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Jill Biden wears “Love” jacket on overseas trip
CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — Jill Biden is sending a sartorial message of “love” as she accompanies her husband President Joe Biden overseas. The first lady wore a black jacket with the word “love” outlined on the back in silver beading as she and the president met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his… -
Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty to US charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges in the U.S. and admitted that she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. Emma Coronel Aispuro, wearing a green jail uniform, appeared in federal court in Washington and pleaded guilty to three federal offenses as… -
President Biden’s first international trip: 4 countries, 8 days
President Joe Biden is on his first international trip since taking office. Where is he going? Who is he meeting? And what topics are being discussed? Get caught up here. -
Consumer prices rise, unemployment falls, stocks hit record high
WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers absorbed another surge in prices in May — a 0.6% increase over April and 5% over the past year, the biggest 12-month inflation spike since 2008. The May rise in consumer prices that the Labor Department reported Thursday reflected a range of goods and services now in growing demand as… -
Security measures in place ahead of Biden/Johnson meeting
Security measure were put into place Thursday morning, as President Joe Biden got set to meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Counterterrorism police were seen patrolling St. Ives in Cornwall. That is where the two are set to meet later Thursday. President Biden and Prime Minister Johnson are expected to discuss continued partnerships between… -
Moderna files for U.S. authorization to use its COVID-19 vaccine in teens
(Reuters) – Moderna Inc. said on Thursday it has filed for U.S. authorization to use its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12 to 18, the latest company to seek approval to help expand the inoculation drive in the country. Moderna‘s vaccine is already being used in the United States, the European Union and Canada for anyone… -
Keystone XL pipeline sponsor pulls the plug
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline said Wednesday it is pulling the plug on the contentious project after Canadian officials failed to persuade President Joe Biden to reverse his cancellation of its permit on the day he took office. Calgary-based TC Energy said it would work with government… -
Officials warn of new COVID-19 strain, push to get kids vaccinated
The call from officials to get vaccinated is growing as a new COVID-19 strain spreads throughout the world including the U.S. The Delta variant originated in India. It has since be reported in at least 60 countries. In the United States, the variant is making up more than 6 percent of new cases. It has… -
US to buy, share 500 million Pfizer doses around the world
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. President Joe Biden was set to make the announcement… -
Infrastructure package talks collapse, restart with new bipartisan group
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ended talks with a group of Republican senators on a big infrastructure package on Tuesday and started reaching out to senators from both parties in a new effort toward bipartisan compromise, setting a summer deadline for Congress to pass his top legislative priority. The president is walking away from… -
ProPublica report: some billionaires paying less in taxes than ordinary workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rich really are different from you and me: They’re better at dodging the tax collector. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011. Tesla founder Elon Musk’s income tax bill was zero in 2018. And financier George Soros went three straight years without paying federal income tax,… -
Millions of households to get monthly payments next month
(Reuters) – A poverty-fighting measure included in the COVID-19 relief bill passed this year will deliver monthly payments to households including 88% of children in the United States, starting in July, Biden administration officials said on Monday. The Democratic-backed American Rescue Plan, signed into law by President Joe Biden in March as a response to… -
President Biden begins first overseas trip of his term
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first overseas trip of his term, President Joe Biden is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only bulwark to rising forces of authoritarianism. Biden has set the stakes for his eight-day trip in…
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