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Amazon first appeared on the USTR list in 2019.

Amazon cries foul as trade office names ‘notorious markets’

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted January 14, 2021 at 5:29pm
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris looks on as President-elect Joe Biden speaks Thursday evening as he lays out his plan for combating the coronavirus and jump-starting the economy.

Biden pushes for $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 14, 2021 at 5:00pm
As president, Biden is expected to push for more aid to the country.

Biden expected to push for heavy investment in Ukraine aid

By Mark Satter
Posted January 14, 2021 at 10:46am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer have to navigate slim majorities to pass another aid package.

Biden preps coronavirus ‘rescue’ plan, with ‘recovery’ bill to follow

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 13, 2021 at 10:25pm
Vilsack testified in 2019 on the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Trade.

Biden’s choice to lead USDA helped monitor OxyContin maker

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted January 11, 2021 at 1:30pm
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris looks on as President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on Friday after he announced the cabinet nominees that will round out his economic team in Wilmington, Del.

Biden to unveil coronavirus relief plan next week

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 8, 2021 at 4:16pm
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo speaks to a women's summit in Washington in October 2015.

Biden to pick Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo for Commerce

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 7, 2021 at 5:28pm
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Biden said to tap Boston mayor Martin Walsh for Labor secretary

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 7, 2021 at 3:03pm
President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress prepares to certify the electoral college votes.

Despite calls, odds are against Trump’s impeachment or removal using 25th Amendment

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 7, 2021 at 1:17pm
Merrick Garland has been a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1997.

Biden to tap Merrick Garland as attorney general

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 6, 2021 at 2:01pm
The fiscal 2022 budget could be delayed, officials in President-elect Joe Biden's transition said, because of poor cooperation from President Donald Trump's administration.

Budget process, COVID spending being undermined by OMB, Biden transition says

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 30, 2020 at 3:43pm, Updated December 31, 2020 at 3:36pm
Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley says a Trump veto of the aid package would hurt farmers.

Trump’s threats to massive spending bill spoil Christmas break

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 23, 2020 at 12:06pm, Updated at 5:17pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the press after attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.

Trump demands Congress ‘amend’ massive spending package

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 22, 2020 at 9:00pm
Former Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., was pardoned by President Donald Trump shortly before he was due to report to prison.

Trump pardons ex-Reps. Duncan Hunter, Chris Collins

By Lindsey McPherson and Herb Jackson
Posted December 22, 2020 at 8:21pm
President-elect Joe Biden speaks with reporters at the Queen Theater on Dec. 22, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. Biden called the $900 billion coronavirus aid bill passed by Congress on Monday a start, insisting on more economic relief after his inauguration.

Joe Biden expects no ‘honeymoon,’ but help in ending a ‘nightmare’

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 22, 2020 at 5:05pm
Vice President Mike Pence is set to be vaccinated on Friday, but no one will say where the vaccine is coming from.

Where are the ‘continuity of government’ vaccine doses coming from? No one wants to say

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 17, 2020 at 1:44pm
Construction workers have been building bleachers at the inaugural platform on the West Front of the Capitol.

Inaugural ceremony to go forward without public attendance

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 16, 2020 at 12:21pm
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, says the Constitution recognizes Joe Biden's presidential win, so he doesn’t have to.

Biden thanks Senate Republicans for acknowledging his Electoral College victory

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 14, 2020 at 9:27pm
Top officials at the White House will be among those to receive vaccine priority.

White House, Congress, judiciary prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines due to continuity-of-government protocols

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 13, 2020 at 7:43pm
People watch as Joe Biden delivers remarks that are displayed on a screen in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington during the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020.

Biden team making legislative outreach an early priority

By Niels Lesniewski and Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 10, 2020 at 5:00am
Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack of Iowa is President-elect Biden's reported choice for the Cabinet post.

Vilsack on course for encore as Agriculture secretary

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted December 8, 2020 at 9:25pm
President Donald Trump speaks during his Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit in Washington Tuesday.

‘America First’ order unlikely to save vaccines for Americans

By Emily Kopp
Posted December 8, 2020 at 7:43pm
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra served in the House until early 2017. He could face a confirmation battle.

Biden health team takes shape as GOP weighs confirmation fight

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 8, 2020 at 7:18pm
Then-Vice President Joe Biden, center, and then-Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in December 2016.

Biden announces health team, including Becerra for HHS secretary

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 6, 2020 at 9:46pm, Updated December 7, 2020 at 9:37am
Anthony Fauci, center, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Vice President Mike Pence, and Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, leave a congressional briefing in the Capitol Visitor Center about the coronavirus outbreak on March 4, 2020.

Will Biden retain any top Trump officials?

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 4, 2020 at 4:12pm
Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, has rankled both the left and right.

Biden tees up confirmation battle over budget chief selection

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 30, 2020 at 5:41pm
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio, said in an 13 interview with Cleveland.com that she would focus on issues like clean water and ways agriculture can help address climate change.

Ohio Rep. Fudge, supporters eye Agriculture secretary post

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted November 25, 2020 at 9:11am
In Janet Yellen, above, Joe Biden would have a Treasury secretary nominee who has received bipartisan Senate confirmation for previous posts at the Fed.

Biden said to pick Janet Yellen for Treasury amid deep economic slump

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 23, 2020 at 6:03pm
Louisa Terrell follows newly elected Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., into the Capitol in November 2013.

Terrell to lead Biden’s legislative affairs shop

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 20, 2020 at 11:00am
Before he was fired, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper reportedly sent Trump a classified memo on Afghanistan.

Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal plan at odds with GOP leaders

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 17, 2020 at 2:14pm