A pro-democracy demonstrator puts on googles during clashes with riot police near the Parliament in Bangkok, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Thailand's political battleground shifted to the country's Parliament Tuesday, where lawmakers are considering proposals to amend the country's constitution, one…

Riot police stand in formation as pro-democracy protesters throw smoke bombs near the Parliament in Bangkok, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Thailand's political battleground shifted to the country's Parliament Tuesday, where lawmakers are considering proposals to amend the country's constitution, one…

Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Foundation “Ever since we arrived on this planet as a species, we’ve cut them down, dug them up, burnt them and poisoned them. Today we’re doing so...

The Iowa CCI Action Fund called her handling of the COVID-19 crisis "reckless."

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan said Friday he will seek another term in charge of the chamber despite a growing loss of support from Democratic legislators who see him as detrimental to the party and their own political livelihoods because of his ties to a ComEd bribery case.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, he'll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's name continues to be mention in political circles for a possible cabinet position in President-elect Joe Biden's administration.

Students going home from college for Thanksgiving could create a COVID crisis.

BISMARCK — A week after rolling out a statewide mask mandate, Gov. Doug Burgum said Friday, Nov. 20, that he reversed on previous opposition to the policy in response to dwindling capacity in state hospitals and to preempt a potential health care staffing crunch after Thanksgiving.

BISMARCK — A week after rolling out a statewide mask mandate, Gov. Doug Burgum said Friday, Nov. 20, that he reversed on previous opposition to the policy in response to dwindling capacity in state hospitals and to preempt a potential health care staffing crunch after Thanksgiving.

With the dark winter months looming, there’s one glimmer of hope in the fight against the COVID-19 crisis. Two, to be exact. Vaccine candidates from Pfizer, and its German partner BioNTech, and Moderna have shown to be 95 percent effective in ongoing trials. The promising results have prompted Pfizer to seek approval from the Federal...

Police and activists clashed in South Africa Friday during a protest against a graduation party allegedly organized for “whites only.” Nearly 2,000 members of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a radical left political party, rallied around Brackenfell High School in Cape Town as police fired tear gas and water cannons at the crowd, Al Jazeera reported....

A look at the latest national political stories for Friday, November 20.

Photo courtesy of Medium The heady days of victory and power are diminishing fast. Bankrupt for ideas and a plan for COVID-19 management, clinging to an army that wasn’t trained to run...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In exactly two months, he'll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice.

Photo courtesy of UNICEF World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on November 20 each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide,...

Pro-democracy protesters take cover with inflatable ducks and umbrellas as police fire water cannons during an anti-government rally near the Parliament in Bangkok, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Thailand's political battleground shifted to the country's Parliament Tuesday, where lawmakers are considering…

A pro-democracy protester flashes the three-finger protest gesture near the Parliament in Bangkok, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Thailand's political battleground shifted to the country's Parliament Tuesday, where lawmakers are considering proposals to amend the country's constitution, one of the core…

Police in riot gear stand in formation as pro-democracy protesters throw smoke bombs near the Parliament in Bangkok, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Thailand's political battleground shifted to the country's Parliament Tuesday, where lawmakers are considering proposals to amend the country's…

Martha McSally tgave her farewell speech to the Senate this week.

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake yesterday (19), said people who live within the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) area are facing a massive humanitarian crisis due to the knock-on effects of the COVID-19... Click on the headline to read the full story

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham warned that the COVID-19 crisis will not get better immediately despite a near-complete shutdown being implemented across the state.

A Brooklyn deputy borough president and former Brooklyn Democratic Party boss were part of a large, mask-less indoor crowd that celebrated Carlo Scissura of the New York Building Congress.

A Los Angeles police sergeant who was repeatedly reprimanded over social media posts, including those about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and rapper Nipsey Hussle, has accused his superiors of punishing based on his political beliefs.

Gov. Cuomo wants to show you the challenges of directing the state’s fight against a pandemic that has so far killed more than 34,000 New Yorkers and put the rest of us in face masks. “Closing down is not a press release; it’s the most complex government policy we have ever instituted," he writes in his new book, 'American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.'

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci assured the public on Thursday that a coronavirus vaccine would be safe and effective and called for an end to suggestions that the development was rushed for political purposes. “The process of the speed did not compromise at all safety, nor did it compromise scientific integrity,” Fauci said Thursday at...