Iowa GOP congressional candidate declares victory in one of closest races in history

A second correctional officer in Iowa has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, according to a local report.  The officer worked at the Clarinda Correctional Facility, a spokesperson from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union told local news station KCCI.  No other details were provided.  The fatality is the second such death in the state. A staff member at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville died on Nov.

Joe Biden teared up while discussing the financial and mental-health impact of COVID-19 on the American publicin his first interview since he won the presidency, which took place Tuesday. Thepresident-elect's eyes began welling up as he discussed his priorities on his first days in the Oval Office during an interview with NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt.

Tony Gonzales, the newly elected Republican congressman from Texas, brings to Washington a drive to tackle border security and immigration reform -- examples of thorny issues that the Navy veteran says politicians have avoided for too long. Gonzales, a Mexican-American first-time politician, will represent a majority Hispanic southern border district that Democrats unsuccessfully targeted to flip this November.

In a 2011 sermon, Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock, who serves as senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, boldly proclaimed, “America, nobody can serve God and the military.” Warnock’s breathtaking rhetoric is not only wrong, but it only serves to weaken our military and our nation. Warnock’s claim will come as a great shock to America’s military.

Seventy-five years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp and the defeat of Nazism, anti-Semitism is on the rise. In many places around the world, Jews are vilified, demonized, and physically attacked.This increase in incidents is being reported across the globe.

- Two top pro-Republican super PACs are taking to the airwaves on Tuesday with their first ads in Georgia's twin Senate runoff elections, which will determine whether the GOP holds on to its majority in the Senate or if Democrats will control both houses of Congress in addition to the White House.

Americans are cheering the Monday news that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. Release from Corona Federal Prison seems just around the corner.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo drew the ire of state Republicans and other critics this week after he delivered a speech calling on Americans to admit “mistakes” even as, detractors say, he has failed to take responsibility for thousands of deaths at nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Who knew we were going to have the longest election in the history of the United States of America?”Though Goldberg makes a valid point, she’s technically incorrect about this being the longest U.S. election in history.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., is calling on the Trump administration to "strategically" withdraw U.S.

The twin Senate runoff elections in Georgia are the last fight for the future of the United States, Sen. John Kennedy said on Wednesday.

Kamala Harris’ first speech as U.S. Vice President-elect was historic and memorable for a long list of reasons.

Yesterday, cities across America erupted in joy after the news broke that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would be the next president and vice president of the United States. Jennifer Lawrence very much caught on to the national celebratory energy: She ran into the streets of Boston in her pajamas while blasting Childish Gambino's "This is America" on a portable speaker.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem urged the country to “afford the 70.6 million Americans that voted for President Trump the same consideration" provided to former vice president Al Gore in the 2000 legal battle that resulted in a Supreme Court decision and a George W.

George W. Bush is congratulating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Just hours after the Associated Press and other media outlets projected that former Vice President Joe Biden would be elected the 46th president of the United States, Biden addressed the nation in his first speech as president-elect. Jogging out to "We Take Care of Our Own" by Bruce Springsteen, Biden said "Tonight all over this nation ...

Kamala Harris has paid tribute to the women who “paved the way” for her to become the first female and female of colour Vice President of the United States.Harris made history today (November 7) as she was elected to office alongside the 46th President of America Joe Biden.Ahead of the President-elect speaking at a victory event in Wilmington, Delaware, Harris took to the podium to share her own thanks and thoughts on the historic moment.During her speech, the Vice President-elect thanked her