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Video shows the suspect believed to have planted pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the Capitol insurrection. / The Washington Post A reporter's...
Johnson & Johnson's Covid vaccine is only 66% effective at preventing moderate to severe illness, but appears to be 100% effective at preventing hospitalization or death. / STAT Covid can...
The world surpasses 100 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, a figure almost unimaginable 12 months ago. / CNNU.S. coronavirus hospitalizations have been declining since Jan. 12. / The Wall...
Battle lines form in President Biden’s effort to address the climate crisis: unlikely allies in corporate America, opposition from senators in fossil-fuel states. / The New York...
President Biden says he’s hopeful that the US soon can ramp up its capacity to administer 1.5 million vaccine shots daily. / POLITICO In just a month, Israel...
The US reaches 25 million cases of Covid-19. Now it's a race between vaccines and variants. / CNN The White House restricts entry of non-US citizens from the UK,...
The Justice Dept. has learned one of its lawyers devised a plan with Trump to replace the attorney general with a loyalist who would force Georgia to overturn its presidential...
President Biden signs 10 executive orders directed at ramping up vaccinations, including by invocation of the Defense Production Act. / The Wall Street Journal See also: Biden’s new...
From reentering the Paris climate agreement to repealing Trump's travel bans, here are details on the 17 executive orders Biden signed yesterday. / The New York Times "Getting Americans...
President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in today as the United States’ 46th president at an inauguration like no other. / Vox Kamala Harris makes history as the...
Online caches show Trump campaign members played key roles in the rally that happened before the insurrection, and have attempted to erase posts connecting them to the event. / ...
The speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. find particular resonance “amid a year of sickness and death, Black Lives Matter protests and the storming of the Capitol.” /...
"Our current state of affairs is a paradox." Balancing the need to talk about 1/6 with the worry of inspiring other wrongdoers. / Bloomberg Darren Walker: The ideal of democracy...
Biden introduces a $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that includes more checks, unemployment benefits, and healthcare measures. / BuzzFeed News Because of security concerns, Biden's inauguration rehearsal has been...
Donald Trump becomes the first American president to be impeached twice. Any trial in the Senate won’t begin before he leaves office. / Vox, CNN Macaulay Culkin...
The House of Representatives is currently engaged in debate over impeaching Trump for inciting insurrection. / The Guardian In yesterday's House vote to request Pence invoke the 25th...
According to a new study, Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years after someone is vaccinated or recovers from infection. / MIT Technology Review For one couple, a cancer diagnosis...
Pelosi tells Democrats that the House will begin impeachment proceedings "with urgency." / The Guardian The House releases its Articles of Impeachment, charging Trump with "incitement of insurrection." /...
Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump "due to the risk of further incitement of violence." / Twitter "Can a disgraced president addicted to outrage and innately governed by the same...
More officials resign in protest as President Trump reluctantly concedes defeat without giving up his lies about election fraud. / The New York Times Online researchers race to...
"On Jan. 6, at the president’s direction, the constitutionally scheduled process for the transfer of power was interrupted by violence." / Slate Watch: This report from ITV shows...
Today’s joint session of the House and Senate may be the last attempt by the president and his allies to overturn the election results. Here’s what...
To combat the new, more infectious Covid variant, Boris Johnson announces a national lockdown for England until at least mid-February. / ABC News California, Colorado, and Florida have confirmed...
In leaked recordings of a one-hour phone call, President Trump urges Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat. / The...