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US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Friday, as the Biden administration pushes to get as much aid to Kyiv as possible before…
Jimmy Carter quotes: ‘I could have wiped Iran off the map’
Quotations by former President Jimmy CarterFormer President Jimmy Carter, March 25, 2014.Getty Images"My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president." — Opening his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, July…
World leaders react to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s death
Then U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaking at a press conference on Sept. 1, 1977.Wally McNamee | Corbis Historical | Getty ImagesWorld leaders and U.S. politicians reacted to news that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who as president…
Jimmy Carter, the farmer, president and Nobel peace crusader, dies at age 100
Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer who became a U.S. president and a Nobel Prize-winning activist for peace and human rights, has died. He was 100.Carter's post-presidency had been widely seen as more successful than his time in the…
Political Scene: Incumbents look safe in redistricting map options
Drafts of the first new Rhode Island political maps debuted Thursday night, lighting up the eager faces of Ocean State political watchers at about the moment Gov. Dan McKee flipped the switch on the State House Christmas tree. The…
7 Political Wish Lists for the New Year
Schumer has literally no votes to spare, which means every Democratically aligned senator holds de facto veto power. He also needs all 50 of those senators to stay healthy and present, not just for the Build Back Better bill but also…
Delhi BJP accuses AAP of supporting Rohingya, Bangladeshi immigrants
The BJP's Delhi unit on Sunday passed a resolution condemning the AAP government's "support" to the illegal…
Business Highlights: Fed inflation fight, rally in stocks
___Fed attacks inflation with its largest rate hike since 1994WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly…
Wisconsin judge leaves PFAS regulation ruling on hold
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday agreed to keep on hold his ruling from Aprilthat prevented state regulators from requiring businesses and others responsible for pollution by PFAS chemicals to investigate and clean up…
After 3 months of war, life in Russia has profoundly changed
When Vladimir Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine, war seemed far away from Russian territory. Yet within days the conflict came home — not with cruise missiles and mortars but in the form of unprecedented and unexpectedly extensive…