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Vice President Pence is under pressure from President Trump to reject the Electoral College results in a ceremony where he is constitutionally bound to announce that President-elect Joe Biden won.

Pence Faces His Most Challenging Trump Loyalty Test Yet

The vice president will preside as the Electoral College vote count is tallied. The ceremonial role puts him crosswise with President Trump, who refuses to acknowledge his loss.

Stephen Mirrione won an Oscar for editing Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic."

Cinema Junkie Podcast 207: Giving Thanks To Film Editors, Part 2

Oscar-winner Stephen Mirrione talks about the art and craft of editing

President Trump and Judge Amy Coney Barrett walk to the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday.

A Look At Amy Coney Barrett's Record On Abortion Rights

President Trump promised to name Supreme Court justices who would oppose abortion rights. Activists say Barrett fits that mold. Her history as a federal judge offers potential clues to her views.

Poet and author Lawrence Ferlinghetti, pictured above in 1960, was born on March 24, 1919.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small-Press Publisher, Dies At 101

In 1956, Ferlinghetti published the first edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl. According to one critic, his greatest accomplishments were fighting censorship and starting a small-press revolution.

A crew from the Virginia Department of General Services takes measurements as they inspect the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue on Monday.

Virginia Judge Blocks Plan To Remove Statue Of Robert E. Lee

Judge Bradley B. Cavedo issued a temporary injunction prompted by a lawsuit that claims the state promised to protect the statue when the land it is located on was annexed in 1890.

An undated artist rendering of the coronavirus.

June 2021: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the June 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

The federal government is giving out funds to develop seven new testing technologies which could increase testing capacity around the U.S.

Federal Push For Faster, Cheaper Coronavirus Tests Focuses On 7 New Technologies

The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new technologies for testing, including use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR.

Los Angeles Police Department officers block the street near Echo Park Lake as protesters demonstrate against the removal of a homeless encampment on March 25, 2021, in Los Angeles. Officials asked people living in tents at the park to leave. Police detained 16 journalists reporting on the night's events, arresting two and shooting two others with rubber bullets.

When police cracked down on reporters on one chaotic night in LA's Echo Park

The LAPD detained at least 16 journalists covering a protest in March 2021, a low point in a year of increasing mistrust and hostilities between police departments and the media.

Democratic lawmakers are proposing a way to offer low-income adults Medicaid in states that have so far refused to expand the program. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., spoke about the issue during a press conference with fellow lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol on September 23, 2021.

Democrats' spending bill includes plan to get free health care to uninsured Americans

There are more than 2 million uninsured adults in states that didn't expand Medicaid. Congressional Democrats have a plan to cover them — if they can find money for it in the massive spending bill.

January 2022: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the January 2022 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

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