WATCH: Biden holds news conference on G7 Summit’s final day
NEWQUAY, England — President Joe Biden has closed his first Group of Seven leaders’ summit, saying it was an “extraordinary, collaborative and…
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Biden: Global vaccinations to be ‘constant project for a long time,’ says US may be able to donate 1 billion more doses
NEWQUAY, England — President Joe Biden says helping the world battle the Covid-19 pandemic will be a “constant project for a long time.” Biden…
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Biden claims progress in ‘reestablishing American credibility’ at Group of Seven summit
NEWQUAY, England (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday said the U.S. had restored its presence on the world stage, as he used his first overseas…
Continue Reading Biden leaves his first G7 summit for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
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Fact check: Breaking down Mitch McConnell’s spin on the John Lewis voting rights bill
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked Tuesday where he stands on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a Democratic bill that aims…
Continue Reading ‘New York is back!’ The NYC Democratic mayoral primary captivates a reanimated city
When New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took the stage at a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley on Saturday night, the…
Continue Reading ‘Asserting power when they don’t have any’: GOP governors move to ban mask mandates in schools
As a school year filled with challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic comes to a close, the focus is on summer school and planning for the fall, when…
Continue Reading Biden set to cap off first G7 summit with an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
Continue Reading Former Deputy AG Rosenstein has said he was not aware of subpoena for lawmakers’ data, source says
Ex-top Trump Justice Department official Rod Rosenstein has told people in recent days he was not aware of a subpoena that targeted the data of…
Continue Reading YouTube suspends Sen. Ron Johnson’s account for posting video about dubious Covid-19 treatments
YouTube suspended GOP Sen. Ron Johnson’s account on Friday after he posted comments regarding dubious treatments for Covid-19. “We…
Continue Reading ‘I’m a partner on this journey’: Jill Biden on how she sees her role as first lady during debut foreign trip
On her third full day in the United Kingdom to accompany President Joe Biden on his first G7 Summit, Jill Biden peeled off from her husband, and the…
Continue Reading New book suggests Birx wanted Trump to lose presidential election
A new book written by one of President Joe Biden’s top coronavirus advisers suggests Dr. Deborah Birx hoped former President Donald Trump would…
Continue Reading Biden causes sighs of relief among world leaders even as G7 divisions linger
When President Donald Trump used his elbows at international summits, it was to throw them — on trade, on Russia and, once, to help remove the…
Continue Reading Macron says Biden is ‘part of the club’ at the G7 in leaders’ first formal meeting
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron held their first formal in-person meeting on Saturday. The two leaders discussed a number…
Continue Reading Biden aims to counter China’s global infrastructure project with new G7 initiative
The United States says it will be a lead partner in a new global, climate-friendly infrastructure program with its Group of 7 partners, part of…
Continue Reading How Trump’s tariffs haunt Kentucky’s whiskey distillers: ‘We’re still on death row’
Dozens of cases of whiskey sit on the ground floor of the James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky, ready to be shipped — but, because…
Continue Reading On this day in 1967: Loving v. Virginia and interracial marriage
Editor’s note: This story was originally published for CNN on April 13, 2017. A century after the end of the Civil War, more than a dozen…
Continue Reading Infrastructure in America needs an upgrade. Here’s how Biden’s plans would impact key areas of American life.
The nation’s infrastructure is sorely in need of repair. It recently earned a C- score from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which said…
Continue Reading Biden and Putin not currently expected to hold joint news conference following meeting next week
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are not currently expected to hold a joint press conference following their high-stakes…
Continue Reading Biden’s preaching the benefits of democracy in Europe, but new concerns rise back home
President Joe Biden’s attempts to talk up democracy in Europe this week are facing headwinds from back home, where revelations about the…
Continue Reading Chicago police officer charged in connection to January 6 Capitol riot
A Chicago police officer was arrested at his home Friday morning and is facing five federal misdemeanor charges in connection to the January 6 riot…
Continue Reading FDA authorizes two batches of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses from Baltimore plant
The US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it was authorizing for use two batches of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines —…
Continue Reading Family of Georgia’s secretary of state was still getting death threats months after election, report says
Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, his wife, Tricia, and their family received threats of violence months after the election…
Continue Reading Justice Department requested data on 73 phone numbers and 36 email addresses from Apple
The Department of Justice sent a broad request in February 2018 to Apple as part of its investigation that collected data on members of Congress,…
Continue Reading Barr pushed investigators to finish leak probes
The Justice Department’s leak investigation that targeted lawmakers was more than a year old when Attorney General William Barr took office in…
Continue Reading Meet the internet sleuths tracking down the January 6 insurrectionists
From the mob, a seemingly unidentifiable hand reaches out with a Taser, in an attack that would leave DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone…
Continue Reading Justice Department watchdog to investigate data seizure as House Democrats discuss impacts of leak probe
The Justice Department’s inspector general will investigate the department’s handling of a leak investigation into former President…
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Biden cuts border wall funds, returns cash Trump diverted
WASHINGTON, DC — Former President Donald Trump’s signature border wall project would lose much of its funding as well as the fast-track status…
Continue Reading Nevada changes from caucus to primary for presidential elections
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a sweeping law Friday that moves its party presidential selection contest up to the first Tuesday in February in…
Continue Reading Senators introduce bill to improve visa program to protect Afghan interpreters who helped US
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation aimed at improving the Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) program amid a growing push from…
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