Janet Hook covers national politics for the Los Angeles Times. She returned to the Washington bureau in 2018 after spending eight years covering politics and Congress for the Wall Street Journal. Her first stint with The Times was in 1995-2010 covering Congress and politics. She received the Everett Dirksen Award for reporting on Congress, the Carey McWilliams Award for political reporting and the John S. Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists. She is a graduate of Harvard University.
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Joe Biden reportedly will name Blinken, his longtime advisor, as secretary of State as he sets out to assemble a Cabinet even though President Trump refuses to concede.
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Biden calls for action from Trump, who refuses to concede the election, and Congress, which is deadlocked over economic relief.
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After more than a week of speaking only in tweets, President Trump on Friday addressed the worsening pandemic amid calls for him to aid the transition to Joe Biden.
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Georgia finds itself holding a referendum on a national question: Which party should control the Senate? The stakes are high for Biden.
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