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Biden: We'll 'manage the hell' out of feds' COVID response

Biden: We'll 'manage the hell' out of feds' COVID response

WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden pledged Friday to boost supplies of coronavirus vaccine and set up new vaccination sites to meet his goal of 100 million shots in 100 days.
Pence calls VP-elect Kamala Harris to offer congratulations

Pence calls VP-elect Kamala Harris to offer congratulations

WASHINGTON — Vice-President Mike Pence has called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
Pence speaks at memorial service for Yeager in West Virginia

Pence speaks at memorial service for Yeager in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was remembered at a memorial service Friday as a hero, legend and friend who would go out of his way to help others.
Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armour trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man
Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol

Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol

PHOENIX — Federal prosecutors who initially said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S.
Trump gives award to Morocco's king in private ceremony

Trump gives award to Morocco's king in private ceremony

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has awarded a top U.S. honour to King Mohammed VI of Morocco, citing his decision to begin normalization of relations with Israel.
Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience'

Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience'

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is likely to start after Joe Biden's inauguration, and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether to convict the outgoing president over the Capitol ri
Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration

Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning just before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration to begin his post-presidential life in Florida.
Apaches object to Forest Service review of huge copper mine

Apaches object to Forest Service review of huge copper mine

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The U.S.
MTA: Bus driver refuses drug test after careening off bridge

MTA: Bus driver refuses drug test after careening off bridge

NEW YORK — A bus dramatically plunged off a bridge in New York City late Thursday, leaving its front half hanging over a highway ramp, its fall broken only by the road below.