Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil. His victory came after more than three days of... Read More.

Civil rights leaders along with other people and groups opposed to the U.S Supreme Court confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett were seemingly left with no other options but to shake their heads in disgust and disappointment that the president was successfully able to both... Read More.

Defiant as ever about the coronavirus, President Donald Trump on Monday turned his first campaign rally since contracting COVID-19 into a full-throated defense of his handling of the pandemic that has killed 215,000 Americans, joking that he was healthy enough to plunge into the... Read More.

A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama is partnering with a similar group founded by NBA star Lebron James and other prominent Black athletes and entertainers to sponsor events in major U.S. cities starting next week to generate excitement about voting early for the Nov.... Read More.

Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain. It unleashed a wall of seawater that could push 40 miles inland as the Category 4 storm roared ashore Thursday in Louisiana near the Texas border. At least one person was killed. The... Read More.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday said he’s dropping a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta in a dispute over the city’s requirement to wear masks in public and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp had sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City... Read More.

At least 28 states are not following CDC guidelines on reporting new Covid-19 cases, half of which saw the trend of new cases increasing in the last week. Those states are not reporting probable cases, according to the daily... Read More.