Maryland Gov. Hogan Issues New COVID-19 Restrictions Effective Wednesday Evening
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland will reduce indoor operations for bars and restaurants from 75% to 50% in response to rising coronavirus cases and increased hospitalizations, Gov. L...
President Trump Accomplished A Lot For Israel. Can Joe Biden Do The Same?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — American presidents often vie for the designation as the best friend Israel ever had in the White House.
That competition sometimes starts early. Joe Biden fi...
Trump Campaign Seeks Hand Recount In Georgia, Could Get It
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans are making more demands of Georgia’s chief elections officer as they seek to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s 12,000-vote lead in the state's presidential r...
New Jersey Sues 3 Firms Over Chemicals In Drinking Water
NEW JERSEY (AP) — New Jersey is upping its efforts to force chemical companies to pay for decades of contamination of waterways by substances including so-called “forever chemicals...
‘Obamacare’ Likely To Survive, High Court Arguments Indicate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears unwilling to kill off the Affordable Care Act, including its key protections for pre-existing health conditions and subsidized insurance...
Republican Wins Back US House Seat In Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Michelle Steel defeated first-term Rep. Harley Rouda on Tuesday in a Southern California district, only the second time in more than two decades that ...
Turkish Migrants, Husband And Wife Team, Behind Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine
NEW YORK (VINnews) — When pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced this week that early data from its vaccine showed a more than 90% success rate, little was known of the developers o...
Netanyahu Says He Will Not Treat Democrat Biden Any Differently From How He Treated Trump
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Tuesday that for him “there is no difference if it’s a Republican or Democratic administration.”
“What I ...
Census Bureau: No Attempts To Systemically Falsify Data
MARYLAND (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau denied any attempts to systemically falsify information during the 2020 head count used to determine the allocation of congressional seats an...
Oregon Elections Director Fired After He Details Problems
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's elections director was abruptly fired in a text message by the secretary of state after he pointed out serious issues with the state's aging and vulnera...
US Allows 1st Emergency Use Of A COVID-19 Antibody Drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental approach against the virus t...
Trump Books Will Continue After Trump Leaves Office
NEW YORK (AP) — One of publishing's most thriving genres of the past four years, books about President Donald Trump, is not going to end when he leaves office.
In 2021 and beyon...
RJC And ZOA, Two Right-Wing Jewish Groups, Won’t Say ‘President-Elect’ Biden For Now
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two conservative Jewish organizations known for their support of President Donald Trump’s Israel policies will not call Joe Biden “president-elect” until legal c...
AG Barr Authorizes Probes Amid Election Controversy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has authorized federal prosecutors across the U.S. to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities, before the 2020 pre...
US Enacts New Sanctions On Syrian Entities, Individuals
WASHINGTON (JNS) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 19 entities and individuals on Monday that it accused of providing support to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regim...
Video: Fauci Says Vaccines Likely Before End Of Year
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — In an interview with CNN on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci welcomed Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough, calling it a “big deal.”
Fauci says that provided t...
Watch: Fox News Cuts Away From McEnany Press Conference: ‘I Can’t In Good Countenance Continue Showing This’
NEW YORK - Fox News cut away from a Trump campaign press conference outlining its allegations of so-called election fraud in the presidential election.
Host Neil Cavuto cut int...
Feds: NYPD Officer Served As Lookout For Cocaine Ring
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities arrested a New York City police officer Monday on charges he served as a lookout for drug traffickers who smuggled hundreds of kilograms of coca...
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeyer Addresses Israeli Commemoration Of Kristallnacht
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — German president Frank-Walter Steinmeyer recorded a special Zoom address to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht. The address, which was in Engli...
Amid Election Controversy, McConnell Says Trump OK To Fight Results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump is “100% within his rights” to question election r...