Associated Press

Poet Amanda Gorman says a security guard racially profiled her while she was walking home Friday night.

An exhausted Senate has narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

New rules allow concert stadiums and sports arenas to reopen with limited attendance on April 1.

The overall bill, President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority, is aimed at battling the killer pandemic and nursing the staggered economy back to health.

Pope Francis has urged Iraqis to treat their Christian brothers as a precious resource to protect, not an “obstacle” to eliminate as he opens the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.

The governor of Wyoming, the top coal-mining state in the nation, is setting a goal of capturing more carbon dioxide than the state emits.

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the committee's top Republican on the committee, opposed her nomination.

House Democrats have approved sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation.

The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol despite a frantic request for reinforcement from police.

Capitol Police say they have intelligence showing there is a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.