Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei speaks during a televised address in Tehran, Iran on March 21, 2021. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images As Iran boosts uranium enrichment to 60%, a short jump to military grade at 90%, world powers are trying to coax the Islamic Republic to take a pause. Meetings
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In this article HWIN Your Hometown Deli in Paulsboro, N.J. Google Earth A now-disbarred lawyer who pleaded guilty to federal crimes related to shell company scams is listed as an attorney in early financial documents filed by a New Jersey firm whose stock valuation has risen as high as $100 million or more despite owning
Roger Stone, longtime political ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, departs following a status hearing in the criminal case against him brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at U.S. District Court in Washington, March 14, 2019. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Department of Justice on Friday sued Roger Stone, the loyal former advisor to ex-President
President Joe Biden listens as Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about executive actions on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 8, 2021. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday rescinded Trump-era limits on consent decrees, which the Department of Justice has used to enforce
A painting of Abraham Lincoln is seen as US President Joe Biden speaks on Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 26, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday addressed the sweeping sanctions his administration imposed on Russia,
President Joe Biden (L) and President Vladimir Putin. Getty Images The Biden administration imposed a raft of new sanctions against Moscow on Thursday over alleged election interference and cyberattacks. “Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took sweeping action against 16 entities and 16 individuals who attempted to influence
In this article BRK.A Demonstrators wear chains while holding a sit-in inside of the Capitol building in opposition of House Bill 531 on March 8, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. HB531 will restrict early voting hours, remove drop boxes, and require the use of a government ID when voting by mail. Megan Varner | Getty Images
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he will withdraw U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan by September 11, ending America’s role in what has become its longest war. The removal of approximately 3,000 American servicemembers coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks which spurred America’s entry into lengthy wars
U.S. Census paperwork is pictured in this photo illustration in New York City. Carlo Allegri | Reuters President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that he will nominate Robert Santos for the Director of the Census Bureau. Santos, if confirmed, would become the first person of color to hold the position. Santos, who is Hispanic, would
A man raises his fist as he faces the Minnesota State Troopers standing guard outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station after a police officer shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 12, 2021. Kerem Yucel | AFP | Getty Images Police Officer Kim Potter resigned
Michael Cohen exits the Manhattan district attorney’s office on March 19, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for ex-President Donald Trump, on Monday urged a federal judge to suspend his criminal sentence of home confinement while the judge weighs his request to declare his
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 12, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The White House is using alternative methods to reach Americans who remain reluctant to get a Covid-19 vaccine: NASCAR, Country Music TV
In this article T INTC GM GOOGL President Joe Biden holds a chip as he speaks prior to signing an executive order aimed at addressing a global semiconductor shortage, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Chief executives from companies including Google parent
Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press briefing at the end of a NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021. Olivier Hoslet | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday he was concerned about the number of Russian troops amassing on the Ukrainian border
Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Southern Border, Ambassador Roberta Jacobson, speaks during a press briefing on March 10, 2021, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s coordinator for the southern Border Roberta Jacobson will leave her
The House Ethics Committee said Friday it launched an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz, the embattled Florida Republican who was already facing a federal criminal sex-trafficking probe. In a statement, the ethics committee said it is aware of public allegations that Gaetz “may have engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit drug use.” The panel also
Wind turbines and power transmission lines at a wind farm near Highway 12 in Rio Vista, California, on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As President Joe Biden attempts to curry favor for his proposed corporate tax hike, the administration still has other ways it could try to fund
President Joe Biden holds a meeting with US Senators about infrastructure improvements in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 11, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden will meet with bipartisan members of Congress on Monday as he tries to sell his more than $2 trillion