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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters WASHINGTON — The White House responded to second-quarter negative GDP growth with a full slate of events and a well-coordinated message: Despite what everyone is saying, the U.S.

Seth Andrew Wikimedia Commons Former Obama White House education advisor Seth Andrew was sentenced Thursday to a year-and-one-day in federal prison for a scheme to steal $218,000 from a New York charter school network he founded. Andrew, 43, also was fined $5,000 at his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Prior to Thursday’s proceding,

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., on Wednesday announced that they have struck a long-awaited deal on legislation that aims to reform the tax code, fight climate change and cut health-care costs. The reconciliation bill would invest more than $400 billion over 10 years, to be fully paid for by

A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping attending a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden via video link, at a restaurant in Beijing, China November 16, 2021. Tingshu Wang | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s upcoming call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping will focus on areas of potential cooperation between the U.S. and

Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis photographed in her office on Jan. 4, 2022. Ben Gray | AP A judge Monday effectively barred a Georgia prosecutor from investigating Republican state Sen. Burt Jones — one of 16 “fake electors” for former President Donald Trump — saying she was disqualified by hosting a campaign fundraiser

US President Joe Biden during a virtual meeting on the Chips Act in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., US, on Monday, July 25, 2022. Jemal Countess | Bloomberg | Getty Images A bipartisan bill to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing and boost U.S. competitiveness with China has cleared a key Senate vote, setting

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) listens to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) as they walk together in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — A resurgence in Covid cases across the nation could impede progress on key bills in the U.S. Senate this week

A technologist inspects a computer chip. Sefa Ozel | Getty Images Severe weather will delay the Senate’s push to quickly pass funding to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing and boost U.S. competitiveness with China, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday. The bill was expected to clear a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on

Former President Donald Trump Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A former special New York prosecutor who quit a criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump after his boss declined to lodge charges at the time said that if Trump “had been Joe Blow from Kokomo, we would have indicted without a big debate.” “I believe that Donald

Former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon was found guilty Friday of two counts of contempt of Congress after a trial in federal court in Washington, D.C. Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before convicting Bannon of willfully failing to comply with subpoenas demanding his testimony and records, which were issued last September by

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs the supervisory board meeting of the presidential forum “Russia – Land of Opportunity” at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 20, 2022. Mikhail Tereshchenko | Sputnik | via Reuters WASHINGTON – World leaders swiftly condemned the Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian port, a dramatic revelation amid a U.N.-brokered deal

U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) speaks during the second public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, at Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters U.S. Secret Service agents at the center of an explosive allegation about then-President Donald

Vince McMahon attends a press conference at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Michael N. Todaro | Getty Images World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon announced Friday that he was fully retiring after decades of leading the company founded by his father, a move that comes after it was revealed

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) Source: CNBC A 43-year-old man attacked New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin at an upstate campaign event Thursday evening. Zeldin was not harmed in the incident, which occurred as he was speaking outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Fairport, a village near Rochester, NBC News reported.

A member of the US Secret Service looks out from the roof of the White House in Washington, DC on August 21, 2021. Andrew Caballero Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog has opened a criminal investigation into the destruction of Secret Service phone text messages related to the

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska speaks to members of the US Congress about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in the US Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on July 20, 2022, in Washington, DC. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, on Wednesday urged bipartisan lawmakers to send more weapons to her

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives aboard Air Force One at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. July 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters More Americans now think President Joe Biden is doing a bad job than at any prior point in his presidency, according to a major public opinion poll released Wednesday.