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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks at the Brandenburg Gate, during a ceremony for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in Berlin, Germany, December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang   NG -2.83% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY SELL…

KINGSHILL, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who have served out sentences after convictions on a murder charge and drug- and alcohol-related crimes, including an 80-year-old woman convicted of killing her abusive husband about a half-century ago and a man who pleaded guilty to using a telephone for a…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a Christmas speech at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis 2/2 CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.66 trillion bill funding the U.S. government for fiscal year 2023, the White House said in a statement.…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen as Congress continues work on passing a $1.66 trillion government funding bill in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque By Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.66 trillion government funding bill that…

After the presidential election in 2020, the White House press secretary was trying to avoid then-President Donald Trump because he was trying to convince her to discuss election fraud claims from the White House podium, according to testimony provided to the January 6 committee by a former Trump aide.The aide, Sarah Matthews, was serving as…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Woman strolls through the Sodermalm area of Stockholm, Sweden October 22, 2020. Amir Nabizadeh/TT News Agency via REUTERS COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The Swedish economy will enter a deeper, more long-lasting recession next year than previously forecast as soaring energy prices drive up inflation, hitting households and businesses, the country’s finance ministry…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A $1.66 trillion bill to fund the U.S. government secured enough support to advance in the Senate’s first procedural vote on the matter on Tuesday. Voting was continuing.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and his family held a private memorial service Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and their baby daughter.Biden, who had just been elected to the Senate in November 1972, was not in the car when his wife, 30-year-old Neilia,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti attends the first voting session at the lower house of parliament to elect the new speaker in Rome, Italy, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -The prospect of subsequent hikes in interest rates by the European Central Bank…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is pictured ahead of a storm, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner By Makini Brice and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a stopgap one-week funding bill, a move intended to give lawmakers more time to pass…