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US approves $5bn sale of top-of-the-line F-35 fighter jets to South Korea F-35 Lightning II pilot US Air Force Captain Kristin "BEO"" Wolfe performs the "dedication pass" maneuver at the 2020 Fort Lauderdale Air Show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the US, on November 21, 2020. (Photo by US Air Force)
The United States has approved the $5 billion sale of advanced F-35 fighter... |
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US, Canada sail warships through Taiwan Strait, prompting China to puts its forces on high alert The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114).
The navies of the United States and Canada sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait, prompting China to put its troops on "constant high alert."
The US Navy said in a statement on Saturday that the guided-missile destroyer... |
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NY attorney general fires back at Trumps defense of financial statements Former president Donald Trump (File photo)
New Yorks attorney general on Wednesday pounced on former President Donald Trumps defense of companys financial statements, saying the five-page statement Trump issued a day earlier contradicted a court filing by his attorneys.
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GOP boycotts Biden Fed nominees vote as bank fights inflation The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington on Sept. 16 2015. (Reuters photo)
Republican senators have blocked votes on President Joe Bidens five Federal Reserve nominees, leaving the future of the central bank in question amid surging inflation.
The move on Tuesday came over objections to Sarah... |
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Moderate Democrats fear party infighting could cost them Congress File photo shows the US Congress
Moderate congressional Democrats have expressed fear that party infighting could hand Congress over to their Republican rivals in the upcoming midterm elections in November.
Continuous fights within the Democratic Party over US President Joe Bidens agenda have raised... |
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Majority of Americans disapprove of how Biden handling presidency: Poll Joe Biden reacts during a moment of silence for the dead as he delivers remarks about Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021.
Democrats under the leadership of President Joe Biden are slowly but alarmingly losing the ground in the United States, with more than half of the countrys population viewing the... |
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Trump-appointed judge blocks Biden administration climate metric The cooling towers at the Stanton Energy Center in Orlando, Florida. (Photo via The Guardian)
A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked the Biden administrations efforts to put greater emphasis on potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries.
The... |
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Snake oil salesmen advised Trump on 2020 election, Pence aide says Former US president Donald Trump (File photo)
Former President Donald Trump received bad advice from "snake oil salesmen" who falsely told him Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, Pences former chief of staff Marc Short said.
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Gun violence on the rise in American schools: Report Tapes are tied to a tree as emergency personnel respond to a shooting at Heritage High School in Newport News, Virginia, US, September 20, 2021. (Reuters photo)
Gun violence is on the rise in American schools, with more students falling victim to shooting incidents during the current academic year... |
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US going through hell because of Pence, Trump says FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump watches Mike Pence speak at a White House press briefing. April 16, 2020. © AFP / Mandel Ngan
The former US president reiterated claims that Mike Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election if there was ‘obvious voter fraud
Donald Trump has criticized Mike... |
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Study indicates death toll from US mass shootings increasing Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC, US, August 29, 2020. (File photo by Reuters)
A recent study has suggested the death toll from mass shootings in the United States was increasing.
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Our son was executed: Parents of Black man shot dead by US police demand justice Amir Lockes father Andre Locke speaks at the press conference, with Amirs mother Karen Wells, on the left, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Minneapolis. (Photo by AP)
The parents of a young African-American man shot dead by Minneapolis police say their son was "executed" during a botched raid at a downtown... |
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Pence: Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election Mike Pence and Donald Trump (File photo by Getty Images)
Former US Vice President Mike Pence criticized former President Donald Trump for suggesting he had the ability to overturn the outcome of the disputed 2020 election.
"There are those in our party who believe that as the presiding officer over... |
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Washington, D.C. police keeps watch list of critics: Lawsuit A person walks along the frozen Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with the Washington Monument and US Capitol in the background after a stormy night in Washington, US, January 17, 2022. (Reuters photo)
A US defense attorney says in a new lawsuit that the District of Colombias Metropolitan Police Department... |
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Missouri GOP lawmaker pushes gun bill that would make murder legal: Prosecutors AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, US, April 12, 2021. (Reuters photo )
A Republican lawmaker in Missouri is pushing a gun bill that would "make murder legal," prosecutors say.
The bill would alter self-defense laws and establish that... |
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US diplomats, spies may have been hit by electromagnetic energy: Report A security guard stands outside the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba, December 12, 2017. (Reuters photo)
Electromagnetic energy pulses and ultrasound might have hit the American diplomats and spies who suffered from a mysterious illness known as Havana Syndrome, a US intelligence report says.
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Trumps Republican opponents outpace rivals in fundraising Representative Liz Cheney
Eight Republicans who voted in favor of former US President Donald Trumps impeachment or conviction last year have outpaced their rivals in the fundraising haul as they are going to face voters in the mid-term elections.
According to the latest Federal Election Commission... |
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US Army discharging troops who refuse COVID-19 vaccine A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizers coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, US, February 23, 2021. (Reuters photo)
S soldiers who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine will be immediately discharged,... |
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CNN president steps down over illicit relationship with coworker Jeff Zucker took over as CNN Worldwide president in 2013. (Getty Images)
Jeff Zucker has resigned as CNN Worldwide president after he was asked about his illicit relationship with a coworker, pointing to growing internal crisis in the American broadcasting network.
In a memo on Wednesday, Zucker... |
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Fury over early release of Chicago officer convicted of Black teenagers murder Jason Van Dyke was convicted of murder in 2018, was sentenced to six years and nine months for the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, after video showed Van Dyke shooting the teenager 16 times. (File photo)
A former US police officer who was sentenced to about seven years for the murder of a Black... |
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White House: Trump is unfit to be US president White House press secretary Jen Psaki (Getty Images file photo))
The Biden White House says former US President Donald Trump is unfit for office after the Republican said if he ran for president again and won in 2024, he would pardon protesters charged with criminal offenses in connection with the... |
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Arbery murder: US prosecutors reach plea deals with two white men facing hate-crime charges A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of three white men charged with the February 2020 death of Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, November 24, 2021. (Photo by Reuters)
US prosecutors have reached plea agreements with two of... |
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Graham: Nominating Black woman to US Supreme Court would not be affirmative action US Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (File photo)
US Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says that President Joe Bidens vow to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court would not be "affirmative action."
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced Thursday that he will retire after almost three... |
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Trump says he would pardon Jan. 6 protesters if he runs and wins People attend a rally where former US President Donald Trump is to speak, in Conroe, Texas, US, January 29, 2022. (Reuters photo)
Former US President Donald Trump says if he runs for president and wins in 2024, he would pardon protesters charged with criminal offenses in connection with the January... |
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Arbery family in US files racial charges against sons murderers This screenshot shows a participant holding a banner during a vigil in Atlanta, Georgia after three white Georgia men were convicted on Jan. 7, 2022 of murdering African-American Ahmaud Arbery. (Video by AFP)
The family of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger who was chased by three white men and gunned... |
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US House panel subpoenas those complicit in false electors scheme This picture taken on Jan. 6, 2020 shows supporters of former US president Donald Trump during the deadly attack on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
The US House of Representatives Jan. 6 Select Committee investigating the Capitol Hill attack has planned to subpoena those people involved in the false... |
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Some Republican senators pushing Biden to stay out of Ukraine US President Joe Biden speaks to a crowd at the Atlanta University Center Consortium, part of both Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University on January 11, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (File photo by AFP)
A number of Republican senators have been exerting pressure on US President Joe Biden to stay... |
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Pennsylvania court strikes down mail-in voting law in blow to democracy Democratic Governor Tom Wolfs administration plans to appeal the ruling against mail-in voting to the state Supreme Court. (File photo)
A court in the US state of Pennsylvania has struck down a landmark state election law that had eliminated barriers to voting by mail, potentially restricting access... |
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Majority of Americans want diplomacy, not war, with Russia: Poll US and Ukrainian troops attend the opening ceremony of the "RAPID TRIDENT-2021" military exercise near Yavoriv in the Lviv region, Ukraine, September 20, 2021. (Photo by Reuters)
The majority of Americans support diplomacy, not war, with Russia as tensions continue to escalate over Ukraine, a new... |
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Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh just hours before Biden infrastructure visit A Port Authority bus dangles from a collapsed bridge in Pittsburghs East End, on Jan. 28, 2022. (AP photo)
A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet (46 meters) and form a human chain to reach occupants of a bus that had plummeted with... |
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