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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about inflation at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque   CSCO -0.68% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY SELL Date:   Amount: Price Point Value: Leverage: 1:1…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday once again drew international attention when he warned that if even one missile enters Russian territory, “hundreds” of warheads will respond.”I assure you, after the early warning system receives a signal of a missile attack, hundreds of our missiles are in the air,” Putin said from a summit in Kyrgyzstan,…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow could adopt what he described as a U.S. concept of using preemptive military strikes, noting it has the weapons to do the job, in a blunt statement amid rising Russia-NATO tensions over Ukraine.”We are just thinking about it. They weren’t shy to openly talk…

(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s lawyer argued that presidential immunity would protect him from lawsuits even if he had urged his supporters to “burn Congress down” while in office.Most Read from BloombergTrump has asserted sweeping immunity against suits by both police officers and Democratic members of Congress accusing the former president of inciting the Jan. 6,…

Georgia voters on Tuesday decided the country’s final Senate contest, choosing between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican football legend Herschel Walker after a four-week runoff blitz that drew a flood of outside spending to an increasingly personal fight.The runoff was determining whether Democrats gain an outright 51-49 Senate majority in the Senate or retain…

Russia’s war in Ukraine has now entered its 10th month, and as the weather drops below freezing, the invasion enters a new phase. According to the head of U.S. intelligence, the war is running at a “reduced tempo.” Meanwhile, a Kremlin official defended Russia’s repeated strikes against Ukraine’s crucial energy facilities, which the civilian population…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: French Minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Security Bruno Le Maire arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Nov. 8, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier   VLOF -1.98% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY…

4/4 © Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron walk next to vehicles as they meet for dinner at Fiola Mare restaurant in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, U.S., November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 2/4 By Steve Holland and Michel Rose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron…

A Biden administration official has been charged with felony theft and is on leave from their post after being accused of stealing a mother’s Vera Bradley suitcase from an airport in Minnesota, according to court documents and the federal government.Sam Brinton, the deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition at…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer talk while Senator Orrin Hatch (L-Rear) looks on as they attend ceremonies for the late former U.S. President George H.W. Bush inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Wa By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic leader of the…