Unemployment benefits ended, but hiring did not surge in September
Out-of-work Americans did not rush back into the job market after beefed-up unemployment benefits ended nationwide in September.
Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, who commanded Iraq War strategy, dies at 67
Gen. Ray Odierno, a former four-star Army general who commanded US troops during the Iraq War, died Friday of cancer, according to Army spokesman Lt. Col. Terence M. Kelly
What abortion access looks like in America even before the Supreme Court reconsiders Roe v. Wade
The blockbuster clash over Roe v. Wade now in front of the Supreme Court comes after a successful, decades-long guerrilla warfare campaign by the anti-abortion movement to attack access to the procedure around the edges.
Biden administration canceling more border wall contracts
The Biden administration is canceling another slate of border wall contracts -- this time, in the Laredo and Rio Grande Valley sectors, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.
Texas asks appeals court to restore its 6-week abortion ban
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to restore Texas' six-week abortion ban while a federal judge's ruling blocking the new law is appealed.
US Capitol rioter who downplayed the attack is sentenced to three months in jail
A federal judge on Friday sentenced one of the US Capitol rioters to three months in jail, saying that the punishment should be a warning to other defendants that they deserve incarceration if they deflect responsibility or downplay the attack.
Biden refuses to assert privilege over Trump documents sought by January 6 committee
The White House has informed the National Archives they are not asserting executive privilege on behalf of former President Donald Trump, paving the way for the Archives to share documents with the House committee investigating the January 6 violence at the US Capitol, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Biden undoes Trump’s cuts to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments
President Joe Biden on Friday announced the expansion of three national monuments -- Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine -- in a move that restored protections that had been undone by then-President Donald Trump.
Biden becomes first president to issue proclamation marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation commemorating Indigenous Peoples' Day on Friday, becoming the first US president to do so, the White House said.
Biden administration blames ongoing pandemic fears for disappointing jobs report
The Biden administration is attributing the disappointing September jobs report to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and fears over the Delta variant.