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President Joe Biden has ordered a 90-day review by the US intelligence community of what is known about the origins of Covid.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Congress to "take immediate action" on gun legislation in the wake of a shooting in San Jose, California, that killed eight people earlier in the day, noting that he was ordering the flag lowered to half-staff just weeks after other mass shootings around the country.

The United States is closer than ever to beating Covid-19, with half the country vaccinated and more restrictions lifting.

I was on TV Tuesday -- humble brag! -- with Republican strategist Scott Jennings. The subject was Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene -- and her recent comments comparing the House's mask mandate to the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis.

Manhattan prosecutors pursuing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump, his company and its executives have told at least one witness to prepare for grand jury testimony, according to a person familiar with the matter -- a signal that the lengthy investigation is moving into an advanced stage.

Former President Donald Trump left the White House four months ago, but he didn't leave his legal troubles behind, and in recent weeks there have been new indications that some of the criminal investigations involving Trump are intensifying.

Sen. Mitt Romney warned Republicans they would be blamed for hiding the truth if they block a bill to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack, as another GOP senator announced her support for advancing a plan that their colleagues are poised to filibuster on Thursday.

Several national organizations representing law enforcement officers are applauding President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ahead of his confirmation hearing Wednesday, according to correspondence obtained by CNN.

White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday became the second Black woman in history to hold the daily press briefing Wednesday, saying that while she appreciates the "historic nature" of the moment she also acknowledges that the White House is not about "one person."

President Joe Biden's team shut down a closely-held State Department effort launched late in the Trump administration to prove the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab over concerns about the quality of its work, according to three sources familiar with the decision.

Former Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the US Senate for three decades, has died, his family said. He was 94.

Rep. Jody Hice says former President Donald Trump would've won the 2020 election in Georgia if it were "fair." He says that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger sent out 700,000 ballot applications to "illegal voters," and that there's going to be "some fraud mixed up in there."

The White House is finalizing plans for President Joe Biden to meet with Queen Elizabeth during his first trip abroad next month, a US official said Wednesday.

It's been five months since Congress created a new grant program for live music venues, theaters and museums that were forced to shut their doors because of the pandemic -- but none of the $16 billion available has yet been disbursed.

The realities of a narrow Senate majority are coming into focus as Democrats approach the holiday weekend and a turn in the season still grappling with how to pass key items in their agenda from voting rights and gun control to immigration and infrastructure.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who is under fire for likening vaccine requirements to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany, once harshly condemned comparisons of migrant detention camps to the Holocaust as an "embarrassment to our country" that "should be shamed by everyone."

Manhattan's top prosecutor has convened a grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump should prosecutors present criminal charges in their probe of the Trump Organization, two people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. CNN's Elie Honig breaks down what all this means moving forward.

The White House this week is teaming up with Snapchat to encourage young Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The Pentagon is in the early stages of planning for the potential evacuation of thousands of Afghan nationals whose work for the US could make them Taliban targets when the American military withdraws from the country, according to four administration officials.

Donald Trump's attorney defended the ex-President's incendiary speech on January 6, saying he is protected under the First Amendment and had "absolute immunity" while he was President to contest the election, according to a court filing this week.