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Russia’s Medvedev says Moscow will achieve its aims in Ukraine; two more ships depart Ukrainian ports
Former Russian President Medvedev says Moscow will achieve its aims in Ukraine Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexandrovsky Garden near the Kremlin wall in Moscow on June 22, 2022. Yekaterina Shtukina | Afp | Getty Images Former Russian […]
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Schumer says Sinema left ‘no choice’ but to cut carried interest provision from tax and climate bill
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds his weekly news conference after the Democratic caucus party luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 2, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday that Democrats had “no choice” but to drop a key tax provision from their major spending bill […]
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Watch live: Schumer takes questions on massive climate, tax bill after securing Democratic support
[The stream is slated to start at noon ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is set to hold a press conference Friday on Democrats’ marquee legislation to tackle tax reform, health care and climate change. Schumer will speak after […]
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Tech industry’s critical policy issues likely tabled as Congress heads for recess
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the start of a discussion with historians on how to “establish and preserve the narrative of January 6th” on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2022. Al Drago | Pool | Reuters Congress is […]
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Russia says it’s ready to discuss prisoner swap; three ships carrying grain leave Ukrainian ports
Russian-backed separatists claim to have taken east Ukraine’s Pisky village Pisky, a village on the outskirts of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, has been seized by pro-Russian forces, according to Russian state news agency Tass. Gaelle Girbes | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian and pro-Russian forces said they have seized full control of Pisky, […]
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Trump-backed Arizona GOP governor hopeful Kari Lake wins primary, NBC projects
Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake speaks at a ‘Save America’ rally by former President Donald Trump in support of Arizona GOP candidates on July 22, 2022 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Former local news anchor Kari Lake will win Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary, NBC News projects, […]
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney rips ‘coward’ Trump in election ad for daughter Liz
Former Vice President Dick Cheney looks on as his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., takes the oath of office on the House floor on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Former Vice President Dick Cheney assailed ex-President Donald Trump as a “coward” and a prime threat to the […]
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Trump likely to be criminally charged in DOJ election probe along with other former White House officials, Obama AG Holder says
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Paul Morigi | WireImage | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump “probably” will be indicted on criminal charges along with officials in his White House as part of a Justice Department investigation of efforts to reverse the 2020 election results nationally, ex-Attorney General Eric Holder said in an interview […]
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WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian court
US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants’ cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – A Russian […]
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Two Trump children questioned in New York Attorney General probe, ex-president set to talk in coming weeks, report says
Senior advisor to the President Ivanka Trump (R) and brother Donald Trump Jr. listens during a rally in support of Republican incumbent senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of Senate runoff in Dalton, Georgia on January 4, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump Jr. and his sister Ivanka Trump have […]
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