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President Joe Biden has directed US intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of Covid-19, as international health officials and scientists call for a more in-depth examination of a theory that the deadly virus was accidentally leaked from a lab in China.
In a statement Wednesday, Biden said the intelligence community had yet to reach a definitive conclusion on how the virus, which sparked a pandemic and has killed nearly 3.5 million people globally, originated in China. He ordered the agencies to report back to him in 90 days.
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As a candidate, Donald Trump promised to end the Ukraine war on his first day in office and swiftly bring the Gaza war to a close as well. Now more than six months into his presidency, peace on both fronts appears further away than ever.
Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old New York Police Department officer, was among four people killed Monday evening in Midtown Manhattan when a gunman stormed the lobby of the sprawling 345 Park Avenue office tower and opened fire.
Democrats landed the biggest recruiting win of the 2026 midterm elections to date when former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper launched his Senate run Monday, boosting party hopes of winning the seat opened by retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis.
The Trump Administration has filed a second complaint alleging misconduct against a federal judge at odds with its policies.
A gunman is believed to be dead after shooting Police are searching for a man they say shot at least one New York Police Department officer and two civilians near a corporate office building in midtown Manhattan Monday evening, multiple two law enforcement sources told CNN.
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe committed the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery in criminal proceedings, a judge said during the reading of a verdict in a case that began in 2018.
The Trump administration will allow federal workers to promote their religious beliefs to colleagues, display religious items at work and pray together or individually, according to a memorandum issued Monday by the Office of Personnel Management.
After months of avoiding details about a divisive plan to end birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump’s administration is rolling out a series of new documents that offer a stark glimpse into how it would implement an executive order that upends the century-old understanding about the benefits of being born in the United States.
Álvaro Uribe, president of Colombia from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty Monday of bribery in a witness tampering case. He is the first former president of the South American country to be criminally convicted.
Plenty of Republicans are walking a tricky line right now on the Jeffrey Epstein files. But few have walked one as tricky as congressional leadership in recent days.
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A federal judge on Monday denied a request by a Donald Trump ally to force the Federal Reserve committee responsible for directing US monetary policy to make its meetings publicly accessible and accused an investment firm of wasting the court’s time.
The Education Department is launching an investigation into Duke University and Duke Law Journal, the department announced in a news release on Monday, citing reporting that alleges the university was violating the Civil Rights Act.