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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the commercial port of Rades in Tunis, Tunisia, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui 2/2 TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said in a video published by his office on Sunday that there were contacts with “friendly countries” to cut the country’s financial deficit, without giving…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari poses during an interview with Reuters in his office at the bank’s headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 10, 2020. REUTERS/ Ann Saphir/File Photo By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said on Sunday that concerns about the…

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday blamed a “handful of conservative Democrats” and the Biden administration’s inaction for creating panic and allowing the federal eviction moratorium to expire.”There were a handful of conservative Democrats that threatened to get on planes rather than hold this vote, and we have to really just call a spade…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Peru’s President Pedro Castillo walks out the Congress after his swearing-in ceremony, in Lima, Peru July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s Pedro Castillo appointed moderate economist Pedro Francke as finance minister late on Friday, an olive branch to rattled markets after the newly-elected president earlier…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy from the White House in Washington, U.S. July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo 2/2 By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate in a rare Saturday session worked on a bill that would spend $1 trillion on roads, rail lines and…

Former Rep. Mark Walker lashed out at the Club for Growth and suggested that former President Donald Trump was misled into endorsing his rival for the Republican Senate nomination in North Carolina during an interview with the Washington Examiner.Referring to the Club for Growth and pointing to the outcome of a special House election in…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Capitol Police vehicle parks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo 2/2 By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress on Thursday approved emergency funding to replenish the Capitol Police and bolster security after the Jan. 6 riot by supporters of then-President Donald…

President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that all civilian federal employees must be vaccinated against the coronavirus or to regularly test, socially distance and mask up on most travel, reported the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He said Tuesday that he was considering the move for federal employees.“That’s under consideration right now,”…

Republicans struck a fresh bipartisan infrastructure agreement with the White House, but it appears to be a little slimmer than the one brokered last month.Three people familiar with the negotiations confirmed to Insider that the amount of new spending in the agreement was slashed $30 billion. It now amounts to $550 billion instead of $579…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks to waiting car as he departs the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he was optimistic an agreement could be reached soon on the details of a bipartisan…