Hunter Biden, the son of US President-elect Joe Biden and a frequent target of Republican attacks, said Wednesday he was under federal investigation about his taxes.
Biden picks first Black Pentagon chief
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Lloyd Austin, who led US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and rose to head the US Central Command, as the first African-American secretary of defense, US media reported Monday.
Biden names all-female senior communications team
US President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday announced an all-female senior White House communications team, in what his office called a first in the country’s history.
China’s Xi congratulates Biden on US election win: state media
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated Joe Biden on his US election victory, state media reported.
Americans ‘won’t stand’ for election results not being honored: Biden
US President-elect Joe Biden said Wednesday that Americans “won’t stand” for the results of the November 3 election not being honored.
The Biden cabinet: seasoned centrists, but with a few firsts
In his first cabinet appointments, President-elect Joe Biden is signaling that he favors competence and centrism and is not out to please his Democratic Party’s left-wing base, although he achieved historic firsts for women and minorities.
Lame duck Trump pardons turkey but dodges elephant in room
Lame duck President Donald Trump addressed a live turkey and journalists Tuesday but again avoided the elephant in the room — his failure to concede defeat to Joe Biden.
Biden signals US diplomatic shift with new team
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced a foreign policy and national security team crammed with veterans from the Barack Obama years, signalling an end to the upheaval under President Donald Trump and a return to traditional US diplomacy.
Trump finally agrees to Biden transition – but still not conceding
Donald Trump came his closest yet to admitting election defeat Monday after the government agency meant to ease Joe Biden’s transition into the White House said it was finally lifting its unprecedented block on assistance.
Biden to start naming cabinet picks Tuesday as Trump resists
US President-elect Joe Biden will name his first cabinet picks on Tuesday, his chief of staff said, even as Donald Trump clung to unsubstantiated claims of fraud despite growing dissent from within his own party.
Trump defends withdrawal from ‘unfair’ Paris climate accord
US President Trump on Sunday defended his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord, calling it “unfair and one-sided” even as President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the landmark agreement.
From ally to pariah? Saudi confident of ‘friendly’ ties with Biden
Saudi Arabia expects no major change in its relationship with the US under Joe Biden, a senior official told CNN, despite the president-elect pledging to turn the kingdom into a “pariah”.
Bye Donald! Twitter to hand @POTUS account to Biden on inauguration day
Twitter confirmed Saturday it will hand control of the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he is sworn in on inauguration day, even if President Donald Trump has not conceded his election loss.
Biden denounces ‘irresponsible’ Trump fight to reverse election
US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday accused Donald Trump of brazenly damaging democracy, as the incumbent’s campaign to reverse his election loss through fraud claims was dealt another blow with a recount in Georgia.
Will Biden be a one-term president?
Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to win the US presidency, will celebrate his 78th birthday on Friday.
In denial! Small networks boosted as Trump supporters reject Fox
Tens of thousands of Donald Trump supporters, disbelieving the presidential election results and increasingly frustrated by the conservative Fox News, are turning — often at the president’s urging — to smaller, right-wing channels OAN and Newsmax, which still refuse to call the race for Joe Biden.
Gifts, popsicles and mass: Chinese villagers recall Biden’s 2001 visit
Nearly two decades ago, the residents of a small Chinese village near Beijing were visited by a foreigner who is soon to become America’s most powerful man: Joe Biden.
Biden warns ‘more people may die’ of virus if transition delayed
US President-elect Joe Biden expressed frustration Monday over Donald Trump’s refusal to cooperate on the White House transition process, saying “more people may die” of coronavirus without immediate coordination on fighting the surging pandemic.
Trump retracts apparent admission of defeat
President Donald Trump appeared accidentally to admit his election defeat in a tweet on Sunday morning — before reversing course to claim he won, and once again push unsubstantiated claims of mass fraud in the vote.
Harris leads record wave of elected women changing face of US politics
With Kamala Harris poised to become the first female vice president of the United States, and with a record number of women elected to Congress — including more Republicans than ever — considerable history will be made when they all take office in January.
Biden’s possible India links spark genealogical frenzy
Already bursting with pride at Kamala Harris’s ancestry, India has now started digging up potential local roots for US President-elect Joe Biden.
After waiting 1 week, China sends ‘congratulations’ to Joe Biden on US election win
China congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday nearly a week after he was declared winner of the American election.
Facebook, Google extend political ad ban amid misinformation rise
Facebook and Google have extended their bans on political ads in the United States amid misinformation circulated aimed at bolstering claims by President Donald Trump of fraud in his loss to Joe Biden.
Republicans ‘poisoning’ US democracy by shunning Biden win: top Democrat
The US Senate’s top Democrat warned his Republican colleagues Thursday that they were “poisoning” the country’s democracy by continuing to refuse to acknowledge Joe Biden’s presidential election victory last week.
