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Congress is modernizing thanks to the pandemic. But it still has a long way to go.

U.S. Navy Surgeon General Rear Admiral Bruce Gillingham said that service members who do not get vaccinated "can be administratively separated for not following a direct order."

Democrats are eager to tout the bills they have passed in Biden’s first year, but a strategy tying together the disparate pieces of legislation is still lacking.

The 25% tariff on U.S. whiskey will be removed in January. Gone too will be the tariffs on U.S. motorcycles and denim, all levied during the Trump administration's trade battle with the E.U.

The composer and lyricist earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

Even the Kremlin is a fan.

The long-anticipated report did not indicate that the Biden administration would take climate change impact into account when approving new oil and gas leases.

Anthony S. Fauci, in an interview on CNN’s “New Day,” said the new variant has “some mutations” that “are raising some concern” – including “with regard to possibly transmissibility increase and possibly evasion of immune response.”

Shoppers are not excited to shop across Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday this holiday season as factors like inventory and pricing weigh.

Our national cuisine has roots much deeper than the contributions of any individual icon: Your weekly guide to the best in books

US Marshall Islands FILE - An aerial photo shows a small section of the atoll that has slipped beneath the water line only showing a small pile of rocks at low tide on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Nov. 8, 2015. For decades, the tiny Marshall Islands has been a stalwart American ally. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File) (Rob Griffith)WELLINGTON, New Zealand — (AP) — For decades, the tiny Marshall Islands has been a stalwart American ally. Since World War II, the U.S. has treated the Marshall Islands, along with Micronesia and Palau, much like territories. On the Marshall Islands, the U.S. has developed military, intelligence and aerospace facilities in a region where China is particularly active.

On many nights during the Vietnam War, if you listened closely, you’d swear you could hear a ghost. Today, <em>The Experiment</em> explores the story of that ghost and how it still haunts us.

A Foreign Service officer who was seconded to the trade representative’s office for much of his career, Mr. Smith did not hesitate to threaten retaliatory tariffs, extra duties or other measures against the exchange of foreign goods or services when he felt American products were not getting a fair shake in the world marketplace. He extracted concessions from Japan regarding American semiconductors, from South Korea in letting American insurance companies compete for business, and the European Community on U.S. agricultural products.

Families should still get the final child tax credit check, even if the government shuts down or defaults.

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"People are kindness, people are love," said Susana Orrego, a student at Harvard Medical School.

Amid global shortage of chips used in phones, cars and other electronic devices, Samsung says it hopes to begin operations at the semiconductor factory outside of Austin by 2024.

South Korea Earns Samsung Electronics The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen outside the Samsung Electronics Seocho building in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 25, 2020. “This is the largest foreign direct investment in the state of Texas, ever,” Texas Gov. Samsung had previously indicated it was exploring sites in Texas, Arizona and New York for a possible new U.S. chip plant. President Joe Biden's administration has been pushing for Congress to pass the $52 billion CHIPS Act to increase computer chip manufacturing and research. “My expectation is it’s going to be foundry-based in nature,” he said of the Texas plant.

The oldest president in American history largely neutralized the age issue in 2020, when the alternative was an erratic incumbent who turned 74 during the campaign. Biden's critics never relented after his victory, though, and Biden has not held as many news conferences or interviews as his recent predecessors. The attacks have stuck: Even 29 percent of people who voted for Biden, and 30 percent of self-identified “liberals,” agree that his age is “interfering” with his duties as president. While Biden carried voters under 35 last year, 56 percent of people in that demographic agree that his age is a problem now. It's a question pollsters haven't always asked about, but it could explain the ongoing discrepancies between support for Biden's legislative agenda and approval of the job he's doing.

Chabad of Palm Coast will ignite a 6-foot Menorah at European Village, an event to be followed by a community-wide celebration on Nov 29.

South Korea Earns Samsung Electronics The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen outside the Samsung Electronics Seocho building in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 25, 2020. Samsung had previously indicated it was exploring sites in Texas, Arizona and New York for a possible new U.S. chip plant. President Joe Biden's administration has been pushing for Congress to pass the $52 billion CHIPS Act to increase computer chip manufacturing and research. Separate legislation also under consideration would create a new tax credit for investment in semiconductor manufacturing facilities. “My expectation is it’s going to be foundry-based in nature,” he said of the Texas plant.

Samsung said it plans to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Texas amid a global shortage of chips used in phones, laptops, cars and other electronic devices.

This year is projected to be the biggest ever for U.S. holiday sales online. Criminals may try to take advantage.

We spend an average of 14 hours outside each week, which is up by three hours based on previous data.

It comes about eight months after U.S. Sugar announced it reached an agreement to acquire the Imperial Sugar Company, one of the largest sugar refiners in the nation. The Justice Department says U.S. Sugar, which operates a large refinery in Florida, sells all of its sugar through a marketing cooperative known as the United Sugars Corporation. Imperial Sugar operates a refinery in Savannah, Georgia and a sugar transfer and liquidation facility in Ludlow, Kentucky. “Their merger would eliminate aggressive competition in the supply of refined sugar that leads to lower prices, better quality, and more reliable service,” he said. The companies announced the acquisition in March, saying that it would return Imperial Sugar to all-American ownership.

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a major U.S. sugar manufacturer from acquiring its rival.

Countless Afghans with U.S. ties who were not evacuated are stranded in Afghanistan or neighboring countries desperately looking for a way to be resettled in America.

Almost 54 million Americans are expected to travel this Thanksgiving. Brian Kelly, the CEO and founder of the travel website The Points Guy, joins “CBS Mornings” with his tips for both flying and driving to your holiday destination.

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"I support the BLM movement," says the teen, who was acquitted of shooting three during racial unrest.

An American man filed a lawsuit alleging the U.S. government Monday held him for more than a month in immigration detention even though he was a U.S. citizen. Brian Bukle, 61, sued in federal court alleging he was unfairly kept in an immigration detention facility when he should have been freed after serving a prison sentence in California. Bukle, who was born in the British Virgin Islands, was transferred to the custody of U.S. immigration authorities in June 2020 after serving a sentence for assault and possession of a firearm, according to Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, one of the organizations representing him.

The airlines filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit that the DOJ and six states filed in September over their alliance.

Kevin Gough, a defense attorney for one of the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, motioned for a mistrial on Monday because of protesters, whom he described as a “mob,” displaying coffins with the defendants’ names on them. Judge Timothy Walmsley denied the motion.

Michael Cohen, who was former President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer until his 2018 arrest, said Monday that his three-year prison sentence — mostly spent in home confinement — was over as he took another swipe at his former boss and vowed to continue cooperating with law enforcement probes.

Butterball, which supplies around one-third of Thanksgiving turkeys, struggled to attract workers earlier this year, leading to processing delays. But Jandrain said labor shortages have lessened and the company was able to secure enough trucks to get its turkeys to grocery stores. The Thanksgiving table hasn't been spared the price inflation that is rampant elsewhere in the economy because of strong consumer demand and labor shortages. But Jandrain said labor shortages have lessened and the company was able to secure enough trucks to get its turkeys to grocery stores. Diana Jepsen, a retiree from West Hartford, Connecticut, said she usually pays $1 per pound for her Thanksgiving turkey.

The Defense Logistics Agency coordinates the Pentagon's combat supply chain. In addition, DLA oversees the delivery of traditional holiday meals to U.S. troops.

First, the good news: There is no shortage of whole turkeys in the U.S. this Thanksgiving.

A blistering "Succession" episode that evokes Donald Trump and the alt-right is the season's best.

Here’s what parents need to understand about the teaching of history

Russia is building toward the ability to carry out an attack on Ukraine, the head of it's defense intelligence agency told Military Times.

An incursion could happen in a matter of weeks, barring intervention from the West, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CBS News.

US Senegal Blinken US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Senegalese President Macky Sall at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. Blinken is on a five day trip to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. On a trip overshadowed by crises elsewhere on the continent, Blinken was in Senegal on Saturday promoting American-built infrastructure projects, sustainable development, women’s empowerment and other human rights initiatives to bolster faltering democracies across Africa. In a private meeting with Sall, Blinken was expected to address security issues, particularly a rise in jihadi violence across Africa's Sahel region and increasing authoritarianism that many believe is fueling extremism. Senegal is a key partner in the fight against extremism and a last year it hosted the U.S. military’s annual counterterrorism exercise, Flintlock.

"We're worried for their lives," said Safi, whose family is sponsoring some 20 other relatives seeking humanitarian parole. “We're worried for their lives,” says Safi, a Massachusetts resident whose family is sponsoring 21 relatives seeking humanitarian parole. Humanitarian parole doesn’t provide a path to lawful permanent residence or confer U.S. immigration status. But advocates question some of USCIS's recent decisions for Afghan humanitarian parole, such as prioritizing applications from those already living in other countries. Meanwhile, a friend in Louisiana has offered to serve as the family’s sponsor for a humanitarian parole application, even covering the costly fees himself.

This annual ritual, generally received as a lighthearted break from presidential duties, is basically a chance for the Biden to make dad jokes. It’s also a chance for presidential speechwriters to inflict — nay, strut — the worst puns they dare to unleash on the American public. (An excerpt from President Barack Obama’s 2016 speech pardoning Tater and Tot: “I want to take a moment to recognize the brave turkeys that weren’t so lucky, who didn’t get to ride the gravy train to freedom. Who met their fate with courage and sacrifice and proved that they weren’t chicken.”)

"We're worried for their lives," said Safi, whose family is sponsoring some 20 other relatives seeking humanitarian parole. “We're worried for their lives,” says Safi, a Massachusetts resident whose family is sponsoring 21 relatives seeking humanitarian parole. Humanitarian parole doesn’t provide a path to lawful permanent residence or confer U.S. immigration status. But advocates question some of USCIS's recent decisions for Afghan humanitarian parole, such as prioritizing applications from those already living in other countries. Meanwhile, a friend in Louisiana has offered to serve as the family’s sponsor for a humanitarian parole application, even covering the costly fees himself.

Bald eagles Osceola County is asking for the community’s help to name a pair of American bald eagles nesting at Brownie Wise Park. (Osceola County)ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Osceola County is asking for the community’s help to name a pair of American bald eagles nesting at Brownie Wise Park. >>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<<People can vote for their choice of names online by clicking here. Sam Howard and Officer Matthew Baxter, two Kissimmee police officers killed in the line of duty in 2017. — Osceola County (@OsceolaCountyFl) November 19, 2021Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.

Michigan has emerged as a COVID-19 hotspot as the winter flu season arrives. A flu outbreak at the University of Michigan could be a warning as the state's healthcare system deals with rising COVID cases. Lead national correspondent David Begnaud reports.

Thousands of Afghans have applied for temporary admission into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons, but few have been approved since the Taliban recaptured control of their homeland. “We're worried for their lives,” says Safi, a Massachusetts resident whose family is sponsoring 21 relatives seeking humanitarian parole. Humanitarian parole doesn’t provide a path to lawful permanent residence or confer U.S. immigration status. But advocates question some of USCIS's recent decisions for Afghan humanitarian parole, such as prioritizing applications from those already living in other countries. Meanwhile, a friend in Louisiana has offered to serve as the family’s sponsor for a humanitarian parole application, even covering the costly fees himself.

Thousands of Afghans have applied for temporary admission into the U.S. for humanitarian reasons, but few have been approved since the Taliban recaptured control of their homeland.

The comments by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) come one day after the House censured Gosar for tweeting an anime video that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging swords at President Biden.

Under a diplomatic boycott, American athletes would still compete in the Beijing Winter Olympics, but U.S. government officials would not attend the games.

Detroit automaker partners with U.S. chipmaker to shore up its access to vital vehicle components.

The two Iranian nationals allegedly sent threatening emails to American voters and spread disinformation ahead of the 2020 election.

The transit innovation’s time may come. It just will be a bumpy road to get there.

President Joe Biden’s choice to lead enforcement of competition laws at the Justice Department has won Senate approval.

Not even the best season of her young career is keeping Nelly Korda from trying to get better.

A businessman accused of siphoning off millions in state contracts from Venezuela has pleaded not guilty in a high profile case that’s strained relations between Washington and Caracas.

Dubai’s biennial Air Show has opened to a world still reeling from the pandemic and an aviation industry hard-hit by the coronavirus - but on the mend.

Each year, our nation commemorates Veterans Day on Nov. 11, to pay tribute to all American veterans -- living or dead -- but especially to those who served our country honorably during war or peacetime.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson acknowledges criticism of his humanitarian visit to Myanmar, but he tells The Associated Press he feels his trip was constructive.

Albert Korir of Kenya won the New York City Marathon men’s race, two years after coming in second.

China’s exports remained strong in October, a positive sign for an economy trying to weather power shortages and COVID-19 outbreaks.

Pfizer beat third-quarter expectations and raised its 2021 forecast again even as sales of its top product, the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty, slipped in the U.S. Soaring international sales of the preventive shots helped pushed total Comirnaty revenue close to $13 billion in the quarter, and the drugmaker said Tuesday that it now expects to book about $36 billion in sales from the vaccine this year.

American whiskey producers have toasted a trans-Atlantic agreement to end retaliatory tariffs that sank their European sales.

President Joe Biden is praising a new U.S. and European Union agreement that would crack down on “dirty steel” that leads to carbon emissions.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as part of the Group of 20 summit on Sunday.

The U.S. and European Union have reached an agreement to settle their diplomatic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs.

President Joe Biden has received Communion at St. Patrick’s Church in Rome during Saturday Vigil Mass, a day after saying Pope Francis told him he should continue to partake in the sacrament.

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations as part of an agreement on new international tax rules.

President Joe Biden says international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program will resume.

U.S. government regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale as the Biden administration steps up efforts to address climate change.

Chinese tech giant Huawei's sales fell 32% from a year earlier in the first nine months of 2021 under U.S. sanctions and following the sale of its Honor smartphone brand.

Senate Democrats want to again try letting millions of immigrants stay temporarily in the U.S. as part of President Joe Biden's economic plan.

U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week at the military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based.

A U.S. court order says the offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people with legal rights in the U.S. The case involves a lawsuit against the Colombian government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace.

James Michael Tyler, the actor known widely for his recurring role as Gunther on “Friends,” has died.

The U.S. military says it killed a senior al-Qaida leader in an airstrike Friday in northwest Syria.

Major college football is setting into a strange period of frayed allegiances that could last for at least another season.

The White House says the U.S. has donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 shot to help vaccinate the rest of the world.

Six schools from Conference USA want to join the American Athletic Conference and are expected to be accepted by the end of the week.

Colin Powell has died from complications of COVID-19, his family says.

Some 300 male and female volunteers have stripped naked and donned white body paint for an artistic installation near the Dead Sea.

The number of people in Puerto Rico who identified as “white” in the most recent census plummeted almost 80%, sparking a conversation of identity on an island breaking away from a past where race was not tracked and seldom debated in public.

A Colombian national police officer who was part of an elite unit that worked closely with U.S. anti-narcotics agents has pleaded guilty to charges he betrayed the Drug Enforcement Administration to the same traffickers they were jointly fighting.

Russia has offered the U.S. to roll back several rounds of sanctions that have hampered the activities of their diplomatic missions, and they agreed to hold another round of talks to discuss a resolution to their diplomatic tug-of-war.

A group studying the economics of offshore wind energy in the U.S. says building and operating the nascent industry will be worth $109 billion to businesses in its supply chain over the next 10 years.

Federal prosecutors are asking that a Navy engineer charged with trying to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country remain locked up as his case moves forward.

Global stock markets have risen as investors wait for U.S. jobs data that might influence a Federal Reserve decision on when to roll back stimulus.

Afghan refugees will soon be arriving in the U.S. after a massive campaign to vaccinate them against measles.

Oil prices have jumped after OPEC and allied oil producing countries stayed with their gradual approach to restoring output slashed during the pandemic, agreeing to add only 400,000 barrels per day in November.

National Women’s Soccer League Commissioner Lisa Baird has resigned after some 19 months on the job amid allegations that a former coach engaged in sexual harassment and misconduct.

North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea at nearly the same moment its U.N. diplomat was decrying the U.S.’s “hostile policy” against it.

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan is traveling to Saudi Arabia.

Tiger Woods isn’t at Whistling Straits, but several U.S. players say he helped inspire them to a big lead in the first day of the Ryder Cup.

The ruling emir of Qatar has urged world leaders gathered at the United Nations against turning their backs on Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers.

France is urging its European Union partners to consider delaying negotiations on a future EU trade agreement with Australia.

The White House is threatening to impose sanctions against Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other leaders involved in conflict in the Tigray region.

A convoy of tanker trucks carrying Iranian diesel has arrived from Syria to Lebanon.

The European Union is pressing ahead with plans to develop its own defense capacities and limit its reliance on the U.S. following the swift collapse of the Afghan army.

The new exhibit at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks to start a new conversation about American fashion, says its curator, Andrew Bolton.