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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – A New York state appeals court freed the New York Times to publish documents concerning the conservative activist group Project Veritas, putting on hold …

By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON – Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday for delays to its landmark climate change risk disclosure rules …

The Senate unanimously passed a landmark bill on Thursday that forbids companies from forcing sexual assault or harassment claims into arbitration. The bill, which passed the House on Monday with …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer prices rose solidly in January, leading to the biggest annual increase in inflation in 40 years, fueling financial markets speculation for a 50 …

By David Brunnstrom and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON -Former U.S. President Donald Trump has told associates he has remained in contact with North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Un since leaving …

(Corrects lead paragraph to say many counterfeit parts are in U.S. nuclear plants instead of most, if not all, plants contain counterfeit parts) By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON – Many counterfeit …

Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin ripped into the Biden Administration on Thursday after a Labor Department report showed a key inflation measure setting a fresh, 40-year record in January. …

Free speech is on notice in America. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a terrorism threat bulletin through the National Terrorism Advisory System. That threat is freedom …

By Andy Sullivan – Erie, Pennsylvania could use a facelift. The lakefront city of 100,000 has been adding jobs and businesses downtown, but it remains saddled with vestiges of its …

– The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned law enforcement agencies that a convoy of truckers protesting against COVID-19 vaccine mandates could affect this weekend’s Super Bowl in Los …

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Wednesday agreed a deal to renew a long-lapsed law to strengthen domestic violence protections, just hours after Hollywood actor and humanitarian …

By Patricia Zengerle and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON -The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol announced on Wednesday it had subpoenaed former White House trade …

By Ann Saphir -The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Wednesday named University of Michigan provost Susan Collins as its next chief, making her the first Black woman to lead …

By David Gaffen NEW YORK -Oil prices rallied on Wednesday after U.S. crude inventories dropped by nearly 5 million barrels and fuel demand rose to an all-time high, underscoring the …

By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta – The Canadian province of Alberta on Wednesday formally initiated a trade challenge to recover its investment in the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which was …

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI -Iran unveiled a new domestically-made missile with a range of 1,450 kilometers on Wednesday, state TV reported, a day after Tehran and Washington resumed indirect talks …

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON – Kamala Harris will hold a series of in-person meetings with U.S. allies and partners at the Munich Security Conference next week seeking to deter Russian …

By Joseph Ax and Jason Lange – Republican and Democratic lawmakers across the United States are drawing political maps that will likely deepen polarization and encourage more extreme candidates by …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON -Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell on Tuesday criticized his party’s censure of two prominent Republican critics of Donald Trump, joining an intra-party battle that could …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – China’s development banks provided $23 billion in financing for infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa from 2007 to 2020, more than double the amount lent by …

By Michel Rose and Pavel Polityuk KYIV – French President Emmanuel Macron, the first leader of a major Western power to meet Vladimir Putin since Russia massed troops near Ukraine, …

By Isla Binnie and David French – Can oil bankers learn renewable tricks? They may need to in this climate, judging by the experience of Douglas MacKenzie, a Citigroup banker …

By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON – When three federal judges last month blocked Alabama’s new Republican-backed map of U.S. congressional districts as likely discriminatory against Black voters, they …