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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2008, file photo, Nicholas Burns announces his retirement at the State Department in Washington. President Joe Biden is facing a fresh challenge to his oft-repeated commitment to diversity in his administration: assembling a diplomatic corps that gives a nod to key political allies and donors while staying true to a campaign pledge to appoint ambassadors who look like America. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
AP source: Biden picks LA mayor, envoy for ambassador posts

By Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Blood May. 27, 2021 12:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2008, file photo, Nicholas Burns announces his retirement at the State Department in Washington. President Joe Biden is facing a fresh challenge to his oft-repeated commitment to diversity in his administration: assembling a diplomatic corps that gives a nod to key political allies and donors while staying true to a campaign pledge to appoint ambassadors who look like America. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
AP source: Biden picks LA mayor, envoy for ambassador posts

By Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Blood May. 26, 2021 03:42 PM EDT

People gather to protest Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's policies near her home on the two-year anniversary of her inauguration, Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
Chicago mayor faces dashed hopes of her backers

By Sara Burnett May. 19, 2021 11:42 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 22, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2021. There are 312 days left in the year. Today’s...

President-elect Joe Biden announces former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transportation secretary during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)
Biden hails transportation nominee Buttigieg as 'new voice'

By Aamer Madhani And Will Weissert Dec. 17, 2020 01:25 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden announces former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transportation secretary during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)
Biden hails transportation nominee Buttigieg as 'new voice'

By Aamer Madhani And Will Weissert Dec. 16, 2020 10:45 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden listens as his Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Latest: Biden announces Buttigieg as transportation pick

Dec. 15, 2020 07:32 AM EST

FILE - In this May 19, 2013, file photo, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough returns to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip with President Barack Obama. President-elect Joe Biden is nominating former President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff Denis McDonough as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The sprawling agency has presented organizational challenges for both parties over the years. Biden is continuing to stockpile his administration with prominent alumni of the Obama administration (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Obama reunion? Biden fills Cabinet with former WH leaders

By Aamer Madhani Dec. 11, 2020 01:08 AM EST

FILE - In this April 22, 2019, file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel waves as he arrives at a news conference outside of the south air traffic control tower at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
AP source: Emanuel's Cabinet prospects increasingly unlikely

By Michael Balsamo And Aamer Madhani Dec. 10, 2020 11:22 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2014, file photo Vice President Joe Biden, with Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain, left, and White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, meets with faith and humanitarian groups as part of the administration's response to Ebola in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House compound in Washington. Klain is preparing to serve as President-elect Joe Biden’s chief of staff, a job often referred to as the nation’s chief operating officer. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Klain brings decades of DC experience to Biden White House

By Ashraf Khalil And Laurie Kellman Dec. 02, 2020 12:10 AM EST

Janet Yellen, who has been is nominated by President-Elect Joe Biden to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, arrives for an event with Biden at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
The Latest: Biden inaugural committee limits donors to $500K

Dec. 01, 2020 01:22 PM EST

This undated photo shows Margaret Streicker, a Republican candidate for Connecticut's 3rd Congressional District. Streicker will face incumbent Democrat Rosa DeLauro in the 2020 elections. (Streiker for Congress via AP)
Reps. DeLauro, Hayes face aggressive Republican challengers

By Susan Haigh Oct. 20, 2020 02:33 PM EDT

File-In this April 10, 2020 file photo Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Hall A at the COVID-19 alternate site at McCormick Place in Chicago. Lightfoot says President Donald Trump was aiming to "inflame racist urges" when he threatened to take action against protesters in Minneapolis. Lightfoot was responding to a Trump tweet in which he wrote "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" in response to violent protests over the death of George Floyd after a white police officer knelt on his neck.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
Chicago mayor: Trump trying to gain from George Floyd death

By Kathleen Foody May. 29, 2020 03:50 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington. The Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, announced it is suing U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the city's public school district, saying its policies interfere with the education of students with special needs during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Teachers union sues DeVos, school district over special ed

By Don Babwin May. 20, 2020 01:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 1933, file photo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his first radio "fireside chat" in Washington. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo)
Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

By Michael Tackett And Josh Boak Apr. 25, 2020 11:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 26, 1937, file photo, Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers make copper utensils for Pima County Hospital in Texas. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo, File)
Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

By Michael Tackett And Josh Boak Apr. 25, 2020 09:58 AM EDT