Biden Administration

President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalizes his choice for secretary of defense.

In his final weeks in the White House, President Trump is rushing to approve execution methods such as firing squads and hanging for federal death-row inmates. The Marshall Project’s Keri Blakinger explains what these new rules really mean for prisoners.

President-elect Joe Biden introduced members of his economic team who say they will “hit the ground running” to combat the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.

President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female communications team at his White House, led by campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield.

As president-elect, Biden is making sweeping promises to LGBTQ activists, proposing to carry out virtually every major proposal on their wish lists. Among them: Lifting the Trump administration’s near-total ban on military service for transgender people, barring federal contractors from anti-LGBTQ job discrimination, and creating high-level LGBTQ-rights positions at the State Department, the National Security Council and other federal...

Milwaukee County completed its recount of presidential ballots, finding only small changes in vote totals for one of the two Wisconsin counties recounting ballots.

Mary Nichols will soon leave her job as California’s top air regulator after more than four decades of advocating for ambitious climate policies in the nation’s most populous state

The Trump administration is moving forward on gutting a longstanding federal protection for roughly 1,000 species of birds in the United States

President-elect Joe Biden revealed a number of his administration picks on Monday, including two major firsts if they are confirmed by the Senate. NBCLX breaks down Biden’s Cabinet selections, including the first woman tapped to lead the U.S. intelligence and the first Latino to head the Department of Homeland Security.

Americans want President-elect Joe Biden to prioritize uniting the country when he takes office in January, according to a new poll. NBCLX political storyteller Noah Pransky breaks down the NBCLX/YouGov survey that asked Americans what the Biden Administration should tackle first once he’s in the White House.

President-elect Joe Biden is adding four Obama-Biden administration veterans to his top ranks as he continues to build out his White House team

President-elect Joe Biden nominated former Secretary of State John Kerry to be special presidential envoy for climate. Here are five things to know about Kerry.

President-elect Joe Biden nominated former chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, to be Secretary of the Treasury. Here are five things to know about Yellen.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Here are five things to know about the career diplomat.

President-elect Joe Biden has selected Antony Blinken to be his nominee for secretary of state.

President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to fill out his administration and could name top Cabinet nominations as early as next week

Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the Interior Department, which oversees the nation’s tribes

President-elect Joe Biden is criticizing President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to block the peaceful transition of power at the White House, saying it has hindered the flow of information about programs to fast-track a coronavirus vaccine

President-elect Joe Biden promised help for health care workers fighting the crisis Wednesday, but is still being blocked from receiving crucial transition data; COVID-19 relief remains stalled in Congress.

President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Julie Chávez Rodríguez as director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. Here are five things to know about the former Biden deputy campaign manager.