The outgoing secretary of state says he is campaigning for the position, which will be filled by the Legislature when it convenes Dec. 2.
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Biden signals sharp shift from Trump with Cabinet picks
The best known of the bunch is John Kerry, who made climate change one of his top priorities while serving as Obama’s secretary of state.
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Michigan board certifies Biden win, dealing Trump another blow
Both the president and top Republican officials sought to discredit the vote process in Michigan’s Wayne County, home of Detroit, making sweeping and unsubstantiated claims about widespread fraud and citing errors in the vote tallies.
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Transition allowed to begin as U.S. agency ascertains Biden won election
General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy finally made the determination Monday after Trump efforts to subvert the vote failed across battleground states.
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King to remain in Senate as Biden plans to nominate former CIA official for intelligence post
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate the first woman to serve as director of national intelligences, former CIA deputy director Avril Haines.
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Biden builds out national security team and wants John Kerry to lead climate effort
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.
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Jared Golden backs Trump bid to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan
Maine’s 2nd Congressional District representative, a combat veteran, said it’s “time to bring our armed forces home.”
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Trump campaign legal team distances itself from conservative firebrand attorney
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.
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Maine Democratic Party chief moving to Rhode Island
State Rep. Drew Gattine of Westbrook only declared contender to replace her at the party’s helm.
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Chris Christie calls conduct of Trump’s legal team a ‘national embarrassment’
He and several other Republicans have begun to publicly urge the president to concede.