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The Blue Room of the White House is decorated during the 2020 Christmas preview, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump declares victory in ‘War on Christmas’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo people rally outside the Supreme Court over President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington. A Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 federal court hearing in Houston over a U.S. program shielding immigrants brought to the country illegally as children highlights the peril the program still faces even under an incoming Democratic president who has pledged to protect it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

No immediate ruling after hearing on fate of DACA program

By JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press

In this file photo, President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before boarding Marine One. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Donald Trump urged to take on ‘deep state’ by pardoning leakers Snowden and Assange

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, at Turner Field in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) ** FILE **

Barack Obama, a boring boor who can’t stop condemning conservatives

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, center, walks out of the Oval Office of the White House with former Presidents Bill Clinton, left, and George W. Bush, right, to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Three former presidents say they'd be willing to take a coronavirus vaccine publicly, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated against a disease that has already killed more than 273,000 people nationwide. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Sales top 3 million for Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land’

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Democratic Georgia Senate challenger Jon Ossoff addresses supporters during a rally with the Rev. Rafael Warnock in Atlanta on the first day of early voting for the senate runoff Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Biden tells Georgia he needs a Democratic Senate to govern

By BILL BARROW and AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

Court ruling on DACA a relief for Marylanders in limbo

By KAITLYN FRANCIS of Capital News Service - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 18, 2020, file photo, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youth, complying with a federal judge's order. The announcement is a major, if temporary, victory for people who have been unable to apply since Trump ended DACA in September 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama-era program for immigrants faces new court challenge

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden announces his choice for several positions in his administration during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Biden’s picks point to their diverse backgrounds

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FILE - In this May 19, 2013, file photo, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough returns to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip with President Barack Obama. President-elect Joe Biden is nominating former President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff Denis McDonough as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The sprawling agency has presented organizational challenges for both parties over the years. Biden is continuing to stockpile his administration with prominent alumni of the Obama administration (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama reunion? Biden fills Cabinet with former WH leaders

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

In a Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks during the Obama Foundation Summit at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Former President Barack Obama says addressing global economic inequality is key to fighting climate change. Obama spoke Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the sustainable building conference Greenbuild in Atlanta.(Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Hilario Nieto, whose sentence was commuted by Obama, is arrested on federal drug trafficking charges

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Texas man whose sentence was commuted by Obama arrested

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In this Feb. 19, 2020 file photo, former National Security Adviser Susan Rice takes part in a discussion on global leadership at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The role will give her broad sway over his administration’s approach to immigration, health care and racial inequality and elevates the prominence of the position in the West Wing. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Joe Biden names Susan Rice to lead White House Domestic Policy Council, Denis McDonough to head VA

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus, she had a sterling reputation as a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover. Less than 10 months later, her reputation is frayed and her future in President-elect Joe Biden's administration uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump virus coordinator Birx seeks role in Biden government

By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

In this Oct. 28, 2013, file photo, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough listens as President Barack Obama speaks at FBI Headquarters in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden is nominating McDonough as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The sprawling agency has presented organizational challenges for both parties over the years. Biden is continuing to stockpile his administration with prominent alumni of the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Biden taps Rice as domestic policy adviser, McDonough for VA

By JULIE PACE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 26, 2015, photo, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

Vivek Murthy, Xavier Becerra signal gun control path for Joe Biden

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, at Northwestern High School in Flint, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama knocks Perdue, Loeffler, over stock trades

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Barack Obama: Donald Trump’s ‘stereotypical macho style’ appealed to some Black voters

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, a motorist drives into the sunrise in Kansas City, Mo. At a board meeting Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a big industry trade association, recognized that change is coming. Alliance CEO John Bozzella said automakers are committed to working with the Biden administration, which will renew the fight against climate change and likely will undo pollution and gas mileage rollbacks made by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Automakers prep for stronger mileage standards under Biden

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press