Republicans blocked a Senate vote to start debate on an emerging bipartisan infrastructure plan, pushing for more negotiation time. Senator Chuck Schumer forced the vote in a bid to increase pressure to resolve the talks.

Democrats plan to force a procedural vote on a nearly $600 billion bipartisan bill to address the nation's aging infrastructure. It is expected to fail amid Republican opposition, as negotiations over key details continue.

White House officials confirmed that a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, in a breakthrough case after vaccination. The White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that precautions were in place to protect the president.

White House officials confirmed that a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus, in a breakthrough case after vaccination. However, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that precautions are put in place to protect the president.

After a successful voyage to space, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the rest of the Blue Origin flight team spoke about their brief journey.

The Blue Origin crew included four passengers who had fun during the short flight, playing with Skittles and experimenting with gravity.

Canadian officials said fully vaccinated citizens and permanent residents of the United States would be allowed to enter the country starting Aug. 9. Canada hopes to allow visitors from other countries by early September.

Blue Origin's first flight to space with humans onboard included the billionaire Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen. The team traveled more than 60 miles above Earth.

Jeff Bezos, the former chief executive of Amazon, launched himself toward space aboard a rocket system built by his space company, Blue Origin.

The Justice department accused four Chinese nationals, including three state security officials, of hacking government and private computer systems around the world to steal sensitive information.