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Cuomo also announced that Empire State restaurants outside of New York City can increase indoor dining capacity to 75% starting March 19.

The Senate's Covid relief bill lowered enhanced federal unemployment benefits to $300 per week and excludes a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

The president plans to sign orders to improve voter rights on the 56th anniversary of a peaceful protest that turned violent in Selma, Alabama.

Defense officials have previously said the attack had typical hallmarks of a strike by Iran-backed groups. Iran has denied involvement.

Cuomo is already facing heat from prior sexual harassment accusations, as well as a scandal over his administration's handling of Covid nursing home death data.

Donald Trump's lawyers sent cease-and-desist letters to three of the largest GOP fundraising groups on Friday, a Trump advisor confirmed to NBC News.

The $300 per week jobless benefit will go into September, and the deal allows Democrats to move ahead with passing their Covid relief bill.

The Senate approved a bill that would increase oversight on Confucius Institutes, China-funded cultural centers that operate on university campuses.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under fire for a cover-up of coronavirus death data and over sexual harassment allegations.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts had reportedly received both doses of the vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech in January.

The warning comes two months after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, when supporters of President Donald Trump disrupted confirmation of Joe Biden's election

Robert Brockman, accused of running the biggest tax fraud scheme in U.S. history, was a prolific donor to Republican groups and causes.

Sen. Ron Wyden, who leads the Senate Finance Committee, wants Biden's infrastructure bill to cut tax breaks for the energy industry.

A group of Democratic congresspeople traveled to an Amazon warehouse in Alabama where a historic union election is currently underway.

McAfee and his "cryptocurrency team" advisor Jimmy Watson allegedly engaged in an "age-old pump-and-dump scheme," authorities said.

Employment statistics for women of color were not only more severe when the Covid-19 pandemic began, but are more sluggish in improving.

Swalwell's suit accuses Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and GOP Rep. Mo Brooks of being "wholly responsible" for the deadly Capitol invasion.

Senate Democrats hope to pass the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill by this weekend as they try to renew unemployment aid programs.

State Department strongly condemns the increase violence against protestors in Myanmar, suggests further action is coming

The private and public sectors must collaborate to combat climate change by investing in sustainable energy and technology, Biden climate czar John Kerry said.