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Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee in May 2019.

As Trump Pushes Election Falsehoods, His Cybersecurity Agency Pushes Back

Led by one of President Trump's nominees, the agency has been actively trying to correct misinformation spread by all sorts of actors, including Trump, about the election.

Then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks during a 2015 signing ceremony for an air quality agreement as then-Secretary of State John Kerry looks on. The two will be back together working on climate issues in the Biden administration.

With Biden's Boost, 2 Obama Veterans Are 'Ready To Run' Climate Efforts

The Biden administration will view climate change as an urgent crisis, and two former Obama Cabinet officials from Massachusetts will be key to taking on the challenge.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., center, is among the Republican lawmakers supporting a push for President-Elect Biden to receive new intelligence briefings as part of his transition to the White House.

Senate Republicans Back Push For President-Elect Biden To Get Intelligence Briefings

Even as many Senate Republicans refuse to recognize President-elect Joe Biden's win, they signaled support for Biden to receive intelligence briefings.

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday in Wilmington, Del., where he named John Kerry as a climate envoy. He says he'll also appoint a domestic climate policy coordinator to push for action across the government.

Biden's Next Climate Chief Will Tackle 'Existential Threat' At Home

Biden says he'll name someone to coordinate domestic climate policies across the government. Together with climate envoy John Kerry, it will give climate a higher profile than in past administrations.

The U.S. Supreme Court turned back an effort to reject Pennsylvania's election results.

Supreme Court Rejects GOP Bid To Reverse Pennsylvania Election Results

The lawsuit argued a 2019 state law authorizing universal mail-in voting was unconstitutional and that all ballots cast by mail in the general election in Pennsylvania should be thrown out.

The sign in front of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Administration Center, San Diego, August 13, 2018.

San Diego Sheriff To Comply With Federal Order To Release Migrant-Arrest Data

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials served subpoenas on the sheriff's department on Friday to compel it to produce information on four recent cases involving arrests of Mexican nationals believed to be in the country without authorization. It was the first time ICE had taken such a step in California.

Sinet An, who was born with a disability, is the star of Cambodia's women's wheelchair basketball team, which celebrated their first win in an international tournament just before the pandemic hit. With Cambodia in lockdown, she hones her skills in virtual practice sessions from her home in Chuuok village in Kandal province. Above: a practice session on June 24.

Shoot That Invisible Ball! How A Top Wheelchair Player Keeps Up Her Game In Lockdown

Sinet An and her Cambodian basketball teammates had their first big international win in late 2019. Then came COVID. Now they practice via Zoom — and dream of their return to the court.

Crews attach straps in July to the statue of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart in Richmond, Va. The statue was one of several that were removed by the city in 2020 following nationwide protests against systemic racism.

Nearly 100 Confederate Monuments Removed In 2020, Report Says; More Than 700 Remain

An annual survey by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that 168 Confederate symbols, 94 of them monuments, came down across the country, virtually all in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing.

Poet and author Lawrence Ferlinghetti, pictured above in 1960, was born on March 24, 1919.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small-Press Publisher, Dies At 101

In 1956, Ferlinghetti published the first edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl. According to one critic, his greatest accomplishments were fighting censorship and starting a small-press revolution.

President Biden gives his first news conference of his presidency Thursday at the White House.

200 Million Shots In 100 Days: Biden Issues New Vaccination Goal

President Biden is doubling his original COVID-19 vaccination goal to 200 million shots in arms by his 100th day in office.

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