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Democratic House impeachment managers unveiled previously unseen security video of the Capitol riot Wednesday as part of a graphic reconstruction of the attack on the Capitol, offering an emotional crescendo to a day spent laying out their case for former President Donald Trump’s culpability and conviction. The retelling, presented by […]

WASHINGTON — The first day of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump began with a graphic video of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol — and ended with a clue to the endgame. After a first round of arguments by the House Democratic managers and Trump’s defense […]

States are rolling back Covid-19 restrictions as new cases trend down from record highs across the country. But experts warn it might be too much too soon as variants pose an increased risk and the pandemic — almost at the one year mark in the U.S. — is far from […]

Kaitlyn Romoser first caught Covid-19 in March, likely on a trip to Denmark and Sweden, just as the scope of the pandemic was becoming clear. Romoser, who is 23 and a laboratory researcher in College Station, Texas, tested positive and had a few days of mild, coldlike symptoms. In the […]

TEL AVIV — As Israel outpaces Western nations in its Covid-19 vaccination effort, it has become a role model for a world aching to return to life as it once was. The country has inoculated a third of its population of 9 million in little more than a month, and […]

WASHINGTON — Democrats, in control of the presidency and Congress, pushed forward Friday with efforts to approve a sweeping Covid-19 relief package that will include $1,400 checks, boosted jobless benefits and money to help vaccine distribution. “I know some in Congress think we’ve already done enough to deal with the […]

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., from the Budget Committee and the Education and Labor Committee after her social media posts revealed her spreading dangerous and racist conspiracy theories. The House voted 230-199, largely along party lines, though 11 Republicans joined every Democrat […]

WASHINGTON — The push to pass a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package through Congress escalated Wednesday as President Joe Biden made clear to Democrats that the need for aid is urgent and lawmakers prepared to use a special budget process to allow the Senate to advance the measure with only […]

WASHINGTON — Most Democrats have a simple answer for Republicans who don’t want to go along with President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan: Screw ’em. But the substance, process and politics of legislating aren’t that simple. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, articulated the heavy-handed view in a tweet over […]

SpaceX announced plans Monday for the first all-civilian mission to space, a major milestone for private spaceflight and the nascent space tourism industry. The mission aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will feature a four-person crew led by Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, a Pennsylvania-based payment processing company. […]