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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans prepares to moderate a panel on women in central banking including Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard, Sarah Breeden, Bank of England’s point person on climate change, Michigan Sta By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook was named a…

3/3 © Reuters. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives with Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa during his visit to Colombo Port city project, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte 2/3 By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa asked China to help restructure…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden receives an economic briefing in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner By Jeff Mason LOUISVILLE, Colo. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, visiting the scene of Colorado’s most destructive wildfire on record, said on Friday the rare winter blaze…

Mary Trump thinks one element of President Joe Biden’s speech on Thursday marking the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot was aimed at getting right under the skin of her uncle, former President Donald Trump.Trump and MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell noted on Thursday that Biden used the word “lost” multiple times in his address.“It made me…

For Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., the Jan. 6 Capitol riot continues to be a difficult topic to broach with his two young Asian American children. He’s struggled to find the right words.“When I saw my kids for the first time after Jan. 6, my oldest came up to me and hugged me and asked me…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks during a plenum session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse BERLIN (Reuters) – The new German government will offer tax relief to individuals and companies worth at least 30 billion euros ($34.1 billion) in this…

“I have never hated anyone more than Donald Trump!”So wrote the Flat Rock Letter-to-the-Editor writer to this newspaper last spring. Hate is such horrible thing and yet I’ve come to believe it was the root of last year’s presidential election and why we now have Joe Biden as president.Before going further, let me agree with…

White House staffers told Politico that it’s “beyond demoralizing” to see other DC employees getting to tour the White House before them.In Wednesday’s “West Wing Playbook” newsletter, an unspecified number of unnamed White House staffers expressed low morale and lack of appreciation working for the Biden administration.The atmosphere was exemplified as the White House set…

© Reuters. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) talks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conversations with Senator Joe Manchin’s office will continue, the White House said on Wednesday after the key conservative Democrat earlier this week rejected the president’s Build Back…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: First lady Jill Biden watches as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the National Education Association’s Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his administration was extending the pause on student loan repayment for…