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  • Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, President Joe Biden's pick to be Defense Secretary, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)
    Austin confirmed as new defense secretary in historic vote

    The former head of U.S. Central Command is the first Black defense secretary in American history.

    Leo Shane III and Joe Gould
    4 days ago
  • President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)
    Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census

    According to critics, that damage includes a failed effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire and a Trump order to figure out who is a citizen and who is in the U.S. illegally.

    Mike Schneider, The Associated Press
    4 days ago
  • Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
    On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus

    President Joe Biden is moving swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump's legacy on his first day in office, signing a series of executive actions that reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press
    5 days ago
  • Kathleen McGettigan will once again lead the Office of Personnel Management in an acting capacity while the new president works to get permanent leadership confirmed. (Aaron Boyd/Staff)
    McGettigan to once again take up temporary personnel leadership

    Kathleen McGettigan will once again lead the Office of Personnel Management in an acting capacity while the new president works to get permanent leadership confirmed.

    Jessie Bur
    5 days ago
  • U.S. Census Director Steven Dillingham pauses after speaking at a news conference to urge Arizonans to participate in the nation's once-a-decade census population count Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Phoenix. Ending the 2020 census at the end of September instead of the end of October, could cost Florida and Montana congressional seats and result in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina losing $500 million in federal funding for healthcare for its neediest residents. (Ross D. Franklin, Pool/AP)
    Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data

    U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said in a statement that he would resign on Wednesday, the day Trump leaves the White House and President-elect Joseph Biden takes office.

    Mike Schneider, The Associated Press
    6 days ago
  • Then-Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist prepares to testify before the House Armed Services Committee on April 12, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Norquist to serve as acting defense secretary; acting service secretaries named

    The three current service comptrollers will serve as acting secretaries as well.

    Aaron Mehta
    January 14
  • Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist is a possibility to serve as acting defense secretary in the incoming Biden administration. (Sgt. Amber I. Smith/U.S. Defense Department)
    Here’s why Biden’s first defense secretary may be a Trump appointee

    President-elect Joe Biden’s first defense secretary may turn out to be President Donald Trump’s last deputy defense secretary, at least for a several days.

    Joe Gould
    January 13
  • Short-term leaders have famously caused long-term problems for getting work done in government. (pepifoto/Getty Images)
    How the Trump administration’s leadership churn could reform political appointments

    Short-term leaders have famously caused long-term problems for getting work done in government.

    Jessie Bur
    January 12
  • Mark Vandroff, shown here before his 2019 retirement, has resigned from the National Security Council as senior policy director. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Todd Frantom/U.S. Navy)
    Another senior Trump national security aide resigns in wake of Capitol riot

    Another Trump administration national security aide has resigned in the wake of violence at the U.S. Capitol.

    David B. Larter
    January 7
  • Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, meets with Gen. Lloyd Austin, who has been nominated to be the next secretary of defense. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)
    Biden won’t have his defense secretary in place on Day One

    President-elect Joe Biden is pressuring on Congress to quickly confirm his nominees for national security roles, but it appears the congressional calendar won’t permit his pick for defense secretary to be in place on Day One.

    Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta
    January 7
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