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If confirmed, Buttigieg would become the first openly LGBTQ US cabinet official. In assembling his team, Biden is emphasising experience and diversity, drawing heavily on past…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258245
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Sessions marks the first Trump appointee of the confirmation process, which will continue over the coming weeks. Trump’s appointees to cabinet positions, independent agencies and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217207
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US presidential powers and policy-making.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216916
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A new justice has the potential to change the tenor of the Supreme Court's rulings significantly for many years to come, on issues including the scope of federal regulation…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208470
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Perez won the DNC chair position in the first contested party leadership election in more than a decade. He will help formulate the Democrats’ near-term response to the party’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218447
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President Donald Trump is a keen advocate of executive orders, as were former Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama. However, executive orders can be legally dubious.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254907
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Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under the Obama and Trump administrations, has described loneliness as an epidemic and a public health crisis. Isolation increased during the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278296
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Biden's team can now receive sensitive government briefings and liaise with civil servants and current officeholders. He has started to announce his picks for the cabinet and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257752
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If confirmed by the Senate, Austin will be the first African-American in that post. His selection is strongly supported by minority rights groups, partly because his military…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258130
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The choice of Power, a former ambassador to the UN, indicates that the Biden administration intends a robust approach to international assistance that will incorporate her…