to become the next treasury secretary, said two Biden allies, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel decision that was not yet public.While Blinken, 58, is not a household name for the secretary of state job, he has held important foreign policy positions in the last two Democratic administrations, including a spell as a deputy secretary of state under President Barack Obama.
Biden took a step toward reversing Trump's hard-line immigration policies by naming Cuban-born lawyer Alejandro Mayorkas toIf confirmed by the Senate, Mayorkas would become the first foreign-born leader of the sprawling department that was created after the Sep 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Mayorkas served as its deputy secretary in the Obama administration.
Biden beat Trump in Michigan by more than 150,000 votes, or almost 3 percentage points, and the election canvassing board is required to validate the count. Monday is also the deadline in Pennsylvania for counties to report their certified tallies to Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat. Boockvar likely would then certify the results on behalf of the state in a matter of days. Biden won Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes, or just over 1 percentage point.Electors in each state will convene as the Electoral College on Dec 14 to formally select the next president. Biden won 306 electoral votes, 36 over the 270 threshold needed to win.
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