Why Biden’s Cabinet remains nearly empty after two weeks
The GOP minority has slowed the confirmation process to a crawl.
By Josh Israel - February 04, 2021
The GOP minority has slowed the confirmation process to a crawl.
By Josh Israel - February 04, 2021
Republicans were adamant in 2017 that Trump’s national security team be ready to go on ‘day one.’ For Biden? Not so much.
By Amy Lieu - January 19, 2021
Lawmakers and advocates praise Biden for having ‘the most diverse administration ever’ but worry about the lack of AAPI representation in his Cabinet’s top roles.
By Amy Lieu - January 08, 2021
Rep. Deb Haaland, former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, and Michael Regan, North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality secretary, are his latest qualified nominees.
By Amy Lieu - December 17, 2020
The Senate is moving ahead with President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks, despite a handful of Republicans digging in their heels.
By Amy Lieu - December 17, 2020
Naming Deb Haaland as interior secretary breaks a 245-year record of non-Natives serving as the very top federal official over American Indian affairs.
By Associated Press - December 17, 2020
Katherine Tai is set to ‘break barriers’ as the 14th U.S. trade representative and the first woman in 24 years in the Cabinet post.
By Amy Lieu - December 10, 2020
Trump, of course, has said he’ll never concede.
By Josh Israel - December 10, 2020
Black voters were a driving national force pushing the former vice president to victory over Donald Trump.
By Associated Press - December 09, 2020
Republicans are planning to obstruct Joe Biden, despite his massive election win.
By Oliver Willis - November 18, 2020
A new report indicates Mitch McConnell would go as far as blocking Biden’s Cabinet nominees.
By Emily Singer - November 05, 2020
Ben Carson twice refused during congressional testimony to step away from his attacks on LGBTQ Americans.
By Oliver Willis - October 22, 2019
Trump’s Cabinet has had more ex-lobbyists than Obama or Bush.
By Associated Press - September 17, 2019
Trump has lost 18 such officials over the last two years alone.
By Oliver Willis - September 10, 2019
Alex Acosta’s cover story fell apart almost immediately.
By Oliver Willis - July 11, 2019
He thinks it’s fine to kick American kids out of public housing if their parents are immigrants.
By Oliver Willis - May 21, 2019
Trump’s secretary of education is actively helping the loan industry rip off students all across the country.
By Oliver Willis - May 16, 2019
Trump’s chosen secretary of defense, Patrick Shanahan, is coming under fire early in the nomination process.
By Oliver Willis - May 10, 2019
Pompeo skipped his science lesson after facing ridicule for tone deaf comments.
By Oliver Willis - May 09, 2019
Newly appointed EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is sticking to Trump’s anti-science, pro-crackpot line on climate change.
By Oliver Willis - April 15, 2019
Trump’s Cabinet catastrophe is the worst in memory.
By Oliver Willis - April 12, 2019
Brock Long, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, resigned after facing a string of scandals during his brief tenure.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 13, 2019
Trump says he likes avoiding the proper Senate confirmation process because it gives him ‘more flexibility.’
By Emily Singer - February 04, 2019
Trump Cabinet members would love to avoid accountability forever.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 30, 2019
HUD Secretary Ben Carson was doling out political favors instead of serving the most vulnerable Americans.
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