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Election 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics

Transition allowed to begin as U.S. agency ascertains Biden won election

by MATTHEW DALY, ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy finally made the determination Monday after Trump efforts to subvert the vote failed across battleground states.

Business, Nation & World, Politics

Biden picks ex-Fed chair Janet Yellen to lead treasury, source says

by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press November 23, 2020November 24, 2020

Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789.

Election 2020, Maine, News, Politics

King to remain in Senate as Biden plans to nominate former CIA official for intelligence post

by Kevin Miller November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate the first woman to serve as director of national intelligences, former CIA deputy director Avril Haines.

Nation & World, Politics

Biden builds out national security team and wants John Kerry to lead climate effort

by MATTHEW LEE Associated Press November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Avril Haines is expected to be nominated as director of national intelligence, a job for which Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, was under consideration.

Maine, Nation & World, Politics

Jared Golden backs Trump bid to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan

by Steve Collins November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Maine’s 2nd Congressional District representative, a combat veteran, said it’s “time to bring our armed forces home.”

Election 2020, Nation & World, Politics

Republicans, business leaders push for action on Biden transition

by MATTHEW DALY and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press November 23, 2020November 24, 2020

Officials say President Trump’s refusal to concede ‘constitutes a serious threat’ to America’s democratic process.

Election 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics

Trump campaign legal team distances itself from conservative firebrand attorney

by ERIC TUCKER Associated Press November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Sidney Powell has made multiple incorrect statements about the voting process, unspooled unsupported and complex conspiracy theories and vowed to ‘blow up’ Georgia with a ‘biblical’ court filing.