The Supreme Court is now weighing whether its ruling that state court juries must be unanimous to convict a defendant of a serious crime should be applied retroactively. The Washington Post reported that the justices spent 90 minutes in a teleconference hearing trying to sort it out on Wednesday. If the issue is eventually applied…

Iran's foreign minister on Thursday urged Joe Biden to abandon Washington's "rogue" behavior and lift crippling sanctions on his country, rejecting talk of renegotiating the 2015 nuclear deal. Mohammad Javad Zarif said that when President Donald Trump left the landmark agreement, the United States had breached a UN Security Council resolution endorsing it.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton say they're willing to get a coronavirus vaccine when it’s available in a public setting to encourage Americans  to do the same. The three former White House occupants hope by setting an example, they might dispel any skepticism as pharmaceutical companies rush to get a…

The U.S. Census Bureau has identified multiple “high complexity” problems involving data issues on the 2020 Census, which could cause the final results to be delayed until February, CNN reports. House Democrats on Wednesday received internal Census documents showing the issues that the bureau recently identified, which could keep President Donald Trump’s administration from making…

Former Deputy CIA Director David Cohen is Joe Biden’s top choice to oversee the spy agency. The New York Times reported no final decision has been made and one is not expected to be announced until at least next week.