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An Atlanta-area district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia expects a special grand jury for the case to see a lot of activity in June and July, according to reporting from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday.

Conventional wisdom heading into this year was that Republicans would benefit mightily from the decennial congressional line-drawing process, carving up districts and creating a decidedly friendly national map.

The Olympic torch to be lit Friday in Beijing is supposed to kick off a celebration of athletics. But this year's winter competition is setting world records in awkward, from tensions between Russia and Ukraine to the US diplomatic boycott over China's human rights record.

US officials alleged Thursday that Russia has been preparing to "fabricate a pretext for an invasion" of Ukraine by creating "a very graphic propaganda video" that would depict a fake attack by Ukraine against Russia.

Their paths to the New York Police Department's downtown Manhattan headquarters on Thursday could hardly have been more different, but President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Eric Adams are now -- by their choosing and at their own political risk -- increasingly bound as the Democratic Party tries to plot a course ahead of this year's midterm elections amid a pandemic-era spike in violent crime.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin encouraged CEOs from more than two dozen of America's largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development during a high-level meeting Thursday.

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark made good on his promise and pleaded the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during his deposition with the House January 6 committee on Wednesday, a source familiar with the interview told CNN.

New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the state's new congressional map into law Thursday, a source familiar with the matter said, enacting a map that will likely net Democrats several seats in the US House of Representatives in this fall's midterm elections.

Members of the Republican National Committee's resolution committee unanimously passed a motion on Thursday to formally censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over their service on the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol.

The State Department has shared information about China's human rights abuses with US Olympic athletes and defended athletes' right to express opposition to those violations on the eve of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

Medicare expects to start paying for home Covid-19 tests purchased at participating pharmacies and retailers in the early spring. Over-the-counter tests have not been covered by traditional Medicare before and setting up the process takes some time, which is why reimbursements won't start immediately.

President Biden delivers remarks on ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi's death in a US counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria. Follow here for the latest news updates.

The US Army will begin discharging soldiers who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, unless the service member has an approved exemption or pending request.

President Joe Biden on Thursday stressed the importance of unifying the country at a "moment of great division," as he delivered remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the US Capitol.

President Joe Biden watched in real time Wednesday as US commandos landed in Syria to raid a three-story home, surrounded by olive trees, where the top leader of ISIS was living with his wife and members of his family.

Under the current plan, only 10% of the Postal Service's next generation delivery vehicles will be electric.

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President Joe Biden visited New York City on Thursday after a spate of headline-grabbing violent crimes, hoping to turn the politically fraught issue of crime into a new focus on combating gun violence.