Jeffrey Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit and former law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, discussed a collection of the late Supreme Court Justice's writings.
President Trump presented the Medal of Freedom to Lou Holtz in the Oval Office. Mr. Holtz is a former college football and NFL coach. He led the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to the national title in 1988. Following the Medal of Freedom ceremony, the president responded to reporters' questions about COVID-19 relief legislation, the 2020 election and Attorney General Bill Barr.
President-elect Joe Biden introduced key economic advisers and nominees to serve in his incoming administration. Nominees included Janet Yellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, to be Treasury secretary and Neera Tanden, the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, to be White House budget director. Other nominees included Adewale Adeyemo for deputy Treasury secretary and Cecilia Rouse, Jared Bernstein and Heather Boushey to serve on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce held a virtual conversation about the pandemic with Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Eddie Glaude, chair of the African American Studies program at Princeton University, talks about race and politics in America as well as the relevance of the late author James Baldwin in the age of Black Lives Matter.
Eddie Glaude, chair of the African American Studies program at Princeton University, talks about race and politics in America as well as the relevance of the late author James Baldwin in the age of Black Lives Matter.
Former President Obama joined a virtual event in support of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, both of whom face a runoff election challenging Republican incumbent Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Rep.-Elect Nikema Williams (D-GA) and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms provided opening remarks, and former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams served as the moderator. The Democratic Party of Georgia sponsored the event.
The Aspen Institute hosted a virtual discussion with pharmaceutical company executives and cyber officials on securing the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Among the speakers were the chief information security officers (CISO) of Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson. NPR Investigations Correspondent Dina Temple-Raston moderated the discussion. The panel was part of the 2020 Aspen Cyber Summit.
Incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock participate in a televised debate. The Atlanta Press Club and Georgia Public Broadcasting are sponsoring the event.
Historians Susan Schulten and Eric Rauchway talked about two of the most contentious presidential transitions in U.S. history - in 1861, between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln, and in 1933, between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fielded questions from members in the House of Commons on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the announcement of the approval of a vaccine. The prime minister confirmed the vaccine distribution would begin the following week, prioritizing nursing home facilities and frontline workers. The U.K. become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. Prime Minister Johnson told members while this was "unquestionably good news" it was not the end of the national struggle to combat the virus.
Incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock participated in a televised debate. The Atlanta Press Club and Georgia Public Broadcasting sponsored the event. On January 5, 2020, the candidates will face off in a special runoff election that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
Historians Susan Schulten and Eric Rauchway talked about two of the most contentious presidential transitions in U.S. history - in 1861, between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln, and in 1933, between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt.
Eddie Glaude, chair of the African American Studies program at Princeton University, talks about race and politics in America as well as the relevance of the late author James Baldwin in the age of Black Lives Matter.
Eddie Glaude, chair of the African American Studies program at Princeton University, talks about race and politics in America as well as the relevance of the late author James Baldwin in the age of Black Lives Matter.
Historians Susan Schulten and Eric Rauchway talked about two of the most contentious presidential transitions in U.S. history - in 1861, between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln, and in 1933, between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt.
