China’s northern port city of Tianjin reported an increase in COVID-19 infections on Thursday as it stepped up efforts to rein in an outbreak that has spread the highly transmissible Omicron variant to another city.

The lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, along with 109 other House Republicans, sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urging the administration to pull out of Iran nuclear talks in Vienna.

U.S. schools should receive the first additional COVID-19 rapid tests being made available by the federal government in about two weeks, a White House official said, as Washington races to keep classes open amid a record-setting Omicron surge.

As the fight for life continues in the United States, the Democrat-led state of New Jersey is codifying a law that will radically expand abortion access throughout the state.

The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed its first sanctions over North Korea’s weapons programs following a series of North Korean missile launches, including two since last week.