CDC's COVID-19 mask guidelines to loosen Friday, AP sources say
The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Russia sanctions: A look at Biden administration's toughest penalties
The East-West faceoff over Ukraine has escalated dramatically, with Russian lawmakers authorizing President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside his country and President Joe Biden and European leaders responding by slapping sanctions on Russian oligarchs and banks.
UN security council to hold emergency meeting amid Ukraine crisis
A long-feared Russian invasion of Ukraine appears to be imminent, if not already underway, with Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering forces into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.
US: Biden agrees to meet Putin if Russia halts Ukraine invasion
The White House said U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed “in principle” to a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as long as he holds off on launching an assault that U.S. officials warn appears increasingly more likely.
Biden aims to cut cancer deaths by 50% over next 25 years with moonshot initiative
President Joe Biden is relaunching his “Cancer Moonshot” initiative with a goal of reducing cancer deaths by 50% over the next 25 years and to ”end cancer as we know it.”
Ghost Army: Secret WWII tactical unit to receive Congressional Gold Medal
The Ghost Army refers to two units that used inflatable equipment, sound effects, radio trickery, and other deceptions to draw enemy forces away from American units, saving an estimated 30,000 lives.
Man claiming he was 'told by God to assassinate President Joe Biden' arrested in Maryland
A Kansas man, who called President Joe Biden the "AntiChrist" and threatened to kill him, has been arrested and charged.
Biden urges employers to 'do the right thing' after Supreme Court blocks vaccine mandate
President Biden appealed to U.S. companies “to do the right thing to protect Americans’ health and economy” after the Supreme Court blocked the vaccine mandate.
Supreme Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US businesses
The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.
Biden urges schools to remain open amid COVID-19 case surge, orders 20M antiviral pills
“We know that our kids can be safe when in school,” President Joe Biden said from the White House. “That’s why I believe schools should stay open.”
COVID-19 test giveaway: How Biden plans to distribute 500M kits for free
President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free of charge to people to use at home.
Biden signs bill blocking Chinese goods made by forced labor
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is the latest in a series of intensifying U.S. penalties against China for alleged abuses.
Gov. Whitmer, AG Nessel say they support Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate
A challenge to the president's vaccine mandate will be heard in a Supreme Court session in early January.
Biden pledges 500M free at-home COVID-19 tests, more hospital aid to fight omicron
President Joe Biden pledged 500 million free at-home COVID-19 tests that Americans can have shipped to them as the world races the omicron variant.
AP Review: Far too little voter fraud in Michigan, other battleground states to tip 2020 election
A review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states where former President Donald Trump disputed the results yielded a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 election.
'We owe them action': Biden marks 9 years since Sandy Hook shooting, calls for tougher gun laws
President Joe Biden remembered the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 and is calling for more action on gun violence.
Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell among Kennedy Center honorees
Honorees include Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, “Saturday Night Live” mastermind Lorne Michaels, actress-singer Bette Midler, opera singer Justino Diaz and folk music legend Joni Mitchell.
Racism is a 'public health threat,' Biden says in new HIV/AIDS strategy
In its new HIV/AIDS strategy released Wednesday on the annual commemoration of World AIDS Day, the Biden administration is calling racism “a public health threat” that must be fully recognized as the world looks to end the epidemic.
Biden: Omicron variant ‘cause for concern’ but not panic, pushes COVID-19 shots
President Joe Biden urged Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to receive a booster shot amid the new omicron variant.
US mandating vaccines for all border crossers in January
President Joe Biden plans to require essential nonresident travelers crossing U.S. land borders, such as truck drivers and emergency response officials, to be fully vaccinated beginning on Jan. 22.