CDC Newsroom  —  CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population  —  Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days …

Russia's Supreme Court orders closure of Memorial civil rights group  —  Organisation has documented Soviet-era atrocities for more than three decades  —  Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial, the country's oldest civil rights group, after prosecutors accused …

U.S., Russia set for Jan. 10 security talks amid Ukraine tensions  —  U.S. and Russian officials will hold security talks on Jan. 10 to discuss concerns about their respective military activity and confront rising tensions over Ukraine, the two countries said.

No, the Build Back Better Act Isn't Dead Yet  —  Mr. Axelrod was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns.  —  Joe Biden must be having flashbacks.  —  In early 2010, when Democrats lost a special election …

Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lays Out How He and Bannon Planned to Overturn Biden's Electoral Win  —  “It started out perfectly.  At 1 p.m., Gosar and Cruz did exactly what was expected of them...” … A former Trump White House official says he and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon …

The Political Life of Dr. Oz … Dr. Oz for Senate is headquartered in a patch of strip mall next to a Mexican restaurant in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where the candidate's father-in-law, Dr. Gerald Lemole, maintains a medical office down the road from the Lemole family farm …

The Democrats' Education Lunacies Will Bring Back Trump  —  Terry McAuliffe lost the Virginia governor's race by saying, “I don't think parents should be telling schools what to teach.”  If that was no gaffe, Democrats have a lot more significant losing ahead

Hispanic Voters in This Pennsylvania City Are Shifting Toward the GOP.  Both Parties Want to Know Why.  —  Republican gains among Hispanics in Reading mirror those in other parts of the country, but Democrats think they still have important advantages with this growing demographic

Proud Boy Named in Feds' James O'Keefe Search Warrant  —  According to the warrant, FBI agents were looking for communications with a self-described “third-degree” Proud Boy named Jackson Voynick.  —  A Justice Department investigation into conservative operative James O'Keefe …

10 lessons I've learned from the Covid-19 pandemic  —  On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, just hours from when 2019 was going to segue into 2020, I read an email about some unusual pneumonia cases in China's Hubei province.  Over the past couple of decades, China has been a wellspring …

Committee investigating Jan. 6 attack plans to begin a more public phase of its work in the new year  —  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to begin holding public hearings in the new year to tell the story of the insurrection from start to finish …

Why Is John Roberts So Popular Among Democrats?  —  Earlier this month, Gallup gauged American sentiment toward 11 of the nation's most prominent public figures.  Only one boasted majority support from both Democrats and Republicans, and he happens to be the most effective conservative politician of the modern era.

Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully Argued Roe v. Wade, Dies at 76  —  She went before the U.S. Supreme Court at 26 with almost no legal experience and won one of the most consequential cases in American history.  —  Sarah Weddington, the young Texas lawyer whose successful arguments …

These Food Items Are Getting More Costly in 2022  —  Mayonnaise, soup and more get expensive as inflation accelerates  —  Everything from coffee to mustard is getting more expensive next year.  —  Many food manufacturers say they plan to raise prices in 2022 for a range of products …

US government should consider vaccination requirement for domestic air travel, Fauci says  —  (CNN) — The US government should consider requiring people to be vaccinated to fly domestically, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday.  —  The federal government currently requires noncitizens coming …