In a deal brokered by the Trump administration, Morocco and Israel have agreed to establish diplomatic relations. The United States has also agreed to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over occupied Western Sahara, the first country in the world to do so. Morocco has occupied much of the resource-rich territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.
Lifetime’s new “mini-movie” about the KFC founder isn’t making that part up.
Critics say the platform enables fraud and exploits holes in the social safety net.
Louis DeJoy is likely to last well into the Biden administration.
The majority leader wants to send Americans a big lump of coal.
A key panel raises objections to the president’s campaign-trail promise of $200 in discounts for seniors.
Most Americans’ best hope of getting a shot by spring or early summer may rest on vaccines that have not yet been proven to work.
Pfizer is seeking authorization to use the vaccine in people 16 and older.
Xavier Becerra, the California attorney general and former House lawmaker, would enter Biden’s HHS without traditional health or management experience – but with immense power to undo Trump’s actions.
Governors will let providers sort out thorny questions over who should be first in line.
Clinton put out the flames with his bare hands.
Their conditions for reopening schools are not unreasonable.
In 2020, I couldn’t keep up my longtime tradition—but I did get a better idea.
A former high-level employee at Heather Boushey’s think tank publicly aired the accusations on Tuesday night.
“That disqualifies almost every Republican senator and 90 percent of the administration,” the president-elect said of GOP criticism.
Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks.
Brian Deese is an executive at investment giant BlackRock.
The president-elect intends to name Cecilia Rouse, Neera Tanden and Wally Adeyemo to senior roles in his administration.
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
41 DAYS UNTIL JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
Julia Conley at Common Dreams writes—Climate Action, Indigenous Rights Groups Among Those Championing Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary:
The national women’s rights organization UltraViolet on Wednesday became the latest group to call on President-elect Joe Biden to appoint Rep.
In a historic move Tuesday, the Army said it fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, and ordered policy changes to address chronic failures of leadership that contributed to a widespread pattern of violence, including murder, sexual assault, and harassment. A separate probe was also ordered into the base’s Criminal Investigation Command unit that is responsible for investigating crimes at Fort Hood.
BuzzFeed News reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has backpedaled from its attack against the outlet for its egregious crime of factually reporting on the out-of-control agency’s policies, saying it won’t try to enforce its subpoena demanding it reveal its sources. For now.
Bernard was an accomplice to a crime at age 18. He is the ninth person to be executed as part of the Trump administration’s end-of-office killing spree.
Happy December to all who observe!
I confess, I’m finding it a little difficult to get into the holiday spirit this year.
On one hand, we’re about to leave this crap year behind us.
But on the other, so many lousy things are still happening, like, all the time.
… including (but in no way limited to) Trump continuing to attempt to use GOP-controlled state legislatures to help him overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Peter Yeager, the man who walked into Democratic Party headquarters in Spokane, Washington, on Wednesday claimed he had a bomb, and the wires sticking out of his backpack seemed to substantiate that. He also had a manifesto that he was eager to see disseminated in the media.
Dr. Charlotte Kent told congressional investigators she believes the deletion order came from CDC Director Robert Redfield.
By nearly all measures, it has been a horrible week, a horrible month (10 days in), and a horrible year. The United States this week set records in all three metrics that gauge the pandemic’s severity, with a total of 1.4 million new cases and 15,966 deaths.
In a historic moment during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, an FDA advisory committee voted today in favor of authorizing the first vaccine against COVID-19. The formal implementation of this recommendation, which would allow the vaccine to be given to anyone 16 or older, is expected to follow imminently.This marks the beginning of a new and hopeful phase in a crisis that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans and caused widespread economic collapse.
The painting features the former interior secretary riding a horse through Bears Ears National Monument shortly before he and Trump trashed the protected site.
Dick Hinch, 71, became speaker just last week after Republicans won the House majority in November’s elections.
