The iPhones of about a dozen US State Department employees serving in Africa were hacked with spyware developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group in recent months, according to a senior US official familiar with the investigation and another source …
US Capitol rioter ‘sought to physically remove’ Pelosi and McConnell, prosecutors say
Justice Department prosecutors say have evidence that an alleged rioter who brought a gun to the US Capitol on January 6 was targeting both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Biden signs stopgap bill to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
Democrats unveiled an agreement Thursday that would keep the federal government funded into mid-February, but it’s unclear if the deal would be enough to avoid a rapidly approaching government shutdown on midnight Friday.
Biden says he’s preparing to act if Putin does ‘what people are worried he may do’
President Joe Biden said Friday he is preparing a “set of initiatives” to make it more difficult for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “do what people are worried he may do” — namely, having Russia invade Ukraine.
Democrats await decision on whether immigration can be in Build Back Better
Democrats in the Senate have for the third time tried to use a technical procedure to try to include immigration provisions in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act, putting everything on the line for what could be the last attempt to try to pass…
Abrams defends lack of concession after 2018 gubernatorial loss
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams defended herself from criticism that she never conceded her loss to Gov. Brian Kemp in 2018 on Friday, addressing what Republicans have already used against her in her newly announced 2022 rematch agains…
DeSantis proposes a new civilian military force in Florida that he would control
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to reestablish a World War II-era civilian military force that he, not the Pentagon, would control.
Biden administration shipping 9 million vaccine doses to Africa and another 2 million worldwide
White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeffrey Zients is set to announce the Biden administration is shipping 11 million vaccines doses abroad on Friday, with 9 million going to Africa and another 2 million to other countries around the world, ac…
Russia deploys supply lines and field hospitals as fears rise of potential Ukraine invasion
Russian forces have capabilities in place along the Ukraine border to carry out a swift and immediate invasion, including erecting supply lines such as medical units and fuel that could sustain a drawn-out conflict, should Moscow choose to invade, two …
Trump’s White House doctor facing fresh scrutiny over Covid test timeline
Former President Donald Trump’s positive Covid test in September 2020, three days before the first presidential debate, is raising new questions about whether Trump’s physician at the time, Dr. Sean Conley, had a duty to inform the public — and Joe Bi…