Politics
Lebanon holds first election since massive Beirut blast and financial collapse
A voter casts her ballot in Beirut. The parliament that will be formed by Lebanon’s election is expected to vote on long-delayed reforms required by the IMF to unlock financial support for the stricken country. Anwar Amro | Afp | Getty Images Polls opened on Sunday in Lebanon’s first election since the country’s economic collapse, […]
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Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future
Abortion rights supporters demonstrating at hundreds of marches and rallies Saturday expressed their outrage that the Supreme Court will soon scrap the constitutional right to abortion that has endured for nearly a half-century and their fear about what that could mean for women’s reproductive choices. Incensed after a leaked draft opinion suggested the conservative majority […]
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McConnell leads Senate delegation to meet with Zelenskyy in Ukraine
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) arrive for a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 14, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | Reuters U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lead a […]
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Clarence Thomas says abortion draft decision leak has changed the Supreme Court
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right […]
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Amazon’s Bezos criticizes Biden over inflation tweet
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Paul Ellis | Reuters Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took aim at President Joe Biden on Friday over a tweet that said inflation could be brought down by taxing wealthy corporations. Biden earlier in the day tweeted: […]
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UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Victoria Jones – PA Images | PA Images | Getty Images The United Arab Emirates’ de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was elected president of the Gulf Arab state by a federal supreme council on Saturday, solidifying his rule […]
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Russia says it will act if NATO moves nuclear forces nearer its border; Ukraine makes territorial gains
Russian forces are withdrawing from Kharkiv, Ukraine says Civilians walk past an old checkpoint in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russian forces are withdrawing from the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine said in an operational update Saturday. “Russian enemy did not conduct active hostilities in the […]
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Biden calls on states to ‘fund the police,’ mental health programs using federal money
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on gun control in the Rose Garden at the White House April 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday urged states and cities to use federal funds to invest in more cops, crisis responders and mental-health and substance-abuse programs […]
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Robert McFarlane, national security adviser involved in Iran-Contra affair, dies at 84
Former national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane gestures while testifying before the House-Senate panel investigating the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 13, 1987. Lana Harris | AP Former White House national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane, a top aide to President Ronald Reagan who pleaded guilty to charges for his role in […]
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California Gov. Newsom unveils historic $97.5 billion budget surplus
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his 2022-2023 state budget revision during a news conference i in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 13, 2022. California is expected have a record surplus. Rich Pedroncelli | AP California is entering the next budget year with a record-smashing surplus of nearly $100 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. Newsom unveiled […]
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