The rise and fall of White House COVID-19 advisor Dr. Scott Atlas, a lockdown skeptic who had Trump's ear and fought with experts like Fauci
Atlas, a healthcare policy expert, resigned on Monday after less than four months advising President Donald Trump on the coronavirus pandemic.
How Joe Biden's housing policy threatens real-estate investing
President-elect Joe Biden has plans to prioritize affordable housing and ditch the 1031 transfer, a tax strategy popular among real-estate investors.
Gun violence has become a disturbing public health crisis. The Biden administration must step in and immediately do something about it.
Shootings and gun violence have soared this year. Joe Biden's administration represents a chance to finally enact some change on this crisis.
Leaked documents reveal China severely underreported coronavirus cases as the pandemic spread
Documents leaked to CNN show that the real tally of coronavirus cases was significantly higher than public figures suggested.
Trump keeps retweeting the anonymous account 'Catturd2' which backs his baseless election-fraud claims. The handle is now trending.
President Trump, who baselessly disputes the outcome of the 2020 election, retweeted "@catturd2" in support of his claims.
Trump has raised at least $150 million to cover his bogus election challenges — but most of that money will go to financing Trump's future
Some 75% of small-dollar donations are actually going into a new committee to fund the president's post-White House future.
Trump lawyer Joe diGenova says election security chief fired by the president should be 'taken out at dawn and shot'
Chris Krebs has become a target for the Trump campaign after saying that the November 3 election was "the most secure in American history."
Mitch McConnell acknowledged pressure to deliver more COVID-19 stimulus, and said he thinks Congress can do it this month
Democrats and Republicans have been at an impasse for months, unable to progress despite the mounting damage to businesses and people around the US.
Arizona's Republican governor dunked on Trump after the president criticized him for certifying that the state voted for Biden
Gov. Doug Ducey has responded after the president dialed into his state's election hearings to allege "corruption," then went on a Twitter rampage.
Neera Tanden, Biden's nominee for a top economic role, is purging her Twitter feed of unkind comments about GOP senators whose votes she may need to secure the role
President-elect Joe Biden nominated Tanden to head the Office of Management and Budget on Monday. The role requires Senate confirmation next year.
Russian state TV broadcaster features racist segment of an actress in blackface doing a portrayal of Obama
Kremlin-linked news outlet NTV broadcasted one of its satirical shows featuring a Russian actress in blackface.
Fox News host Sean Hannity suggests Trump should pardon himself and his family
On two separate occasions Monday, Sean Hannity called for Trump to pardon himself and his family on his way out.
Nike, Coca-Cola, and Apple reportedly lobbied to weaken a bill aimed at preventing them from manufacturing products in China using forced Uighur labor
The bipartisan-supported proposed bill would ban US companies from importing goods made in Xinjiang unless they can prove forced labor wasn't used.
Gov. Gavin Newsom considers new stay-at-真人百家家乐网站home orders in California as COVID-19 hospitalizations spike
About 75% of California's 7,733 intensive-care-unit beds are occupied, and Newsom has suggested hospitals could pass 100% of capacity in December.
Democrats projected to retain their House majority but lose key seats to Republicans
The Democrats have been unsuccessful in their goals to protect some of their most vulnerable representatives and to expand their control of the House.
Biden urged to pick California attorney who fought sweatshop slavery as new head of Labor Department
California's Secretary of Labor deserves a promotion for protecting workers' rights during the pandemic, advocates tell President-elect Joe Biden.
Controversial Trump advisor Dr. Scott Atlas resigned from the White House coronavirus task force
Atlas joined the task force in August as a special government employee, meaning his role was temporary and would not exceed 130 days.
Liverpool is attempting mass COVID-19 testing during the UK's lockdown — but the reaction to the program is mixed
Politicians and health experts are not unified over Liverpool's mass testing program. The lockdown could be misrepresenting its success.
Trump has been distorting the military's role in work on a coronavirus vaccine from the very start
The military has contributed mightily to the project, but it won't produce, store, distribute, or administer the vaccines.
An Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated to make it harder for Biden to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, according to top experts
Trump in May 2018 controversially withdrew the US from the JCPOA, which was designed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
Biden's decision to pick Neera Tanden for a top economic role exposes an ongoing rift with Bernie Sanders-allied progressives
"There are very few people who have been as aggressively critical of the progressive left," a former colleague of Tanden's said.
All major battleground states in the 2020 election officially certify their results, cementing Biden's victory in the presidential race
Certifications have affirmed Biden's victory after four weeks of lawsuits, recounts, and baseless claims of fraud from Trump and his allies.
Arizona certifies Biden's win as Trump's legal team holds an event in the state over the president's baseless claims of voter fraud
The election was secure "despite numerous unfounded claims to the contrary," Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said on Monday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may have already received an unapproved coronavirus vaccine
Japanese intelligence officials told a US expert that Kim Jong Un received a trial COVID-19 vaccine from China within the last few weeks.
Trump and his allies have won zero out at least 26 lawsuits they've filed since Election Day
Republicans have filed more than two dozen lawsuits since the election challenging the results. They've won zero.
Glittering photos show how the White House has celebrated Christmas through the years
The White House halls have been decked for the holidays every December since John and Abigail Adams held the first Christmas party in 1800.
Former top admiral alarmed by Pentagon purge says Trump still has time to do something 'really destructive'
"There are some real Trump loyalists there now in charge," former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday.
White House senior advisor Stephen Miller and his wife, Katie, who works as Pence's communications director, announce the birth of their first child with photos
Katie Miller once said DHS sent her "to the border to see the separations for myself — to try to make me more compassionate — but it didn't work."
'I don't see any way around it': Former Navy SEAL McRaven says retaliation for assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist all but certain
"The Iranians are going to be in a position where they have to retaliate. I don't see any way around it," retired Adm. William McRaven said.
Meet 24 women in prime positions to sway the Biden White House
Joe Biden promised to make history by appointing women to jobs that have mostly gone to men. He's already picked some women for key positions, and will be naming more in coming weeks.
Georgia secretary of state calls out 'dishonest actors' for 'exploiting the emotions of many Trump supporters' and 'misleading the president as well'
"Frankly, they are misleading the president as well, apparently," Republican secretary of state Brad Raffensperger said on Monday.
Here’s how the US economy could transform under Biden after his appointment of Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary — starting with sizable stimulus
The former Federal Reserve chair is set to be the first person to lead the Treasury, Fed, and White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Top economists and 2 former 2020 presidential candidates are backing a 'vaccine stimulus' that would pay people at least $1,000 to get COVID-19 shots
Andrew Yang is among the unlikely arrangement of figures backing the idea, which includes some top Democratic and Republican economists.
Big companies including Ford, UPS, Aflac, and BofA are lining up to bankroll Biden's inauguration — and the president-elect now says he'll take their money
Joe Biden's presidential inauguration could give corporations with business before the government opportunities to make friends in the new administration.
Why Neera Tanden, Biden's new pick for a top economic role, has been called a terrible leader and 'impossible to trust' by some of her former colleagues
Neera Tanden, nominated for a top economic job in the Biden administration, reportedly outed a victim of sexual harassment at a work meeting in 2018.
Joe Biden may spark his first Senate confirmation fight after controversial pick for a top economic job
Neera Tanden was a key Clinton ally during her 2016 presidential run and sparred with Republicans during the Trump presidency.
Andrew Yang reportedly named in a New York City mayoral poll, fueling speculation he may run on a 3rd-party line in 2021
While speculation on Andrew Yang running for mayor of the Big Apple isn't new, the poll is one of the first concrete indicators he may do it.
How to vote in Georgia's US Senate runoff elections in January
Georgia voters will determine which party controls the US Senate with two runoffs. Both are crucial races that will shape the Biden presidency.
A pro-Trump nonprofit hit back at the venture-capitalist donor who gave $2.5 million to uncover election fraud then demanded it back
Fred Eshelman filed a lawsuit against True the Vote, claiming it failed to find evidence of voter fraud in the presidential election as promised.
Concede or fight? Where Trump's lawyers, family members, and GOP lawmakers stand on the president's decision to refuse to concede to Biden
From Melania Trump to his most loyal news outlets, some of Trump's staunchest allies are advising him to concede. Others are telling him to fight.
Trump lost support in most of the places where he held his final campaign rallies
In 25 of the counties Trump visited, he achieved a smaller margin of victory than in 2016 or lost the county altogether.
Fox News host Eric Shawn debunked the false voter-fraud claims Trump made on the network hours earlier
Shawn said experts called President Donald Trump's election-fraud comments "unsupported falsehoods that are not backed up by any facts."
A group of incoming GOP House members, calling themselves the 'Freedom Force,' are trying to counter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Squad'
The GOP is attempting to recreate the buzz that grew around progressive members of Congress like Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.
Congress is briefly reconvening under pressure from Trump and Biden to pass a COVID-19 stimulus bill after months of gridlock
Congress has spent months arguing over the details of a follow-up stimulus package, to the immense frustration of many.
Former top US cybersecurity official ousted by Trump said there was 'no manipulation of the vote on the machine-count side'
"The proof is in the ballots," Chris Krebs said. "If there was an algorithm that was flipping votes or changing votes, it didn't work."
Trump waged a 4-year war with the media. Now Biden has hit the reset button with a historic all-female White House communications team.
White House briefing room veterans say they're hoping for a monumental reset when President-elect Joe Biden's new communications team arrives in January.
President-elect Joe Biden fractured his foot while playing with his dog Major
Biden's doctor said in a statement that the president-elect had hairline fractures and will likely need a walking boot for several weeks.
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman calls Trump's election lawsuits 'mandatorily aired absurdities' and calls out Twitter over its handling of the president's misinformation
Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor spoke to Business Insider about Twitter, allegations of voter fraud, and his plans for the future.
President-elect Joe Biden hires all-female communications staff
The Biden-Harris administration appointed the country's first all-female communications team to relay messages from the White House.
Fauci said ities should 'close the bars and keep the schools open' to cut down on coronavirus infection spread
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said schools haven't been the major driver of community spread of the coronavirus.