BALTIMORE (AP) — The $1.9 trillion rescue plan unveiled by President-elect Joe Biden offers the chance to sculpt the U.S. economy toward the Democrats’ liking: a $15 minimum wage, aid to poor families and federal dollars going to public schools. It’s...

Police have requested aid from the Santa Clara County bomb to inspect the package.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations, according to two people familiar with the conversation. It's the first known contact between the elected members of the outgoing...

US investigators have opened up 275 criminal cases and charged roughly 98 individuals in connection to last week's pro-Donald Trump riot at the US Capitol, federal officials said Friday, emphasizing they are focused on rounding up the most violent offenders....

The phone call between Pence and Harris marked their first discussion since they debated publicly last fall during the Trump-Biden presidential campaign.

Though fewer than 100 cases of the variant have been detected in the U.S., models project "rapid growth" in coming months.