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House Select Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., right, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., listen during the panel's first hearing last month. The committee has asked 35 social media and communication companies to preserve records associated with the Jan. 6 insurrection.

House Panel Investigating The Capitol Attack Orders 35 Companies To Preserve Records

The Democratic-led committee is targeting the communication records of individuals who've been charged with crimes related to the attack, and those who participated in a rally preceding the riot.

President Biden tours a Manville, N.J., neighborhood Tuesday that was affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

Biden Asks Congress For $30 Billion To Help Disaster Relief And Afghan Evacuees

The White House wants $24 billion in new aid to help recovery from recent wildfires and hurricanes. President Biden also asks for $6.4 billion to resettle vulnerable Afghans in the U.S.

The new EU economic forecast reflects a total drop of 9 percentage points since last fall's forecast, as businesses have been shut down or forced to operate at severely limited capacity. Here, a man delivers a butcher shop order in Norena, Spain, on Wednesday.

EU Faces 'Recession Of Historic Proportions,' Economic Forecast Warns

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic lopped off roughly a third of the EU's economic activity "practically overnight," the European commissioner for the economy says.

The FBI claims Dr. Qing Wang received more than $3.6 million in grants from the NIH while also collecting money for the same research from the Chinese government.

Former Cleveland Clinic Researcher Allegedly Failed To Disclose Ties To China

The FBI claims Dr. Qing Wang, a U.S. citizen born in China, received more than $3.6 million in grants from the NIH while also collecting money for the same research from the Chinese government.

Black Lives Matter South Bend Proposes ‘Black People’s Budget’ Ahead Of City’s First Budget Hearings

With the city of South Bend’s 2022 budget hearings set to start this week, local Black Lives Matter leaders released their own Black People’s Budget…

People shop in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in May. Poverty declined in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure.

Poverty Declined In 2020, The Result Of Government Aid, Census Bureau Reports

Relief payments moved 11.7 million people from poverty in 2020, according to new Census Bureau data.

People wait at a street-side testing booth in New York's Times Square on Monday.

Omicron is now the dominant COVID strain in the U.S., making up 73% of new infections

Underscoring its high transmissibility, in a week, omicron went from a 12.6% share of new COVID infections in the U.S. to a dominant 73.2%, according to the CDC's latest estimates.

The New Orleans Audubon Zoo has taken in the 7-month-old jaguar that was rescued from wildlife trafficking. The jaguar was rescued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Association of Zoos.

New Orleans Audubon Zoo welcomes a trafficked jaguar cub

The 7-month-old spotted beauty was rescued from wildlife trafficking and will be living alongside a 6-year-old male named Valerio. There are only 15,000 believed to be living in the wild.

Election audit, minimum wage, abortion rights petitions move toward signature-gathering

During a nearly 6-hour meeting, debate over summary language became tense.

Gas prices over $7.00 a gallon are displayed at a Chevron gas station in Menlo Park, Calif., on May 25.

In 10 states, a gallon of gas now costs more than $5

Consumers are paying more around the country. No state's average is below $4.28, according to AAA. But in California, drivers are paying $2 more than that amount.

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