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BRUSSELS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting European leaders on Thursday as he continues his second major trip abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader addressed the European Parliament Thursday morning and is attending an extraordinary meeting of the 27 EU heads of state later in the day. In his speech, Zelenskyy said

WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday that the U.S. is considering collaborating with India on certain manufacturing jobs in order to boost competition against China. Raimondo told Jim Cramer on CNBC’s “Mad Money” that she will visit India in March with a handful of U.S. CEOs to discuss an alliance between the two

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023. Photo: U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy on Tuesday released photos showing the recovery of the remnants of a Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the weekend on the orders

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will leave his post in the Biden administration to become head of the NHL players’ union, sources confirmed

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Jan. 10, 2023 in Washington. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. government risks “economic and financial catastrophe” if the House fails to pass a bill to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday. The nation hit the statutory limit

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) holds a news conference in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, February 2, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The two highest-ranking Republican leaders in the U.S. House are going to war with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as the new Congress takes shape. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

“What I want to emphasize regarding this unexpected accident is that both sides, especially the U.S., should remain calm,” said China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning urged both sides to remain calm after the U.S. said it shot down

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a weekly news conference with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) on October 2, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tom Brenner | Getty Images Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed fellow California Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff on Thursday in the already competitive 2024 U.S. Senate

Chinese authorities said Friday that a suspected Beijing-operated spy balloon spotted hovering over sensitive U.S. airspace was in fact a civilian airship intended for scientific research. China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that westerly wind had caused the airship to stray into U.S. territory, describing the incident as a result of “force majeure” —

A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, U.S. February 1, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media. Chase Doak via Reuters The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that had been transiting across the country for several days. In a statement Saturday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken indefinitely postponed what was to be an already tense trip to China on Friday, citing a Chinese reconnaissance balloon moving east across the United States that posed a threat to national security. Blinken had been scheduled to depart for Beijing Friday night, on a trip that was

U.S. President Joe Biden cheered jobs numbers released Friday morning showing the lowest unemployment rate in almost 54 years, pointing to the report as another example that his policies are working. “The last time the unemployment rate was that low was May 1969,” Biden said, speaking from the White House. “More people are coming into

U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) walks out from the floor for a moment during voting for the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 7, 2022.  Ken Cedeno | Reuters Sen. Kyrsten Sinema raked in campaign cash from corporate leaders at the end of last year as

U.S. President Joe Biden (R) sits next to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) during the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol on February 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that he and President Joe Biden plan to meet again soon

US President Joe Biden, front, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Union is working against the clock to create a program to rival President Joe Biden‘s unprecedented climate subsidies. But it’ll face two key issues in the process. The EU had, for a

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters after he met with U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss the federal debt limit and spending, at the White House in Washington, February 1, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he had a “very good discussion” with President Joe Biden

An office building housing the Penn Biden Center, a think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, is seen in Washington, DC, January 10, 2023, following reports that classified documents from the time when US President Joe Biden was serving as Barack Obama’s vice president have been found at the center that Biden sometimes used

Former US President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023. Logan Cyrus | AFP | Getty Images The New York attorney general’s office on Tuesday said it will ask a judge to impose sanctions on former President Donald Trump and his attorneys in