Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Oct. 20 recommended adding COVID-19 vaccines to the child and adolescent immunization schedules, despite the vaccines still being under emergency authorization for some children. Liz Truss, who became UK prime minister just six weeks ago, has resigned after a significant number of Conservative MPs lost confidence in her leadership. The U.S. State Department is funding drag performances in the South American country of Ecuador, according to the department’s online grant summary.

A Maricopa County judge on Dec. 19 heard oral arguments on a motion to dismiss an election-related lawsuit filed by Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.

The House January 6 Committee held its final hearing and urged the Justice Department to prosecute former President Donald Trump.

The seventh installment of so-called Twitter Files was released, which shows an “organized effort” by federal law enforcement agents to target social media and news companies that reported on the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop report.

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending the pandemic-era Title 42 immigration policy that was set to expire on Dec. 21.

In the Jan. 6 investigation, a federal judge on Oct. 19 ruled that former President Donald Trump’s former attorney John Eastman must turn over four emails to the January 6 Committee. The Internal Revenue Service will let Americans keep more of their income next year to help counter inflation.