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By James Oliphant and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's meeting with New York Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday to discuss comb...

The danger Republicans pose to democracy is obvious to liberals. But to less engaged swing voters, it’s going to be a tough sell.

Vandewege appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. His family members stood behind him in the wooden pews.

Nevada reports no new COVID-19 deaths for 2nd straight day April 12, 2021 GMT CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Health officials in Nevada reported no new deaths attributable to COVID-19 on Monday, for a second straight day, and said a two-week measure of the percentage of people tested and found to be infected remained steady at 5% statewide. The state Department of Health and Human Services tallied 319 new coronavirus cases for the day, with the total since the pandemic began more than 308,000. The ...

He said that evidence is coming through studies in the U.S., the U.K., Israel and Denmark. “They’re not only preventing illness but also preventing spreading,” he said during the Monday COVID-19 update press conference. “For us to put an end to this and move on, we need to prevent it from spreading.” Riddle said all three vaccines now available in the U.S. are highly effective — well over 90 percent — in preventing serious illness and hospitalization from the virus. Riddle pointed...

WASHINGTON — Can President Joe Biden keep the loyalty of the wealthy, suburban Americans who helped put him in the White House — many of them former Republicans — even when he pushes for tax increases to fund priorities such as infrastructure? That’s the challenge ahead for the Biden administration, a week after the president detailed a new $2 trillion infrastructure plan he proposed to pay for primarily by raising the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21%. With former Presiden...

“We’ve had challenges with doses on shelves or appointments not being filled and those sorts of things,” Cage said, casting problems reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal as growing pains in a huge vaccination effort. Cage said the statewide coronavirus playbook is being shaped with local health districts, elected leaders and emergency managers according to the varied economies and workforces in the north, south and rural areas. “Everyone’s goal is the same,” Cage said. “To get...

OnPolitics: The GOPs Trump problem Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY © SAUL LOEB, AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Leader Mitch McConnell Its Thursday and a winter storm is wreaking havoc in the U.S. More than 400,000 customers in Texas were still without power. Across the nation, more than 1 million people had no electricity. Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Oregon experienced widespread outages. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz i...

USA TODAY Its Thursday and a winter storm is wreaking havoc in the U.S. More than 400,000 customers in Texas were still without power. Across the nation, more than 1 million people had no electricity. Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Oregon experienced widespread outages. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is finding out the hard way that optics matter.  The GOP is in the midst of a dilemma over whether to embrace former President Donald Trump or try to sideline him after he lost the 2020 e...

President-elect Joe Biden says he knows his $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan “does not come cheaply” but he says America can’t afford to fail to pass the plan