Live updates: Harris resigns Senate seat; Biden participates in national day of service Amy B Wang, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner
How Biden and D.C. are preparing for an inauguration like no other
Replay Video UP NEXT Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris resigned her Senate seat Monday, stepping down four years after she was elected as California’s junior senator. She sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, with her resignation effective at noon. President-elect Joe Biden volunteered at a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia as part of a national day of service coordinated by his inaugural committee ahead of his swearing-in at a heavily fortified Capitol on Wednesday.
The Energy 202: Trump administration jams in environmental rollbacks in final days Dino Grandoni
with Alexandra Ellerbeck Even as they re packing their bags, President Trump s team is jamming in more rollbacks to energy and environmental restrictions.
As Juliet Eilperin and I report, the slew of new rules several of which will help the fossil fuel, logging and mining industries that have benefited from past Trump administration action sets up a clash with the incoming president. President-elect Joe Biden and his aides may spend months unwinding these policies as they gear up to cut greenhouse gas emissions unless congressional Democrats or federal judges step in to overturn them more quickly. Biden becomes president Wednesday.
Power Up: Trump-Pence relationship may set lowest bar yet Jacqueline Alemany the best of luck with his next chapter at The Post as a columnist for the Opinions section after a brilliant run in your inboxes for the past 4.5 years. Thanks for waking up with us – stay safe this weekend, Washington. : “The first confirmation hearing for one of President-elect Joe Biden’s crucial cabinet posts has been abruptly rescheduled, the ranking members of the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday,” NBC News s Julie Tsirkin, Frank Thorp V and Dartunorro Clark report. “Biden announced in November that Avril Haines, who held top national security jobs under former President Barack Obama, would become his director of national intelligence in his administration. The virtual hearing was scheduled for Friday but was postponed.