Senior Biden staffer called Palestinian suicide bombings ‘the last resort of a desperate people’

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPresident-elect Joe Biden has surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to claim the presidency, as California’s electors put him over the top on Monday afternoon.With the state’s 55 votes added to the tally, Biden held 302 electoral votes. He and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are expected to finish with 306 votes once Hawaii’s four electors cast their ballots later on Monday.

Some progressive Democrats are raising concerns about how President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet is beginning to take shape and are demanding more representation in the incoming administration.  Although progressives applauded the selection of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra – a proponent of "Medicare-for-all" – to lead the Health and Human Services Department, they've also openly bristled at some of Biden's other nominees and have urged him to move further left when he fills the

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A pro-gun group is not happy about President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for Health and Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra, and is alleging that the administration will spend the next four years characterizing firearm ownership as a public health crisis.

President-elect Joe Biden's claim last month that he "seeks not to divide but unify" has been undercut by his nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the next secretary of health and human services, Laura Ingraham argued Monday.

Republicans slammed President-elect Joe Biden after he announced his choice of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for secretary of Health and Human Services on Monday, and they criticized Becerra's record on abortion and other issues. Sen.Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he would not vote to confirm Becerra, and pro-life group Susan B.

The Grinch stole 2020 — so even the biggest Scrooges are more desperate than ever to salvage holiday cheer in a year trashed by a deadly pandemic, nasty political mudslinging and civil unrest. It’s trending.

Joe Biden reportedly has selected California’s attorney general Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

WILMINGTON, Delaware – President-elect Joe Biden has selected California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, an ardent LGBT ally and a former congressman, as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Another coronavirus shutdown is not out of the question for New Jersey, one of the states most affected by the pandemic, Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is still facing backlash for dining at a restaurant with a large group while pushing new coronavirus restrictions on indoor dining during a spike in cases, and President-elect Joe Biden has yet to weigh in on the matter.

Kamala Harris made history several times over in being projected the next vice president of the United States. Her parents emigrated to the U.S.

National attention is on Georgia amid its twin Senate runoff races and statewide recount that shows President-elect Joe Biden leading President Trump by less than 13,000 votes, according to WSB-TV in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Republican Sens.

Darrell Issa, the former thorn in the Obama administration's side, is back on Capitol Hill after a brief exit from public office, and the Republican is casting serious doubt on whether fellow Californian Kamala Harris can work effectively with Congress as vice president.  Issa, the incoming congressman for California's 50th District, said Harris has no record of bipartisanship and is ill equipped to be a liaison to Capitol Hill in the way that Joe Biden was a bridge-builder under President

Joe Biden‘s 2020 presidential election win was a miraculous feat — but he couldn’t have done it without Senator Kamala Harris by his side.On Saturday, November 7, the Biden-Harris ticket emerged victorious over President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. Harris, 56, is the first woman, the first Black person and the first South Asian to be elected vice president.The longtime politician began her impressive career as district attorney of San Francisco, California, in 2004.

California public health officials have seen a spike in coronavirus cases as infections continue to rise nationally and gatherings like the spontaneous street celebrations after Joe Biden was named president-elect this weekend threaten to worsen the pandemic.  On Sunday, Los Angeles County saw 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day, figures not seen since August.