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Inflation is hammering the U.S. South — and voters, who will soon decide some key midterm races
Republican activists seek drivers’ attention as they work to register voters to their party at a gas station in Garden Grove, California, U.S., March 29, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Matthew Rice doesn’t have to look hard for signs of inflation in Savannah, Ga. A gallon of gas cost $2.79 a few months ago, he […]
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Russia could use phosphorus bombs in Mariupol, UK warns; Austrian leader to meet Putin. Follow our live updates
France’s Societe Generale to withdraw from Russia with sale of Rosbank stake; shares jump 5% French bank Societe Generale has announced plans to exit Russia. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images French bank Societe Generale has agreed to sell its stake in Rosbank and the Russian lender’s insurance subsidiaries to Interros Capital, an investment firm […]
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France’s Macron to face far-right rival Le Pen in presidential election runoff
The cost of living and the war in Ukraine have been front and center of the political debate ahead of the French vote. Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images French leader Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen topped the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, according to exit polls, […]
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Russia wants to rebuild troop strength with recently retired soldiers, UK MoD says. Follow our live updates
Russia seeks to rebuild troop numbers with retired soldiers, U.K.’s MoD says Russia’s military is aiming to increase its troop strength with soldiers discharged in the last decade after suffering heavy losses in its invasion of Ukraine, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence said in its daily intelligence update on Twitter Sunday. “In response to mounting […]
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Ukraine demands strong global response to train station killings; EU candidacy expected within months or less. Follow our live updates
Ukraine ‘expects to be granted EU candidate status in June’, minister says Ukrainian minister Olga Stefanishyna says she expects Ukraine to be given European Union candidate country status in June. Ukraine is “ready to move fast” with its application to become an EU member, Stefanishyna, who is Ukraine’s deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic […]
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Tishman Speyer, landlord of men accused of impersonating DHS agents won $222K judgment for unpaid rent
Arian Taherzadeh seen in photos submitted in a D.O.J. affidavit. Courtesy: D.O.J The landlord of two Washington, D.C., men charged with impersonating Department of Homeland Security agents won a judgment for more than $222,000 in unpaid rent for the five apartments they lived in and loaned out to U.S. Secret Service agents, a court filing […]
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New York City loses court fight to boot Trump Organization from operating Bronx golf course
A ‘TRUMP’ branded helicopter sits near a putting green during a ribbon cutting event for a new clubhouse at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, June 11, 2018 in The Bronx borough of New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images A judge ruled Friday that the Trump Organization can continue to operate a golf […]
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‘We’ve made it’: Emotional Ketanji Brown Jackson, first Black woman to join Supreme Court, touts confirmation as a mark of progress
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (R) host Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (L) for an event celebrating her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House on April 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman […]
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White House Secret Service personnel ‘compromised’ by men impersonating DHS agents, prosecutors say
Evidence photos regarding Taherzadeh and Ali impersonating Federal Agents submitted by the D.O.J. Two men charged with impersonating Homeland Security agents “compromised” Secret Service personnel assigned to protect first lady Jill Biden and the White House by “lavishing” them with gifts that included rent-free apartments, prosecutors said Friday as they asked a federal judge to […]
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Kremlin admits ‘significant losses’ of troops; Russia expected to shift defeated forces to east Ukraine. Follow our live updates
Russian forces in northern Ukraine have ‘fully withdrawn” but will be redeployed, UK ministry says Russian troops that had invaded the northern part of Ukraine have “fully withdrawn” to Belarus and Russia, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said on Friday. In an intelligence update, the ministry said at least some of those units will be […]
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