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Former leaders of the U.S. Agency for Global Media have been meeting with members of Joe Biden’s transition team to discuss what has taken place at the federal media agency under President Donald Trump — and what’s to come for the organization under the new regime. Biden’s USAGM transition team leader is Richard Stengel, an
President Donald Trump Carlos Barria | Reuters A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an attempt from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign to keep alive its effort to undo the result of Pennsylvania’s presidential election. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit wrote in a blistering opinion that the
Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is seen in Iran, in this undated photo. WANA | via Reuters WASHINGTON — A top Iranian nuclear scientist has been assassinated near Tehran, Iran’s government confirmed Friday and alleged Israel was behind the killing without presenting evidence so far. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, dubbed the “father of the Iranian bomb,” died from injuries
Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis speaks as Trump campaign advisor Boris Epshteyn whispers to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to President Donald Trump, during a news conference about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, November 19, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a federal judge’s decision that kept President Donald Trump as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who claims he raped her two decades ago. The judge, Lewis Kaplan, last month barred the Justice Department from having the U.S. government replace the
A lawyer for President Donald Trump’s campaign on Wednesday revealed that the campaign could be relying on pulling off a complicated — and possibly unprecedented — legal and legislative trick shot to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania and possibly in other states. That far-fetched strategy would require a federal court to invalidate Pennsylvania’s
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump made brief remarks about the stock market hitting 30,000. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for President-elect Joe Biden‘s electoral victory to be
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduce their nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. Carolyn Kaster | AP WASHINGTON — “Diplomacy is back” and America will be “a country of welcome.” These were just two of the
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden will begin receiving the classified presidential daily briefing, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday. “Following the statutory direction of the Presidential Transition Act, ODNI will provide requested support to the transition team,” said the spokesman. “This afternoon the White
A cutout of U.S. President Donald Trump is pictured as supporters take part in a protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Atlanta, Georgia, November 21, 2020. Chris Aluka Berry | Reuters Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. Nearly every supporter of President Donald Trump thinks otherwise, according to a
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden smiles during a Voter Mobilization Event campaign stop at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 12, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy on Monday told President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is making federal resources available for his
In this Monday, May 18, 2020 file photo, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, holds a copy of the Constitution while speaking during the “American Patriot Rally-Sheriffs speak out” event at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. Cory Morse | The Grand Rapids Press | AP The Michigan Senate’s Republican majority
President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday rejected a legal effort by President Donald Trump’s campaign to block millions of votes in the state, the certification of which is expected to confirm a win
Andrew Giuliani, Special Assistant to President Donald Trump, right, walks to a van after stepping off Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 24, 2020. Patrick Semansky | AP Andrew Giuliani, a special assistant to President Donald Trump and the son of Trump campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani, said he tested
CNBC’s “College Voices 2020” is a series written by CNBC fall interns from universities across the country about coming of age, getting their college education and launching their careers during these extraordinary times. Colette Ngo is a senior at Chapman University double majoring in broadcast journalism and business administration. The series is edited by Cindy
Georgia Secretary of State Ben Raffensperger holds a press conference on the status of ballot counting on November 6, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Jessica McGowan | Getty Images The secretary of state of Georgia on Friday officially certified the results of its presidential election race, confirming that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump. That
Ken Kurson, a confidant of President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, is in plea negotiations with federal prosecutors who last month charged him with cyberstalking three people, a court filing Friday indicated. In a joint filing by the political consultant Kurson, his lawyer, and prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, federal