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Russia’s Vladimir Putin claims the Biden administration is ‘killing’ the USD by using it as a weapon — says ‘blow was dealt’ to America and even its allies are now ‘downsizing’ the dollar

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Russia’s Vladimir Putin claims the Biden administration is ‘killing’ the USD by using it as a weapon — says ‘blow was dealt’ to America and even its allies are now ‘downsizing’ the dollar Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has once again taken aim at the U.S. dollar — accusing President Joe Biden’s administration of “killing [it] … Read more

Biden administration to put Yemen’s Houthis back on global terror list

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The Biden administration announced plans Wednesday to put the Houthi militant group back on a global terrorism list, after launching military attacks against the Yemen-based group in retaliation for its disruption of global trade in the Red Sea. The decision is an escalation of the administration’s pressure … Read more

US climate envoy John Kerry to leave Biden administration

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. senator and secretary of state John Kerry will leave his post as President Joe Biden’s special climate envoy after three years but will help Biden’s re-election campaign, two administration sources said on Saturday. The decision by Kerry, 80, comes a month after he played an instrumental in helping … Read more

Biden administration announces $623 million grant program for EVs

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The Biden administration and U.S. Department of Transportation announced a new investment in the country’s push for greater electric vehicle adoption and usage, pledging $623 million in EV charging station grants intended to build out community charging networks around the U.S. The large investment is part of President Joe Biden’s goal of building 500,000 publicly … Read more

Airstrikes hit camps in central Gaza as Biden administration approves new weapons sales to Israel

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to Israel despite persistent international cease-fire calls over mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the enclave. Israel says it is determined to pursue its unprecedented air … Read more

Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents

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President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Community Center, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration on Thursday asserted its authority to seize the patents of certain costly medications in a new … Read more

A second Trump administration will ‘come after’ people in the media in the courts, an ally says

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Donald Trump ally who worked in his Justice Department said Tuesday that if the former president is elected again, his administration will retaliate against people in the media “criminally or civilly.” Kash Patel, who was also chief of staff in the Defense Department and held a role on the National … Read more

Biden administration presses Israel for restraint in south Gaza

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The Biden administration is increasingly concerned that an upcoming Israeli offensive in southern Gaza will result in thousands more Palestinian civilian casualties, derail further hostage releases and interrupt the expanding flow of humanitarian aid, leading to stepped-up domestic and international criticism that Washington is complicit in Israel’s … Read more

How the Biden administration tried to slow Israel’s invasion of Gaza

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Within days of pledging “rock solid and unwavering” support for Israel in the wake of Hamas’s vicious Oct. 7 attack that left at least 1,400 Israelis dead, President Biden began gently reminding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “democracies like Israel and the United States are stronger and … Read more

Biden administration scrambles to deter wider Mideast conflict

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Comment on this storyComment The Biden administration on Sunday scrambled to prevent Hamas’s assault on Israel from escalating into a multi-front, regional conflict, deploying a U.S. aircraft carrier group to the eastern Mediterranean and rushing arms to the Israeli military in a bid to deter the Lebanon-based Hezbollah and other actors from attacking. The effort … Read more