Politics Feb 02 WATCH: Senate votes to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's homeland security nominee The Senate is expected to vote Feb. 2 on the confirmation of Alejandra Mayorkas for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Politics Feb 02 WATCH: White House's Psaki holds briefing on COVID-19 relief bill, Russia Members of Congress are setting up votes to fast-track the sweeping aid package toward eventual approval with or without Republican support.
Nation Feb 02 Vaccinations resume across Northeast after two-day snowstorm Coronavirus vaccination sites across the Northeast ramped back up Tuesday after a two-day snowstorm that also shut down public transport, closed schools and canceled flights.
Nation Feb 02 A gloomy Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil says more winter There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning to perform his Groundhog Day duties.
Health Feb 02 WATCH: State health officials testify on how to administer more COVID-19 vaccinations The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are starting to appear.
World Feb 02 Hundreds of Myanmar lawmakers under house arrest after coup Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament were under house arrest Tuesday, confined to their government housing complex and guarded by soldiers a day after the military seized power in a coup and detained senior politicians including the country's de facto…
Politics Feb 01 U.S. won't make immigration arrests at virus vaccination sites Vaccination sites will be considered “sensitive locations” and generally off limits for enforcement actions, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement Monday.
Politics Feb 01 Biden asks high court to put off border wall, asylum cases The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to put off arguments over two controversial Trump administration policies that have been challenged in court now that President Joe Biden has taken steps to unwind them.
Nation Feb 01 Deborah Archer becomes first Black person elected to be ACLU's president Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the ACLU's first Black president in the organization's 101-year history.
World Feb 01 Beirut explosion survivors endure psychological scars The Beirut explosion, which killed more than 200 people and injured more than 6,000, was caused by a fire that ignited nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse.