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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman gets a COVID-19 test during the coronavirus disease pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 17, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri 2/2 By Jarrett Renshaw and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will open federal COVID-19 testing sites in New York City this…

Former President Donald Trump is still not over his wife Melania’s Christmas decorations being panned.In a speech at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, the former president criticized the media for going after his wife’s White House Christmas displays.”I have to just start by wishing everybody a very, very merry Christmas,” Trump said during…

Right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon is going full-steam ahead with a plan to turn his criminal case into a one-man reconnaissance mission involving the White House, the Justice Department, and the Jan. 6 Committee, where he hopes to find anything that’ll smear Democrats who’ve come after him.Earlier this month, The Daily Beast laid out Bannon’s strategy…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) walks to a Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz 2/2 By Jan Wolfe and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden’s hopes of passing…

2/2 © Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden smiles after signing an executive order intended to reduce bureaucracy around government services for the public, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 2/2 By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats were struggling on Wednesday to find…

© Reuters. The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/Files By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved raising the federal government’s debt limit by $2.5 trillion, to about $31.4 trillion, and sent it to the House of Representatives to pass and avert…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday withdrew his senatorial candidacy in next year’s elections in his latest change of mind over what he plans to do after his turbulent term ends, when critics say he would likely face an array of lawsuits for an anti-drugs crackdown that has left thousands of…

2/2 © Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers closing remarks with leaders from democratic nations at the State Department’s virtual Summit for Democracy, in a speech from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washing 2/2 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Joe Manchin…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada and the finance ministry are scheduled hold a news conference on Monday, officials said on Friday, a clear sign they will announce the renewal of their five-year monetary policy framework.…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Servicemen are seen near the village of Zolote, disengagement area of government and Russian-backed rebel troops, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, Ukraine November 2, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo By Tom Balmforth and Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia kept up a barrage of hostile rhetoric towards Ukraine on Thursday and…