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President Biden huddled with top leaders from Mexico and Canada in Mexico City, the Justice Department is looking into records discovered by Biden’s attorneys in a D.C. office, more rain is expected to hit northern California today, U.S. officials say 100 Ukrainian troops will come to Oklahoma for missile defense training, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he is confident Sweden and Finland will join the group, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is blaming former President Jair Bolsonaro for inciting a riot
Lawmakers in the House approved a rules package, Biden and Lopez Obrador are meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Brazil’s president is vowing to punish those involved with storming the nation’s highest seats of power, the White House says Russia may not be the only party guilty of war crimes in Ukraine, a special grand jury finished its probe into whether former President Trump and allies illegally interfered with the state’s 2020 election, thousands of nurses went on strike Monday at two of New York City's major hospitals
President Biden is in Mexico City today, House Republicans have promised to make border security a top priority, bullets and shells continued to fly in Ukraine over the weekend, Iran announced the executions of two more men, Senegal is observing three days of mourning after a bus crash that killed dozens, supporters of the former president of Brazil stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace
President Biden announced new rules to curb a record surge of migrants at the southern border, the House of Representatives is still without a speaker, Vladimir Putin is calling for a temporary cease-fire this weekend in Ukraine, western allies are moving to more heavily arm Ukraine, tens of thousands of people paid tribute to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass, the nation's two largest pharmacy chains plan to begin selling abortion drugs, the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down that state’s pro-life heartbeat law, Damar Hamlin woke up from a medically induced coma
The suns begins to set on the Capitol building after the sixth failed vote to elect a Speaker of the House and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023
Members of the House cast their votes on Tuesday for the next speaker, Ron DeSantis took the oath of office once again, members of a violent gang in Mexico tied to a drug cartel escaped from a prison near the Texas border, the family of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin thanked fans for their outpouring of support
The 118th Congress of the United States will be seated today with Republicans claiming the House majority, rockets rained down on a Russian facility in the occupied eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, a storm system is taking aim at the Midwest this week after triggering floods in California, Democrat Katie Hobbs took the oath of office on Monday, the head of NASA says the United States is locked in a new space race to the moon, a number of lawmakers are pushing for what they call the airline passengers bill of rights
Ukrainians face a grim start to 2023, police are confident they found the person who killed four college students in November, authorities in New York are investigating whether an attack at a New Year’s Eve celebration was related to Islamic terrorism, lawmakers say they’ll debate legislation to address security concerns about TikTok, singer Anita Pointer died over the weekend
The Buffalo-area blizzard is one for the record books, South Korea scrambled fighter jets after North Korean drones violated its airspace, Ukraine wants the United Nations to moderate a peace summit within two months, China’s military sent warplanes and ships toward Taiwan in a show of force, lawmakers on Capitol Hill of the aisle are increasingly sounding alarms about TikTok, the Chinese government is dropping another pandemic restriction
A monster winter storm claimed dozens of lives and caused travel disruptions over the Christmas weekend, many Republicans are blasting the massive spending bill that Congress passed before Christmas, Homeland Security numbers suggest the border crisis is already getting worse