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Tunisian president calls on banks to reduce interest rates
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Tunisian President Kais Saied takes the oath of office in Tunis, Tunisia, October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied called
Iowa Republican governor rejects Biden’s $100 vaccine incentives
Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds rejected President Biden’s request that state and local governments use federal funds to encourage people to get the coronavirus vaccine. Reynolds spokesman Pat Garrett said
U.S. Senate works on the weekend on $1 trln infrastructure bill
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Accusations of Sexual Abuse Continue to Roil Basketball in Mali
In April, Maiga was appointed president of FIBA’s council for children’s basketball, or mini-basketball, in Africa. His sister Hamchetou Maiga-Ba played at Old Dominion, was a first-round draft in the
Biden, Republicans and the Pandemic Blame Game
President Biden is in a tough spot: He campaigned on the ideas that he had the team to manage a pandemic and that his five-decade career as a Washington deal
Kamala Harris to travel to Vietnam, Singapore next month amid China tensions, US border crisis
Vice President Kamala Harris has another big trip ahead – but it won’t be a return visit to the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead, Harris next month will travel across the Pacific,
Biden says Americans should expect more COVID restrictions
President Biden warned Friday that increased COVID-related restrictions could again become a possibility as the U.S. sees spiking coronavirus cases nationwide. In response to questions by reporters about whether Americans
An Unlikely Pair, Portman and Sinema Steer Infrastructure Deal
In those discussions, Mr. Portman, who was President George W. Bush’s budget director, helped drive the policy discussions for Republicans, while Ms. Sinema wrangled the group’s meetings and helped keep
Trump told DOJ officials in December 2020 to call election ‘corrupt,’ notes show
Former President Trump instructed top officials at the Department of Justice to call the 2020 general election “corrupt” in support of his efforts to overturn the election, according to notes
Trump’s Tax Returns ‘Must’ Be Handed Over to Congress, DOJ Says
Former president Donald Trump’s tax returns “must” be turned over to the House Ways and Means Committee, the Justice Department told the Treasury Department in a legal opinion released on
GOP senators demand second hearing for embattled ATF nom Chipman over racist comments
Every GOP senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee has demanded a second hearing for President Biden’s embattled nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over
Trump Pressured DOJ to Declare Election Corrupt and ‘Leave the Rest to Me’
President Trump tried to pressure the Justice Department to declare the election “corrupt,” telling the agency to “leave the rest to me,” according to handwritten notes taken by then-deputy attorney
‘We’re in for a Long Fight’: Biden Addresses Climate Change
President Biden addressed concerns over climate change and rising temperatures as fires in the Western states continue to burn.
Trump Tax Returns Must Be Given to Congress, Justice Dept. Says
The Treasury Department must turn over former President Donald J. Trump’s tax returns to congressional investigators, the Justice Department said in a legal opinion issued on Friday that potentially paves
Trump urged Justice officials to declare election ‘corrupt’
In this Saturday, July 24, 2021, file photo former President Donald Trump speaks on a variety of topics to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix. Trump urged
Treasury Must Give Trump’s Tax Returns to Congress, Justice Dept. Says
The Treasury Department must turn over former President Donald J. Trump’s tax returns to congressional investigators, the Justice Department said in a legal opinion issued on Friday that potentially paves
Graham, Cuellar suggest new Biden border czar amid surge under Harris’ watch: ‘Something has to change’
Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Henry Cuellar on Friday called on President Biden to appoint former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to run the administration’s border response amid continued problems
Hunter Biden snaps at critics of art dealings: ‘F— em’
Hunter Biden, the scandal-plagued son of President Biden, has choice words for critics of his high-priced art dealings The younger Biden appeared Thursday on art podcast Nota Bene, where he
Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes Show
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump pressed top Justice Department officials late last year to declare that the election was corrupt even though they had found no instances of widespread
Bullard: Fed should taper this fall, go “fairly rapidly” to end early 2022
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard speaks at a public lecture in Singapore October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve
How Track and Field Aimed for Inclusion But Instead Sidelined its Star Athletes.
For six years, Sebastian Coe, the president of track and field’s world governing body, has been fighting a battle. Coe, a two-time gold medalist in the 1,500 meters and a
Biden Backs Democrats Advancing Immigration Changes Unilaterally
President Biden said on Thursday night that he supported a plan championed by congressional Democrats to use a legislative process intended for budget-related measures to bypass Republican opposition and legalize
Biden Seeks to Revive Vaccine Effort With New Rules and Incentives
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday sought to revive the nation’s stalled push to vaccinate Americans against the surging Delta variant of the coronavirus, announcing new requirements for federal workers
Biden Details Covid-19 Action Plan
In a speech at the White House on Thursday, President Biden announced plans for new actions to spur coronavirus vaccinations and slow the spread of the Delta variant in the
Biden to Meet with Top Democrats on New Voting Rights Proposal
President Biden and the top Democrats in Congress are expected to meet at the White House on Friday to discuss their party’s faltering efforts to pass major voting rights legislation,
Biden defends previously saying vaccinated don’t need masks: ‘That was true at the time’
President Biden grew heated Thursday while defending his administration’s flip-flop on whether vaccinated Americans need to wear masks. Fox News’ Peter Doocy pressed Biden about his administration’s reversal, pointing to
Federal workers required to verify they’ve been vaccinated or face mandatory masking
President Joe Biden speaks about vaccine requirements for federal workers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. | AP The newly strict guidelines
Biden says federal workers must be vaccinated or undergo regular testing, masks and social distancing
President Biden announced Wednesday that he will require all federal workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to frequent testing. Biden laid out a plan incentivizing Americans to
Biden administration calls for $100 coronavirus vaccine payments
President Biden is urging state and local governments to use coronavirus relief funds to pay citizens $100 a pop to take the coronavirus vaccine, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. The