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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A pair of bills granting the U.S. Justice Department additional tools to go after Russian oligarchs and alleged war criminals appeared poised to become …

(Reuters) -Russian former deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday he required surgery after being hurt in a blast in Russian-occupied Ukraine, the latest in a series of attacks …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Arizona will remove a line of shipping containers placed along the U.S.-Mexico border a week after the U.S. government filed a lawsuit alleging that the …

By Gram Slattery and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a $1.66 trillion government funding bill that provides more money for Ukraine’s …

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The private Russian military company, the Wagner Group, took delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to help bolster Russian forces in Ukraine, a …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States faces “dangerous and threatening” storms in the days before Christmas, President Joe Biden warned Thursday from the White House, and Americans who plan to travel …

By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A former lawyer for ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson told her to “downplay” her knowledge of events leading to the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. …

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to require the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to audit presidents’ tax filings, after lawmakers concluded the …

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday emphasized the need for all countries, including China, to share information on their experiences with COVID-19, at …

KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration said on Thursday it had closed universities to women partly due to female students not adhering to its interpretation of the Islamic dress code, in …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that the Taliban are trying to sentence Afghanistan’s women “to a dark future without opportunity” by banning them …

By Sarah Marsh and Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities said on Thursday they had arrested an employee of its foreign intelligence service (BND) on suspicion of sharing state …

(Reuters) -The United States’ top environmental non-profit and a regional land trust have raised $20 million to permanently protect 44,000 acres at an Alaskan watershed, that could be another major …

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, …

By Zoey Zhang and Bernard Orr SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with COVID-19 as it expects half of the city’s …

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – As Russian cruise missiles sped towards their target this month, a Ukrainian pilot gave chase in an old Soviet MiG-29 fighter jet and locked …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department said vehicle travel rose by 0.1% in October to 285.9 billion miles as road travel is nearing pre-pandemic levels for the year. In …

Lobstermen To Receive New Protections In Spending Bill Jack McEvoy on December 21, 2022 A provision in the omnibus spending bill will freeze environmental regulations that are putting additional strain …

‘Abolish ICE’ Group Could Reap Millions From Congress’ Massive Spending Bill Jennie Taer on December 21, 2022 The massive congressional spending bill proposed in the Senate Tuesday would hand a …

Massive Spending Bill Slips In Decade-High Pell Grant Increase Alexa Schwerha on December 21, 2022 A trillion dollar spending bill being considered this week by Congress would increase the maximum …

Trans Advocacy Group Blasts South Dakota Over Terminated Contract To Create LGTBQ Health Program Kate Anderson on December 21, 2022 The Transformation Project (TP) criticized a move by Republican Governor …

REP. MATT GAETZ: Republicans Need A Real Leader, Not Kevin McCarthy Rep. Matt Gaetz on December 21, 2022 Editor’s note: Big Tent Ideas always aims to provide balancing perspectives on …

Congress Spars Over Bill Giving Afghans Who Fled The Taliban A Path To Permanent Residence Micaela Burrow on December 21, 2022 Legislation to help Afghans who fled Kabul become permanent …

Blackburn Blasts Dems For Funding Border Security Abroad, But Not US Harold Hutchison on December 21, 2022 Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee blasted congressional Democrats Wednesday for a “double …