The former head of the Center for American Progress was criticized for tweets disparaging some lawmakers. President Biden said in a statement he accepted Tanden's request.

President Biden moves his timeline up by two months while directing all 50 states and the District of Columbia to move school workers up in line for vaccinations, beginning next week.

Some Democrats raised a longstanding debate over presidential vs congressional reach. The administration called the attacks proportionate and said it had briefed congressional leaders ahead of time.

Nearly two dozen of the president's nominees await confirmation in the deeply divided Senate.

The centrist Republicans' opposition to Neera Tanden taking the helm of the Office of Management and Budget comes after one Democratic senator also said he would not support her confirmation.

The state has for the last week suffered through a major winter storm that left many of its residents without heat, power or potable water.

The cash infusion will go to support the COVAX program, co-run by the World Health Organization, to distribute vaccines to low- and middle-income countries.

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh died at the age of 70 after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Former President Donald Trump remembered the controversial host as a "great man."

The president spoke to CNN and a small group of socially distanced Americans about his coronavirus response.

The trial of the former president concluded on Saturday with an acquittal of the former president.

The former president is being tried on one article of impeachment saying he incited the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Videos shown during the proceedings may contain profanity and violence.

The award is the institution's highest civilian honor and goes to an officer who is credited with saving the lives of many senators by distracting the mob away from the Senate chamber.

The delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands discussed the stinging impact of some of the video clips, played by Trump's defense attorneys, of responses to last summer's protests for racial justice.

The former president's attorney dug into the semantics of a phone call to Georgia's secretary of state in an effort to downplay the severity of his efforts to undermine the state's election results.

Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump equated instances of violence and rioting that broke out during protests for racial justice with the Capitol insurrection.

President Biden has called his predecessor's "Remain in Mexico" program for asylum-seekers "inhumane." Next week, a new program begins, but details are still being worked out.

"This isn't a blood sport. It's not about entertainment. It's about reporting the facts to the American people," David Schoen told Fox News.

Rep. Jamie Raskin played a series of video clips showing the former president encouraging or excusing violence against his perceived political opponents.

Sen. Mike Lee grew visibly upset in accusing House impeachment managers of misattributing quotes to him.

Senators on both sides of the aisle were visibly affected by graphic and explicit new footage that included police body camera video and surveillance footage.