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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill stripping the state’s Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.The legislation calls for a special election to fill any Senate…

China’s President Xi meets US executives in Beijing as investment wanes

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks, as he announces a preliminary agreement with Intel for a major CHIPS and Science Act award, during a visit to the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Arizona, U.S., March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File P   LNN +0.87% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position…

President Biden poked fun at former President Trump for boasting about winning two golf trophies at his own golf club’s awards last night on Sunday.“Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment,” Biden wrote on X, formerly Twitter.Biden attached a screengrab of Trump’s post earlier in the night on Truth Social.“It is my great honor to be at…

5/5 © Reuters. Election?posters show Slovak presidential candidates Peter Pellegrini and Ivan Korcok ahead of the presidential election, in Trencin, Slovakia, March 22, 2024. The posters read: “Let’s give Slovakia peace, pride and dignity” (Peter Pellegrini) and “To ser 2/5 By Radovan Stoklasa and Jason Hovet BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -A pro-EU former Slovak foreign minister scored…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Capitol after United States Vice President Kamala Harris, voted on the Senate floor to break the 50-50 tie to proceed to the Inflation Reduction Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 6, 2022. REUTERS/K By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON…

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a $1.2 trillion budget bill to keep the U.S. government funded through a fiscal year that began six months…

Ret. Lt. General Mark Hertling believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is ‘a bit embarrassed’ in the wake of an attack at a popular concert venue complex in Crocus near Moscow that has killed dozens. View comments

President Joe Biden mocked Donald Trump’s financial struggles during a reception at a campaign event in Dallas on Wednesday.“Just the other day a defeated-looking man came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, I have crushing debt, and I’m completely wiped out,’” Biden said. “And I had to look at him and say, ‘Donald, I’m…

Donald Trump is warming to the idea of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) being his running mate, according to NBC News.The network reported Wednesday that Rubio is “moving up the list” of candidates to be Trump’s vice president pick, citing six sources familiar with the search.Rubio, 52, is “young and telegenic,” could influence Latino voters as…