WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced he will take executive action to pardon thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession under federal law. Biden said he would also encourage governors to take similar action with state offenses and would ask the Department of Health and Human Services and […]
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OPEC+ Cuts Put Focus on Prices in Pre-Midterm Blow for Democrats
(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia’s backing for a surprise OPEC+ oil production cut a month before the US midterms is a blow to Democrats’ election prospects and further strains an alliance that was once a linchpin of the nation’s Middle East diplomacy. Most Read from Bloomberg Though analysts anticipate only modest […]
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Putin seizes Europe’s largest nuclear plant, signs laws annexing Ukraine land; OPEC cuts oil production, helps Russia: Updates
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday claiming ownership of the beleaguered Zaporizhzhia power plant, even as the director of Ukraine’s nuclear power company said he would assume operations of the plant, which is Europe’s largest nuclear facility. The announcement came hours after Putin signed laws annexing the Zaporizhzhia region. Earlier in […]
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Appeals court sends DACA case back to lower court, temporarily protecting Dreamers
A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a temporary reprieve to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants enrolled in a program allowing them to work and study in the U.S. without fear of being deported, but it’s unclear how long it will last. The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit […]
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Top Pentagon official hails Ukraine gains as a ‘significant’ accomplishment
Ukraine’s recent battlefield wins in the east and south of the country are a “significant operational accomplishment,” a top Pentagon official said Tuesday, the same day the Biden administration announced it would transfer another $625 million of weapons to Kyiv. The gains come as Vladimir Putin moved on Tuesday to […]
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Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago case
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump filed an emergency request Tuesday with the Supreme Court asking that the justices intervene in the case involving classified records that he kept at Mar-a-Lago after leaving office. In its filing, Trump’s legal team asked the high court to allow the special master to […]
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UPDATE 1-U.S. to impose costs on Iran for crackdown on protests, Biden says
(Adds Biden comments) WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – The United States this week will impose further costs on Iranian officials responsible for violence against demonstrators who protested against Iran’s government after the death of Mahsa Amini, President Joe Biden said on Monday. Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan, was arrested […]
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Justice Jackson wades into questioning on murky wetlands dispute as Supreme Court opens new term
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened its nine-month term Monday by hearing a conservative challenge to the federal government’s authority to regulate wetlands under a landmark environmental protection law, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asking multiple questions on her first day on the bench. Jackson, the first Black woman to […]
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Burkina Faso coup: Gunshots in capital and roads blocked
Roads have been blocked and shops closed in the capital, Ouagadougou, as Burkina Faso’s power struggle continues Burkina Faso’s self-declared leader says the man he ousted a day ago in a coup is plotting a counter-attack. Col Ibrahim Traoré also accused the French army of harbouring Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba […]
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Nevada Democrats see signs of nightmare scenario: Latino voters staying home
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Democrats have held up their state as a national testing ground for how to win Latino voters in 2024. But with only 37 days until the midterm elections, there are warning signs: At the doors, on the phones and on the streets, Latinos are threatening to […]