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Former U.S. President Barack Obama gesture as he attends the "values-based leadership" during a plenary session of the Gathering of Rising Leaders in the Asia Pacific, organized by the Obama Foundation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) ** FILE **

Obama plans 60th birthday bash amid COVID-19 fears: Report

Former President Barack Obama is reportedly planning a 60th birthday bash at his Martha's Vineyard home that will include a Pearl Jam performance and more than 600 guests and staff even as health officials sound the alarm over the fast-moving delta variant of the coronavirus.

August 2, 2021
In this Monday, May 29, 2017, file photo, New Jersey Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who is a Republican candidate in the gubernatorial primary election, speaks to a crowd during a Memorial Day observance, in Bridgewater, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

New Jersey Republican sees COVID-19 impacts as viable way to unseat governor

Jack Ciattarelli, the GOP nominee, trying to knock Democrat Phil Murphy out of the governor's mansion in November. Mr. Murphy is the only governor facing reelection in the U.S. this year -- Virginia has a race, but Gov. Ralph Northam is term-limited -- and Garden State Democrats have been unable to get one of their governors reelected since 1977.

August 2, 2021
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks during a House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP)

Kinzinger wants to probe actions of Trump allies on Jan. 6

Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday he is OK with issuing a subpoena to anyone with information about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and relevant interactions with former President Donald Trump -- even House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

August 1, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden orders federal workers to get vaccinated or face testing, masks

President Biden on Thursday said federal employees and on-site contractors will be required to get COVID-19 vaccines or face regular testing and mask restrictions as he grows impatient with sluggish vaccination rates that allowed the delta variant to surge, threatening his economic recovery plan.

July 29, 2021
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people line up for COVID-19 tests at a testing station in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Roadblocks were set up to check drivers and a disease-control official called Thursday for increased testing of workers at Chinese ports after a rash of coronavirus cases traced to a major airport rattled authorities who thought they had the disease under control. (Li Bo/Xinhua via AP)

China battling COVID-19 cluster around Nanjing

China is battling one of its worst COVID-19 outbreaks in months, with officials canceling flights and conducting mass testing after an outbreak in the eastern city of Nanjing.

July 29, 2021
In this June 7, 2021, photo, demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

COVID-19 mandates wade into uncertain legal territory

Public and private employers seeking to mandate the COVID-19 vaccines are bolstered by a Department of Justice opinion and high-profile victory in Texas, but their chances in court remain iffy for one big reason: The shots have not been fully approved.

July 28, 2021
In this Monday, July 19, 2021, photo, shoppers wear masks inside of The Cool store in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday, July 27, 2021, on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) **FILE**

CDC mask guidance gets mixed reaction in states

The White House and some Democratic leaders said they will adopt new federal guidelines on masking to prevent COVID-19, but the advice is landing with a thud in GOP-led regions, including ones that inspired the revision because of high transmission within their borders.

July 28, 2021
In this Monday, July 19, 2021, photo, shoppers wear masks inside of The Cool store in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday, July 27, 2021, on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) **FILE**

CDC reverses mask guidance in high-transmission areas

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday advised vaccinated Americans to wear masks in schools and public indoor spaces with high or substantial transmission of the coronavirus, a major reversal of guidance issued two months ago as fears around the delta variant grow.

July 27, 2021