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    • Chandelis Duster
      Breaking News Reporter, CNN Politics

      Chandelis Duster is a politics reporter covering breaking news in Washington, D.C.

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    • President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as Assistant Secretary for Health at the United States Department of Health and Human Services who will be the first transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate. Dr. Levine currently serves as Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is leading the state's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Biden announces Rachel Levine as pick for assistant secretary at HHS, would be first transgender Senate-confirmed federal official

    • Harris resigns from the Senate ahead of inauguration

    • New York Times: Trump allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars from pardon seekers

    • Biden chief of staff doesn't rule out stopping intelligence briefings for Trump

    • Trailblazing firefighter hopes to inspire unity when she recites Pledge of Allegiance at Biden's inauguration

    • Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez to headline Biden-Harris inauguration

    • Metal detectors infuriate lawmakers as some Republicans erupt over new measures

    • Pentagon authorizes arming of National Guard members supporting Capitol security

    • Washington Post: Secret Service officer placed under investigation after accusing lawmakers of treason on social media

    • US to designate Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization