READ: Supreme Court opinion and dissent in census case
The Supreme Court threw out a challenge to President Donald Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted when seats in…
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Supreme Court puts off ruling on Trump census case to exclude undocumented immigrants
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the…
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Barack Obama lists his favorite books of 2020
In a year that saw many traditions upended, former President Barack Obama is keeping up with one annual custom: sharing his favorite books of the…
Continue Reading READ: Supreme Court opinion and dissent in census case
The Supreme Court threw out a challenge to President Donald Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted when seats in…
Continue Reading Here’s who has tested positive for coronavirus or its antibodies in Congress
As Covid-19 cases surge throughout the country, no place has been immune from infection — including Capitol Hill. The spike in cases nationwide…
Continue Reading Pence receives coronavirus vaccine Friday morning
Vice President Mike Pence received the coronavirus vaccine Friday morning — an on-camera event that the Trump administration says is part of…
Continue Reading US cybersecurity agency warns suspected Russian hacking campaign broader than previously believed
An alarming new alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber arm Thursday revealed that Russian hackers suspected of a massive,…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris prepares for her historic vice presidency by studying Joe Biden’s legacy
As Kamala Harris prepares for the vice presidency, she is learning from a person who knows more about the job than almost anyone in the world:…
Continue Reading Jill Biden says her doctorate is among her proudest achievements: ‘I worked so hard for it’
Jill Biden was surprised by a recent newspaper op-ed piece suggesting she stop using the “Dr.” title before her name, she told TV host…
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Vice President Pence, Surgeon General receive virus vaccinations
WASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Mike Pence became the highest ranking U.S. official to receive the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday in…
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FDA prepares to OK a second vaccine as Covid-19 deaths top 40,000 this month
The Food and Drug Administration says it is “rapidly” working toward issuing an emergency use authorization for the Moderna vaccine…
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Trump fights for a job that he’s not doing as coronavirus rages
When the history of the pandemic is written, one of the great mysteries will be what President Donald Trump was doing in the waning days of his…
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Putting ‘politics in front of lives’: DeSantis faces criticism over Florida’s Covid-19 response
Warning signs about a Covid-19 spike have been flashing red in Florida this fall: Coronavirus hospitalizations have been rising since November, the…
Continue Reading Rep. Katie Porter is in quarantine after being exposed to coronavirus
US Rep. Katie Porter said Thursday evening that she is self-quarantining after being exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.…
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Rep. Katie Porter is in quarantine after being exposed to coronavirus
US Rep. Katie Porter said Thursday evening that she is self-quarantining after being exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.…
Continue Reading Former President Jimmy Carter to receive coronavirus vaccine ‘when it is available to him’
Former President Jimmy Carter‘s foundation announced Thursday that the 39th President is planning to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. “After…
Continue Reading HHS secretary’s wife tests positive for Covid-19; he tests negative
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told colleagues on Thursday that his wife had tested positive for Covid 19 but that he had tested…
Continue Reading Top Trump ally Chris Christie says it’s time to accept Biden won the election
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, said Thursday evening it’s time to accept that Joe Biden won…
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Top Trump ally Chris Christie says it’s time to accept Biden won the election
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, said Thursday evening it’s time to accept that Joe Biden won…
Continue Reading Cedric Richmond, incoming member of Biden administration, tests positive for coronavirus
Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond, who will join the incoming Biden administration as a White House senior adviser and director of the Office of Public…
Continue Reading Microsoft identifies more than 40 organizations targeted in massive cyber breach
Microsoft has identified more than 40 of its customers around the world that had problematic versions of a third-party IT management program…
Continue Reading Biden taps Deb Haaland as first Native American interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on Thursday announced New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary. If…
Continue Reading Deb Haaland makes history as Biden’s pick to run Interior Department
President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the Interior Department marked a historic victory for an alliance of…
Continue Reading Federal death row inmate tests positive for Covid-19
A federal inmate scheduled for execution next month has tested positive for Covid-19, adding a new wrinkle in the Trump administration’s…
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Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses ‘grave risk’ to government
When President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet at the White House Wednesday as Washington absorbed news of a massive data breach, the heads of most…
Continue Reading Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses ‘grave risk’ to government
When President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet at the White House Wednesday as Washington absorbed news of a massive data breach, the heads of most…
Continue Reading Biden’s search for an attorney general complicated by ‘competing questions’
The deliberations among President-elect Joe Biden’s tight circle of advisers about whom he should nominate as attorney general have emerged as…
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Biden’s search for an attorney general complicated by ‘competing questions’
The deliberations among President-elect Joe Biden’s tight circle of advisers about whom he should nominate as attorney general have emerged as…
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Turning age 18 after Election Day, ready to vote in the Georgia runoffs
Valerie Ponomarev sealed the envelope of her ballot and walked to the silver drop box in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. “I’ve…
Continue Reading Turning age 18 after Election Day, ready to vote in the Georgia runoffs
Valerie Ponomarev sealed the envelope of her ballot and walked to the silver drop box in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. “I’ve…
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