Biden announces Miguel Cardona as education secretary nominee
Cordona, who has been the education commissioner of Connecticut and has public schools experience, will become the third Latino tapped to serve in the Biden administration.
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Cordona, who has been the education commissioner of Connecticut and has public schools experience, will become the third Latino tapped to serve in the Biden administration.
Congress passed a $900 billion stimulus measure that now heads to President Trump for a signature. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid joins CBSN with the latest.
A federal judge in Texas could decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of people who were brought to the country illegally as children. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya Galvez has the latest on how Tuesday's hearing differs from the Trump administration's previous attempts to dismantle the program and how the lawsuit attacks the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program's 2007 origins.
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Miguel Cardona for education secretary. Cardona is currently the education commissioner in Connecticut and has experience as a public school teacher. CBS Los Angeles has more.
From President-elect Joe Biden's surprise win to the upcoming Senate run-offs, Georgia keeps making big election news. For the first time ever, Georgia voters have elected African American sheriffs in all four of the most populous counties around Atlanta. It's a major milestone in the changing deep South. Mark Strassmann spoke with all four of the sheriff-elects.
Transition officials said the changes in immigration policy changes — especially along the U.S.-Mexico border — will take time, given the ongoing pandemic.
Mr. Biden spoke from Wilmington, Delaware, about the cyberattack that targeted numerous government agencies.
Attorney General Bill Barr announced Monday that he will not be appointing special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden or President Trump's claims of voter fraud. Meanwhile, the president continues to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett joins CBSN's Tom Hanson to discuss the latest from Washington, D.C.
As Congress spent the weekend working on economic relief for the country, President Trump was taking meetings focused on overturning his election loss. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and Washington Post political reporter Eugene Scott join CBSN's Tanya Rivero on "Red & Blue" to discuss where the Trump legal challenges could head next.
Mr. Biden joins a growing list of public officials who have shared their experiences getting inoculated against COVID-19 as part of efforts to build public trust in its safety.
Congress has agreed on a $900 billion coronavirus relief package which includes a new round of stimulus checks and restored supplemental unemployment benefits. CBS News political reporter Grace Segers joins CBSN AM to break down what's in the bill and what it means for the incoming Biden administration.
Russian intelligence services are being blamed for a just-discovered major cyberattack on U.S. government agencies and private companies that started in March. President Trump has downplayed the seriousness of the breach and floated the idea that China might instead be the culprit, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia, and the incoming Biden administration says it is considering retaliation that goes beyond sanctions. Neil Walsh, director of cyber affairs at the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime, joins CBSN AM's Anne-Marie Green to talk about the ongoing investigation and the potential diplomatic fallout.
President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in front of television cameras in an effort to boost public confidence in the safety of the vaccine. Mr. Biden urged Americans to get the shot when they can, saying they have "nothing to worry about." Watch his remarks.
Cybersecurity experts and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo say evidence points to Russia for a massive hack of U.S. government agencies, but President Trump is pointing the finger at China. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid spoke with CBSN's Anne-Marie Green about what the Biden administration can do to deter Russian hacking and interference, as well as the president's latest moves to fight the election results.
President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced nominees for key positions in his administration who will oversee the environment and the fight against climate change. Watch his introduction.
Klain said there have been different messages coming from the White House, secretary of state and President Trump's Twitter feed.
The following is a transcript of an interview with Ron Klain, incoming White House chief of staff for President-elect Joe Biden, that aired Sunday, December 13, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
The vice president-elect formally announced his nominees for positions such as EPA administrator and Interior secretary.
The rift comes as the president-elect is set to announce more historic Cabinet appointments.
The Biden transition team is clashing with the Trump administration over access to the Pentagon. Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller says his team and the Biden team mutually agreed to put off some meetings scheduled for Friday until after the holidays, but the head of the Biden transition told reporters that's not true, and that his team continues to face "isolated resistance from political appointees" in the Defense Department and similar issues at a few other agencies he declined to name. Ed O’Keefe reports on the latest in the Biden transition.
December 18 marks the anniversary of the deaths of Neilia and Naomi, Biden's first wife and baby daughter.
The president-elect has said he will take his vaccine in front of the media to build public confidence.
Building work comes a year after Tehran claimed enrichment progress at the Fordo site, and as it seeks leverage ahead of possible new talks with Washington.
CBSN's Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers talk about the top political headlines with CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe and CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy.