Politics

WATCH: Jen Psaki talks on halting of Afghan flights, Xi call

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden unveiled on Thursday his administration's latest plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Among a number of action items are moves to require vaccination against COVID-19 for an estimated 100 million American workers.

WATCH: Biden says some GOP governors ‘cavalier’ with kids’ health amid COVID

By Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

Biden visited a public school just a short drive from the White House to make the case for new rules he set out a day earlier that could impact 100 million Americans.

U.S. doubles the fine for people who break mask rule on planes

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

First-time offenders would face a potential fine of $500 to $1,000 and second-time offenders could pay $1,000 to $3,000 under rules that the Transportation Security Administration said will go into effect Friday.

Florida’s GOP-backed ‘anti-riot’ law blocked by judge

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

The decision Thursday by U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee found the recently enacted law “vague and overbroad” and amounted to an assault on First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly as well as due process protections.

Guantanamo Bay prison remains an unresolved legacy of 9/11

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

President Joe Biden turned the page on one legacy of 9/11 when he ended the war in Afghanistan, but he has yet to do much about another: the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

U.S., Mexico restart high-level economic talks after 4 years

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Top advisers to presidents Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador are expressing eagerness to make headway on issues important to both nations, including infrastructure, trade and migration.

Justice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law

By Michael Balsamo, Paul Weber, Associated Press

The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted "in open defiance of the Constitution."…

20 states support challenge to South Carolina ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion law

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

The prosecutors argue in a brief filed in federal court Wednesday that the restrictive measure could harm their states by taxing resources if women cross borders to seek care. South Carolina's law restricts abortion if a so-called "fetal heartbeat" is…

WATCH: Biden announces sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant.