Bill Gates says presidential transition is ‘complicating’ US efforts to distribute vaccine
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver Covid-19 vaccines, said Sunday that the…
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Review largely blames Iowa caucus problems on Democratic National Committee
An internal review of the 2020 Iowa caucuses found that the reporting app used in February was largely successful and that the main source of delay…
Continue Reading Trump raised firing Barr in White House meeting on Friday
President Donald Trump raised the prospect of firing Attorney General William Barr in a meeting on Friday, but it’s unclear whether he’ll…
Continue Reading Supreme Court rejects Texas’ and Trump’s bid to overturn election
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid from Texas’ attorney general — supported by President Donald Trump — to block the…
Continue Reading Pentagon official who spread conspiracies, disparaged immigrants and refugees gets spot on influential West Point advisory board
A senior adviser at the Pentagon with a history of disparaging refugees and immigrants, spreading conspiracies, and other controversial rhetoric was…
Continue Reading Why the stock market feels immune to the pandemic
Unless you’ve been studying birds on a remote island in the South Pacific since last February, you know there’s a worldwide pandemic…
Continue Reading White House chief of staff told FDA chief vaccine must be authorized Friday or he needs to resign
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn he needed to grant an emergency use…
Continue Reading With Congress stuck, states are stepping in with relief for residents and businesses
Maine is sending one-time $600 payments to certain jobless residents. New Mexico is providing $100 million in grants to small businesses. Kentucky is…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court’s clear message to President Trump: Stop
During the past four years, President Donald Trump has challenged the integrity of the Supreme Court and tried to drag the justices into the legal…
Continue Reading Feds execute 10th death row inmate of 2020
Alfred Bourgeois was executed by the federal government Friday evening at the Federal Correctional Center in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to the…
Continue Reading Ron Johnson to bring Ken Starr to testify at controversial hearing on 2020 elections
Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has invited former independent counsel Ken Starr and…
Continue Reading Trump signs stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown at midnight
President Donald Trump signed a one-week stopgap funding bill, passed by the Senate earlier Friday, to avert a government shutdown at midnight. The…
Continue Reading The week in 13 headlines
This week, President Donald Trump pushed more lawsuits, even asking the Supreme Court to invalidate millions of votes in battleground states, in a…
Continue Reading Manhattan DA interviewed employees at Trump’s bank and insurance broker in criminal probe
Investigators with the Manhattan district attorney’s office have interviewed several employees at President Donald Trump’s lender and…
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Biden says coronavirus vaccine ‘free from political influence’ as Trump administration pressures FDA for authorization
President-elect Joe Biden sought to instill public confidence Friday in a coronavirus vaccine that could soon be available, insisting that its safety…
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Biden details plan to combat coronavirus pandemic in first 100 days
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out his three-point plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, an approach in dealing with the virus that…
Continue Reading Key lines from unveiling of Biden’s Cabinet nominees and top admin roles
President-elect Joe Biden introduced several Cabinet nominees and other top administration picks on Friday at an event in Wilmington, Delaware.…
Continue Reading Devin Nunes said he has Covid-19 antibodies
Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, on Friday told KMJ, a radio station in Fresno, California,…
Continue Reading Fact checking Trump’s falsehood-filled Supreme Court brief
President Donald Trump filed a brief at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that featured some of the same false and misleading claims Trump has been…
Continue Reading Bipartisan group struggles to finalize Covid-19 deal as leaders look to spending bill as last chance for relief
A bipartisan group of senators is struggling to finalize negotiations over a massive package once viewed as the best bet in Congress to give relief…
Continue Reading Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to head south as she explores political future
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are currently in the final stages of purchasing a plot of land in an exclusive enclave nicknamed “billionaire…
Continue Reading Senate approves defense bill with veto-proof majority in rebuke to Trump
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Friday to approve a sweeping defense bill with a veto-proof majority, a major rebuke to President Donald Trump who…
Continue Reading What’s next in the states’ fight over the election at the Supreme Court
State attorneys general went to battle at the Supreme Court on Thursday, taking sides on President Donald Trump’s bid to pull off an…
Continue Reading Schools remain key targets for hackers, US intelligence officials say
Malicious cyber actors are continuing to wreak havoc on America’s educational institutions during the deadly coronavirus pandemic, according to…
Continue Reading Dianne Feinstein defends her service, won’t say if she will commit to a full six years
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 87-year-old California Democrat who has faced growing questions about her ability to do her job, defended her service but…
Continue Reading Covid-19 relief talks at a critical juncture amid looming shutdown threat
The 116th Congress is entering a make-or-break moment: It can either collapse in a colossal failure or it can all come together quickly to give…
Continue Reading 14 million American households are at risk of eviction as protections expire
John Ayers’ face filled with pride as he listed everything he used to be able to afford as an insurance agent — $2,000 monthly rent,…
Continue Reading Trump won’t move on even as those around him are
Standing alone at the base of the garland-wrapped Grand Staircase on Tuesday, President Donald Trump seemed miffed that people around him have given…
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Texas gang member executed after U.S. Supreme Court denies request for a delay
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — Brandon Bernard was executed by the federal government on Thursday at the Federal Correctional Center in Indiana,…
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Biden told civil rights leaders in private meeting that progressives’ hopes for executive actions are ‘way beyond the bounds’ of his presidential authority
President-elect Joe Biden expressed skepticism about his powers to implement his agenda by executive action Tuesday in a private virtual meeting with…
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