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Vice President Kamala Harris was huddled with other White House officials in President Joe Biden's private dining room last week when the room let out a "collective exhale." A Minnesota jury had found Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd.

Democratic state Sen. Troy Carter will win the special election runoff in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District, CNN projects.

President Joe Biden's remarks before and after the conviction of Derek Chauvin for George Floyd's murder were clear and decisive. He called the evidence "overwhelming," said he was "praying that the verdict is the right verdict" and argued for the country to come together following a verdict that was a step toward racial justice in a country with systemic racism.

When Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam looks back at his tenure, the inflection point between being a run-of-the-mill executive and the progressive leader he has become is a painful one.

President Joe Biden is set to unveil the next phase of his massive plan to rebuild the American economy this week, and a collection of Democratic senators from a broad ideological spectrum are asking the President to make sure the proposal includes improvements to the health care system.

President Joe Biden's prime-time address to Congress this week represents another step in negotiations over his economic plan. But the rhetorical endgame has already come into focus.

President Joe Biden on Saturday recognized the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a genocide, risking a potential fracture with Turkey but signaling a commitment to global human rights.

The Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who was turned in by someone he matched with on the dating app Bumble, after he bragged about his exploits on January 6.

Investigators in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office have grown frustrated with the level of cooperation they are receiving from staffers in the Georgia Secretary of State's office regarding a probe into former President Donald Trump's efforts to influence the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the criminal investigation.

Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday called the judge overseeing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd "angry" and "frustrated" in response to his recent criticism that her comments at a protest could be grounds for appealing a verdict.

Former President Donald Trump's continued promotion of the "big lie" about the 2020 election could still incite his followers to violence, the Justice Department and judges noted repeatedly this week, as courts weigh the future dangerousness of US Capitol riot defendants.

The brewing California gubernatorial recall is one of the more fascinating political dramas unfolding in 2021.

In a statement marking the 106th anniversary of the massacre's start, President Joe Biden declares the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a genocide, risking a potential fracture with Turkey but signaling a commitment to global human rights.

The New York City Democratic mayoral primary is now less than two months away, on June 22. The polls indicate that businessman and former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang continues to hold a clear lead in the first New York City mayoral election being held under ranked choice voting.

On the eve of President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office, a 12-member jury in Minneapolis found Derek Chauvin, a White ex-police officer, guilty of all three charges against him for the murder of George Floyd, a Black man.

The White House's top official on the response to the massive SolarWinds hack says the sweeping measures announced by the Biden administration against Russia are unlikely on their own to prevent Moscow's malicious cyber activity against the US and did not dispute that the hackers responsible for the massive breach are still lurking on American networks.

The Small Business Administration will make a second attempt to open a federal emergency grant program for theaters and live music venues Monday, more than two weeks after the initial launch failed due to technical issues.

Louisiana voters are set to weigh in on the direction of the Democratic Party, choosing between a more moderate candidate who is aligned with President Joe Biden's White House and a more progressive contender who could make history as the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress, in a Saturday runoff election.

As the pace of daily vaccinations slides in the US, the Biden administration is directing fresh urgency to one of the biggest political challenges it faces in stopping the spread of the coronavirus: tackling vaccine hesitancy, particularly among conservative and rural voters in the Southeast and Mountain West.