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From Virginia to New Jersey, Democratic election woes this month had a common thread: the unpopularity of President Joe Biden.

Since vaccines were first authorized for use nearly a year ago, swarms of anti-vaxxers have pushed a variety of unfounded claims suggesting the vaccine is unsafe and urging people not to receive one.

A former White House official says the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is mounting "a very comprehensive and deliberative process," following her own testimony to Republicans on the committee earlier this year.

The Pentagon said it would respond to Oklahoma's Republican governor after the state's National Guard indicated it would thwart a Defense Department mandate that troops be vaccinated against Covid-19.

There are Democrats and Republicans in office, and we refer to them as Democrats and Republicans in this newsletter because that's how they vote.

A video of a maskless woman having a tantrum on an airplane -- threatening to call the police because she is being forced to sit next to a man she presumes is unvaccinated -- has gone extraordinarily viral on social media.

Afghans desperate to flee the country are increasingly having to negotiate with private operators charging exorbitant sums while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Friday that all Americans who have asked to leave Afghanistan have been offered an opportunity to do so.

President Joe Biden's approval rating is at its lowest point since he took office. His approval rating has slid into the low 40s this month. And while the President has plenty of time to recover before his potential reelection in 2024, history suggests that his chances of becoming popular and Democrats gaining ground by the midterms in 2022 are small.

A federal appeals court on Friday reaffirmed its earlier decision to freeze the Biden administration's vaccine mandate, calling the requirement for large employers to make sure its employees are vaccinated against Covid-19 "staggeringly overbroad."

As French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Arc de Triomphe for a national televised Armistice Day Ceremony, Vice President Kamala Harris -- donning the traditional bleuet de France honoring veterans -- waited to greet him.

The indictment of former President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon on charges of criminal contempt of Congress on Friday sent shock waves through Washington -- serving as a powerful warning to other potential witnesses that there will be consequences for defying the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

By the narrowest of margins -- just five votes -- businesswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick appears to have won a South Florida Democratic primary to replace the late US Rep. Alcee Hastings in Washington, according to official results reported by the counties.

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, CNN has learned.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating January 6, said Friday that he hopes a federal grand jury's indictment of Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress "sends a chilling message" to anyone considering not cooperating with the panel.

Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows did not appear in person for a deposition on Friday in front of the House select committee investigating January 6, setting up a potential showdown that could lead to the panel beginning a criminal referral process against him.

Former President Donald Trump scored two big legal victories Friday and avoided having to sit for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit after former "Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos agreed to drop her claims, according to a court filing, and a New York judge granted Trump's motion to dismiss a 2019 lawsuit filed by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen against the Trump Organization.

In the wake of a disastrous 2021 election for Democrats, the man charged with keeping his party in the House majority had a very interesting prescription for how make that a reality.

The Biden administration sanctioned Eritrea's military and sole political party for their involvement in the ongoing crisis in northern Ethiopia.

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced her bid Friday for reelection in a race that's sure to be tough for the moderate Republican who has been a strong critic of former President Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden said Friday that he plans to appoint an official from outside his administration to oversee implementation of the large infrastructure bill he intends to sign on Monday.