WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold two Republican-backed voting restrictions in Arizona in a case that could further hobble the Voting Rights Act, a landmark 1965 federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued the most sweeping rollback of coronavirus restrictions of any U.S. state on Tuesday, lifting a mask mandate and … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he would use federal authority to offer coronavirus vaccinations to K-12 teachers and child… Read more
HOLTVILLE, Calif. (Reuters) — At least 13 people, 10 of them Mexican nationals, were killed on Tuesday when a tractor-trailer slammed into a F… Read more
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate will start debating President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill this week, Senate Majority Leader… Read more
A new COVID-19 variant detected in New York City that's now traveled through various city neighborhoods is being watched closely by U.S. healt… Read more
WASHINGTON – The United States could help pay for transportation, health care, legal services, and career and educational programs for migrant… Read more
The United States must stick to a two-dose strategy for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, top U.S. infectious disease officia… Read more
WASHINGTON – The United States is focused on “future conduct” of Saudi Arabia and will expect Riyadh to improve its human rights record, a U.S… Read more
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump hinted on Sunday at a possible presidential run in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden and repeated … Read more
WASHINGTON — Initial deliveries of the newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should start on Tuesday, senior Biden administrat… Read more
SAN DIEGO – When Georgina Mercado was arrested in Chicano Park in 2016 and booked into the Las Colinas women's jail in Santee, her first thoug… Read more
OAKLAND, Calif./WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. national security commission is recommending that American universities take steps to prevent se… Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office cleared the way on Sunday for an independent attorney with subpoena powers to investigate allegations agai… Read more
The U.S. government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccin… Read more
LOS ANGELES — Federal officials are expressing worry that the decline in national daily coronavirus cases is starting to flatten as one of the… Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. - Right Side Broadcasting Network was streaming the Conservative Political Action Conference, and the content was becoming a pro… Read more
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said U.S. air strikes against Iranian-backed militias in the east of the country on Friday were a cowardly act and ur… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, acc… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday announced a major change in how the federal government will calculate and weigh the cost of c… Read more
A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted in favor of authorizing Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose C… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Friday was poised to push through President Joe Biden’s $1.9 tril… Read more
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage increase cannot remain in his coronavirus relief bill as written, the Sen… Read more
Assailants shot Lady Gaga's dog walker and stole two of the pop superstar's French bulldogs, prompting her to offer a half-million-dollar rewa… Read more
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators on Wednesday were eyeing potentially significant cuts to President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill a… Read more
WASHINGTON — As the House prepares this week to approve a one-year move to fight child poverty as part of President Biden's COVID-19 relief pa… Read more
Fresh off an election in which former President Donald Trump made false claims of fraud, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to ponder the legali… Read more
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared reluctant to give police unlimited power to enter a home without a warrant when… Read more
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has fewer top government leaders in place than other recent presidents at this point in their terms, a p… Read more
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to send 25 million reusable cloth masks directly to community health centers and food banks to pro… Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a proclamation from his predecessor that blocked many green card applicants from enterin… Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday pledged to overhaul the state's electric grid operator after a massive blackout left residents without hea… Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's nominee to be director of the CIA, William Burns, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that he saw competit… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, to be… Read more
WASHINGTON (CQ-Roll Call) — The Senate voted 92-7 Tuesday to confirm Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary, sending the former Iowa governor ba… Read more
NEW YORK — A grand jury in New York state voted not to indict police officers for the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died of asphyxiat… Read more
WASHINGTON — Former security officials told Congress on Tuesday that faulty intelligence was to blame for failing to properly prepare for last… Read more
During a December visit to New York City, writer E. Jean Carroll says she went shopping with a fashion consultant to find the "best outfit" fo… Read more
NEW YORK — The United States on Monday crossed the staggering milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths just over a year since the coronavirus pand… Read more
Over 7.9 million people in Texas still had issues with their water supply as of Monday evening, authorities told Reuters, after a record-break… Read more
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for New York prosecutors to obtain eight years of financial records from the accounta… Read more
NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) — The largest U.S. oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this past week, according… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States faces a dark milestone this week despite a recent decline in COVID-19 cases as it prepares to mark a … Read more
U.S. regulators announced extra inspections on Boeing 777 jets using the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver on Saturday, while J… Read more
WASHINGTON — A leader of the far-right "Oath Keepers" group charged in the deadly U.S. Capitol riots said she was in Washington on Jan. 6 to p… Read more
HOUSTON - President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Texas on Saturday as the state struggles with the fallout from a winte… Read more
WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump will seek to return to the political spotlight in an address to a major meeting of conservatives, a… Read more
LOS ANGELES — As coronavirus cases plummet nationwide and vaccinations total 1.7 million Americans a day and rising, health experts are increa… Read more
BUENOS AIRES - At his colonial-era estate in central Argentina, Gabriel De Raedemaeker says he's already calculating what parts of his farm he… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden’s push for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill took a step forward on Friday as a U.S. House of Re… Read more