The year ahead brings a daunting set of hurdles for the country with everything from the coronavirus pandemic to pervasive misinformation challenging our institutions.
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Defense Secretary Austin says he has tested positive for Covid-19
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive for Covid-19 and is exhibiting “mild” symptoms, according to a statement from him released by the Defense Department on Sunday.
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Biden tells Ukrainian president US ‘will respond decisively if Russia further invades’
President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday that the US and its allies “will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine,” according to a readout of a call between the two leaders provided by the White House.
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Further clarification ‘coming very soon’ to CDC Covid-19 isolation guidelines
Dr. Anthony Fauci said he anticipates “further clarification” on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidelines to end the Covid-19 isolation period after just five days for people who are not exhibiting symptoms.
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US education secretary warns of ‘bumps in the road’ as schools reopen amid Covid surge
There will be “bumps in the road” as schools attempt to reopen in the new year amid a record surge in Covid-19 cases, US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Sunday.
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Roberts pushes for judiciary’s continued independence in year-end report
Chief Justice John Roberts stressed the importance of the judiciary’s institutional independence Friday in an annual report that comes as the Supreme Court is considering some of the most important issues of the day, and critics are seeking to dilute the court’s conservative majority.
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In the year since the US Capitol attack, judges remind us what it means to be American
On January 6, rioters streamed past the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, and descended upon the US Capitol. For weeks after the attack, DC’s chief judge said she could see National Guard troops from the window in her chambers.
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Biden administration defends its decision not to assert executive privilege over Trump’s White House records
Both the House of Representatives and the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to deny former President Donald Trump’s attempt to keep secret more than 700 pages of records that pertain to January 6.
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Why the new legal attack from Trump allies against the House January 6 committee is a long shot
The flurry of lawsuits filed in recent weeks trying to stop the House January 6 committee’s subpoenas are revealing, in many ways, the opposite: That the House has been largely successful at sweeping up documents for the probe and interviewing dozens of major witnesses.
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Trump wants Supreme Court to read Washington Post interview with Bennie Thompson
As the Supreme Court considers whether to take up former President Donald Trump’s January 6 White House records case, Trump’s attorney submitted to the court a new filing Wednesday making the court aware of a Washington Post interview with Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chairs the House select committee seeking the records.
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