Biden to back filibuster changes to push voting rights bill
Jan 11, 2022
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, COLLEEN LONG and JEFF AMY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy…
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Inflation up, virus down as priorities in US: AP-NORC poll
Jan 10, 2022
By WILL WEISSERT and HANNAH FINGERHUT WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into a critical midterm election year, the top political concerns of Americans are shifting in ways that suggest Democrats face considerable challenges to maintaining their…
Supreme Court weighs vaccine rules affecting more than 80M
Jan 07, 2022
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation’s vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases…
Biden and Congress mark a year since violent insurrection
Jan 06, 2022
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised…
Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half remembered
Jan 05, 2022
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) — Beneath a pale winter light and the glare of television cameras, it seemed hard not to see the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot for what it was. The violent…
Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?
Jan 04, 2022
By LAURA UNGAR AP - Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely…
FDA expands Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges
Jan 03, 2022
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP - The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12. Boosters already…
Thousands flee as Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes
Dec 31, 2021
By PATTY NIEBERG, BRADY McCOMBS and COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — Mike Guanella and his family were relaxing at their Colorado home and looking forward to celebrating a belated family Christmas later Thursday when reports…
Biden, Putin to hold call as Russia-Ukraine tension smolders
Dec 30, 2021
By AAMER MADHANI WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin are set to discuss the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine on Thursday during their second call in recent weeks amid little progress toward ending…
WHO: global COVID cases up 11% last week, omicron risk high
Dec 29, 2021
By: The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide increased by 11% last week compared with the previous week, with the biggest increase in the…