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NY prosecutors subpoena records on Trump's Seven Springs estate
New York City prosecutors, who are investigating President Donald Trump’s company for possible tax, bank and insurance ... Read More
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Pelosi leaves Congress guessing on Trump Senate trial timing
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described the impeachment of President Donald Trump as “urgent” but declined to say Friday when the House will send the single charge for inciting insurrection to the Senate to...Read more
Biden to mount federal vaccination campaign, breaking with Trump approach
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden, inheriting responsibility for a pandemic that is unchecked and worsening after nearly a year, Friday detailed his plan to throw the weight of the federal government behind getting ...Read more
Capitol rioters aimed to ‘capture and assassinate' officials, federal prosecutors allege
WASHINGTON — The pro-Trump extremists who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials,” with one rioter leaving a note for Vice President Mike Pence warning “justice is ...Read more
Some right-wing groups warning their members away from protests
Some far-right groups are warning members to avoid the armed rallies planned before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, alleging that the federal government or rivals may be seeking to incite them to violence and ...Read more
One of the world's biggest vaccine campaigns starts in India
NEW DELHI — India is launching one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination drives on Saturday, setting in motion a complex deployment plan aimed at stemming the wide spread of infections across a nation of more ...Read more
Hogan makes last-minute attempt to prevent Democratic gerrymander in Maryland
Gov. Larry Hogan is making one last effort to stymie partisan gerrymandering in Maryland before the next decade's election maps are drawn.
The Republican governor announced this week the creation of the state's first-ever...Read more
After a year of civil unrest, the US is running low on body armor and gas masks
WASHINGTON — Just days before a new president enters the White House, promising to unify a dangerously divided country, the state of the union can perhaps be judged by this metric: America is facing a shortage of ...Read more
Lawmakers condemn decision by Trump administration to move Space Command from Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The General Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a memorial to be sent to President-elect Joe Biden and others, asking him to reverse the Trump administration's decision to take the U.S. Space ...Read more
Kim Jong Un's missile tests may welcome Biden to White House
Kim Jong Un has rolled out a lot of new missiles in recent months, including at least one more this week. The next step is for him to fire them into the air to get President-elect Joe Biden’s attention.
The North Korean...Read more
CVS and Walgreens under fire for slow pace of vaccination in nursing homes
The effort to vaccinate some of the country’s most vulnerable residents against covid-19 has been slowed by a federal program that sends retail pharmacists into nursing homes — accompanied by layers of bureaucracy and ...Read more
US steps up claims COVID-19 may have escaped from Chinese lab
WASHINGTON — The State Department on Friday said it had new information suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic could have emerged from a Chinese laboratory and not through contact with infected animals, the latest salvo in the...Read more
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Trump-touted plasma therapy shows no benefit against virus, researchers say
A large, national study in the U.K. examining convalescent plasma as a therapy for COVID-19 was ended after a finding that the treatment touted ...Read more
State capitols fortify against armed threats before inauguration
WASHINGTON — If any state knows the seriousness of the threats posed by domestic terrorists, it’s Michigan.
State lawmakers faced an armed invasion of the capitol in Lansing in May and a foiled plot to kidnap Gov. ...Read more
Trump retreats from his job, and Pence fills the void as ‘acting' president
WASHINGTON — Frustrated by the loss of his Twitter account and forced to accept that he soon must leave office, President Donald Trump has effectively stopped doing his job, delegating daily responsibilities to Vice ...Read more
New effort to ban cosmetic genital surgery on children launches in California Legislature
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California legislators will again consider a bill to ban cosmetic surgery on small children born with atypical genitalia under a bill introduced Friday.
Senate Bill 225 by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a...Read more
Florida adds 13,720 new coronavirus cases as positivity dips
MIAMI — Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 13,720 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s known total to 1,531,720. Also, 217 new resident deaths were announced, bringing the state’s ...Read more
Interior watchdog to examine Jan. 6 Capitol riot, events before
WASHINGTON — The Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General said Friday it would open an investigation into the department’s activities in the days preceding the violent attack on Congress and the Capitol as ...Read more
Fast-spreading COVID-19 variant seen becoming top strain in US
The COVID-19 variant that emerged in the U.K. and sparked concerns of faster spread could become dominant in the U.S. as soon as March, government public health researchers said in a report.
Several lines of evidence ...Read more
Biden plans fewer rules, more shots in revised vaccination drive
WASHINGTON — President-Elect Joe Biden proposed to overhaul eligibility rules for coronavirus vaccines and open more sites to receive shots, but his plan to rev up U.S. inoculations largely retains the bones of the Trump...Read more
Trump-touted plasma therapy shows no benefit against virus, researchers say
A large, national study in the U.K. examining convalescent plasma as a therapy for COVID-19 was ended after a finding that the treatment touted by U.S. President Donald Trump doesn’t work.
The University of Oxford ...Read more
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