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, 2021The GOP minority has slowed the confirmation process to a crawl.
By Josh Israel - February 04, 2021Republicans 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, 2021Lawmakers 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, 2021Rep. 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, 2020The 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, 2020Naming 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, 2020Katherine 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, 2020Trump, of course, has said he’ll never concede.
By Josh Israel - December 10, 2020Black voters were a driving national force pushing the former vice president to victory over Donald Trump.
By Associated Press - December 09, 2020Republicans are planning to obstruct Joe Biden, despite his massive election win.
By Oliver Willis - November 18, 2020A new report indicates Mitch McConnell would go as far as blocking Biden’s Cabinet nominees.
By Emily Singer - November 05, 2020Ben Carson twice refused during congressional testimony to step away from his attacks on LGBTQ Americans.
By Oliver Willis - October 22, 2019Trump’s Cabinet has had more ex-lobbyists than Obama or Bush.
By Associated Press - September 17, 2019Trump has lost 18 such officials over the last two years alone.
By Oliver Willis - September 10, 2019Alex Acosta’s cover story fell apart almost immediately.
By Oliver Willis - July 11, 2019He thinks it’s fine to kick American kids out of public housing if their parents are immigrants.
By Oliver Willis - May 21, 2019Trump’s secretary of education is actively helping the loan industry rip off students all across the country.
By Oliver Willis - May 16, 2019Trump’s chosen secretary of defense, Patrick Shanahan, is coming under fire early in the nomination process.
By Oliver Willis - May 10, 2019Pompeo skipped his science lesson after facing ridicule for tone deaf comments.
By Oliver Willis - May 09, 2019Newly appointed EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is sticking to Trump’s anti-science, pro-crackpot line on climate change.
By Oliver Willis - April 15, 2019Trump’s Cabinet catastrophe is the worst in memory.
By Oliver Willis - April 12, 2019Brock 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, 2019Trump says he likes avoiding the proper Senate confirmation process because it gives him ‘more flexibility.’
By Emily Singer - February 04, 2019Trump Cabinet members would love to avoid accountability forever.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 30, 2019HUD Secretary Ben Carson was doling out political favors instead of serving the most vulnerable Americans.
By Tommy Christopher - September 20, 2018