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Key U.S. agency say no presidential transition yet, will brief Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key federal agency that must sign off on the presidential transition following the U.S. election on Monday said it had still not approved hand-off activities to U.S. President...
Nov 23, 2020
Drip by drip, U.S. Republicans slowly break from Trump election claims
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More prominent Republicans on Monday joined the call for President Donald Trump to end efforts to overturn his election defeat and allow President-elect Joe...
Nov 23, 2020
Biden to name Kerry as U.S. climate czar, emphasizing diplomacy’s role in the fight
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's transition team said on Monday former Secretary of State John Kerry will be named climate czar, a sign that Biden views diplo...
Nov 23, 2020
Biden picks Cuban-American lawyer Mayorkas as U.S. homeland security chief
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to become U.S. secretary of homeland security, Biden's transition team said on Monday, entrusting t...
Nov 23, 2020
Biden rolls out foreign policy and national security team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden picked a number of people for top Cabinet and White House posts on Monday, including Antony Blinken to be secretary of state, Jake Sullivan as national...
Nov 23, 2020
Interior Department contender says Biden would target Trump Arctic drilling push on first day
By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's last-minute push to allow drilling in a pristine part of Alaska's Arctic will be an early target for the next adm...
Nov 23, 2020
Republican former national security officials urge party to demand Trump concession
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 100 former Republican national security officials demanded on Monday that party leaders denounce President Donald Trump's refusal to concede the president...
Nov 23, 2020
Factbox: Trump suffers major defeat in legal battle to overturn the election, but presses on
By Makini Brice and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign and his allies have suffered a string of judicial defeats in their bid to prevent states from certifying President-Elec...
Nov 23, 2020
Blinken is president-elect’s pick as U.S. secretary of state – Biden ally
By Matt Spetalnick and Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Joe Biden will pick Antony Blinken as U.S. secretary of state, a person close to the president-elect's transition said on ...
Nov 23, 2020
As Biden marches forward with Cabinet, Trump hopes likely to fade in key states
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's increasingly tenuous efforts to reverse his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden could be dealt a lethal blow on Monday, as...
Nov 23, 2020
