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Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky revealed Wednesday that his wife in February 2020 purchased up to $15,000 in stock in Gilead Sciences, the maker of the antiviral drug remdesivir.

Every president since George W. Bush has said it's time to leave Afghanistan and turn to nation building at home.

Kabul could be isolated by the Taliban in the next 30 to 60 days, increasing the potential that the Afghan capital could fall under the control of the militant group, according to a senior administration official familiar with one US intelligence assessment.

Some members of the Republican party are attempting to blame the Covid-19 case surge on immigration while experts claim it is due to low vaccination rates and the Delta variant. CNN's Joe Johns reports.

The Biden administration sent hundreds of ventilators to Florida in recent days as the state responds to a dramatic new increase in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, an official from the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to CNN. But Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis claims he's unaware of the shipment.

Three major defamation lawsuits from Dominion Voting Systems against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and the right-wing lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani will move forward toward a trial, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

Adult Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender experience higher rates of food and economic insecurity than their non-LGBT counterparts, according to the findings of a key coronavirus pandemic survey released Wednesday by the Census Bureau.

Attorneys are still trying to reach the parents of 337 migrant children who were separated at the US-Mexico border under the Trump administration, down from 368 in June, according to a federal court filing Wednesday.

Only the first payment of the enhanced child tax credit has gone out so far, but it already seems to be having a big impact on American families.

Right-wing media figures have reveled in ridiculing the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to the pandemic, whether over changing guidance, confusing statements or seeming contradictions.

The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce within the next 48 hours that it is authorizing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for people who are immunocompromised, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday distanced herself from outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in disgrace a day earlier with impeachment looming following the release of a report that found he sexually harassed 11 women.

The US House should be able to access some of Donald Trump's tax records through a subpoena to his accounting firm Mazars USA, a federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled on Wednesday.

Intelligence officials are nearing the end of a 90-day investigation into the origins of Covid-19 that was ordered by President Joe Biden, and have drafted a classified report that is now in the preliminary review process, according to three sources familiar with the probe.

Democratic leaders in Congress blasted Republicans on Wednesday for threatening to not help raise the debt ceiling later this year.

The Democratic National Committee and the Arizona Democratic Party are gearing up to sue Arizona officials to stop a controversial new law that allows a third party designated by the Republican-controlled legislature to scour the state's voter registration database in search of ineligible voters.

President Joe Biden is set to deliver remarks from the White House Wednesday afternoon addressing his recovery agenda following the Senate passage of his infrastructure bill and a budget resolution encompassing much of the rest of his domestic legislative goals.

Hours into the Senate's marathon overnight vote-a-rama, Sen. Tommy Tuberville wanted to send a message.

Federal wildland firefighters, who currently make as little at $13.45 an hour, could get a long-awaited pay raise if the bipartisan infrastructure package making its way through Congress eventually gets to President Joe Biden's desk.

Senate Democrats approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution early Wednesday morning, setting the stage in the weeks and months to come for the party to craft and attempt to pass a sweeping economic package expanding the social safety net that President Joe Biden has made a signature agenda item without the threat of a filibuster from Republicans who oppose it.