Finance Committee approves Biden's pick for top member of economic team, who is set to becomes first woman to hold the job

Move could see US law enforcement and intelligence pivot from focus on overseas terror toward the threats posed by American violent extremism

93-2 vote comes despite prohibition on recently retired military officers overseeing Pentagon; Biden expected to win approval for rest of national security team in coming days

While US and Israeli administrations disagree, there are ample reasons to believe they can avoid repeating the fights of the past and find a constructive way forward

Maintaining that election was stolen, believing COVID-19 is a Chinese plot and that Capitol riot was staged, former president's backers say 'Trumpism' is here to stay

A dramatic new political reality has dawned in Washington. But back in the Middle East, a distracted US president won’t have much room to maneuver on Iran and the Palestinians

America would appear to be fortunate that a veteran conciliator is the president now charged with healing the nation. Israel, too, has cause for relief and appreciation

President to sign 10 executive orders, including mandatory masks during travel, in stark departure from Trump's policy; Fauci says US will restore engagement, financing of WHO

New COVID strains temper optimism that mass vaccinations will help end shutdowns and curfews that have wrecked economies across the world

California senator bursts barrier that kept men at top ranks of American power for more than two centuries