Politics

U.S. cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from global hack

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

It was the most detailed comment yet from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency since reports emerged that government agencies including the Treasury and Commerce departments were among those penetrated.

Palestinians left waiting as Israel is set to deploy COVID-19 vaccine

By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

Worldwide, rich nations are snatching up scarce supplies of new vaccines as poor countries largely rely on a World Health Organization program that has yet to get off the ground.

Biden to pick Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, sources say

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The historic pick would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations.

Damage from border wall includes blown-up mountains, toppled 100-year-old cactus

By Anita Snow, Associated Press

Recent construction has sealed off the last major undammed river in the Southwest. It's more difficult for desert tortoises, the occasional ocelot and the world's tiniest owls to cross the boundary.

EU agency moves forward meeting on Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

By Associated Press

The EMA said Thursday's decision came after Moderna sent the last package of data on the vaccine needed for the agency to assess it for the EU market.

Biden picks regulator Michael Regan for EPA administrator

By Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael S. Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows

By Sara Cline, Associated Press

If Oregon extends its eviction moratorium next week, it would go further than a one-month extension of a federal eviction measure expected in a coronavirus relief package nearing consensus in Congress.

Final stretch on COVID-19 economic relief, but no deal yet

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Congressional negotiators on the long-delayed $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package worked through a handful of remaining holdups Thursday as they labored to seal a final agreement for more help to businesses and the unemployed and new stimulus payments to…

6 men indicted in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governor

By John Flesher, Associated Press

A federal grand jury has charged six men with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in what investigators say was a plot by anti-government extremists who were angry over her coronavirus policies.

WATCH: Sackler family members who own Purdue testify before Congress

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Two of the owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to a congressional committee on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller has played a role in the national opioid crisis but stopped short of apologizing or admitting wrongdoing.