Democrats are demanding that Republicans slow consideration of picks for the new administration until they can review background checks, as the G.O.P. faces major pressure to quickly confirm them.

The White House says President Joe Biden will deliver a capstone address to highlight some of his administration's most significant foreign policy achievements

A coalition of over 17,000 doctors sent a joint letter to the Senate , asking members to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be secretary of health and human services under Donald Trump. The Committee to Protect Health Care said in its letter that Kennedy is “not only unqualified to lead this essential agency—he is actively dangerous.” The group describes Trump’s decision to nomina…

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