Nothing to see here: Foreign threats, national security a no-show in Biden...
To hear President Biden tell it, the world seems like a relatively safe place.
View ArticleDemocrats discount pandemic fraud, fear it will taint government programs
As Republicans work to expose massive amounts of fraud in pandemic assistance programs, Democrats are responding with a feverish rearguard defense, saying that whatever the level of waste, millions of...
View ArticleMany electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules
Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department.
View ArticleAfter intense negotiations, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signs off on $17 billion...
Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed into law a $17 billion Arizona budget package that drew criticism from Democrats for failing to limit the expansion of a school voucher program.
View ArticleHistory As It Happens: From Saddam to the sanctions
An Iraqi native who now works as a professional peace builder reflects on life under Saddam Hussein and the devastating economic sanctions on the 1990s.
View ArticleFBI opens criminal investigations into violent Los Angeles County deputy...
The FBI has opened criminal investigations into violent encounters involving Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, including one in which a deputy punched a woman in the face as she held her baby.
View ArticleHamas clash could undercut Arab-Israeli diplomatic thaw
The immediate goals of Hamas' brutal assault on Israel over the weekend appear simple: Kill and kidnap as many Israelis as possible, and spark chaos and fear among the "Zionist" regime that the terror...
View ArticleIn killing Israelis, Hamas may have also targeted Saudi diplomatic deal
President Biden has said a goal of Hamas' terrorist assault against Israel was to derail a historic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia that was in the works, an assessment that fits with...
View ArticleWhat happens next? Questions mount about Gaza's future as Israel-Hamas war rages
Rooting out Hamas and its network of militant fighters from the densely packed Gaza Strip is one of the most complex challenges the Israeli military has ever faced.
View ArticleXi Jinping's goals for APEC summit, Biden meeting revealed by China...
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets President Biden this week on the sidelines of an international economic summit in San Francisco seeking concessions from the United States on ideology, trade and...
View ArticleTrump's GOP rivals keep searching for the right lane to catch up to cruising...
The Republican presidential candidates have spent most of this year searching for that elusive sweet spot with primary voters but, with less than two months until the Iowa caucuses, nobody has laid a...
View ArticleU.S. debate on Ukraine contentious at best; lack of clear vision on victory...
President Biden has framed it as an existential fight, one that requires sustained U.S. funding for Ukraine in order to keep Russian President Vladimir Putin from overrunning Eastern Europe with a 21st...
View ArticleNo way out? Iran bogs down another U.S. president in Middle East morass
First was the Obama administration's vaunted "pivot" to Asia. Then, President Trump pledged to get out of "endless wars" in the Middle East. President Biden has tried to follow suit and radically...
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