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Biden to nominate Robert Santos for Director of the Census Bureau. He would become the first person-of-color if confirmed.

Republican donors and lawmakers plotted their next attacks on corporate America during their retreat in Florida this past weekend.

Germany’s Merkel is leaving after 16 years in power and the race to replace her is akin to a “binge-viewing-worthy political series.”

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that trying to fight Michigan’s Covid surge with vaccines alone would lead to disappointment.

A day after the Republican Senate fundraising group praised Trump, he blasted the Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, in a Florida speech.

“Emancipation,” a slave drama directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Will Smith, will no longer be filmed in Georgia due to the passage of a restrictive voting law.

The U.S. economy is at a turning point thanks to government support and a speedy campaign to inoculate Americans against Covid-19, Jerome Powell said.

The House Ethics Committee said Friday it launched investigations into Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y.

Jacobson’s departure is “consistent with her commitment at the outset to serve in the administration’s first 100 days,” the White House said.

The U.S. health-care system is known for being inconsistent, which means it’s difficult to pin down exactly how much Americans pay for coronavirus treatment.

The subpoena asked for Jennifer Weisselberg to turn over all materials in her possession connected to her ex-husband’s bank accounts and credit cards.

Kevin Seefried, who was photographed carrying a Confederate flag in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots in Washington, has been indicted by a grand jury,

Sen. Joe Manchin said he will not vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster under any circumstances. His position likely brings to a close efforts to lower the barriers to passing parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda in Congress. The filibuster generally requires legislation to garner 60 votes in the Senate, which is evenly divided 50-50 among Democrats and Republicans….

Europe’s most powerful economy has suffered from the coronavirus pandemic, having faced different waves of infections and subsequent lockdowns.

Sen. Ted Cruz violated campaign finance rules by using donor funds to promote his book, a watchdog alleged Wednesday in two ethics complaints.

The Capitol riot began after false claims by then-President Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and others that President Joe Biden won the election due to ballot fraud.

The concept of a coronavirus vaccine passport pushes nearly every partisan political button for Republicans, according to Brian Castrucci and Frank Luntz.

Disney, Geico and many other corporations backed the campaigns of Florida lawmakers now sponsoring new restrictive voting rights bills.

Trump’s Save America PAC has $85 million on hand, a source with direct knowledge says, as the former president tries to influence the 2022 midterm elections.

The Office of Special Counsel said former HUD official Lynne Patton had misused her position to help the Trump campaign.