Straining under record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nationβs intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates. Many of the facilities are clustered in the South and West.
Anti-abortion leaders across America were elated a year ago when Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to appear in person at their highest-profile annual event, the March for Life held every January.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services say a new strain of coronavirus has been detected in the state.
Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese held a White House news briefing on January 22nd to discuss President Biden's executive orders related to the economy.
Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruthβs home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseballβs greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching the start of the former presidentβs trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly Capitol riot.
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
A new administration is hard at work after a dramatic day of change in the United States.
Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Bidenβs inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government to tackle the new presidentβs agenda at a time of unprecedented national challenges.
Garth Brooks performed "Amazing Grace" a capella at the inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on January 20th.
A former North Carolina congressman and state Republican Party leader who lied to FBI agents about a bribery scandal received a pardon on Wednesday from outgoing President Donald Trump.
Jennifer Lopez performed a patriotic medley of "This Land is your Land" and "America the Beautiful" at the inauguration ceremony swearing in Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States.
In one of the inaugurationβs most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world βeven as we grieved, we grew.β
Two rappers were among the entertainment figures included in a list of 140 people who were pardoned or had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump in a last-minute clemency flurry early Wednesday. But the news was not as good for one hopeful celebrity.
A full-throated, supremely confident Lady Gaga belted out the national anthem Wednesday in a very Gaga way β with flamboyance, fashion and passion.
Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that βdemocracy has prevailedβ as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.
Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nationβs second-highest office.
His term at an end, President Donald Trump said farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted about a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter divisions in the country he led for four years.
Watch full coverage of the inauguration for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
