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103 Marines booted for refusing COVID vaccine as services begin discharges
adamkaz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One hundred three Marines have been discharged for refusing to take the COVID vaccine, the Marine Corps said Thursday, as the military services have begun to discha...
Dec 16, 2021
National Archives releases nearly 1,500 documents related to JFK assassination
Image Source/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Intelligence dispatches, memoranda, and cables between U.S. government agencies in the years leading up to and after President John F. Kennedy's assassination ...
Dec 16, 2021
Expanded child tax credit nears end as Senate stalls and parents' fears grow
(WASHINGTON) -- When Sarah Hutchinson, mom of a 5-year-old son, saw her $300 child tax credit payment deposited into her bank account Wednesday, she said she felt a sense of both relief and fear. Hutc...
Dec 16, 2021
Alwyn Cashe set to become first Black recipient of Medal of Honor for service in post-9/11 war on terror
U.S. Army (WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday is set to award the Medal of Honor -- the nation's highest military award for valor -- to three U.S. soldiers for their service during the war...
Dec 16, 2021
Airline CEOs face lawmakers on cancellations, delays despite $54B bailout
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Major U.S. airline CEOs were in the hot seat on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon, questioned by lawmakers on whether they appropriately spent billions in t...
Dec 15, 2021
Tapering, explained: Federal Reserve to reel back massive bond-buying program
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- It's been hard for Americans to avoid headlines and statements about "tapering" in recent months, as economists and policymakers debate how to best support the ...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden surveys 'beyond belief' tornado damage in Kentucky, commits to federal aid
Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MAYFIELD, Ky.) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday surveyed damage in Kentucky he described as "beyond belief" and met with families in neighborhoods ravaged...
Dec 15, 2021
Five FBI officials solicited prostitutes overseas while on work trips: DOJ inspector general
YURI GRIPAS/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Five Federal Bureau of Investigation officials "solicited" prostitutes while on an overseas trip, the Department of Justice inspector general said in a ...
Dec 15, 2021
Congressional Democrats raise debt limit by $2.5 trillion, averting financial calamity
(WASHINGTON) -- Late Tuesday night, the House voted to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion -- a move that should stave off the first-ever default. All Democrats in both the Senate and House voted ...
Dec 15, 2021
House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress over Jan. 6 probe dispute
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House voted Tuesday night to hold former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in contempt of Congress for defying a ...
Dec 15, 2021
