession of staff have tested positive for Covid-19.
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Trump to Spend Weekend in Hospital for Virus Treatment
President Donald Trump is said to be in good spirts Friday but is exhibiting mild symptoms of Covid-19, hours after it was revealed that he and First Lady Melania Trump have joined over 7 million Americans who have contracted the coronavirus.
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Letters Reveal Public Distaste for Booze in JFK White House
Presidential transitions are always at least a little tricky. Case in point: Researchers at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum have found a cache of letters from Americans objecting to JFK’s embrace of cocktails at White House events.
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The House Judiciary Committee petitioned for a rehearing of the latest decision by the D.C. Circuit on the subpoena to former White House Counsel Don McGahn. Last month, a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that the House lacks the authority to seek court-enforcement of subpoenas including the one issued in 2019 to the former Trump advisor who claims “absolute immunity” from testifying to Congress.
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Court Blocks Democrats’ Subpoena of White House Lawyer
House Democrats cannot use the courts to enforce subpoenas, the D.C. Circuit ruled Monday, dealing a critical blow to an investigation of President Donald Trump from the chamber.
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Deaf Americans Fight for Sign Language in White House Pandemic Briefings
The National Association of the Deaf urged a federal judge in Washington on Wednesday to protect the civil rights of deaf Americans and order the Trump administration to include live American Sign Language interpretation in White House briefings on Covid-19.
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Top Trump Aide Kellyanne Conway to Leave White House
Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month.
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Advocates for the Deaf Sue White House Over Virus Briefings
Five deaf Americans sued the White House on Monday for failing to include American Sign Language interpreters in daily briefings on the pandemic, emphasizing that every state in the country is observing this basic access right.
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Trump’s National Security Adviser Tests Positive for Covid-19
The White House confirmed Monday that its most senior official so far has tested positive for the coronavirus: national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien.
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