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The deadline for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to introduce Democrats' healthcare, education, and climate package has been pushed back to Friday due to snags...

President Biden announced the nominations of three top Federal Reserve officials on Friday, completing a full slate for the Fed's board of governors. Biden formally...

Richard Drew, a photographer for nearly six decades, has learned a basic rule: "You can be two hours early, but not a 60th of...

According to a source familiar with the situation, Ivanka Trump, former President Donald J. Trump's eldest daughter and one of his top advisers, plans...

Japan has almost overnight become a stunning, if somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Every day, a new COVID- From a peak of nearly 6,000...

"Creating a new age of learning," says Great Valley High School and its 1,400 students in the Pennsylvania borough of Malvern, about 25 miles...

According to tests conducted by online pharmacy and lab Valisure, traces of a chemical linked to blood cancers such as leukemia have been detected...

The Justice Department responded on Tuesday to former President Donald Trump's request for a "special master" to review materials seized by the FBI at...

While conservatives on the Supreme Court prepare to hear cases on affirmative action and gay rights this fall, the court will also hear two...

The “vast majority” of the almost 550,000 coronavirus deaths in the US could have been prevented if Donald Trump’s administration had acted earlier and...

According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian artillery pounded Ukrainian defense positions in the country's east as Moscow stepped up its efforts to seize more territory...

The European game has never had such a disrupted season in the 134 years since league soccer began in England. FIFA's decision to move the...

Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and according to a bleak new report by the non-governmental organization Rainforest Foundation Norway, humans are...

President Joe Biden, the most pro-labor president in recent memory, personally participated in negotiations that resulted in a tentative labor agreement that prevented a...

On Tuesday, the FBI director defended his bureau's handling of intelligence ahead of the January 6 US Capitol riot, while telling lawmakers of an...

Demonstrators showing solidarity with the thousands of Cubans who took part in a rare weekend of protests across their island nation shut down a...

US authorities are keeping a close eye on Facebook due to anticompetitive concerns, and new details about its mid-2020 acquisition of gif creator Giphy...

Floodwaters raced down streets and engulfed lawns along Florida's southwest coast Wednesday, courtesy of historic Hurricane Michael. Ian roared closer to the expected landfall...

Employers have turned to an often-overlooked pool of talent in the current tight labor market: applicants with criminal records. According to a recent Indeed Hiring...

Tensions between protesters and police intensified for the second night in a row Monday, a day after a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot...

The Biden administration's new $500 million military contract with Saudi Arabia, critics claim, goes against the spirit of the White House's public policy of...

When it comes time to start comparing car insurance prices and rates, there are two primary ways to do so. You could use an...

After Republicans proposed a $618 billion stimulus plan with no state/local funding, Democrats are moving forward to expedite their proposed $1.9 trillion relief package,...

Huda Sarhang, 27, was sitting at one of Erbil's most iconic tea shops, the Macho tea shop, nearly five years ago, sipping the store's...

A family in Myanmar has said that government security forces fatally shot a 7-year-old girl as she ran to her father — the youngest...

The battle between Texas lawmakers over a bill that would impose some of the strictest voting access restrictions in the country erupted Monday, with...

According to a New York Times/Siena College poll, 64 percent of Democratic voters would prefer a new standard-bearer in the 2024 presidential campaign, as...

The Senate advanced legislation aimed at preventing mass shootings through a key procedural hurdle Thursday, voting to end debate and move toward a final...

The expansion of COVID-19 vaccination requirements across the United States has not had the desired effect, with the number of Americans receiving their first...

The Taliban now control a trillion-dollar trove of minerals, including some that could power the world's transition to renewable energy, but Afghanistan has long...

Squaw Valley, a popular Lake Tahoe ski resort, announced in September that it would change its name because the term was "derogatory and offensive."...

Russian forces advanced deep into the ruined eastern factory city of Sievierodonetsk on Friday, but Ukrainian troops resisted as Russia's assault on its neighbor...

Technically, the Toronto Raptors have played 29 home games. Realistically, the Raptors have been on the road for all of their 58 games this...

Abortion travel benefits, which are now being offered by many American employers, are illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...

On Monday, former President Donald Trump's company filed a lawsuit against the city of New York, attempting to rescind Trump's contract to manage a...

During a lunch reception at a Southern California church, a man opened fire, killing one person and injuring five others before a pastor hit...

If there's a way to take the fun out of the craze in non-fungible tokens, IBM may have just found it: patents. But that doesn't...

The Texas primaries on Tuesday will provide the first pieces of the puzzle that will be the 2022 midterm elections. The ideological strength of the...

On Tuesday, White House officials struggled to explain harrowing images of border agents brutalizing Haitian migrants, facing a growing backlash from outraged Democrats seeking...

Dozens of women have protested the formation of an all-male interim Taliban government to rule Afghanistan in Kabul and the north-eastern Afghan province of...

Following President Joe Biden's recent comments declaring the end of the pandemic, Senate Republicans expressed doubts about the need for COVID-19 funding. As part of...

The prospect of summer drivers crowding U.S. highways is powering steep gains in the price of gasoline, a sign of economic recovery and a boon...

If you use Zelle, you should keep an eye on your bank accounts. Sending money to family or making a rent payment via Zelle has...

If legislation to establish an independent commission fails in the Senate, key Democratic chairmen in both chambers of Congress are reluctant to launch committee...

Hearing American progressives speak in 2021 is like picturing Luke Skywalker battling the overwhelming force of the Death Star. Despite the fact that liberals dominate...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused no pause in partisan squabbling in the United States Congress on Thursday, with some Republicans criticizing Democratic President Joe...

President Biden plans to sign an executive order aimed at addressing the global semiconductor chip shortage which has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers...

Soaring Covid-19 cases in Michigan – where one of the nation’s worst outbreaks is underway -- are pushing hospitals to critical capacity levels, and residents...

According to a new Human Rights Watch report, the Taliban killed or disappeared more than 100 former Afghan security forces members in four provinces...

Shoplifting has always been a problem for retailers. However, the emergence of coordinated and organized robberies at high-value stores, even during business hours, has...

As of October of this year, the United States had experienced 18 weather and climate disasters, each with losses in excess of $1 billion....

Russia this week began huge military exercises in Crimea and along the border with Ukraine, using more than 100,000 troops- backed by heavy armor,...

On Thursday, the ethereum network will receive a much-anticipated upgrade that will change the way transaction fees work and begin to destroy coins. It...

Russell Leaks had more reason to be concerned about the coronavirus than the average person. The 66-year-old Tennessee cook has chronic liver disease, high...

According to the US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Russian forces have developed a plan to "engineer a...

The impact that wiped out the dinosaurs and brought about hell on Earth began at the mysterious edges of the solar system, scientists have said. Scientists...

Stacey Abrams, Georgia's gubernatorial candidate, spoke at the Atlanta church of a pastor who previously told a Baltimore congregation to make gay people "uncomfortable...

Cryptocurrency mining companies, including Huobi Mall and BTC.TOP, have suspended their operations in China after Beijing increased its efforts to crack down on Bitcoin...

Alex Schachter, a 14-year-old marching band member who was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, would have graduated this year from Marjory Stoneman...

During her closely watched tour this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met the leaders of Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan — but not the president...

Seven residents of Llano County, Texas, are suing the county, alleging that their First and 14th Amendment rights were violated when books deemed offensive...

A Moscow court has denied an appeal by one of two former Marines whom US officials believe Russia is holding hostage and whose cases...

Despite efforts by drug-makers to make them more available, promising Covid-19 treatment pills are likely to take longer to reach patients in low- and...

If Republicans gain control of the House, they intend to immediately begin oversight of the Internal Revenue Service. Three Republicans running for chairman of the...

Two law enforcement officials said a former New York City police union president who has clashed with city officials over his insulting tweets and...

Kermit Warren, an unemployed New Orleans shoe shiner, was carrying nearly $30,000 in cash through the Columbus, Ohio, airport last November when federal drug...

According to new research, most transgender adults have been aware of their gender identities since early childhood, even if they didn't yet have the...

A complete ban on abortion may soon take effect in Nebraska. Abortion restrictions in Florida may be lowered from 15 to 12 weeks of...

Despite being required by federal law, the Marine Corps is the only branch of the United States military that has yet to implement full-gender...

President Biden advocated Wednesday for the expansion of free school meals as part of a new national strategy to end hunger and increase healthy...

Celebrities are speaking out after the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer in a Minneapolis suburb during a...

The figures don't lie: solar energy is on the rise. According to the International Energy Agency's 2021 report, power generated by renewable solar power...

Protests disrupted Prince William and Kate Middleton's tour of former British colonies in the Caribbean this week, causing the British royal family embarrassment on...

After a winter storm pounded the mid-Atlantic and dumped more than a foot of snow in some places, ice and snow stranded scores of...

NASA is having difficulty communicating with its new CAPSTONE spacecraft, a tiny probe that was recently launched from Earth to test out a new...

According to local authorities, at least seven children and two adults were killed, and over 20 others were injured, in a mass shooting at...

As the global economy emerges from the pandemic's 15-month slumber, Deutsche Bank has launched a series of research articles to spark debate and discussion...

How has the livestream of the actors' legal dispute impacted public perceptions as well as survivors of sexual violence? The defamation trial of Hollywood...

Western powers chose not to intervene in Bosnia for four years following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. During the 1992-1995 war, more...

Parler, a social media company and app similar to Twitter that caters to conservative and right-wing users, announced that it would be relaunching its...