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The president-elect warned that more American lives would be at risk if members of the new administration are unable to plan for the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine in coordination with current Trump administration officials.
Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) attend a campaign event in Cummings, Ga., on Friday. (Getty Images)
On a private call, GOP senators and allies fret about the changing electorate and look to reach anti-Trump Republicans.
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The spacecraft maneuvered itself autonomously in a delicate parking job some 250 miles above the surface of the Earth.
The House speaker’s move to host a dinner party in the middle of a coronavirus surge sparked a backlash, prompting her to cancel it. The furor shows the risks to Democrats as they preach tough restrictions.
Iota, the strongest Atlantic storm observed this late in the year, is the second major hurricane to hit the Central American nation in less than two weeks.
The rise was due in large part to the mass shooting in El Paso that officials say was motivated by anti-immigrant bias, according to new figures released Monday by the FBI.
The Oklahoma officer suffered burns on the right side of his body, his left arm and the entire right side of his face, his wife said, but their children escaped unharmed.
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Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee joins two other Republicans in opposing the nomination of Judy Shelton, who is known for her controversial views on the Federal Reserve’s independence, to the Fed’s board of governors.
A polar bear walks across rubble ice in the Alaska portion of the southern Beaufort Sea. (Mike Lockhart/USGS/AP)
The Trump administration on Monday called for oil companies to pick spots where they'd like to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, launching a leasing process it aims to finish just before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
The White House is expected to announce a reduction of U.S. forces from around 5,000 to 2,500 by the time President Trump leaves office in January.
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With just two months left in office, President Trump has little to show for four years of anti-Iran hawkishness.
“I’m not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) responded.
As a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations ravage the Upper Midwest, health-care workers deal with severely ill patients who remain skeptical about the existence of the virus.
The New York City Sheriff's Office shut down an illegal “fight club” late Saturday at a Bronx warehouse where more than 200 attendees disregarded city and state coronavirus rules.
Haji Najibullah was arrested last month in connection to the 2008 abduction of Rohde, who worked for the New York Times at the time, and two other men.
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The president-elect’s first big economic speech did not urge a compromise with Republicans on a stimulus bill, and he danced around the need for further lockdowns or business and school closures.
Lydia Mobley, 30, is a travel nurse working in a Lansing, Mich., intensive care unit making $70 an hour, much more than she could earn as a staff nurse. (Elaine Cromie for The Post)
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Jay Clayton, a longtime corporate lawyer, was thrust into controversy when President Trump said he would nominate him to be the next U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
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19th-century period piece ‘Ammonite’ tries to break the mold but feels trite and tame.
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At 549 pages, “The Kingdom” feels as much like a miniseries as a novel.
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Becky Cooper’s book is both a true-crime tale and a quest for justice for the victim.