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WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a call to “save American democracy,” the Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights amid growing complaints from civil rights activists and other Democrats that the White House has not done enough to fight attempts by Republican-led state legislatures to restrict access to the ballot.President Joe…

© Reuters. Kaseya’s webpage is seen through magnifying glass in front of displayed binary code in this illustration taken, July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Raphael Satter and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the ransomware attack centered on the Florida information technology firm Kaseya seems to have inflicted only “minimal…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds up team a jersey given to him during a ceremony honoring the members of the 2020 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lama 2/2 By Jeff Mason (Reuters) – Most…

Former President Donald Trump questioned his successor’s patriotism during an Independence Day celebration in Florida.Trump said President Joe Biden “is perhaps the most unpatriotic president in American history” because his administration canceled a planned Fourth of July fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota due to concerns about the transmission of COVID-19.”We had fireworks…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The headquarter of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is seen in London, Britain, November 22, Britain 2016. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth By Tom Arnold and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed on a work plan for expansion into sub-Saharan Africa and…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the bipartisan infrastructure deal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 2/2 By Andrea Shalal LA CROSSE, Wis. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden promoted his $1.2 trillion infrastructure package as a “generational investment” on…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison for defying a court order to appear before an inquiry probing wide-ranging allegations of corruption during his tenure from 2009 to 2018.Zuma was not in court for the ruling on Tuesday…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Senate Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell urged President Joe Biden on Monday to get the two top Democrats…

Joe Manchin is the last conservative Democrat serving in the U.S. Senate. He’s also Washington’s most powerful politician whose single vote, as we’ve learned the past few weeks, can derail President Biden’s most progressive plans to expand the federal government.And the reason for the West Virginia’s senator’s newfound power – and Biden’s frustration – likely…

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) walks along news reporters before attending a vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 2/3 By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Senate negotiators on an infrastructure deal were optimistic about a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill on Sunday after President Joe Biden…