President Joe Biden has appointed a lightning rod of Republican scorn to lead domestic policy-making inside the West Wing as Susan Rice steps aside.
Neera Tanden, who Senate Republicans and one key Democrat — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III — blocked when Biden made her his first Office of Management and Budget director nominee, will step into the role of Biden’s chief domestic policy adviser. She’ll also be an assistant to the president.
Tanden has been White House staff secretary since October 2021, meaning she takes on her new job with an insider’s knowledge of the Biden team.