Politics

The historically close race for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District seat has gotten even closer

President-elect Joe Biden is summoning Americans to overcome their divisions and join in common purpose against the coronavirus pandemic and the raw divisions left by the election

The White House transition is formally moving ahead. President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced his picks for high-level cabinet positions focused on national security and intelligence. Biden pointed to the nominees’ experience, while answering criticism they could represent a return to the status quo. “We cannot meet these challen...

Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia carried out a series of well-timed stock transactions at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic

The federal General Services Administration has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election. The move late Monday allows Biden to coordinate with federal agencies on plans for taking over on Jan. 20. Trump, who had refused to concede the election, said in a tweet that he is directing his team to coopera...

Flooded out Honduran and Guatemalan families stranded on rooftops in the most marginalized neighborhoods after the passage of hurricanes Eta and Iota this month have raised fears of a new wave of migration, observers across the region say.

President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that outreach from the Trump administration has already begun and described it as “sincere,” a day after a federal agency released a letter to formally begin the transition of power.

With a projected state budget deficit hungry for new revenue sources and a growing number of nearby states legalizing recreational cannabis some lawmakers believe 2021 will be the year Connecticut does the same.  “I think it will be a very, very close vote in the house,” incoming house speaker Matt Ritter says.  The outcome of the electio...

Nostalgia was in and jokes were out as President Donald Trump offered a reprieve to a pair of meaty turkeys as part of the traditional turkey pardon ceremony at the White House

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who President-elect Joe Biden has nominated as U.S. ambassador the United Nations, said she has a message for diplomats around the world. “America is back,” Thomas-Greenfield said. “Multilateralism is back. Diplomacy is back.”

John Kerry, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for special presidential envoy for climate, said solving the climate change crisis will take collaboration. “No country alone can solve this challenge,” Kerry said. “To end this crisis, the whole world must come together. Failure is not an option.”

With control of the Senate up for grabs in twin runoff elections, a torrent of money is pouring into Georgia at more than $2 million a day in TV and radio ads, and the spending is just getting started ahead of the Jan. 5 vote, NBC News reported. “Most people are saying, Do we really have to go through all this again?&#8221...

“Mr. President-elect, you know that I’ve never shied away from speaking truth to power,” President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, said on Tuesday. “You value the perspective of the intelligence community, and [I know] that you will do so even when what I have to say may be inconvenient or difficult, and ...