Omicron makes up 95% of sequenced Covid cases in U.S. as infections hit pandemic record

At the Covid testing site on Broadway in Santa Monica, the wait was at least 45 minutes long even with an appointment on Monday, Jan. 3, 2021. Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The omicr...

Biden doubles U.S. order of Pfizer Covid treatment pills, speeds delivery as omicron rages

A Pfizer employee checks the boxes containing Paxlovid, COVID-19 treatment pills, at a distribution facility in Memphis, Tennessee, in this undated handout picture. Pfizer | Reuters President Joe Bide...

Sen. Tim Kaine among hundreds trapped in Virginia snowstorm traffic jam

This image provided by the Virginia department of Transportation shows a closed section of Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg, Va. Monday Jan. 3, 2022. Virginia Department of Transportation | AP Virgin...

CDC shortens waiting period for Pfizer Covid boosters to 5 months

UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 4: Hattie Pierce, 75, receives a Pfizer covid-19 vaccine booster shot from Dr. Tiffany Taliaferro at the Safeway on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 4...

Starbucks readies its workforce for Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate

A Starbucks employee wears a facial covering while working in Dallas, Texas. Ronald Martinez | Getty Images Starbucks is readying its workforce to comply with the Biden administration’s vaccine-...

Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump subpoenaed in New York probe of Trump Organization

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) gives two thumbs up as Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Ivanka Trump (R) stand and cheer for Eric Trump as he delivers his speech during the third day of the...

FDA expands Pfizer booster eligibility to kids ages 12 to 15, authorizes third shots at 5 months

Dash Hunger, 12, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine at the Jewish Federation/JARC’s offices in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on May 13, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images The Food...

Corporations, groups gave over $8 million to GOP election objectors after Jan. 6 riot: Study

Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washing...

5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday. Jan. 3

Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. First trading day of 2022 looks to pick up where last year left off A trader on the floor of th...

Trump-Appointed Chairman’s Resignation Hands Control of FDIC to Democrats

WASHINGTON— Jelena McWilliams’s decision to resign as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. paves the way for Democrats to gain control of the agency’s agenda in the coming weeks, potentiall...

The Warren-Biden Bank Heist – WSJ

Elizabeth Warren finally got her woman—that is, the Senator and her many acolytes in the Biden Administration have succeeded in ousting Jelena McWilliams as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp...

Amid another Covid surge, schools and businesses find plans disrupted

A healthcare worker administers a COVID-19 PCR test at a free test site in Farragut Square on December 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A Covid-19 outbreak on a cruise in Lis...