Vice President Kamala Harris’ departure for Vietnam was delayed by several hours Tuesday afternoon after her office was informed by the US embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, of a “report of a recent possible anomalous health incident.”
House approves $3.5 trillion budget plan in key step for Democrats to pass legislation expanding social safety net
House Democrats are struggling to pass a budget framework that will unlock their ability to move forward on a sweeping $3.5 trillion economic package amid a standoff with moderates that has thrown a key agenda item for President Joe Biden into jeopardy…
Fauci’s new 2022 timeline for Covid fight could be a political disaster for Biden and Dems
President Joe Biden just got some deeply unwelcome news: The pandemic that he was elected to end could drag on deep into a midterm election year, with all the political and economic destruction that could bring.
CIA director met with Taliban leader in Kabul on Monday amid evacuation efforts
CIA Director William Burns on Monday met with the top Taliban leader in Kabul as the US continues airlifting American citizens and its Afghan allies out of Afghanistan, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
90-day review into origins of Covid ends, but public may have to wait on unclassified report
It has now been 90 days since President Joe Biden ordered the intelligence community to investigate the origins of Covid-19, but the public may have to wait a few more days to view an unclassified version of that report.
Kathy Hochul becomes governor of New York as Cuomo leaves in disgrace
Kathy Hochul becomes New York’s first female governor at the stroke of midnight on Tuesday morning, replacing her disgraced predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, who resigned amid multiple scandals, including a report from the state attorney general that found he…
19 states have never had a female governor
When she was sworn in shortly after midnight, Democrat Kathy Hochul became the first female governor in New York state history.
Analysis: Mask wars preview 2022 battle for Sun Belt
The fierce political struggles erupting across the Sun Belt this summer over mask mandates and other public health precautions against Covid-19 point toward epic governors’ races next year that will test how much the political balance of power has chan…
Most Americans favor Afghanistan withdrawal but say it was poorly handled
Americans continue to support the decision to leave Afghanistan, a set of new polls released Sunday finds, but largely think the withdrawal was mishandled. And the public gives President Joe Biden relatively poor marks for the withdrawal, possibly exac…
US military gives Biden a deadline to decide on extending Afghanistan evacuations
The US military is advising President Joe Biden that he must decide by Tuesday whether to extend the evacuation in Afghanistan beyond August 31, according to a defense official directly familiar with the discussions.