Tag: Political

Washington — The U.S. notified Russia of President Biden’s secret visit to Ukraine hours before his departure in an attempt to avoid sparking conflict when he was in Kyiv, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Monday.The White House said the nature of the trip to an active warzone was unprecedented, given the lack of…

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is under fire for a racist tirade against new Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.In an appearance on the “The Mark Simone Show” podcast this week, Coulter made several xenophobic comments about Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who was born in the U.S. to Indian immigrant parents. “Why don’t you…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Lael Brainard, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, speaks after she was nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden to serve as vice chair of the Fed, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the Wh By Howard Schneider and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In nearly…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) may be taking off to some place a whole lot more distant than Cancun after a former high-ranking U.S. government official just outed him as an extraterrestrial.Jokingly, of course.Ron Klain, who was White House chief of staff to President Joe Biden until earlier this month, spoke on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show”…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Passengers exit a bus at Terminal 2 as they wait for the resumption of flights at O’Hare International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered airlines to suspend all domestic departures due to a disruption in the syste By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The acting head of the Federal…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with reporters as he returns from a weekend at Camp David to the White House in Washington, U.S. February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval rating sat at 41% – close to the lowest level of…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Drivers push auto rickshaws in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station amid Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka is completing the pre-requisites to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…

2/2 © Reuters. U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis 2/2 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held initial talks on Wednesday about raising U.S. government borrowing…

[Source]Chinese Americans from North Texas are protesting against two Texas Senate bills that would ban specific communities from buying property in the state. Over 250 protesters flocked to John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in downtown Dallas on Sunday to condemn Senate Bills 147 and 552, which they have denounced as discriminatory. Bill 147, filed by…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Marton Nagy , when National Bank of Hungary Deputy Governor, attends an interview with Reuters in Budapest, Hungary, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Krisztina Than/File Photo   MCO +0.43% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY SELL Date:   Amount:…