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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A cyclist passes by the U.S. Capitol building, on the morning of the first day of the 118th Congress in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo 2/2 By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers will declare their positions face to…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A cyclist passes by the U.S. Capitol building, on the morning of the first day of the 118th Congress in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 43 Republicans in the U.S. Senate said they oppose voting on a bill that only raises the…

The Washington Post has reported that the Russian Ministry of Defence has planned to discredit Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner PMC, citing leaked US classified documents.Source: WPDetails: After Prigozhin’s harsh attacks on the ministry’s leadership, the ministry began planning an information war against him.The Russian Ministry of Defence did not want to fight…

The Russian presidential administration said Wednesday that the Kremlin was attacked by drones overnight in an attempt on President Vladimir Putin’s life.Moscow residents had reported hearing two explosions behind Kremlin walls shortly after 2 a.m. local time, after which the lights went out. Footage shared by residents in a local Telegram channel captured the incident,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Heather Boushey, appointed to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, speaks as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announces nominees and appointees to serve on his economic policy team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delawa By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top White House economist on Tuesday said Federal…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to attend Catholic Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday urged House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy to take the potential for an unprecedented U.S.…

MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan said President Joe Biden’s cracks about Fox News went over well at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.But there was one table at the event that didn’t quite see the humor, he said during Sunday evening’s show: Fox News.“It was stony-faced silence throughout,” said Hasan, who was seated one table away…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met with prominent business leaders in London as a part of a four-stop international tour but leaders told Politico that his speech was less than exciting.Multiple figures at the Friday event described the DeSantis as “low-wattage” and “horrendous.”One business person, who remained unnamed, told Politico that DeSantis’s message wasn’t “presidential” and…

President Joe Biden didn’t hold back his swipes at Fox News and its recently-“finished” host Tucker Carlson during a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner speech on Saturday.The president made several sharp quips into his remarks about a number of Republicans – including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and House Speaker Kevin…

During a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing Wednesday on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., repeatedly said the president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, is “not a mother” after the head of the union said she is a “mother by marriage.” Two Democrats on the committee, Reps. Robert…