Tag Archives: Politics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration and the state's hospital association are at odds over how best to create space for critically ill coronavirus patients at already str...

PHOENIX - As Arizona experienced periodic spikes in COVID-19 cases since last spring, Gov. Doug Ducey frequently resisted calls to take strong measures. He has declined to institute a statewide mask m...

WASHINGTON - A sober, shaken Senate returned to its hallowed chamber Wednesday night to slap away a frivolous election challenge, but its secondary purpose seemed to be to rise from the wreckage of a ...

HONG KONG - Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on a new charge under the national security law on Thursday while an American rights lawyer who was detained in a sweeping ...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on Congress' tally of the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden (all times local): 3:55 a.m. President Donald Trump now says there "will be an orderly transition on January 2...

PARIS - As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is democracy, and how much stress could their own political...

ATLANTA - President Donald Trump came to the north Georgia mountains Monday night to gin up turnout in conservative strongholds and stave off the Democratic challengers who threatened the GOP's Senate...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen the country's military defences in a speech at a major ruling party meeting that provides insights into his priorities am...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's top diplomat said Wednesday he discussed immigration policy with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's pick for national security adviser, Jake Sullivan. Foreign Relations Secretary ...

NEW YORK - The storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump played out on television in searing fashion Wednesday, with stunning pictures of guns drawn in the House of Represen...