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Republicans are calling for more oil drilling. Europe says it is stepping up its efforts on clean energy. But as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues into its second week, President Biden has remained silent on how tectonic shifts in…

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and its key allies announced on Saturday that they would remove some Russian banks from the SWIFT financial messaging system, essentially excluding them from international transactions. They also said…

A mass exodus of Ukrainians threatens to overwhelm the resources of neighboring countries even as Europe pledges to help refugees fleeing the Russian invasion.US intelligence agencies have estimated that between 1 and 5 million Ukrainians…

TORONTO — The Biden administration on Thursday urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to use its federal powers to end the blockade of trucks by Canadians protesting the country's COVID-19 restrictions, as the bumper…

Source: boonchai wedmakawand/Getty A new comment from the Center for Economic and Policy Research suggests that the key to addressing gun violence in Black communities begins with addressing economic hardship. Director of…

In the coming weeks, millions of Americans will receive home coronavirus tests by mail, thanks to a collaboration between President Joe Biden's administration and the US Postal Service.But while the distro may help people who struggle to…

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US opposes plans to strengthen World Health Organizationthe United States, the First donor to the World Health Organization, is resist proposals to make the agency more independent, said four officials involved in the talks, raising doubts…

January 13 media headlines In today's media, Associated Press tells staff to 'avoid focus on COVID case counts, Economic Council director urges media to focus on wage increases rather than inflation, and the mainstream media is trolling…

(The Hill) - Democrats have been waiting a year for President Joe Biden to challenge former President Donald Trump for his claims about the 2020 presidential election and identify the role Trump played in getting his supporters to…

On December 6, the White House released America's first-ever anti-corruption strategy. This follows President Biden's announcement in June that the fight against corruption is a core US national security interest, and coincides with the…

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration plans to expand eligibility for booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, allowing 12 to 15 year olds to receive third doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine, according to people familiar…

The rhetoric coming from Moscow is increasingly aggressive and seems to portray a sense of helplessness in Russia in the face of NATO expansion. In recent months, Russia has amassed around 100,000 troops, as well as advanced artillery,…

Just before the summit began, the White House launched an opening salute against the authoritarians, calling for the release of three political prisoners, from Belarus, China and Nicaragua. It also featured dissidents from both uninvited…

By AJ Willingham, CNN America is definitely recruiting. Jobs surged unexpectedly in October to around 11 million, the leisure and hospitality sectors - in particular in the hotel and catering industry - experiencing the…

I am often curious as to why politicians choose one place over another, to hold a speech or a press conference to announce something or to brag about a program or a policy. These are well thought out decisions and usually a message is…

Trump has asked the DC District Court to prevent the National Archives from turning over more than 700 pages of documents to the Special House Committee investigating on January 6. He claimed the House investigation was illegitimate and…

Military tensions between China and Taiwan, the democratic and autonomous island that Beijing considers its own, are at their worst in more than 40 years,…

AGUADILLA, PR - Four years after Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico's power grid in ruins and the entire island in darkness, residents expected their fragile power system to be stronger now. Instead, unreliable electricity remains…

More than a month after residents of the town of Benton Harbor called on the EPA to take emergency action to rid them of contaminated drinking water, the state - not the federal government - is taking the initiative and intensifies its…

In the middle of the night, Uyen Nguyen walked through a grassy swamp with his mother and three siblings until they reached the ocean's edge, where a small dilapidated fishing boat ran aground on the sand. He left with 31 people crammed…

Texas law enforcement officials on Thursday found the remains of a suspected migrant hanging from a tree 80 miles from the state's border with Mexico.A graphic photo taken by the sheriff's office and posted online by Breitbart, who first…

As the mainstream media and Democrats appear to have abruptly halted or at least released their barrage of criticism of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, questions arise as to the reasons for the sudden silence. co-host Buck Sexton…

A raging bull is an apt characterization of today's China, which spends much of its energy on bullying its neighbors. Sharing geographic borders with China and its client states, some of which, like Pakistan, openly support…

America's healthcare system can be confusing, even for people who grew up in this country. Imagine being new here and trying to find your way around. By Nadia Batool Bokhari Azita Razai has lived in Raleigh for 24 years, settling with…

Andreas Malm, author of the book "How to Blow Up a Pipeline," urges fellow environmentalists to abandon their non-violent protests and embrace what he calls "smart sabotage" - destroying construction equipment, vandalizing construction…

Brittany Aldean has become political on social media again by wearing anti-President Joe Biden clothing on herself and her two children. The wife of country singer Jason Aldean is often very open politically on social media. In the past,…

CHICAGO (AP) - Austin Moody wanted to apply his cybersecurity skills in his home state of Michigan by teaming up with state police investigators to analyze evidence and track down criminals.But the recent graduate put the idea aside…

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I respect Superintendent of Public Education Jillian Balow. She assembled a team of professionals at the Department of Education and the result was demonstrable improvements in the K-12 system. Well done for that!But I don't care where…

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York arrived at the Met Gala on Monday night wearing an ivory Brother Vellies wool jacket personalized with an organza ruffle and the message "Tax the Rich" emblazoned in red on her back.In…

The head of America's largest bank by assets, Jamie Dimon, is predicting an upcoming boom for the country's economy as the combination of vaccinations, trillions in government spending, pent-up demand, and large savings balances should…

While Fox News has come under fire for some of its on-air personalities, undermining US efforts to get Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus, two of its presenters recently urged viewers to go take the picture.On Monday on Fox's…

Conservative pundits, presidential candidates and Trump's proteges have already exploited vaccine skepticism for political gain. And new fears that a return to masks and physical distancing is needed in hot areas of Covid, where many…

In recent weeks, the Biden administration has released two high-profile posts on antitrust law enforcement. These messages received considerable media attention, with major news organizations reporting the administration's commitment…

WASHINGTON - President Biden on Friday sacked Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, a holdover from the Trump administration that had alienated crucial Democratic constituencies with policies designed to restrict benefits and…

WASHINGTON (AP) - “Bad service to the country. "" Misinformation inaccurate. "Literally killing people." For months, the White House Biden has refrained from criticizing Republican officials who downplayed the…

“I don't know what this will look like yet, but… it's a concern I've heard expressed by almost every Republican colleague on and off the committee,” Banks added. Republicans have…

At the start of the week of June 7, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Central America, focusing her speeches on migration issues in the United States. In particular, she told the Guatemalans: “Don't come. Don't…

WASHINGTON - The little prairie chicken, a rare black grouse once abundant in the Great Plains, may again soon benefit from US government protection. So could the rusty drone, a black-headed pollinator that once extended from Georgia to…

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The recently concluded G-7 meeting (comprising the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, Italy, France and Japan - with Australia, South Korea, Africa South and India as observers) sends significant signals. The Biden…

When Kamala Harris was in Guatemala earlier this week, she uttered a phrase that would sound eerily familiar to Australians."Don't come, don't come," the US vice president said in remarks to Central American migrants considering crossing…

June 4 - Finally, someone said exactly the right thing about Tennessee Governor Bill Lee's shameful and cruel attack on vulnerable migrant children caught in the middle of a senseless GOP feeding frenzy.State Representative Yusuf Hakeem…

A ransomware gang that hacked into the Washington Metropolitan Police Department released detailed profiles of 22 officers on Tuesday as part of an extortion attempt.Records on current and former police officers are detailed and include…

In a shock tribute to their devoted followers, South Korean boy group BTS carried out a canopy of Coldplay's “Repair You” on an episode of MTV Unplugged on Tuesday, February 23. All the present's applause was shortly eclipsed by the…