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US retired general Lloyd Austin, the candidate of incoming President Joe Biden for the post of Secretary of Defense, said on Tuesday that he wants to get rid of the ban on transgender people serving in the US military.   That ban was instituted apart from President Donald Trump. Austin told a senatorial committee on Tuesday that he supports a plan to abolish the transgender ban and you can expect that I will always back that," Austin said in a hearing. Austin did not say when the transgender ban will be lifted. In the United States, candidate candidates are usually heard by the Senate. He must agree to the appointment before it can take place formally. In the hearing, General Austin said Iran is one of the greatest threats to the United States and its allies in the Middle East as...

Some US government ministers are currently discussing President Donald Trump's impeachment following the violent storming of the parliament building by the president's supporters, CNN reports, based on a source within the Republican party.   The cabinet can impeach a president under the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution if the president is deemed unfit to continue serving. For the time being, these are exploratory talks about whether or not to impeach President Trump. It is still unclear whether enough cabinet members are present and support impeachment proceedings. According to the CNN source, some senators have been briefed on talks to remove Trump from office.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will have the first meeting with his likely successor next Thursday, when Joe Biden becomes president, Antony Blinken, according to CNN.   The agreement is the first sign that Pompeo is willing to cooperate in a power transfer. The Secretary of State under Donald Trump was one of the first allies of the president to say after the election defeat that Trump would still be president after January 20. The fact that he has now agreed with Blinken is an essential step in the transfer of power. Ministry employees are happy with the upcoming meeting, according to CNN, even though it only takes 15 minutes. Blinken had already started preparations for his new job. Biden wants to immediately make the US a full member of the World Health Organization again,...

The upcoming US president Joe Biden will be updated by security experts in his hometown of Wilmington on Tuesday.   This is not an official briefing on national security, as the responsible government agency GSA has not yet designated the Democrat as the winner of the election. Biden must prepare for the presidency and is forced to seek advice from experts who have worked for the administration of Barack Obama, the predecessor of current President Donald Trump. According to an initiate, the Democrat is also supported by people who have left the government in recent years. The transfer of power is difficult because President Trump refuses to admit defeat. American media have concluded that the victory can no longer escape Biden and many foreign leaders have already congratulated t...

President Donald Trump has hailed the report that the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer's corona vaccine is 90 percent effective in preventing infection as "big news."   According to him, a vaccine is coming soon. He has previously said several times that a vaccine would become available this year. Trump also referred on Twitter to upward stock market prices. The number of corona infections and deaths in the US continues to increase. According to some observers, the president has lost the election partly because his government has responded inadequately to the corona pandemic. Winner Joe Biden will present a task force on Monday with experts to create a plan to combat the outbreak.