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President Joe Biden on Friday spoke with the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols, the Black man whose beating to death by police officers has set the United States on edge.Biden told reporters that he was "very concerned" about the potential for violent protests, but that Nichols' mo...
Tesla head Elon Musk met with senior White House officials Friday to discuss the Biden administration's push to grow the electric vehicle market, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said."That meeting did happen today," she told reporters.Musk, who has had sometimes openly prickly relat...
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Sea spiders can regrow body parts after amputation and not just limbs, according to a study released on Monday that may pave the way for further scientific research into regeneration."Nobody had expected this," said Gerhard Scholtz of Humboldt University in Berlin, senior author of the stu...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved emergency aid of $105 million for Haiti, which has long been mired in a humanitarian crisis that has been exacerbated by recent global inflation.The funds should enable the Caribbean country to "support those most affected by food price r...
US interest rates will need to remain high for some time even as inflation eases, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard said Thursday, vowing the central bank plans to "stay the course" in fighting price increases.Inflation has come down from a 40-year high as the Fed hiked rates steepl...
The US Treasury Department said Friday it will likely begin "extraordinary measures" next week to prevent a default on government debt, setting up a high-stakes showdown in Congress over raising the nation's borrowing limit.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter to congressional ...
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US President Joe Biden said Thursday a second set of classified documents had been found at his private residence, prompting calls for a congressional investigation into the alleged mishandling of official papers.The records, from Biden's time as vice president, were discovered at a storage spac...
President Joe Biden assailed Sunday's attacks by supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil as "outrageous," as condemnation poured in from around the world against mobs that smashed their way into the halls of power in Brasilia.Biden issued his one-word verdict to reporters b...
Kevin McCarthy was named as the new speaker of the US House of Representatives on Saturday, ending days of bitter Republican infighting that ground the lower chamber of Congress to a standstill.The 57-year-old Californian needed a simple majority to be elected as Washington's top legislator, who...
The United States on Friday announced a major military assistance package for Ukraine that is valued at more than $3 billion and includes 50 Bradleys and dozens of other armored vehicles.The assistance -- $2.85 billion drawn from US inventories and $225 million in foreign military financing -- does ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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