Biden announces sweeping new vaccine mandates impacting 100 million Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as manyRead More
Justice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enactedRead More
Flight takes about 200, including Americans, out of Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An estimated 200 foreigners, including Americans, left Afghanistan on a commercial flight out of Kabul on Thursday with the cooperation ofRead More
Texas man gets execution delay over pastor’s touch request
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row inmate won a reprieve Wednesday evening from execution for killing a convenience store worker during a 2004Read More
AP source: Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday is toughening COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers and contractors as he aims to boost vaccinations andRead More
Blinken says US ‘working to do everything in our power’ to get charter flights out of Afghanistan
(CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday acknowledged “a fair amount of confusion” around charter flights from Afghanistan and said that the United States governmentRead More
Evacuees plead for action: ‘We are in some kind of jail’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens — including one Afghan who worked as a U.S. military translatorRead More
In NYC after Ida, Biden calls climate ‘everybody’s crisis’
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden declared climate change has become “everybody’s crisis” on Tuesday as he toured neighborhoods flooded by the remnants ofRead More
Texas governor signs new GOP voting restrictions into law
TYLER, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an elections overhaul into law Tuesday that adds more voting restrictions in the booming state,Read More
Jill Biden heads back to classroom as a working First Lady
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is going back to her whiteboard. After months of teaching writing and English to community college students in boxes onRead More