Politics
Watch live: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson answers questions in Senate confirmation hearings
[The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson answered senators’ questions Tuesday during the second day of her confirmation hearings. Early in the hearing, she rejected Republican allegations that she was too […]
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SEC proposes broad climate rules as Chair Gensler says risk disclosure will help investors
Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at the SEC headquarters office in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Melissa Lyttle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday debuted expansive rules that would require publicly traded companies to provide more information on how their […]
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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson set to face Senate confirmation hearings
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination to become an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 21, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Supreme Court hopeful Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is set Monday to start a scheduled four […]
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How the Russia-Ukraine war could hit China’s trade
Cargo ships load and unload containers at Qingdao Port’s foreign trade container terminal in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong Province, Nov 11, 2021. Yu Fangping | Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images China’s trade surplus surged to historic highs during the pandemic as people consumed more goods than before, but analysts say the Russia-Ukraine war […]
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Russia claims to have ordered crucial bond payment as it seeks to avoid historic debt default
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov during the EEU Summit meeting on December 20, 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia made payments on its sovereign bonds in dollars on Thursday and that money would be distributed to bondholders, according to a report […]
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Biden calls Putin a ‘war criminal’; NATO chief demands Russia stop the war
Russian invasion ‘largely stalled on all fronts,’ says UK ministry Russian forces have made “minimal” progress in their invasion of Ukraine in recent days and continue to suffer heavy losses, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said Thursday. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts,” including land, sea and air, the ministry […]
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Ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo considers running against Kathy Hochul despite opposition from his own party
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and former congresswoman Kathy Hochul, campaign together at the Hotel Trade Council during a reelection campaign event on September 8, 2014 in New York City. Andrew Burton | Getty Images Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering a run against his replacement and fellow Democrat, Gov. Kathy Hochul, as […]
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Biden details new aid to Ukraine, promises “more in the days and weeks ahead” to help combat Russia invasion
President Joe Biden on Wednesday detailed how the United States will spend $800 million in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine approved this week, and promised to “do more in the days and weeks ahead” to help the war-torn nation. The funds will go toward drones, 800 antiaircraft systems, 9,000 antiarmor systems, 7,000 small-arm machine […]
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Ukraine President Zelenskyy invokes Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11 in asking U.S. Congress to help fight Russia invasion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday invoked the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror strikes on America as he pleaded directly with the U.S. Congress to send more aid to his embattled country to fight against Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy, who was greeted with at least three standing ovations from an audience […]
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Biden heading to Brussels for NATO meeting; two Fox News journalists killed in Ukraine
Tue, Mar 15 202211:18 PM EDT Russia military ‘struggling’ to conduct operations as losses mount Russia is transferring troops to Ukraine from as far away as its Pacific Fleet and is recruiting more mercenaries as it tries to replace lost personnel, according to an assessment from the U.K. Defence Ministry. “As a result of these […]
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