COVID-19 vaccine will be required for all at Indiana University + a couple in Seattle is requiring that all people that will be present at their wedding be fully vaccinated; is this too much?

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Putin tells NBC that Trump is an "extraordinary, excellent colorful individual," and that Biden is "radically different and a career man." Your thoughts on both.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vowed that the state would begin “building the border wall” and increase arrests of migrants trying to enter the country in the coming days, proclaiming that “change is needed to fix the border crisis problem.”

Speaking at a Thursday summit  focused on border security in Del Rio, Tex., Abbott said he planned to restart building a border “barrier” after construction was halted when President Biden took office. The initiatives announcedby the governor are included in more than $1 billion in funding approved in the new state budget for border security.

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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday offered a fierce defense of voting rights, which he described as an indisputable "cornerstone" of American democracy, as he outlined a series of measures meant to protect those rights.

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Revelations since Biden’s inauguration are adding detail to a portrait of ethical decay at the department.

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Nearly two million people in the San Francisco Bay Area have been placed under a water shortage emergency Wednesday as the state grapples with worsening drought conditions.

Mandatory water restrictions have been issued for Santa Clara County as officials said the move is necessary to combat low water supply.

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A San Rafael forum on federal legislation turned nasty after hundreds of maskless anti-vaccination protesters heckled U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman.

The demonstrators interrupted the meeting about 15 minutes after Huffman, a Democrat whose district includes Marin, opened the forum Tuesday afternoon.

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In their first face-to-face meeting, President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a 21st century version of the historic Atlantic Charter, an attempt to depict their countries as the chief global leaders taking on the world's biggest challenges.

The two leaders pledged to work "closely with all partners who share our democratic values" and to counter "the efforts of those who seek to undermine our alliances and institutions."

The charter encompasses a commitment to cooperate on climate change, technology and science. It also reaffirms support for NATO while underscoring opposition to election interference and disinformation campaigns.

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Four months into the Biden administration's efforts to reunite migrant families who were separated at the border during the Trump administration, a total of three dozen families have been cleared to be reunified in the United States.

That's a tiny fraction of the thousands of families who remain apart, and immigrant advocates who have been pushing for their reunification for years say not enough is being done to right a massive injustice.

 

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In a packed hearing room at the Ohio Statehouse, Republican lawmakers gave the microphone to a known conspiracy theorist who has spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.

Also, scores of workers at a Houston hospital system have been suspended and face being fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination, a controversial company mandate that has drawn protests and an outcry from those facing termination.  Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom said the 178 workers represent less than 1% of almost 25,000 employees.

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