President Joe Biden said he was "really proud of the way" US track and field star Sha'Carri Richardson responded following a positive drug test and subsequent suspension that will prevent her from running in her signature event for Team USA in the Olympics later this month, but that "everybody knows the rules going in."
Millions of Americans have their lives and livelihoods back and are basking in a summer of freedom. But a divided nation's varied faith in vaccines and a more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus are thwarting hopes of a full declaration of independence from the pandemic.
US officials are actively updating emergency evacuation plans for the US embassy in Kabul, as concerns grow about the potential for escalating violence in the country while US troops near a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a US official and another source familiar with the planning.
Jobless residents of Maryland and Texas have filed lawsuits in state courts seeking to force their governors to reinstate pandemic unemployment benefits.
New York City's Democratic mayoral primary race is far from over. The city is taking a long time to figure out who has won under the new ranked choice voting system. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams had about a 10-point lead over civil rights lawyer Maya Wiley and former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia when initial first choice preferences were announced on June 23.
President Joe Biden travels on Saturday to Traverse City, Michigan, as part of July Fourth celebrations that the White House is looking to use to mark the US's progress in the fight against Covid-19.
In the weeks following the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump's White House attempted to call the chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors — a key county in the state Trump lost by a small margin to then-candidate Joe Biden — according to a new report from the Arizona Republic published Friday.
A Supreme Court ruling that upheld two provisions of Arizona voting law that restrict how ballots can be cast will make it more difficult for Native Americans in the state's tribal communities to vote, Navajo Nation activists say.
The White House dove into damage control this week after reports of dysfunction and infighting in Vice President Kamala Harris' office, with the administration trying to stop a drama-filled narrative from taking hold, according to five people who spoke to CNN about the dynamics within Harris' office.
Iran plans to prevent inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog reviewing video footage of some nuclear sites until there is an agreement to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, a senior Iranian official told CNN.
Alvin Bragg is set to win the Democratic primary for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, after his top challenger conceded Thursday -- setting the former state and federal prosecutor up to eventually lead the investigation into the Trump Organization.
President Joe Biden announced his pick for US ambassador to Germany on Friday, moving to fill a key diplomatic posting to one of the United States' closest allies.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has asserted he'd "have no problem talking to anybody" about his conversations with then-President Donald Trump on January 6. That proposition may soon be put to the test.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Friday voted in a 4-0 decision that a 2017 state law requiring proof of residence to vote is unconstitutional, saying that it "imposes unreasonable burdens on the right to vote."
President Joe Biden grew visibly irritated Friday when questioned about the state of Afghanistan, where a formal withdrawal is nearly complete, and a major US air base was officially handed over even as US generals warn of a looming civil war.
A Trump-appointed federal judge on Friday rejected claims from a US Capitol riot defendant that he had been "selectively charged" because he is a supporter of former President Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden welcomed the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House on Friday, marking the return to a regular tradition the Covid-19 pandemic had interrupted.
With the US withdrawal from Afghanistan just days away, the Biden administration is asking countries in Central Asia to temporarily house thousands of Afghan interpreters and translators while they wait for visas to the United States, according to a US official and another source familiar with the discussions.
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