DECEMBER 4, 2020
National Security Council Senior Director of Counterterrorism Kashyap "Kash" Pramod Patel listen as U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
The Trump administration prevented President-elect Joe Biden's transition team from meeting with its counterparts at Pentagon intelligence agencies...
DECEMBER 4, 2020
FILE PHOTO - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, World Health Organization President Tedros Adhanom speaks to the press during the World Health Organization conference on noncommunicable diseases in Montevideo, Uruguay. At a meeting of WHO’s member states, Monday Nov. 9, 2020, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he welcomed “any and all attempts...
DECEMBER 4, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House.
Secretary of State Alex Padilla's formal approval of...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. A flurry of changes in the Pentagon's top ranks is underway as President Trump elevates long-time allies in moves that critics say sends a signal of turmoil in the leadership of the U.S. military just after a contentious election.
The Pentagon added four more Chinese companies...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at court in Vancouver. - Reuters/JENNIFER GAUTHIER
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huawei's finance chief, Meng Wanzhou, that would allow her to return to China from Canada, a person familiar with the matter said.
FILE PHOTO: A Huawei logo is...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dr. Anthony Fauci formally met with President-elect Joe Biden's transition team for the first time on Thursday to discuss the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fauci told NBC News he participated in a “very productive Zoom meeting," which lasted for an hour, with Biden’s team. Fauci said they discussed “a variety of Covid-related topics.” A...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. intelligence shows that China has conducted "human testing" on members of the People's Liberation Army in hopes of developing soldiers with "biologically enhanced capabilities," the nation's top intelligence official said Friday.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe included that explosive claim in a long Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he made...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Former US President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral of late Representative and Civil Rights leader John Lewis(D-GA) at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia on July 30, 2020.
Former president Barack Obama has rubbed elbows with some of the most powerful people in the world. And he has seen the good — and the bad —...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, center, walks with members of his staff as they make their way to a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — After weathering criticism for certifying President Donald Trump's narrow election loss to Democrat Joe Biden,...
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Former US Presidents Obama, G.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton smile while on the first tee during the first round of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club on September 28, 2017 in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Shelley Lipton/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering...
