The Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on Friday, clearing the way for an immediate shipment of 6 million doses on top of the Pfizer vaccine that’s already in use.
Congress on Friday passed a two-day extension of government funding, hoping to avert a weekend shutdown and buy more time to finish negotiations on a full-year bill.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Thursday Republican leadership is ready to “run and cooperate” with Democrats once President Trump leaves the White House.
The urgent need for a fresh round of federal aid for small businesses was reinforced Thursday by another troublesome government report on the economy, as Congress neared agreement on a new relief package.
President-elect Joe Biden’s stated aim to embrace the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as long as Tehran also returns to compliance is causing well-justified apprehension.
Joseph R. Biden has not even been sworn in and already it is shaping up to be the “hold my beer” presidency.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio dared police to arrest him Thursday for recently setting fire to a “Black Lives Matter” banner that members of his group had stolen from outside a church in Washington, D.C.
The FBI provided a friendly notification to a Trump Organization computer client during the Russia probe that the firm failed to update Trump’s marketing email domain from an old server host to a new one, according to a newly released text message by then-FBI lead investigator Peter Strzok.
House Democrats on Friday introduced an emergency spending bill to fund the government through Sunday, looking to avert a weekend shutdown as all sides work on a broader deal.
Washington ruled out quarterback Alex Smith for Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks. Dwayne Haskins will start in Smith's place.
Top Pentagon officials on Friday pushed back on reports that the Defense Department had fully halted meetings with President-elect Joseph R. Biden's transition team, stressing that work will continue after a mutually agreed-upon break for the holidays. But Mr. Biden's team said shortly afterward that there was no such agreement.
The U.S. has recorded its highest number of drug overdose deaths during a yearlong period, according to public health officials, as the country struggles to get a grip on the coronavirus pandemic that has upended millions of people's lives.
Legendary musicians Eric Clapton and Van Morrison released their new anti-lockdown song Friday, with lyrics that slam the "police state" and widespread coronavirus restrictions that they say are destroying people's lives.
Arlington National Cemetery is set to host its National Wreath Day event online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
With the support of the Trump administration, the United States of America supercharged an energy revolution powered by clean, affordable, abundant and domestic natural gas.
A second federal inmate set to be executed next month has tested positive for the coronavirus, his lawyer said Friday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Friday and urged Americans to continue with safe preventive measures as the rollout continues across the country.
Emilio Vitolo Jr., the restaurant-owning boyfriend of actress Katie Holmes, has issued a scathing video attacking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as "f--k face" over his coronavirus-related restrictions.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden are set to receive the first dose of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine Monday.
D.C. Public Schools and the Washington Teachers Union have reached an agreement to reopen schools after months of back and forth over safety concerns because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio dared police to arrest him Thursday for recently setting fire to a "Black Lives Matter" banner that members of his group had stolen from outside a church in Washington, D.C.
Senators expressed frustration Friday over being shut out of coronavirus relief negotiations and signaled they may erect roadblocks unless they are let in on the deal-making by each party's top leaders on Capitol Hill.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Thursday Republican leadership is ready to "run and cooperate" with Democrats once President Trump leaves the White House.
The New York Times revealed Friday morning that its award-winning 2018 podcast "Caliphate" about the Islamic State terrorist group did not meet the paper's "standards for accuracy."
House lawmakers on Friday chastised federal officials for failing to provide Congress with sufficient details on the ongoing cyber hack of federal networks and large corporations.
The Army is moving closer to ground combat vehicles that can function without a human operator inside.
Online opinion editor Cheryl Chumley joins FreedomWorks' Inside The Story to discuss the battle over reopening schools.
Ivanka Trump plans to stump next week in Georgia on behalf of Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, seeking to bolster the GOP's chances of defending the seats in crucial runoff races.
American Indian leaders widely praised President-elect Joseph R. Biden's pick of Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the Interior Department, a sprawling bureaucracy that oversees many tribal federal agencies, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
