Attorney General Merrick B. Garland rejected Republicans' criticisms that the Justice Department's initiative to address threats against educators was an effort to intimidate parents who were concerned about issues like curriculums and mask mandates.

A State Department spokesman, Ned Price, criticized the Israeli government's plan to to build more than 3,000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, saying the move 'damages the prospects for a two-state solution.'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new set of priorities for the State Department that include preventing cyberattacks and fighting misinformation.

Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, criticized Senate Democrats' plan to extract hundreds of billions of dollars from billionaires as divisive.

Lawmakers voted to recommend nine criminal charges against President Jair Bolsonaro, including 'crimes against humanity,' after a six-month investigation reported that he intentionally allowed Covid-19 to spread and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths.

Investigators in New Mexico recovered the lead projectile fired by Alec Baldwin that killed the film's cinematographer and wounded its director, the revolver they believe fired the shot, as well as more possible live rounds of ammunition.

Officials in Santa Fe address the continuing investigation into the shooting on the set of the movie 'Rust,' where Mr. Baldwin killed the cinematographer and wounded the director with a prop gun.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted to recommend a pediatric dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11.

A bipartisan group of senators questioned executives from YouTube, Snap and TikTok about software driving children and teenagers to harmful posts within their platforms, as well as data privacy and transparency.

Lisa O. Monaco, the deputy attorney general, said an international joint operation between law enforcement agencies resulted in the seizure of more than 500 pounds of illegal drugs and nearly $32 million in cash and virtual currencies.