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US fatalities from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 yesterday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation’s capital Washington. The grim threshold comes …

LLOYD Austin, in his first directive as Defense Secretary since taking office, has given his senior leaders two weeks to send him reports on sexual assault prevention programs in the …

PRESIDENT Joe Biden’s administration next week will release more policies it believes are needed to tackle climate change and is urging China to toughen one of its targets on greenhouse …

AS the House prepares to send articles of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, CNN has learned that dozens of influential Republicans around Washington — including former top Trump administration officials — …

PRESIDENT Biden’s inauguration garnered more viewers than that of his predecessor, former President Trump, with nearly 40 million tuning in to see him sworn into office. Citing Nielsen ratings, Variety reported on Thursday …

BEFORE self-proclaimed members of the far-right group the Proud Boys marched toward the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, they stopped to kneel in the street and prayed in the name of …

WHAT Americans witnessed on their TV screens on Wednesday was not just an insurrection against American democracy — it was also an expression of white supremacy. As mobs of white …

REPUBLICAN Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said Saturday he thinks President Donald Trump “committed impeachable offenses,” but said he is not certain attempting to remove the President from office with just a …

PRESIDENT Trump, in an Election Day interview on “Fox & Friends,” predicted a greater 2020 victory over Joe Biden than his historic upset in 2016 over Hillary Clinton. When asked …