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(Associated Press) President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi are expected to announce on Monday that they’ve come to an agreement to end the U.S. military’s combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year, according to a senior Biden administration official. The plan to shift the American military...

(Headline USA) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Capitol trespassers. She pledged that the Democratic-majority panel will "get to the truth." Kinzinger said he "humbly accepted" the appointment even as his party's leadership is...

(Headline USA) Although the government lockdowns and virus restrictions disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They're now opting to homeschool their children, even as schools plan to resume in-person classes. The specific reasons vary widely. Some families...

(Headline USA) The United States is in an "unnecessary predicament" of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the delta variant, the nation's top infectious diseases bureaucrat said Sunday. "We're going in the wrong direction," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, describing himself as "very frustrated." He said recommending that the vaccinated...

(Headline USA) The Walt Disney Co. stands to benefit from more than a half billion dollars in tax breaks for building a new regional campus in Florida that promises to employ at least 2,000 professional employees who will be relocating from southern California to work in digital technology, finance and...

(Associated Press) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t have to testify in a judicial inquiry into the 2014 police chokehold death of Eric Garner, a judge ruled Friday, dashing a long-running quest by Garner’s relatives to have the mayor questioned under oath. Judge Erika Edwards also excused Police...

President Joe Biden on Friday was set to make his first major political foray since taking office, campaigning for a fellow Democrat whose race to be re-elected as Virginia governor could serve as a test of the national mood. Biden was making a short trip across the Potomac River to...

(Headline USA) Republican politicians were under increasing pressure to persuade COVID-19 vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as the Biden administration faces a wall of resistance with only half the country fully vaccinated. Amid an aggressive public-relations push, there were signs that messaging was changing...

(Headline USA) When Nancy Pelosi raised a glass to Liz Cheney, it was the most unlikely of toasts. Democratic lawmakers and the Republican congresswoman were gathered in the House speaker’s office as the group prepared for the first session of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol. Pelosi spoke...

(Headline USA) Texas is beginning to arrest illegal immigrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions that he says are needed to slow the number of border crossings, jailing at least 10 people so far with more on the way, authorities said...

(Associated Press) A Delaware judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative political commentator Candace Owens against USA Today and another media organization over fact-checking coronavirus posts she made on Facebook. The judge ruled earlier this week that Owens had failed to state an actionable claim against USA Today or Lead...

(Headline USA) As Amazon's erstwhile CEO, Jeff Bezos, bows out of operations to pursue his dreams of penetrating the great unknown, the creepy tech company has its sights set closer to home. The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country---sometimes with financial incentives---to give its drivers the ability...