Politics

Healthy Americans can stop wearing masks in areas with low COVID-19 impact, CDC says

By Carla K. Johnson, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

U.S. officials say most Americans live in places where healthy people can safely take a break from wearing masks.

WATCH: Russia vetoes U.N. resolution demanding end to Ukraine attack

By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops, a defeat the United States and its supporters knew was inevitable but sought to highlight Russia's global isolation.

WATCH: Additional U.S. troops to Europe may join NATO response force as Russian attack on Ukraine continues, says Pentagon

By News Desk

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby holds a news briefing on Friday amid a Russian attack on Ukraine.

WATCH : Ukraine ready for ‘peace talks but we are not ready to capitulate’, says ambassador

By News Desk

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is open to diplomacy, including peace talks, with Russia but is not ready to surrender, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said during a news briefing on Friday.

56 percent of Americans think Biden’s first year was a failure

By Laura Santhanam

If history is any guide, Biden has a long three years ahead, according to this latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

WATCH: U.S. respects ‘bravery’ and ‘heroism’ of Russians protesting war against Ukraine, says State Department

By News Desk

State Department spokesman Ned Price on Friday praised peaceful protests in Russia against that country's invasion of Ukraine, saying the U.S. "deeply" respected protesters.

WATCH: Biden makes historic nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

President Joe Biden has introduced federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

International Olympic Committee urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

By Associated Press

The International Olympic Committee has urged sports bodies to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus and stop using the countries' flags and national anthems.

WATCH: US will join European allies in imposing sanctions aimed at Putin, White House says

By Adam Kemp

“I would say that a moment where a leader is ... in the middle of invading a sovereign country is not the moment where diplomacy feels appropriate,” Psaki told reporters at a White House briefing. “It does not mean we…

Key inflation gauge hit 6.1 percent in January, highest since 1982

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1 percent in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.