Politics

Mexico president warns against false claims of open U.S. doors

By Associated Press

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also cited the recent massacre of 19 people, including at least 14 Guatemalan migrants, near the U.S. border, as justification for his policy of stopping Central American migrants at Mexico's southern border.

Despite Biden’s push, a difficult road to peace in Yemen

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Yemenis have suffered six years of bloodshed, destruction and humanitarian catastrophe, and they say it is too early to raise hopes in the new peace bid.

WATCH: Biden says U.S. is securing 600 million vaccine doses by July

By News Desk and Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

The U.S. is on pace to exceed Biden's goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in his first 100 days in office, with more than 26 million shots delivered in his first three weeks. "That's just the floor," Biden said.

Trump lawyer calls House impeachment trial presentation ‘offensive’

By Associated Press

David Schoen told reporters on Thursday that Democrats were “making a movie” and had yet to tie the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol to the former president.

WATCH: Rep. DeGette says harm to the Capitol may be long lasting

By Associated Press

House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment said Thursday the harm from the mob attack on Capitol Hill January 6th will be long lasting if there are no repercussions.

WATCH: Lieu says Trump has shown no remorse for lies, riot

By Associated Press

“President Trump’s lack of remorse and refusal to take accountability during the attack shows his state of mind. It shows that he intended the events of January 6 to happen and when it did he delighted in it,” Lieu said.

GOP attacks Dems’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill from all angles

By Alan Fram, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The package would provide $1,400 payments to some Americans, hundreds of billions for state and local governments and boost vaccination efforts, raise tax credits for children and increase unemployment benefits.

Biden hopes infrastructure can bridge partisan divide

By Josh Boak, Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Biden said there are "a number of things out there that the American people are looking for us to step up" and do. During the presidential campaign, Biden committed to deploying $2 trillion on infrastructure and clean energy investments over…

U.S. distances itself from Trump attempts to ban WeChat

By Tali Arbel, Associated Press

The Commerce Department is reviewing recent actions, such as the rules undermining TikTok and WeChat, to ensure that efforts by the Trump administration to ban them based on claimed national-security threats were justified.

WATCH: Democrats show past Trump rallies cheering violence

By Associated Press

Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin said that the litany of examples showed “obvious intent” as Trump told his supporters to come to Washington, and then to “fight like hell” just before they laid siege to the U.S. Capitol.