Politics Jul 14 WATCH: Pop star Olivia Rodrigo joins Jen Psaki during White House news briefing The 18-year-old pop star and internet sensation was at the White House on Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci as part of the administration's efforts to encourage younger Americans to roll up their sleeves and…
World Jul 14 Indonesia reports 54,000 virus cases, becomes Asian hotspot Indonesia reported more than 54,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time Wednesday, surpassing recent daily infections in India, whose disastrous outbreak is declining, and becoming Asia's new virus hotspot.
Politics Jul 13 WATCH: Schumer meets with Texas legislators about voting "These lawmakers are brave, they're courageous. And they are simply fighting for the right of every Texan to have the right to vote," he said.
Politics Jul 12 U.S. and Russia say climate talks a springboard to ease tensions U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have expressed hope that climate change talks could help reduce escalating tensions between the two rival nations.
Politics Jul 12 WATCH: Harris delivers remarks at vaccine center in Detroit, Michigan Harris began her remarks with good news about the progress in defeating COVID-19. She said nearly 160 million Americans are fully vaccinated, including 4.75 million in Michigan.
Politics Jul 12 WATCH: Psaki says denying the right to vote is 'suppression and silencing' White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the president plans to lay out his case for why lawmakers must pass a voting rights bill because denying the right to vote is "suppression and silencing."…
World Jul 11 New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain's hospitals Julio Miranda had never felt the threat of the coronavirus too close. With an appointment for his first COVID-19 jab scheduled for mid-July, the 48-year-old house painter was, like many in the vaccine-abundant developed world, eagerly awaiting the end of…
Nation Jul 11 Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils U.S. West Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a Northern California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday and forced the closure of a major highway, one of several large blazes burning across the U.S. West amid another heat wave that…
Nation Jul 09 Wildfires continue to burn in the West as high temperatures return Climate change is considered a "key driver" of a trend that is creating "longer and more intense dry seasons that increase moisture stress on vegetation and make forests more susceptible to severe wildfire."…
Nation Jul 09 Charlottesville to remove Confederate monuments Saturday The city said in a news release Friday afternoon that the equestrian statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as well as a nearby one of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson will be removed Saturday.