Politics

WATCH: U.S. sides with Britain on China’s BBC ban

By Associated Press

"The (People's Republic of China) maintains one of the most controlled, most oppressive, least free information spaces in the world," he said.

China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move

By Associated Press

The BBC already is generally not viewable in China outside of some hotels, businesses and residential compounds for foreigners. It wasn't immediately clear if the ban would affect reception in those facilities.

Gina Carano fired from ‘Mandalorian’ after social media post

By Associated Press

Carano played the recurring character Cara Dune on the "Star Wars" series. She deleted the post but it was widely shared online and spurred the #FireGinaCarano hashtag to trend.

WATCH: Trump ‘lit the fuse’ of the Capitol insurrection, Rep. DeGette says

Democratic prosecutors in Donald Trump's impeachment trial say rioters believed they were are acting on the "president's orders" to storm the Capitol to undo Joe Biden's election victory.

Biden in call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing's crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other human rights concerns.

WATCH: White House says it will defer to CDC on reopening schools

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Press secretary Jen Psaki made the comment on Thursday amid criticism that President Joe Biden has not acted aggressively enough on reopening schools.

WATCH: Senate committee votes on Biden’s picks to lead education, labor departments

By Associated Press

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee is expected to vote Feb. 11 on Miguel Cardona and Marty Walsh, Biden's nominations for education secretary and labor secretary, respectively.

WATCH: Pelosi wants to award gold medal for police at Capitol

By Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she'll sponsor legislation awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Capitol Police and other law enforcement officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Key takeaways from Day 2 of Trump’s second impeachment trial

By Daniel Bush

Democrats spent the second day of the Senate trial laying out in detail the seriousness of the Jan. 6 security breach at the Capitol, where former Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers narrowly escaped coming face-to-face with rioters intent on…

WATCH: Trump’s second impeachment trial | Day 3

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

House prosecutors concluded two days of emotional arguments in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Thursday, insisting the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on “the president’s orders” to stop Joe Biden's election.