Tag: Joe Biden
Malveaux: The Biden cabinet is made up of Obama-era retreads
By Julianne Malveaux
I neither expected sparks nor extreme surprises as President-elect Joe Biden begin to announce his Cabinet. I did expect diversity, and we've...
2020: A Year to Remember
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
What’s left to say about 2020 except that it’s over. But what a year with the well-chronicled coronavirus pandemic...
Joe Biden Taps Michael Regan As EPA Administrator
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Black Voices
President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Michael Regan as his pick for the nation’s 16th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,...
In a first, leading Republicans call Biden president-elect
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans said Monday that Democrat Joe Biden is the winner of the presidential election,...
Biden clears 270-vote mark as electors affirm his victory
By Mark Sherman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Electoral College gave Joe Biden a majority of its votes Monday, confirming his victory in last month’s...
Biden focuses on virus fight as White House transition opens
Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden signaled strongly on Monday that fighting the raging pandemic will be the immediate priority of his...
Biden-Harris victory shows ‘good beat out evil’, says Birmingham Mayor Woodfin
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Leading up to the 2020 president election, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin studied the field of eminently qualified candidates to represent...
Tears flow in Birmingham-area after Biden-Harris win
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
When former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris were elected as the president and vice-president elect, Alabama state...
Biden promotes unity, turns to business of transition
By Will Weissert
Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden used his first national address as president-elect to vow to heal a deeply divided nation,...
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United...