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2/2 © Reuters. A man walks past posters while demonstrators protest outside the National Congress, as members of the parliament debate the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marca 2/2 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday urged Argentina to…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker unloads packages from his truck in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to provide the long…

President Joe Biden declared Ukraine “will never be a victory for Putin.” He made the comments while announcing the US will ban all Russian oil imports. Biden said Putin “may be able to take a city, but he’ll never be able to hold the country.” (March 8)

USA TODAY Opinion asked U.S. Army Col. Yevgeny (Eugene) Vindman to give his assessment of developments in Ukraine’s war with Russia. Vindman, along with his twin brother, Alexander Vindman, served on the National Security Council during the Trump administration. They raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2019;…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker is seen next to a machine transporting newly harvested paddy grains to a storage warehouse in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer By Hallie Gu and Shivani Singh BEIJING (Reuters) -The condition of China’s winter wheat crop could be the “worst in history”, the agriculture minister said…

© Reuters. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks as U.S. President Joe Biden holds a meeting with business leaders and CEOs about the debt limit at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque      By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday the Biden administration’s economic…

On the night of President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, in which the president called for unity against both foreign and domestic threats, why would a fellow Democrat feel compelled to deliver a progressive response?Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib spoke on behalf of not the Democratic Party but the Working Families Party, in…

Biden champions the rights of LGBTQ Americans and calls for the bipartisan Equality Act to pass Congress and to arrive at his desk for signature.Video TranscriptJOE BIDEN: And folks, for LGBTQ-plus Americans, let’s finally get the Bipartisan Equality Act to my desk. The onslaught of state laws targeting transgender Americans and their families is simply…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building’s facade in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Howard Schneider (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s plan to end the loose money policies used to fight the coronavirus pandemic is facing an unexpectedly early test as the Russian invasion of Ukraine poses new…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks from the Senate chamber to his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo By David Morgan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that Republicans largely support President Joe…