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US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced Friday that he has tested positive for Covid-19.

Officials from multiple US agencies met Thursday with executives from big US banks to discuss how they might respond to Russian hacking threats as US officials warn that Russia could invade Ukraine at any time, five people briefed on the meeting told CNN.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled his state's plan for the "next phase" of the Covid-19 pandemic, which puts a specific focus on learning to live with the coronavirus.

Reports of sexual assault increased by 25% and reports of sexual harassment increased by 150% at US military academies during the 2020-2021 academic year compared to the previous academic year, according to a Defense Department report released Thursday.

An unnamed New York state trooper who was part of former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's protective detail and told investigators he touched her inappropriately has filed a lawsuit against Cuomo, former Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, and her employer, New York State Police.

The US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that Russia's "intentions are very clear" with Ukraine, hours after Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the UN Security Council in a tense meeting that Moscow was laying the groundwork to justify starting a war and preparing to launch an attack on Ukraine in the coming days.

The US military has approved religious exemptions to its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for 15 service members out of approximately 16,000 requests, according to the latest data from the services.

When Vice President Kamala Harris enters the famed Hotel Bayerischer Hof on Friday in Munich, she'll do so under the largest international gaze of her career.

He might say he's the master of the art of the deal. But Donald Trump's real superpower is his talent for wriggling out of accountability after sailing close to the law and normal rules of politics, business and life in a way that would have destroyed most public figures long ago.

Pressure is growing on the Biden administration to make it easier to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy. Currently, borrowers must meet a high burden of proof: that paying the loans off would cause "undue hardship."

The mayoral candidate in Louisville, Kentucky, who survived a shooting at his campaign headquarters earlier this week said Thursday that his family and campaign team are "traumatized again" after the suspected shooter was released from jail on bond.

On Thursday, as she introduced Gov. Kathy Hochul at the New York State Democratic Party convention, Hillary Clinton never mentioned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's name -- even as the possibility of him attempting a political comeback looms over the party's immediate future. But Donald Trump and his allies were firmly in Clinton's crosshairs.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has endorsed Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed opponent of incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming -- a rare endorsement from leadership in a divisive GOP primary, and one that marks the culmination of a simmering feud between the two powerful Republicans battling over the future of their party.

Ask any Republican strategist who their best candidate would be against Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly this November and they will all answer "Doug Ducey."

The more than $1.9 million effort that ousted three San Francisco School Board members from their positions Tuesday was funded in large part by Silicon Valley-area billionaires, records show.

Special counsel John Durham said Thursday he wasn't trying to inflame partisanship and media commentary with a recent cryptic filing that prompted former President Donald Trump and others to go on the attack about Democrats and the FBI's early Russia investigation.

More than 100 congressional Democrats have urged President Joe Biden in a recent letter to review the "disparate treatment of Black migrants" throughout the immigration system and end the public health order that allows authorities to turn away migrants encountered at the US southern border.

Far from a de-escalation, the standoff between Russia and the US over Ukraine feels more tense each day. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to the United Nations and presented the American case, saying Russia is laying the groundwork to justify starting a war.

Illinois Democratic state lawmakers voted Thursday to remove nine Republicans from the state House after they refused to comply with the chamber's mask mandate.