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Gov. Andrew Cuomo was lauded as a hero last year for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But critics are blasting him over Covid deaths in nursing homes.

Sens. Michael Bennet and Tim Kaine are reintroducing a public health-care option plan as President Biden mulls how to handle the issue.

Any invitation for Russia to join the G7 would be made in partnership with all of the group's members, she told reporters, speaking aboard Air Force One.

Parton said that "given all that is going on in the world, I don't think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time."

President Joe Biden plans to visit Texas next week as millions of residents there continue struggling with power outages after a major winter storm.

USCP's acting chief ordered that any officer whose behavior is not in keeping with the department's rules will face "appropriate discipline."

The delays constitute another challenge to the country's ability to recruit and retain highly educated, highly skilled students and workers from abroad.

Iran set a deadline of Feb. 21, vowing that if oil and banking sanctions are not lifted, it will expel the U.N.'s nuclear inspectors from the country.

The Covid pandemic "is not going to end unless we end it globally," a Biden official said, adding that vaccinating Americans remains the "highest priority."

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that any tax increases sought by the Biden administration would be introduced gradually.

Sen. Ted Cruz went on vacation to Cancun, Mexico, as people in Texas dealt with electrical power outages and very cold weather.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has not yet decided if the 10,000 troops it has in Afghanistan will leave the country by May.

Democrats in Congress introduced a sweeping immigration bill backed by President Joe Biden on Thursday.

The Lincoln Project paid a consulting firm run by former Obama deputy press secretary Bill Burton to get out the Black vote.

Democrats are trying to pass their $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill before March 14, when key unemployment programs expire.

The United States has 2,500 troops in Iraq.

President Joe Biden will order a review of key U.S. supply chains, including those for semiconductors, high-capacity batteries and rare earth metals.

The 97-year-old former U.S. senator and presidential candidate announced that he was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.

The right-wing radio host announced in February 2020 he had been diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer.

"The Saudis in Washington are in the worst position they've ever been," a former Obama administration official told CNBC.