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Two years after the violent assault on the US Capitol, President Joe Biden said Friday that America has "no place" for political violence as he honored police who fought off the mob of Donald Trump supporters.The somber White House ceremony took place as a group of congressional Republican...
The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership -- entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress.McCarthy, a favorite of his party's establishment but a bete noire of...
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Two years after the violent attack on the US Capitol by supporters of president Donald Trump, justice officials have arrested 950 suspects but are seeking some 350 more, the Justice Department said Wednesday.The Federal Bureau of Investigation is also still trying to find out who planted two pipe bo...
Business
Amazon announced Wednesday it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing "the uncertain economy" and the fact that the online retail giant had "hired rapidly" during the pandemic."Between the reductions we made in November and the ones we're sharing today,...
US President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, on Saturday mourned the passing of former pope Benedict XVI, praising his "devotion to the Church."The late pope "will be remembered as a renowned theologian, with a lifetime of devotion to the Church, guided by his principles and faith,"...
The death toll from a fierce winter storm that gripped much of the United States over Christmas rose to at least 61 on Thursday, officials said.Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz said two more deaths had been reported in the western New York region that bore the brunt of the historic storm, bringi...
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Donald Trump should never be allowed to run for public office again after inciting an insurrection, lawmakers investigating last year's assault on the US Capitol concluded in their watershed final report.The recommendation led a list of proposals from the 845-page document aimed at ensurin...
The US economy expanded 3.2 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday, in a further upward revision of data reflecting stronger consumer spending and investment than earlier estimated.The world's biggest economy grew for the first time this year in the July to September...
President Joe Biden met Monday with his Ecuadoran counterpart Guillermo Lasso at the White House where they discussed security and economic cooperation between Washington and Quito, which is calling for cost-sharing in the fight against drug-trafficking.Lasso arrived with a list of priorities includ...
The United States has called for political reform in Peru in the wake of the removal of leftist president Pedro Castillo, as Pope Francis urged dialogue to overcome the crisis and violent protests that have left at least 19 people dead.In a call to new president Dina Boluarte on Friday, US Secretary...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a $3 billion loan to Egypt, with an immediate disbursement of $347 million, the IMF said in a statement.Egypt will benefit from the loan over 46 months under the Extended Fund Facility. The agreement is for 2,350.17 million SD...
A new trove of files related to the November 1963 assassination of US president John F. Kennedy was released on Thursday, but the White House held some documents back, citing national security concerns.The National Archives said a total of 12,879 documents had been made public in the lates...
The World Bank on Thursday announced a $2 billion package to support Ukraine's private sector, in a bid to help pave the way for reconstruction amid the devastation resulting from Russia's invasion.The latest package by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the bank's development ...
The Pentagon is finalizing plans to send Patriot missile batteries that can shoot down incoming missiles to Ukraine, US media reported Tuesday.As Russia has ramped up missile strikes on key Ukrainian infrastructure, the administration of President Joe Biden could announce the deployment as early as ...
NASA's Orion space capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific on Sunday, completing the Artemis 1 mission -- a more than 25-day journey around the Moon with an eye to returning humans there in just a few years.After racing through the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 25,000 miles (40,000 ki...
US efforts to negotiate the freedom of a former Marine held in Russia as part of the swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner were thwarted by Moscow's demand for the release of a convicted murderer held in Germany, according to a top US official and media reports.The swap of Griner for co...
After making a close pass at the Moon and venturing further into space than any previous habitable spacecraft, NASA's Orion capsule is due to splash down Sunday in the final test of a high-stakes mission called Artemis.As it hurtles into Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 25,000 miles (40,000 ...
The US government is sending its first high-level delegation to China since a pledge made last month by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden to repair frayed relations.Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will join National Security Counc...
Oil giants have "greenwashed" their public image while locking in fossil fuel production for years to come, potentially foiling moves to prevent climate change, said a US House committee memo released Friday.The document follows an investigation on allegations that the fossil fuel industry...
A US judge dismissed Tuesday a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his alleged role in the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Washington federal judge John Bates accepted a US government's stance that Prince Mohammed, who was designated prime ...
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