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Defiant McConnell swats away health concerns: ‘I will finish my term as leader’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday dismissed any concerns about his health or ability to serve out his leadership duties at his first press conference since his two highly-publicized medical episodes.

White House defends Biden’s Medal of Honor ceremony unmask and dash

Masks are back in the news, and even the president isn't immune.

DeSantis looks to capitalize on record of keeping Florida open as COVID-19 cases rise

Presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is looking to leverage his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida as cases begin rising again nationally, leading to proposals of mask-wearing and other precautions.

Trump says he will ‘absolutely’ testify in his defense in legal cases

Former President Donald Trump said he "absolutely" will take the witness stand and testify in his defense in his four criminal court cases.

Republican lawmakers push to use Holman rule to reduce Mayorkas salary to $1 over border crisis

A group of Republican lawmakers are pushing to lower Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas's salary to $1 as the latest method to punish the secretary over his response to the border crisis.

Biden jokes about not wearing a mask after COVID exposure: ‘Don’t tell them I didn’t have it’

President Joe Biden quipped about not wearing a mask, despite it being recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after being exposed to COVID-19.

Blinken and Ukraine counterpart joke about hangovers during McDonald’s meal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba for a meal at McDonald’s during an unannounced two-day visit to Kyiv, where Kuleba joked about his go-to hangover meal.

WATCH LIVE: Mitch McConnell holds first press conference since health scare

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will hold a press conference on Wednesday following the GOP luncheon.

Hunter Biden’s lawyers pressed for leaked emails about failed plea deal by House GOP

Three House chairmen demanded on Wednesday that Hunter Biden's attorneys provide them with private communications that recently surfaced in two media outlets, telling the attorneys they "believe it is highly likely" that Biden's defense team leaked them to the outlets.

Fauci was told of funding for coronavirus research in Wuhan in January 2020, emails show

Newly released emails show that Anthony Fauci, the leading government health official directing the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, knew in early January 2020 a significant amount of detail about research on coronaviruses conducted at the Chinese laboratory suspected to have played a role in the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
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