Above: Watch live as the U.S. Senate holds confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The Thesaurus has no synonyms for the phrase, “confirmation hearing.” That’s because it’s a unique beast. Unique because it is like no other. And beast because when it comes to a Supreme …

President Biden has selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court nominee to fill the seat left when Judge Stephen Breyer retires. “I’m proud to announce that I am nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court. Currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for …

The high-quality masks will go to pharmacies and community health centers starting this week in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19.

As COVID-19 cases surge across the U.S. ahead of Christmas, President Biden delivers remarks on his administration’s plans to fight the onslaught of cases and the rapidly-spreading omicron variant of the virus.

President Biden is set to announce on Thursday that private health insurance plans will soon reimburse people who buy over-the-counter at-home rapid tests for COVID-19 — one of a series of steps the White House is planning to encourage better detection and prevention of COVID this winter.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments that could decide the fate of abortion rights all across the country.

The House voted on near-party lines Friday morning to approve a roughly $2 trillion social and climate spending package.

Facebook’s rank-and-file employees warned their leaders about the company’s effects on society and politics in the United States. And they say its inability to effectively moderate content has magnified those dangers, both in the U.S. and abroad. Those are two of the main takeaways from thousands of internal Facebook documents …

The World Health Organization has hired a company based in South Africa to figure out how to make an mRNA vaccine against COVID.

Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing 17 people — 14 students and 3 staff members — at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.