BY AL WEAVER AND MYCHAEL SCHNELL |
Republicans are ramping up their criticism of the Biden administration's handling of the Chinese spy balloon, after receiving classified briefings on the incursion and learning the U.S. shot down a second object above Alaska. While the Chinese balloon has obvious geopolitical significance, it also gave Republican lawmakers a political opening — and they've taken it. |
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BY BRETT SAMUELS AND ELLEN MITCHELL |
The U.S. military on Friday took down an object flying over Alaskan airspace days after shooting down a Chinese spy balloon along the South Carolina coast, the White House confirmed. |
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill on Friday to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare and institute a higher standard for making cuts to the entitlement programs, following President Biden's pointed accusations during his annual address before Congress on Tuesday. |
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President Joe Biden is pursuing an aggressive economic agenda aimed at boosting worker power, taxing the rich, reducing fees and taking on dominant corporations. |
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Former President Trump's legal team has turned over additional classified materials to federal prosecutors in recent months, multiple outlets reported on Friday. |
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Federal investigators found one additional document with classified markings during a search of former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home on Friday. |
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was released from a Washington, D.C., hospital on Friday after a health scare two days earlier and is expected to return to work next week. The Pennsylvania Democrat was hospitalized late on Wednesday after feeling lightheaded during the Senate Democratic retreat earlier in the day. According to a Fetterman spokesman, test results showed no evidence that he suffered a seizure. |
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Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) penned a letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thursday asking how he plans to combat the rise of antisemitism on the social media platform after the congressman was the target of a barrage of antisemitic comments this week. |
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The family of Tyre Nichols has filed an urgent appeal to the United Nations, requesting action "regarding the torture and extrajudicial killing" of Nichols. |
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OPINION | In recent years, a number of financial firms have taken what some consider a sharp turn to the left, marrying so-called environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria to traditional investment strategies. |
OPINION | House Republicans kicked off their promised oversight offensive on Wednesday with a hearing meant to reveal a conspiracy involving the Biden Administration and Twitter. It did not go well for proponents of the claim that social media companies systematically censor conservatives. |
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BY JACQUELINE ALEMANY AND ALICE CRITES |
Twelve years before she was elected as the first Mexican American woman to represent Florida in Congress, Anna Paulina Luna was serving at Whiteman Air Force Base in Warrensburg, Mo., where friends said she described herself as alternately Middle Eastern, Jewish or Eastern European. Known then by her given last name of Mayerhofer, Luna sported designer clothing and expressed support for then-President Barack Obama. |
WASHINGTON — At Senator John Fetterman's desk in the Senate chamber, there is a newly installed monitor that rises or lowers, depending on whether he sits or stands, and provides closed captioning so he can follow the proceedings. At the center dais, a custom desk stand has been built to accommodate the same technology for when he takes his shifts presiding over the Senate. |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb 10 (Reuters) - When a newly elected Florida legislator endorsed a bill allowing residents to carry a concealed firearm without a permit, he was both demonstrating his fealty to Ron DeSantis and helping to burnish the governor's conservative credentials for a possible White House run in 2024. |
When she lost her job at Google last month, Jingjing Tan started worrying about her dog, an energetic, 75-pound German shepherd. |
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