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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with reporters as he returns from a weekend at Camp David to the White House in Washington, U.S. February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval rating sat at 41% – close to the lowest level of…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Drivers push auto rickshaws in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station amid Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka is completing the pre-requisites to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…

2/2 © Reuters. U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 2/2 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held initial talks on Wednesday about raising U.S. government borrowing…

[Source]Chinese Americans from North Texas are protesting against two Texas Senate bills that would ban specific communities from buying property in the state. Over 250 protesters flocked to John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in downtown Dallas on Sunday to condemn Senate Bills 147 and 552, which they have denounced as discriminatory. Bill 147, filed by…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Marton Nagy , when National Bank of Hungary Deputy Governor, attends an interview with Reuters in Budapest, Hungary, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Krisztina Than/File Photo   MCO +0.43% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY SELL Date:   Amount:…

Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego on Thursday blasted Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over her job performance, arguing that the lawmaker is “hardly” seen in the state and remarking that she “doesn’t speak to Arizonans anymore.”During an appearance on CNN’s “This Morning,” Gallego — a congressman who has represented a Phoenix-anchored district since 2015 —…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) calls for the rescinding of the COVID-19 mandate for U.S. military during a press conference about the National Defense Authorization Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hocks By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two dozen U.S. Senate Republicans warned Democratic President…

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended former Vice President Mike Pence after around a dozen documents marked as classified were discovered at his Indiana home.”Mike Pence is an innocent man,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, shortly after the news broke. “He never did anything knowingly dishonest in his life. Leave…

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, a liberal firebrand and prominent Latino lawmaker, announced Monday he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2024, becoming the first candidate to jump into the race and setting up a potential three-way contest.Gallego said he’d fight for normal people struggling to make ends meet and losing faith…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday and located additional documents with classified markings and also took possession of some of his handwritten notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday.The president voluntarily allowed the FBI into his home, but the lack of a search warrant did not dim…