The Biden administration is debating a series of steps to further contain the Covid-19 pandemic, which, after 18 months, is again surging in parts of the country where vaccination rates are low.
What the For the People Act would mean for veterans with disabilities
Deployed to Iraq in 2003, US Marine Corps field radio operator Joanna Sweatt took cover in tight-spaced bunkers for hours at a time — a tour of service laden with the stresses of being in a war zone that led to a blood clotting disease.
Jim Acosta: Fox News viewers may have a case of whiplash
As Fox News changes some of its messaging on the coronavirus vaccine and Dr. Anthony Fauci, CNN’s Jim Acosta calls out the network’s delay in giving the truth to its viewers.
Bumble match turns in January 6 suspect who allegedly whipped police
Yet another US Capitol suspect was caught this week, all thanks to his Bumble match.
Justice Department says it will not investigate Covid-19 nursing home deaths in several states
The Department of Justice will not open a civil investigation into the Covid-19 response in state nursing homes in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, after the department was seeking to determine whether policies issued during the pandemic requiring …
What happens if the Supreme Court throws out Roe v. Wade?
In some alternate universe, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg retired during the Obama presidency and Democrats were able to push through a successor to the conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.
As Covid cases rise, some conservatives make surprising course correction on vaccine ahead of 2022 midterms
Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey’s blunt message that unvaccinated people are letting the nation down capped a week where some Republicans finally seemed ready to abandon their dangerous coddling of Covid-19 vaccine skeptics and push Americans to get t…
Staff director for 1/6 committee accused of retaliating against whistleblower
David Buckley, the newly named staff director for the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection, was found to be retaliating against a whistleblower during his time as the CIA inspector general, according to a report by th…
Biden back on the campaign trail: ‘I whipped Donald Trump in Virginia and so will Terry’
President Joe Biden made a forceful return to the campaign trail on Friday night in Virginia, stumping for gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe by linking the Democrat’s opponent to the man Biden had defeated several months ago — former President D…
New Capitol Police chief says he’d be ‘a fool to not be concerned’ about ongoing threat
In his first day on the job, Tom Manger — the new chief of the US Capitol Police — said Friday that he would be “a fool to not be concerned” about the threat of more attacks on the Capitol, especially given chatter on extremists’ forums about possibl…