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US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan talks about reviving the Iran deal, the SolarWinds, troops in Afghanistan and relations with Saudi Arabia

Historian David Olusoga talks about why he's campaigning to get minority communities in the UK to take the vaccine and why that hesitancy exists in Britain and beyond.

Italy's Mount Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, has had spurts of activity recently, spewing fountains of lava and ash into the air.

House Democrats took another step Friday in their effort to advance a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, releasing the full bill text, which includes an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, $1,400 direct checks for Americans making $75,000 or less a year, an extension of $400 federal unemployment benefits and more money for small businesses struggling amid the pandemic.

A newly-released study in the Journal of American Medical Association finds that 30% of participants who had Covid-19 had symptoms lasting up to nine months. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta has the details.

CNN's Stephanie Elam gets a look at a life-sized model of Mars rover Perseverace as NASA releases new images from its mission to Mars.

Southerly winds from Africa will bring Saharan dust into Europe this weekend. The increase in dust can bring beautiful sunsets, but also poor air quality.

Woody Allen didn't cooperate with "Allen v. Farrow," a four-part HBO docuseries that goes beyond tabloid headlines in examining the director's relationship with Mia Farrow and sexual-assault allegations by their daughter Dylan. Extensive access to the Farrows makes this an intimate look at that history, while renewing questions about separating art from the artist and Hollywood's embrace of problematic figures.

Lina al-Hathloul, sister of Saudi women's rights activist, Loujain al-Hathloul, talks about her sister's release from prison and says in Saudi Arabia, "activism is considered terrorism"

The UK's Vaccination Program is moving at breakneck speed, but a lack of reach to communities in need of vaccine and virus information have impacted case numbers and infection rates -- particularly among ethnic minorities who have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19. Now, one London community is taking action by setting up a vaccination center inside the largest Hindu temple in all of Europe. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports.

A married couple from Ohio with ties to the right-wing Oath Keepers are facing conspiracy charges in connection with the Capitol insurrection, according to court documents unsealed Friday.

During President Joe Biden's CNN town hall, he made several false statistical claims. Here's what you need to know.

While Sen. Ted Cruz was dealing with the fallout from his trip to Cancun, two of his Democratic political nemeses -- Beto O'Rourke and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -- raised money and offered resources to Texans hit hard by this week's winter storm.

The trillion-dollar market value club has a new member: bitcoin. The total number of bitcoins trading are now collectively worth more than $1 trillion.

CNN's Brianna Keilar breaks down the controversy surrounding Sen. Ted Cruz's family trip to Cancun, Mexico, while his home state suffered massive power outages and freezing temperatures.

House Democrats on Friday released the full text of their $1.9 Covid-19 relief bill, which includes an increase in the federal minimum wage, direct checks for Americans making $75,000 or less a year, an extension of $400 federal unemployment benefits and more money for small businesses struggling amid the pandemic.

US District Court Judge Esther Salas said that a gunman who killed her son and wounded her husband in 2020 had also set his sights on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, according to a CBS News "60 Minutes" report airing Sunday. CNN's Whitney Wild tells us more.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), in an exclusive interview with KTRK ABC13 Houston, admits that his trip to Cancun, Mexico, was a mistake. CNN's Abby Phillip reacts to Cruz's statements.

President Joe Biden said on Friday that he plans to travel to Texas but does not want a presidential trip to put any additional strain on a state grappling with an extreme weather crisis.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a slate of voting proposals Friday that he wants lawmakers to pass in their upcoming legislative session, including restricting the mass mailing of mail-in ballots and access to ballot drop boxes.

Copper prices climbed to their highest level in nearly a decade Friday as investors in the commodity anticipate rising demand for infrastructure and construction projects in the post-pandemic economy.

Seeking a sharp break from the "America First" policies of his predecessor, President Joe Biden reaffirmed the US position of global leadership, the power of its alliances and the resilience of democracy in the United States and abroad.

This week, all eyes have been on Texas. An unprecedented winter storm left 4 million people without power across the state, and put nearly half of all Texans under a boil-water advisory.

Georgia voting rights groups are denouncing a sweeping voting bill introduced this week by Republican state legislators as a "direct attack on democracy" and on Black voters.

House investigators have received the first batch of documents they requested from the FBI and intelligence agencies as part of their ongoing probe into security failures around the January 6 US Capitol attack, according to an official from one of the committees investigating the matter.