Under fire in some quarters for their role in disseminating information -- and disinformation -- to the American people ahead of last year's presidential election, two top tech leaders defended their companies' roles and at least one sought some sort of oversight for the future.

Although the governors of Mississippi and Texas who this week lifted mask mandates in their states in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic may have been Republicans, the moves were not supported by all of their Republican counterparts.

Gov. Greg Abbott, and other Republican state leaders of Texas, are more interested in pointing political fingers rather than deal with the key issues in the midst of the ongoing deep freeze and power outage in the Lone Star State.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), no stranger to controversy in her brief tenure on Capitol Hill, now has surprisingly become a lightning rod for -- of all things -- her harrowing experiences during those traumatic hours of January 6 when insurrectionists overran the US Capitol.

In his Inauguration, President Biden gave voice as much to fighting for the truth as he did in his Oath to defending the Constitution itself. It would be a tough job and tall order.

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When Americans begin receiving a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, that won't be the end of wearing masks, according to the nation's top infectious disease expert.

President-elect Biden described the small Thanksgiving dinner he and his family would enjoy at home in Wilmington, Del., as part of the small sacrifices all Americans should be taking to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.

From activists to the halls of power in Washington DC, more were speaking out against the grand jury decision that left no charges related to the death of Breonna Taylor of Louisville Ky.

As thousands gathered in Washington DC Friday to commemorate Dr Martin Luther King Jr's 1963 March on Washington, King's namesake urged those in attendance not to dwell in the past but to work for justice in the present.