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© 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…

© 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…