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April 14, 2021 at 4:48 pm

U.S. expected to approve some arms sales to UAE, Saudis

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to suspend the sale of many offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia approved under the Trump administration, but it will...

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March 12, 2021 at 3:46 pm

Biden takes first steps to address global vaccine shortage

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, under intense pressure to donate excess coronavirus vaccines to needy nations, moved Friday to address the global shortage in another...

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February 18, 2021 at 6:16 pm

Biden administration formally offers to restart nuclear talks with Iran

WASHINGTON — The United States took a major step on Thursday toward restoring the Iran nuclear deal that the Trump administration abandoned, offering to join...

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Vice President Kamala Harris reacts after being sworn in as her husband Doug Emhoff and President-elect Joe Biden look on during the inauguration, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP) DCDD378 DCDD378

January 20, 2021 at 5:03 pm

For Harris, an influential voice and a decisive vote

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris represented the march of history when she was sworn in Wednesday by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. As a...

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January 18, 2021 at 8:15 pm

Trump’s 1776 Commission critiques liberalism in report derided by historians

President Donald Trump formed the 18-member commission — which includes no professional historians but a number of conservative activists, politicians and intellectuals — in the...

January 14, 2021 at 6:42 pm

Biden proposes $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday proposed a $1.9 trillion rescue package to combat the economic downturn and the COVID-19 crisis, outlining the type...

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December 19, 2020 at 10:58 am

In picking a Cabinet, Biden draws from his roots

WASHINGTON — His economic and environment teams are a little left of center. His foreign policy picks fall squarely in the Democratic Party’s mainstream. His...

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December 10, 2020 at 5:32 pm

Biden names 2 Obama White House veterans to new roles

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden named two senior officials from the Obama White House to key jobs on Thursday, putting Susan Rice, a former national...

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FILE – In this Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, then-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, left, walks with President Donald Trump as Trump arrives for a rally in Macon , Ga. President Trump said Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 he was â€œashamedâ€ for endorsing the Republican governor of Georgia after he lost in the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump said on Fox News that Gov. Brian Kemp has â€œdone absolutely nothingâ€ to question the stateâ€™s results.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) NYPS211 NYPS211

November 29, 2020 at 9:39 am

In his first one-on-one interview since losing to Biden, Trump baselessly cast more conspiracy theories

In the Fox Business interview, Trump suggested the FBI and Justice Department might be "involved" in the fraudulent election.

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November 19, 2020 at 5:26 pm

Biden calls Trump’s attack on electoral process ‘totally irresponsible’

WASHINGTON — In his sharpest condemnation yet of President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the 2020 election, President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday...

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