George Washington used them. So did Lincoln, Obama and Trump. Biden will, too. They’re just an ordinary part of governing.
Joe Biden
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Why it’s wrong to assume race should dictate voting patterns
Our assumptions underpin connections we must examine between culture and power, between identity and action.
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Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Confident his victory will stand, Biden tries to stay above the fray
Democrats so far have treated the president’s moves more as a tantrum than a threat to Biden’s assumption of the presidency.
Posted inNation & World
Biden tells governors he’ll help states overcome coronavirus
With Republicans on Capitol Hill largely unwilling to challenge the lame-duck president, the president-elect has been forced to turn to diverse collection of outside allies to ratchet up the pressure on Trump to concede.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump pays $3 million for recount of 2 Wisconsin counties
Democrat Joe Biden received 577,455 votes in those counties, to 213,157 for Trump. No evidence of illegal activity has been presented.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Biden’s DIY transition proceeds while Trump refuses to cooperate
President-elect Joe Biden has been forced to seek extraordinary workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security challenges he will inherit in just nine weeks.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Biden filling top White House team with campaign veterans
President-elect Joe Biden has announced top White House staff positions, drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The swing-state power of Black voters is real
After the 2020 election, discouragement campaigns shouldn’t work anymore.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
‘More people may die if we don’t coordinate’: Biden urges Trump to aid transition
Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins joins in the call for Trump to work with the transition team, saying it’s ‘absolutely crucial that the apparent president-elect and his team have full access to the planning that has gone on’ for vaccine distribution.
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How centuries-old regional differences explain the 2020 presidential election
The United States is made up of 11 distinct regions, and their boundaries showed up again at the polls this month.