Top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy said on Saturday he was making “progress” in negotiations with Democratic President Joe Biden on raising the federal government’s debt ceiling, as the nation faced the risk of default in little more than a week. Time is tight. The Treasury Department on Friday said the …
Read More »Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: ‘Let’s finish this job’ !
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to ”finish this job” he began when he was sworn into office and to set aside their concerns about extending the run of America’s oldest president for …
Read More »Pelosi to step down from U.S. House leadership, remain in Congress
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold that powerful post, said on Thursday she will step down as the chamber’s Democratic leader as her allies prepared a passing of the torch to Representative Hakeem Jeffries. Pelosi, an 82-year-old liberal from California who has served two …
Read More »Video: Joe Biden formally wins Democratic Party nomination
Joe Biden has formally won the Democratic Party nomination to challenge Donald Trump in November’s presidential election. The former vice president declared on Friday that he had won the 1,991 delegates needed to secure the nomination after primaries and caucuses in 42 states. A surge of mail ballots carried Mr …
Read More »Ukraine’s comedian-turned-politician walks a fine line with America’s reality-TV President.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not have an easy job. Ukraine is one of the poorest places in Europe, his country faces a steady outflow of capital and a proxy war with Russian-backed insurgents has settled into a bloody stalemate. Now the comedian-turned-politician faces his first big challenge: Managing his …
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