The White House defended efforts on Monday to investigate the origins of COVID-19 after receiving sharp criticism from both China and congressional Republicans.
President Joe Biden’s promise to review U.S.-Saudi ties after the kingdom slashed oil production quotas weeks before the midterm elections “was never about producing a homework assignment,” the White House said.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a case next term against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), which could determine the fate of its authority to regulate banking and lending agencies through federal rules.
Officials from the Justice Department are expected to brief the Gang of Eight on Tuesday on the agency's process for restricting Congress's access to classified documents found at the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and former Vice President Mike Pence, according to congressional sources.
The government of El Salvador has opened the world’s largest prison as part of the country's major crackdown on the MS-13 gang, a move that the country's president said was the opposite response to how the United States was "protecting criminals."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory in response to a sharp increase in gastrointestinal infections caused by a drug-resistant strain of the Shigella bacteria that poses "serious public health concerns."
New Orleans organizers seeking to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell from office believe they have received enough signatures to qualify for a special mayoral election.
