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The US Navy said Wednesday that it has discharged 240 service members for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine as required by the Pentagon's vaccine mandate.

A federal appeals court said Wednesday it would not reinstate President Joe Biden's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees while it reviews a lower court's order putting the requirement on hold -- potentially setting the stage for the case to go to the Supreme Court.

The National Archives has asked the Department of Justice to investigate former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Keith Scott says January 6, 2021, was "the greatest day" of his life.

Mike Pence did not initially intend to admonish former President Donald Trump during a long-planned speech last week. But a pair of statements from Trump criticizing Pence's actions on January 6, 2021, were the final straw, said two people close to the former vice president. He had to say something.

The White House has approved a plan presented by the Pentagon for the nearly 2,000 US troops in Poland to help Americans who may try to evacuate Ukraine if Russia invades, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.

ABC congressional reporter Rachel Scott is trying to ask House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy about the Republican National Committee's decision to censure two members of his conference. McCarthy is, um, running -- or at least briskly walking -- away.

Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the Munich Security Conference this month, a White House official confirmed to CNN on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden will host Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats at the White House Thursday, a White House official confirmed to CNN, as he ramps up his courting of critical senators before selecting a successor to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Republican Rep. Greg Pence on Wednesday publicly defended his brother, former Vice President Mike Pence, who said former President Donald Trump was "wrong" in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.

The three words about the US Capitol attack that have sparked a firestorm inside the Republican Party -- "legitimate political discourse" -- were not included in early drafts of the resolution to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, a person involved in the process tells CNN, but were added as the document was edited late last week at the RNC meeting.

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden blasted a bill moving through the Florida Legislature that would ban some conversations about sexuality and gender issues from the classroom, calling it "hateful" and telling those affected that "you are loved and accepted just as you are."

In an op-ed for Townhall.com, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tries to makes lemonade out of lemons.

The Biden administration believes it has until the end of February to salvage the Iran nuclear agreement, otherwise the US will have to change tack and launch aggressive efforts to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to three administration officials.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday is turning his focus to making new commitments to elect more Democratic governors, a Biden adviser told CNN, following on his pledge to be deeply involved in this year's midterm elections.

Many credit Cardona's consistent push for in-person learning in Connecticut as the state's education commissioner with helping propel him to the national stage and receiving President Joe Biden's nomination. He has has found himself as the nation's top schools chief at a time of unprecedented tumult.

Canadian protests against vaccine mandates, Covid-19 restrictions and the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have captured attention in the US and abroad -- and prompted a flurry of misinformation, including a false claim that was promoted by prominent podcaster Joe Rogan and on Fox.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services changed its mission statement again, four years after the Trump administration removed the phrase "nation of immigrants" from the agency's statement, a move that prompted backlash from immigrant rights groups and others.

China fell more than $213 billion short of its commitment in 2020 to increase purchases of US goods and services, according to a report that gives the first complete picture of how much was purchased over a two-year period. The deal required China to meet its purchase commitments by the end of 2021.

Less than a year after Republican lawmakers pushed through a restrictive voting bill in Texas, election officials there are facing mounting challenges in implementing new voting procedures in time for the upcoming primaries.