President-elect Joe Biden has selected Katherine Tai, the chief trade lawyer for the House Ways and Means Committee, to serve as U.S. trade representative, four sources familiar with the decision said on Wednesday.

Tai, 45, who won the backing of congressional Democrats, labor and business circles in recent weeks, played a key role in…

Based on what United States President-elect Joe Biden has said about his approach to trade, and what policies we know his party’s progressive wing will push him to adopt, it is reasonable to wonder: will Biden be the first sustainable trade president?

Sustainable trade…

This year’s presidential election has been incredibly stressful and controversial. Some would consider it the most important election in our lifetimes. The turnout has given hope to so many people in this country. People who are struggling during the pandemic, people who see the violence against Black Americans and know that we need a change, and people who understand that climate change is an issue that needs fixing.…

After 30 years of evaluating presidential Cabinet appointments for diversity, I entered this latest round feeling a tad burned out.

The process is discouraging. Some Latino advocacy groups are demanding five spots on the 15-member Cabinet being assembled by President-elect Joe Biden.…

UPDATED with Michigan governor reaction: Donald Trump has proven a loser yet again today as Joe Biden’s massive victory in Michigan received official certification from state officials.

After introductory discussion and then hours of comments from the public and passionate county clerks, Michagan’s four-member Board of State Canvassers on Monday voted 3-1 to confirm the President-elect’s nearly 155,000-vote victory in the Great Lakes State in the November 3 election. With truly one…

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that it's time to move on to "an orderly transfer of power" to President-elect Joe Biden's administration.

Ryan's comments were made Tuesday during Bank of America's virtual European Credit Conference and reported by POLITICO.

“So, the election is over," Ryan said. "The outcome is certain, and I really think the orderly transfer of power — that is one of the most uniquely fundamental American components of our political…

Joe Biden Has a Barack Obama Problem, Why?

Three years into his first term, President Barack Obama stood before the Australian Parliament and sketched out his vision for the United States’ tilting toward Asia. His tone was optimistic: Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq were winding down; the “tide of war is receding,” he told lawmakers in Canberra. These developments would allow Washington to shift its focus. “After a decade in which we fought two wars that cost us dearly, in blood and…