Clarence Thomas scandal deepens with report of rightwing activist’s secret payments to wife – as it happened

Leonard Leo arranged for Virginia Ginni' Thomas to be paid $25,000 and emphasized no mention of Ginni' on the payments

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President Joe Biden has chosen Neera Tanden, the current White House staff secretary and senior adviser, to be his new domestic policy adviser, the Associated Press reports.

Tanden, who has 25 years of experience of public policy, will be the first Asian American to lead any of the three major White House policy operations, he said. She will succeed Susan Rice who was previously a foreign policy expert.