PARIS -- France reported a record-smashing 271,686 daily virus cases on Tuesday as omicron infections race across the country, burdening hospital staff and threatening to disrupt transport, schools and other services. The French government is straining to

Nearly half the people hospitalized with COVID-19 at a major Florida hospital system were admitted due to "non-COVID reasons." Jackson Health System, in Miami-Dade County, also tweeted Monday morning that nearly 80% of those hospitalized with COVID were unvaccinated. "Jackson

(CNN) At Texas Children's Hospital, 4-month-old Graysen Perry has Covid-19 and is struggling to breathe. His mom, Gayvielle Goff, is struggling to talk. "It's just really scary," Goff said, trying to suppress tears. At the same Houston hospital, 17-year-old

73 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail Summary: President Joe Biden will receive his daily briefing and meet with the White House COVID team. There is nothing else on his schedule for Tuesday. Live stream links will activate as streams become available ALL

(CNN) With tens of millions of unvaccinated Americans at higher risk for severe disease from Covid-19 infections , doctors and health care facilities nationwide are reporting a rising number of young people hospitalized, some of whom are too young to receive

Students across California returned to in-person learning after the holidays on Monday amid rising case rates across the state, making good on a commitment made by state leaders to keep classrooms open even with the threat of another COVID-19 surge. School

President Joe Biden will address the American public Tuesday about the omicron variant as COVID-19 cases continue multiplying to record levels following the holidays. Nearly 1 in 100 Americans have tested positive for the virus in just the last week, according

PARIS — France reported a record-smashing 271,686 daily virus cases on Tuesday as omicron infections race across the country, burdening hospital staff and threatening to disrupt transport, schools and other services. The French government is straining to avoid

(CNN) President Joe Biden will receive a briefing from his Covid-19 response team and deliver remarks on the Omicron variant Tuesday afternoon, as the US reached more than 100,000 hospitalizations due to to the illness for the first time in four months. "In

Some school systems around the U.S. extended their holiday break Monday or switched back to online instruction because of the explosion in COVID-19 cases, while others pressed ahead with in-person classes amid a seemingly growing sense that Americans will have

A New York teacher was arrested after she allegedly injected a teen with the COVID-19 vaccine, without the parents' consent. Laura Parker Russo allegedly gave the 17-year-old teen the shot at her home. The teen quickly went home to inform his mother, the Nassau

President Biden on Tuesday said the COVID-19 testing situation in the United States is "frustrating" but maintained that his administration is "making improvements" by creating federal testing sites and making more at-home rapid tests available to the public.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday sought to reassure the public that the federal government is prepared to address the growing COVID-19 health crisis amid a staggering increase in infections driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. Addressing the country

Police have arrested a New York school teacher for allegedly injecting a 17-year-old boy with what is believed to have been a COVID-19 vaccine, two news outlets are reporting. The jab by Laura Russo took place on New Year’s Eve at her Long Island home without

President Joe Biden will address the American public Tuesday about the omicron variant as COVID-19 cases continue surging to record levels following the holidays. Nearly 1 in 100 Americans have tested positive for the virus in just the last week, according

President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the surging omicron

The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren’t climbing as fast. Dr. Anthony Fauci, for one, said Sunday on ABC that with many

White House press secretary Jen Psaki denied that the Biden administration has "lost control" of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday when pressed by a reporter who pointed out the rise of issues related to the omicron coronavirus variant. President Biden routinely

India Walton, the Democratic nominee for mayor of Buffalo, New York, speaks on election night. Mayor Byron Brown defeated Walton in a write-in campaign in November. Lindsay DeDario/Reuters India Walton, the former Democratic nominee for mayor of Buffalo, New

For months, President Biden has characterized the continued spread of the coronavirus as a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" and repeatedly claimed that vaccinated people cannot spread the virus, contradicting what his own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The U.S. logged more than 1 million new COVID-19 cases for the first time on Monday, with 26 states reporting record numbers. Omicron makes up more than 95% of new U.S. infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. About 78% of

The White House on Tuesday touted its largest purchase of "over the counter" COVID tests to date, but it remains unclear when those tests will be accessible to the American public. In December, President Biden announced that 500 million coronavirus tests

(CNN) More than two-thirds of the country's 40 most populous cities saw more homicides last year than in 2020, according to a CNN analysis of police department data. Ten of those cities recorded more homicides in 2021 than any other year on record. Those are

A point of contention between the populace and officials around COVID is how things were being categorized in how affected by the virus someone was. For instance, someone dying while having the Coronavirus was often counted as being a virus-caused death whether

President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday how “frustrating” it is for Americans trying to access COVID-19 tests during this recent surge in cases but said the situation should soon be rectified. “I know this remains frustrating,” Biden said. “Believe me, it’s

As her state experiences increased pressure on the hospital and medical systems, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has issued an order intended to bring more clarity to COVID hospitalization data. The order will require hospitals to report whether a patient has

The number of kids being admitted to hospitals for COVID continues to rise COVID hospitalizations among children have increased 97% over the last week to 575 admissions per day. Infectious disease experts talk about treating children with omicron and who is

Fox News host Sean Hannity slammed the Biden administration on Monday for empty promises and an "inexcusable" lack of leadership as omicron rages nationwide in his opening monologue on "Hannity." "Biden’s first year as president has been a disaster, a failure

President Joe Biden will address the American public Tuesday about the omicron variant as COVID-19 cases continue surging to record levels following the holidays. Nearly 1 in 100 Americans have tested positive for the virus in just the last week, according

Hospitalizations are rising across the U.S. as a surge of COVID-19 cases continues to escalate, fueled by the omicron and delta variants. Kansas averaged 38 new COVID-19 hospitalizations and reported 11 additional deaths per day for the seven days ending Monday,

(CNN) A teacher in New York was arrested on New Year's Eve for allegedly unlawfully administering an injection that detectives believe was a Covid-19 vaccine, police say. Laura Russo, 54, allegedly administered the vaccine at her home in Sea Cliff, Long Island,

The new omicron variant of COVID-19 has nearly made delta obsolete, as it was responsible for 95.4% of all new cases in the week that ended Jan. 1, according to CDC data released Tuesday. It took only about a month for the new variant to displace delta, as

Officials say a Florida city’s incoming mayor will take office in a virtual inauguration ceremony after testing positive for COVID-19 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The incoming mayor of a major Florida city will take office in a virtual inauguration ceremony after

More than 1 million people in the U.S. were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday. According to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, 1,082,549 cases were tallied, a "record high." PHYSICIAN WRITES THAT COVID-19 TESTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR

Cruise ship activity has been temporarily suspended along Brazil’s shores until Jan. 21 due to the spread of the coronavirus’ omicron variant, according to a statement the federal government published Monday Cruise ship activity has been temporarily suspended

New York made a major adjustment to how hospitals report patient intake by distinguishing between hospitalizations with COVID or because of COVID, as the omicron variant of the coronavirus surges. "So we're looking at a critical moment, but we're going to

President Joe Biden's disapproval rating in December skyrocketed to 56% — the highest of his presidency, a new CNBC/Change Research poll found. Biden's disapproval rating, which had been 54% in early September and 49% in April, indicated voters are unhappy

President Biden tried to calm nerves around the omicron wave Tuesday, saying free available vaccines should blunt bad outcomes amid a record-breaking tally of COVID-19 cases from the variant. As Republicans declared Mr. Biden’s COVID-19 response a failure,

EXCLUSIVE: President Biden on Tuesday is expected to direct health officials to double the U.S. government's purchase of Pfizer's antiviral COVID-19 pill from 10 million to 20 million treatment courses and will accelerate the delivery of those treatments,

Fifty-six percent of voters disapprove of President Joe Biden’s first-year job performance, a CNBC poll revealed Tuesday. Biden’s 56 percent disapproval marks a record amount of dissatisfaction in the president’s performance from CNBC polling. The organization’s

President Biden reassured Americans Tuesday that there was reason to be optimistic about “2020” — mistakenly saying the wrong year four days into 2022. Biden’s post-New Year’s gaffe came as the president urged people to keep wearing masks and get vaccinated

White House press secretary Jen Psaki praised President Joe Biden’s first-year gun control efforts even though 12 cities, all Democrat-run, broke annual homicide records during Biden’s first year as well. Psaki tweeted: “In 2021, President Biden took more

Sign up for our special edition newsletter to get a daily update on the coronavirus pandemic. Texas, a state often at odds with the federal government, has received more federal aid to pay for COVID-19-related funeral expenses than any other state in the country. According

Thousands of U.S. schools delayed this week's scheduled return to classrooms following the holiday break or switched to remote learning as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus pushed COVID-19 cases to record levels. But many others, viewing such moves as

People in New York shared mixed opinions with Fox News on whether the $73 billion allocated for COVID-19 testing was justified. Leading into the holidays, videos and reports from states across the country showed long lines at testing sites and at-home test

A New York City doctor says the current surge of COVID-19 infections has created an emergency room environment different than that seen earlier in the pandemic. Dr. Craig Spencer, a Columbia University Medical Center ER physician, took to social media Monday

Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely to infect people, even if it doesn't make them very sick, and its surge

"Fox & Friends Weekend" host Pete Hegseth said on "Faulkner Focus" that the Biden administration has failed in its COVID-19 response, calling the testing delays "Operation Snail Speed." BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DEALS WITH SOARING OMICRON COVID CASES AND DROPPING

President Biden’s tough criticism of his predecessor’s effort to make COVID-19 tests available has resurfaced while his own administration faces blowback over test shortages. In December 2020, then President-elect Biden tried to hold Trump’s feet to the

President Biden will convene his COVID-19 pandemic team Tuesday to discuss the fast-spreading Omicron variant — without yet setting a date to launch his plan to mass-mail 500 million at-home rapid tests. The White House put a positive spin on record-high coronavirus

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday declared a 30-day state of emergency as state officials project that COVID-19 hospitalizations will reach a record of more than 5,000. “The next four to six weeks will be the most challenging time of the entire pandemic,”

President Biden ignored questions Tuesday about long lines for COVID-19 tests and the status of his plan to mass-mail 500 million at-home rapid test kits — after he encouraged Americans to “just find out where they are.” “What about the free COVID tests going

Citing COVID-19 testing backlogs in the U.S. amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, a doctor argued in an article published Monday that these tests would be best served if they were used by symptomatic individuals who could benefit most from early intervention. Dr.

The Biden administration is finalizing contracts for 500 million rapid COVID-19 tests that it plans to distribute for free to Americans who request them, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has swiftly spread across

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said recently that people should "focus on the hospitalizations" due to COVID-19, and not "the total number of cases." Fauci, the nation’s top expert on infectious disease,

Joe Biden made it out of the snowstorm he was temporarily stopped in yesterday but that trapped a lot of people in Virginia. He had gone on a Delaware beach vacation, despite the surge in COVID cases which he had promised to “stop.” Unfortunately for us and

More than 750,000 people were left without power on Monday after a winter storm rocked the South and Mid-Atlantic. According to PowerOutage.US, as many as 757,000 people in Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas were without power at around

Both northbound and southbound sections of I-95 in Virginia were closed due to snow and ice that sparked vehicle crashes. Virginia Department of Transportation via AP Hundreds of vehicles were trapped overnight in Virginia on icy Interstate 95, in some cases

Hundreds of drivers, including a US senator, were stranded overnight in the freezing cold on a Virginia highway after a severe snowstorm battered the region Monday. A 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 came to a standstill in both directions Monday afternoon

Hundreds of drivers stranded overnight on I-95 in Virginia due to ice and snow The winter storm has caused chaos across several states and at least five deaths.

Social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have been chock full of posts over the last 24 hours or so from understandably angry folks in the Virginia/D.C. area who have either been stuck for hours on I-95 in the middle of freezing temperatures

Sen. Tim Kaine among those stranded on I-95 Sen. Tim Kaine was among hundreds of motorists stranded on Interstate 95 after tractor-trailers jackknifed in a winter storm. He said he was stuck in his car 21 hours after starting his two-hour commute to the Capitol

Hundreds of drivers have been stranded on the I-95 in northern Virginia for hours Tuesday morning after the region was slammed with a major snowstorm—prompting some people to turn off their engines or even abandon their vehicles to look for shelter, according

The coldest temperatures of this season so far have created black ice conditions in the mid-Atlantic states on Tuesday. A freeze warning was issued Tuesday along the Gulf Coast, where temperatures are near or below freezing. A record 6.9 inches of snow fell

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine revealed Tuesday that he has been stuck for 19 hours and counting in the Interstate-95 traffic disaster that has stranded hundreds of travelers outside of the nation’s capital. The Democrat tweeted that he started his "normal 2-hour

The winter storm blanketed several states in the mid-Atlantic and South on Monday, closing schools and causing power outages. In Virginia, drivers were stranded in a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg overnight. Five deaths across three

Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked on social media Tuesday after claiming that the United States is "moving again" thanks to President Biden ’s infrastructure spending, as hundreds of motorists remained stranded on Virginia ’s I-95 due to a winter storm. "Because

Sen. Tim Kaine tweeted Tuesday he had been stranded for 19 hours on I-95. Sen. Tim Kaine tweeted Tuesday that he was among the hundreds of people trapped overnight in a miles-long traffic jam on Interstate 95 in Virginia following a multi-vehicle accident

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Sen. Tim Kaine left his home in Richmond for his usual two-hour commute to the U.S. Capitol after Monday’s snowstorm, eager to negotiate voting rights legislation and preside over the Senate Tuesday morning. Instead, he was stranded all

There is the potential for 6-12 inches of snow -- and locally higher amounts -- to pile up. More than half the flights at Washington, D.C.'s three major airports were either delayed or canceled Monday morning. Much of the storm should be over by late Monday

New York magazine writer Jonathan Chait was roasted on Tuesday for mocking an effort to help drivers stranded in an unprecedented traffic jam along Interstate 95 in Northern Virginia. Thousands were stranded, or stuck in slow-moving traffic, after a winter

After snowstorm, hundreds are stranded on I-95, including Virginia Senator Tim Kaine NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., about being one of the many people stuck in his car overnight when hundreds of vehicles were stranded Interstate

The heavy snow that buried Virginia has left hundreds of drivers stranded on Interstate 95 in the state, including former governor and Democrat Senator Tim Kaine. Drivers are stranded on a 50-mile stretch of the highway that runs along the length of the eastern

A winter storm packing heavy snow has closed government offices and schools in the nation's capital and surrounding suburbs WASHINGTON -- A winter storm packing heavy snow blew into the nation's capital Monday, closing government offices and schools and grounding

The Virginia Department of Transportation is warning drivers to stay away from Interstate 95 Tuesday morning so crews can free up hundreds of drivers who remain stranded or in slow-moving traffic in temperatures well-below freezing, in what officials are describing

The winter storm blanketed several states in the mid-Atlantic and South on Monday, closing schools and causing power outages. In Virginia, drivers were stranded in a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg overnight. Five deaths across three

Drivers left their cars on I-95 to walk their dogs in order to pass time while stranded for hours on the icy roadway, one source told Fox News. Darryl Walter, opened up to Fox News about his experiences being stuck on Interstate-95 after about posting on Twitter

The winter storm blanketed several states in the mid-Atlantic and South on Monday, closing schools and causing power outages. In Virginia, drivers were stranded in a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg overnight. Five deaths across three

Hundreds of motorists have been stuck in the snow for more than 15 hours along a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia after a crash involving six tractor-trailers, authorities said. The Virginia Department of Transportation confirmed both directions

Kaine was stranded with hundreds of others on Interstate 95 in Virginia. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine tweeted Tuesday that he was among the hundreds of people trapped overnight in a miles-long traffic jam on Interstate 95 in Virginia following a multi-vehicle accident

There is the potential for 6-12 inches of snow -- and locally higher amounts -- to pile up. More than half the flights at Washington, D.C.'s three major airports were either delayed or canceled Monday morning. Much of the storm should be over by late Monday

Elizabeth Holmes, once a Silicon Valley wunderkind and founder of Theranos, the now-failed blood-testing startup, has been found guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after a three-month federal trial in San Jose,

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is found guilty on 4 counts in her fraud trial Enlarge this image toggle caption Nic Coury/AP Nic Coury/AP Elizabeth Holmes, the former chief executive of the once high-flying biotech startup Theranos, was found guilty

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud and conspiracy Monday, ending a lengthy trial that has captivated Silicon Valley. The jury found her not guilty of four other felony charges. On the three remaining

Elizabeth Holmes’s trial is finally over, but that doesn’t mean her time in the spotlight is finished. After months of arguments and seven days of deliberation, jurors convicted the former Theranos CEO on four of 11 counts of conspiracy and fraud. Now, as Holmes

A jury on Monday found Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of conspiring to defraud investors in the blood testing startup. The verdict was still being read aloud in the courtroom. Prosecutors said Holmes, 37, swindled private investors between 2010

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, was found guilty of four of 11 charges of fraud on Monday, in a case that came to symbolize the pitfalls of Silicon Valley’s culture of hustle, hype and greed. Ms.

The establishment media on Tuesday morning ignored then-Vice President Joe Biden’s involvement with Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos. Though Biden cheered Holmes in 2015 for “maintaining the highest standards” in developing lower-cost blood lab tests

Image Elizabeth Holmes, center, exiting federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 17 with her partner, Billy Evans, and her mother, Noel Holmes. Credit... Justin Sullivan/Getty Images SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing

A federal jury convicted former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on four counts of fraud and conspiracy Monday, ending a lengthy trial that has captivated Silicon Valley. The jury found her not guilty of four other felony charges and was deadlocked on the three

(CNN) Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of failed biotech startup Theranos, went from being hailed as the next Steve Jobs to facing up to 20 years in prison over federal fraud charges. How did Holmes get here? A Stanford University dropout, Holmes

The fraud conviction of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes confirms that even the biggest names in establishment politics, tech and global business are not immune to falling for somebody who over-promises but ultimately under-delivers. Holmes was found guilty

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, now awaits sentencing after being found guilty of four of 11 charges of fraud on Monday. Ms. Holmes, 37, left the San Jose, Calif., courtroom through a side door after the verdict

A jury found former biotechnology CEO Elizabeth Holmes guilty Monday on four counts of fraud-related charges. Holmes founded and served as CEO of Theranos , a medical technology startup that manufactured cheap and accessible blood-testing equipment. The Department

News brief: Elizabeth Holmes verdict, Philly's COVID surge, Marine hearing Ex-Theranos CEO found guilty on four counts in fraud trial. In Philadelphia, students, teachers and bus drivers have COVID. The Marines are probing what went wrong with an amphibious

Atlanta hospital struggles to deal with latest COVID surge NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Dr. Robert Jansen, chief medical officer at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., about the surge of COVID cases there. Health Atlanta hospital struggles to deal with latest

Jessica A. Roth is a professor at Cardozo Law School, where she teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, evidence, and ethics and co-directs the Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law. Previously she was a federal prosecutor in the United

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In 2016, start-up founders sang, “Theranos doesn’t represent, we are better,” in a holiday video created by the venture capital firm First Round Capital. Over the next few years, several columnists wrote that Silicon Valley shouldn’t be

(CNN Business) After nearly four months of court proceedings in one of the most high-profile tech trials in recent memory, Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty on four out of 11 federal fraud and conspiracy charges . Holmes, the former CEO and founder of

Elizabeth Holmes guilty of fraud and conspiracy at blood-testing startup Theranos The former Theranos CEO was convicted on Monday after a lengthy trial.

(CNN Business) The jury in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of Theranos, has reached a verdict. Holmes was found guilty on four charges — three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The jury

A woman who is among Jeffrey Epstein’s most vocal accusers received $500,000 in 2009 to resolve a lawsuit in which she accused him of repeatedly sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, according to a settlement agreement unsealed on Monday. The agreement

Prince Andrew faces a key day in court Tuesday as he attempts to get the damning sex-assault lawsuit against him thrown out. A Manhattan federal court teleconference has been set for 10 a.m. to hear the scandal-scarred royal’s formal arguments to toss the

The Prince of Wales may have extended an olive branch to his sons. Prince Charles praised Prince Harry and Prince William for their efforts in combating climate change. The 73-year-old, who is the heir to the British throne, wrote a lengthy essay for Newsweek’s

A Manhattan federal judge appeared poised to allow a sex-abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew to move forward after a remote hearing Tuesday morning. During the virtual hearing, a lawyer for the Duke of York and an attorney for accuser Virginia Giuffre argued

A woman who says she was sexually trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew by Jeffrey Epstein accepted $500,000 in 2009 to settle her lawsuit against the American millionaire and anyone else “who could have been included as a potential defendant,” according to

A woman who says she was sexually trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew by Jeffrey Epstein accepted $500,000 in 2009 to settle her lawsuit against the American millionaire and anyone else "who could have been included as a potential defendant," according to

Women who received Covid vaccinations while pregnant were at no greater risk of delivering their babies prematurely or of giving birth to unusually small babies than pregnant women who did not get vaccinated, a new study reports. The study, one of the first

Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday released a letter announcing his intention to sue the federal government for what he claimed is an unconstitutional vaccine mandate for the Texas National Guard. "As the commander-in-chief of Texas’s militia, I have issued a straightforward

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Monday that the interval between a second dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and a booster shot remains six months. "Right now if you got J&J, you get a booster after two months. If you got Pfizer as your primary

A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold a week after the shot is administered, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday, citing preliminary findings of an Israeli study. "A week into the fourth dose we know to a higher degree

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday recommended shortening the interval between Pfizer-BioNTech's second COVID-19 vaccine dose and the booster shot to five months from six. The move follows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, while discussing voting rights legislation and potential filibuster changes in a television interview Monday, drew a blank on the name of a member of his caucus. The New York Democrat's glitch came when he was telling

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday he's been having "private" conversations with two holdout Democratic senators on carving out changes to the filibuster and admitted pushing through a rule change will be an "uphill climb." Schumer

Democrats' efforts to pass voting rights legislation in Congress appeared in jeopardy on Tuesday, as a centrist Democratic senator said he had little interest in a strategy that would allow the party to bypass Republican opposition. Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters

A House Democrat from Pennsylvania is intensifying his campaign for an open Senate seat with a pledge to end the filibuster if he’s elected. Rep. Conor Lamb, a moderate who has trailed Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in early polling in the Democratic primary, released

Public school districts, mostly across the Northeast and Midwest, closed this week as the omicron variant of coronavirus surges following the winter break and the country's students face a mental health crisis. Various school systems in Wisconsin, Michigan,

For some of America's schools, 2022 sure feels a lot like 2020. A majority of schools opened in-person Monday for their spring semester start, but a growing number have shifted abruptly to remote learning again amid the omicron-fueled surge in COVID-19 infections

Randi Weingarten, head of the second-largest teachers union in the country, was called out Tuesday for an apparent backpedaling on reopening schools in the COVID-19 pandemic despite claiming to be a champion of getting children back in the classroom. "There

Thousands of coronavirus tests taken by children within the Chicago Public Schools system were deemed "invalid" after the tests piled up at FedEx drop boxes. "We don’t even know if they’re going to make it through, or if they’re going to be compromised just

Former President Donald Trump weighed in on Monday on the tight gubernatorial race taking shape in Kansas, announcing his endorsement for the frontrunning Republican candidate, Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Trump said Monday that Schmidt, who is hoping to

It has been revealed that Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle have been engaged for more than a year. The groom-to-be reportedly popped the question to Guilfoyle, his girlfriend since 2018, on New Year's Eve 2020. Guilfoyle's Instagram post this past Saturday

A federal judge on Monday barred the U.S. Department of Defense from punishing a group of Navy SEALs and other special forces members who refused COVID-19 vaccines on religious grounds. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, acting in response to a lawsuit filed

President Joe Biden and his Pentagon leadership are portraying "religious hostility" toward American service members who do not want to submit to an injection of a coronavirus vaccine as a stipulation of their continuing service, an attorney for a group of

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York will not be prosecuted in the criminal case involving allegations that he groped a former aide in the Executive Mansion in 2020, the Albany County District Attorney announced on Tuesday. The move to drop the case marked