Story of the Week

Over 15,000 unauthorized migrants congregated at a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas over the past week.

The mandates will impact up to 100 million Americans.

The return to in-person learning has been a focus of media coverage across the spectrum.

The final departure capped America's 20-year military effort in the country.

The U.S. is working to evacuate American citizens and allies from Afghanistan as the Taliban takes power.

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan this week as the Afghan government collapsed.

Coverage across the spectrum speculated about the future of both the infrastructure bill and the budget plan, and which lawmakers might be key in approving or opposing them.

An investigation by the New York attorney general's office determined that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women and fostered a “toxic culture” in his office.

The CDC said Tuesday that vaccinated people in areas with “substantial or high” COVID-19 transmission should wear masks in public indoor settings.

Cases of the Delta variant, a more contagious variation of COVID-19, have been been rising across the U.S., and the CDC says Delta now accounts for over 83% of U.S. COVID-19 cases.

Thousands across Cuba rose up in protests this week, an uncommon uprising in the authoritarian country. Their cries covered many topics, from freedom and liberty to food and COVID-19 vaccine access.

Amid a recent surge in violent crime and shootings, Americans' concerns about crime are at a four-year high.

The Supreme Court issued the last decisions of its term Thursday morning, capping off a session that featured several key rulings.

Republicans defeated Democrats' For the People Act in the Senate Wednesday, with all 50 GOP senators voting against it. The bill needed 60 votes to overcome the filibuster used by Republicans, and Democrats would have needed 10 Republicans to overcome that filibuster.

President Joe Biden traversed Europe over the past week, meeting with multiple foreign leaders in the first international trip of his administration.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 9.3 million job openings this week, the highest amount since it began tracking the number in 2000 and a good sign for the economy's COVID-19 recovery.

The theory that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China is gaining traction and media coverage after it was initially dismissed early on in the pandemic. Last week, a report revealed that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology 

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wind down in the United States as vaccination rates rise and communities ease their public health restrictions. The seven-day average numbers of new cases and hospitalizations in the U.S.

The violence between Israel and Hamas militants continued this week as the two trade rocket attacks and airstrikes along the Gaza Strip.

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