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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem, Israel, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun By Steven Scheer and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday he saw the country’s economy being strengthened by the government’s proposed judicial overhaul, but that he would…

The second-richest man in the world was once a supporter of President Joe Biden, but over the past two years, Elon Musk’s relationship with the White House has turned sour.The two men have continually traded jabs since Biden took office in 2021.  For the first time in a longtime, the two men appeared to see eye-to-eye…

© Reuters. President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar HARARE (Reuters) -Zimbabwe’s president said on Thursday the government was committed to a plan to clear more than $6 billion of external debt arrears…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mastercard President and CEO Ajay Banga speaks to attendees during the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity Summit in Manhattan, New York, U.S., July 31, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo   C +0.66% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as Democrats celebrated the 100th judicial confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidency, they are clamoring for more — and some are flirting with ending a century-long Senate practice to help make it happen.The rising friction over what in Washington parlance is known as the “blue slip” is creating tensions on the Senate…

Washington — The U.S. notified Russia of President Biden’s secret visit to Ukraine hours before his departure in an attempt to avoid sparking conflict when he was in Kyiv, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Monday.The White House said the nature of the trip to an active warzone was unprecedented, given the lack of…

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is under fire for a racist tirade against new Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.In an appearance on the “The Mark Simone Show” podcast this week, Coulter made several xenophobic comments about Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who was born in the U.S. to Indian immigrant parents. “Why don’t you…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Lael Brainard, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, speaks after she was nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden to serve as vice chair of the Fed, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the Wh By Howard Schneider and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In nearly…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) may be taking off to some place a whole lot more distant than Cancun after a former high-ranking U.S. government official just outed him as an extraterrestrial.Jokingly, of course.Ron Klain, who was White House chief of staff to President Joe Biden until earlier this month, spoke on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show”…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Passengers exit a bus at Terminal 2 as they wait for the resumption of flights at O’Hare International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered airlines to suspend all domestic departures due to a disruption in the syste By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The acting head of the Federal…