Arizona's AG rebuffs Biden DOE's mask probe: Won't 'tolerate' efforts to undermine state sovereignty

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich forcefully responded to the Department of Education, telling Secretary Miguel Cardona he won't "tolerate" any federal overreach through the administration's masking investigation.

‘We’re going to have your back’: Biden tours Hurricane Ida damage in Louisiana

As flights resume and some power is beginning to be restored in New Orleans, the president planned later on Friday to visit the hurricane-battered state and deliver remarks.

Biden signs executive order to declassify some 9/11 documents

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the FBI to declassify documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Ida flooding: Cleanup begins in Northeast after record-breaking rainfall

Forecasters warned of potentially dangerous hazardous flooding from Ida, but the ferocity of the storm caught the nation's most densely populated metropolitan corridor by surprise.

‘No question’ delta variant is why August job growth wasn’t stronger, Biden says

America’s employers added just 235,000 jobs in August, a modest gain after two months of robust hiring at a time when the delta variant’s spread has discouraged some people from flying, shopping and eating out.

‘We need to act’: Biden says Ida a deadly reminder of climate crisis

President Joe Biden on Thursday emphasized how “extreme storms” such as Hurricane Ida are a deadly reminder that the climate crisis is here and the nation needs to act to combat it.

Arizona Senate releases more records of 2020 election review

The Senate records were not complete. Senate attorney Kory Langhofer told a judge on Sept. 1 that it withheld nearly 3,000 records because they contained legislative or attorney-client communications he says are privileged.

Arizona Gov. to allocate $60M to hospitals that offer COVID-19 vaccines, antibody treatments

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says hospitals will receive part of a $60 million allocation if they offer the COVID-19 vaccine to discharged patients as well as a monoclonal antibody treatment. The money can be used to help with a dire staffing shortage across the state.

Gregg Leakes, husband of RHOA star NeNe Leaks, dies of cancer at 66

Gregg Leakes, the husband of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes, died Wednesday at the age of 66, according to TMZ. 

Biden to visit Louisiana on Friday to survey Ida's storm damage

The White House says President Joe Biden will visit Louisiana later this week to survey storm damage from Hurricane Ida.

Biden defends departure from Afghanistan, ending 'forever war'

President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, defending the U.S. military airlift to extract some 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a 20-year war, calling it an “extraordinary success."

Biden, first lady pay respects to American troops killed in Afghanistan attack

The president and first lady attended a dignified transfer Sunday for the 13 U.S. troops killed in Thursday’s suicide attack near the Kabul airport.

US drone strike against ISIS-K in Afghanistan won't be the last, Biden says

President Biden said Saturday’s retaliatory drone strike against ISIS-K in Afghanistan won’t be the last measure the United States takes against the group.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for impeachment after Kabul airport attack

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has renewed her calls to impeach President Joe Biden after the deaths of over a dozen U.S. service members in a deadly suicide bombing at the Kabul airport.

Arizona reports 3,621 additional COVID cases, nears 1M mark

The state’s pandemic totals rose to 998,164 cases and 18,661 deaths, according to the Department of Health Service’s coronavirus dashboard.

Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over Jan. 6 insurrection

Capitol Police officers who were attacked during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, his allies and others.