JOHN KERRY

Americans are to get their first look at President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed national security team

The event gave Americans their first opportunity to hear directly from the nominees, who have decades of experience but are not necessarily household names. 

John Kerry, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for special presidential envoy for climate, said solving the climate change crisis will take collaboration. “No country alone can solve this challenge,” Kerry said. “To end this crisis, the whole world must come together. Failure is not an option.”

President-elect Joe Biden revealed a number of his administration picks on Monday, including two major firsts if they are confirmed by the Senate. NBCLX breaks down Biden’s Cabinet selections, including the first woman tapped to lead the U.S. intelligence and the first Latino to head the Department of Homeland Security.

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday tapped Obama-era officials for top national security and economic roles, signaling a stark shift from the Trump administration’s “America First” policies that disparaged international alliances and favored deregulation and tax cuts. The picks include former Secretary of State John Kerry to take the lead on combating climate change. Biden is also expected to choose Janet Yellen, who...

President-Elect Joe Biden announced Monday that former Secretary of State John Kerry has been named as his Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. Kerry, a former Massachusetts senator and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, will sit on the National Security Council. This will be the first time the National Security Council will include an official dedicated to climate change, which the Biden…

Former Secretary of State and former Massachusetts senator John Kerry has been named by President-Elect Joe Biden as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.

Biden will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to lead the Department of Homeland Security and Avril Haines to be the director of national intelligence.

Here are some of the top speeches from Tuesday night.

Watch former Secretary of State John Kerry deliver his full address during the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Footage provided is a mixed feed and is a joint effort by the pool and the DNCC.

Asked about the call later on Sunday, Kerry said that he was “absolutely not” contemplating joining the Democratic primary race. He followed up with a Sunday afternoon tweet

Former Secretary of State John Kerry — one of Joe Biden’s highest-profile endorsers — was overheard Sunday on the phone at a Des Moines hotel explaining what he would have to do to enter the presidential race amid “the possibility of Bernie Sanders taking down the Democratic Party — down whole,” NBC News reported. Sitting in the lobby restaurant of…

Former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe Biden had a heated exchange with an Iowa voter on Thursday while on the campaign trail, calling the man a ‘damn liar’.

“The only team that spent more effort cooperating with each other than us was Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.”

Joe Biden and John Kerry visited New Hampshire on Sunday.

Joe Biden sought to capitalize on President Donald Trump’s icy reception from world leaders by portraying himself on Thursday as someone who is well versed in foreign affairs and can restore American prestige abroad. But his moves risked being overshadowed by a testy confrontation with a voter in Iowa. As he nears the end of an eight-day tour of...

Former Secretary of State John Kerry is determined to raise the global profile of climate change, so he has launched a bipartisan coalition of world leaders and Hollywood celebrities to get the job done. “We’re going to talk to literally millions of Americans over the course of the next months and this is going to become a primary issue,” the...

With a new initiative called “World War Zero,” John Kerry is pushing for action on climate change.

A lawyer for an orthopedic surgeon says Massachusetts General Hospital has agreed to pay $13 million to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit. The Boston Globe reports Dr. Dennis Burke’s lawyer disclosed the settlement terms Thursday, which included offering Burke his job back and naming a hospital safety initiative after him.

Rep. Joe Kennedy is running for the U.S. Senate seat of fellow Democrat Ed Markey. Kennedy spoke about his strategy in announcing his primary challenge, why it’s important when the primary election is held and more.