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© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a St. Patrick’s Day Brunch event inside the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Monday that expands U.S. government research on women’s health, while pledging…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Spring flowers are in full bloom in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo 2/2 By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress fended off some of the deepest cuts to housing and other social safety net programs sought by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party’s nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said.“The other’s me,” Biden quipped.The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from the president…

© Reuters. Argentina’s Vice President and President of the Senate Victoria Villarruel attends a lawmakers’ meeting to debate a necessity and urgency decree, whose objective is to deregulate the economy, among other measures, at the National Congress in Buenos Aires, BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Senate on Thursday began a crunch debate on President Javier…

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday predicted that the House will “probably” change the rules around the motion to vacate in the next Congress, months after eight Republicans banded with Democrats to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) using the procedural maneuver.Johnson — speaking at a kickoff press conference during the…

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden plans to express concern over Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters, pushing…

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia KellyMOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the conflict.Putin, speaking just days before a March 15-17 election which is certain to give him…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden is welcomed by Polish President Andrzej Duda outside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, February 21, 2023. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS/File Photo By Steve Holland and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will meet Poland’s president and prime minister to show…

© Reuters. Australia’s Trade Minister Don Farrell attends a press conference following a meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, in Beijing, China May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool   WINE -0.50% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY SELL Date:   Amount:…

By Steve Holland and Nandita BoseWASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two of them were headed for a “come to Jesus” meeting over the issue of getting humanitarian aid into Gaza, according to a video clip posted on Friday.Biden was recorded making the comment on Thursday…