An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously on Friday to recommend that the agency approve the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine in adults.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Central Americans without travel papers not to go through risky trips to the United States as the southern border is closed to illegal migration.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden flew to Houston on Friday as the state of Texas tries to recover from a winter storm that caused widespread blackouts and claimed the lives of over a dozen residents.
Some portions of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, which include national forests and land reserved for indigenous peoples, are being sold illegally on Facebook, a report said.
A pentagon report underscores disturbing examples of white supremacy inside the military ranks, which calls for changes in how the Defense Department screens a recruit for possible ties to domestic terrorism.
The Democrat-proposed COVID-19 relief bill cannot include a provision raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour if the bill were passed through the reconciliation process, according to the Senate parliamentarian.
Senator Ted Cruz spoke out Thursday against President Joe Biden's immigration plan. The Texas senator said that Biden's plan is the "most radical immigration plan" ever proposed in history.
A number of inmates have died with some reportedly beheaded and dismembered after a prison riot in Ecuador this week. Authorities managed to control the facilities in three cities after raids by hundreds of police officers and military personnel.
The House will vote on President Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package with a price cap worth $1.9 trillion on Friday, according to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.
Four board members of Texas' power grid operators plan to leave their post after last week's widespread blackouts, which left millions of people without electricity amid the cold weather situations.
