Former Democratic congressman Barney Frank told Asia Times Thursday he expects a Biden administration might work to roll back some U.S. technology restrictions toward China.
Barney Frank (D., Mass.), the former congressman whose live-in personal aide ran a male escort service out of their Washington, D.C., apartment in the 1980s, recently weighed in on the success of South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is vying to become the first openly gay president in history. 
Freshman Senator and 2016 frontrunner Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) has written a memoir. The book documents her rise from humble beginnings, her tireless efforts to establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the internal struggles of someone who never really wanted to come to Washington, D.C., and get involved with politics, but who nevertheless has found it hard to quit the nation’s capital.
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A battle is shaping up over former Nebraskan Senator Chuck Hagel's potential nomination as defense secretary. President Barack Obama may name Hagel as the nominee as early as Monday. 