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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man and his mother were convicted on Tuesday of charges that they stormed the Capitol, where they brought plastic zip-tie handcuffs into the Senate gallery as a mob attacked the building, court records show.U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth convicted Eric Munchel and his mother, Lisa Eisenhart, on all 10 counts…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at what he called U.S. “spying” and “interference” in Mexico, days after U.S. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for smuggling massive amounts of fentanyl into the United States.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested Monday that the case had been built on…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he looks forward to hosting the NCAA men’s and women’s championship basketball teams, the University of Connecticut and Louisiana State University, at the White House, appearing to shut the door on a suggestion a day earlier by his wife, Jill, that the defeated Iowa women’s team…

Last May, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top diplomat unexpectedly downplayed the significance of Finland joining the NATO alliance — the possibility of which previously led Moscow to repeatedly threaten the Nordic country. Putin said at that time that Finland joining NATO didn’t pose an “immediate threat” to Russia.The Kremlin is, however, shifting its…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti attends a news conference for the government’s first budget in Rome, Italy November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo By Federico Maccioni CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) – The outlook for the Italian economy is improving but higher interest rates designed to curb inflation could pose a threat to…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hosts a bill enrollment ceremony for legislation blocking the enactment of the Washington, DC City Council’s ‘Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022’, in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines plane takes off from Miami International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it had slowed the volume of airplane traffic over Florida due to an air traffic computer issue, in Miami, Florida, U.S.   BA -0.19% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position…

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable By Andrea Shalal OTTAWA (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday that federal deposit insurance could be tapped for deposits above $250,000 if other U.S. banks fail, expressing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Ethics Committee is admonishing South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham for soliciting campaign contributions inside a federal building after a Nov. 2022 Fox News interview in which he asked viewers to donate to a GOP candidate.Graham violated Senate rules and standards of conduct because he was in a Senate office building…

If Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defeats former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, he may have a harder time winning the general election than his supporters expect, according to the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll.The new survey shows that more Americans oppose than favor seven out of eight signature policies put forward by…