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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman tests positive for COVID-19
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, she announced Monday. "I'm experiencing mild symp...
May 24, 2022
Trump-backed election deniers could soon be overseeing elections -- as experts warn of 'emergency'
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the last batches of ballots still being tallied in Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary, Donald Trump weighed in last week to insist his chosen candid...
May 23, 2022
Dr. Jha urges Congress to fund 'new generation' of COVID vaccines for possible fall surge
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Biden administration is planning for a likely wave of COVID-19 infections this fall and winter by ensuring both a "new generation" of vaccines and access to treatment and tes...
May 22, 2022
Access to Baby Formula Act explained as nationwide shortage leaves parents scrambling
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden signed legislation Saturday aimed at protecting low-income families as the United States grapples with a nationwide baby fo...
May 21, 2022
Biden says meeting with Kim Jong Un would depend on North Korean leader's seriousness
Jeon Heon-Kyun - Pool/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) - In his first trip to Asia since taking office, President Joe Biden laid out conditions for meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. "With regard...
May 21, 2022
Ginni Thomas emailed Arizona lawmakers pushing to overturn 2020 election results, records show
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, urged two Arizona lawmakers to help reverse President Joe Biden's 2020 elect...
May 20, 2022
Judge delays rollback of restrictions at border for asylum seekers
Mario Tama/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday ordered the Biden administration to continue implementing pandemic-related restrictions at the border that effectivel...
May 20, 2022
Pentagon still contracting first flight to import baby formula amid shortage
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. officials are still working out details for the first flight to import baby formula, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Friday, as par...
May 20, 2022
Entire Buffalo community 'terrorized' over mass shooting: AG Garland
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday announced the Justice Department is taking action to combat hate crimes through the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, me...
May 20, 2022
Bill de Blasio announces run for Congress as NY Democrats grapple with new map
Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New York's political scene -- upended this week by a newly drawn congressional map -- got even more interesting Friday with an announcement from ...
May 20, 2022
