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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Monday the Justice Department intends to appoint a prosecutor and a legal adviser to assist Ukraine …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican U.S. congressman Jim Jordan on Monday asked a judge to let a House of Representatives panel’s investigation into the criminal prosecution of former …

By Pavel Polityuk, Pawel Florkiewicz and Andriy Perun KYIV/RAVA-RUSKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Slovakia on Monday joined Poland and Hungary in banning grain imports from Ukraine as even Kyiv’s staunchest allies …

By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd during a 2020 …

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Montana lawmakers on Friday passed a bill to ban popular short-form video app TikTok from operating in the state, the latest threat to the Chinese-owned app’s …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service provided live assistance to 87% of taxpayers’ phone calls during the 2023 tax filing season, up from 15%, due to customer service …

By Horacio Soria and Juan Carlos Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine, fighting one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years, is sterilizing mosquitoes using radiation that alters …

By Kylie MacLellan and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being investigated by parliament’s standards watchdog over whether he properly declared his wife’s shareholding in a …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay a scheduled April 25 trial over whether he defamed former Elle …

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An evangelical Christian former mail carrier’s fight with the U.S. Postal Service over his refusal to work on Sundays gives the Supreme Court another …

By Nidhi Verma and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement (FTA), the Russian trade minister said on Monday, an announcement that could …

By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) – Musical “The Phantom of the Opera” ended a record-breaking 35-year Broadway run on Sunday when, amid predictions that the show would one day …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Facing up to a quarter of a century in jail on treason charges he denies, Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza is expected to learn his fate on Monday …

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The exiled son of the Iranian Shah toppled in the 1979 Islamic revolution will visit Israel this week, Israel’s government said on Sunday, calling him the “most senior …

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -The U.S. warship USS Milius sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in what the U.S. Navy described on Monday as a “routine” transit, just days after China …

By Cheney Orr and Julia Harte DADEVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) -At least four people were killed and 28 wounded in a shooting that erupted during a late-night “Sweet 16” birthday celebration …

PETER ROFF: Is Gavin Newsom The Solution To Dems’ Joe Biden Problem? Peter Roff on April 15, 2023 The Democrats have a problem. Joe Biden wants to run for president …

BENJAMIN KHOSHBIN: GOP’s Energy Package Is Dead In The Water Without Dem Support. Here’s A Possible Way Forward Benjamin Khoshbin on April 15, 2023 American energy security is an issue …

BROOKE ROLLINS: America Needs Trump’s Foreign Policy Wisdom Now More Than Ever Brooke Rollins on April 15, 2023 Recently, America quietly observed a tragic anniversary: exactly twenty years since the …

‘Brace For F*cking Impact’: Border Agents Are Being Told Very Little To Prepare For The End Of A Major Trump-Era Order Jennie Taer on April 15, 2023 Border Patrol agents …

Army Trainee Had Two Heart Attacks After COVID-19 Vaccine. Now, She’s Likely To Be Discharged Micaela Burrow on April 16, 2023 Karolina Stancik, an Army National Guard enlistee who suffered …

US Doubts Ability To Detect Early Warnings For Chinese Invasion Of Taiwan, Leaked Docs Show Micaela Burrow on April 15, 2023 U.S. intelligence noted that heightened Chinese military activity in …

Here Are The GOP Candidates Competing To Flip The Kentucky Governor’s Mansion Red Mary Lou Masters on April 16, 2023 Republicans have the opportunity to take back the Kentucky governor’s …

DEROY MURDOCK: Emperor Biden’s EV Crusade Is The Height Of Absurdity Deroy Murdock on April 16, 2023 Regarding electric vehicles, President Joe Biden cannot simply use his bully pulpit to …

SUZANNE DOWNING: The Marketing Geniuses At Budweiser Forgot One Cardinal Rule Suzanne Downing on April 16, 2023 Anheuser-Busch InBev is the largest beer maker in the world, producing six of …