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John Lamparski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams greeted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with a sarcastic tweet Monday morning ahead of the GOP star’s visit to the borough of Staten Island. Adams, a Democrat, has feuded with the Florida governor repeatedly over DeSantis sending migrants to the Northeast and the state’s […]
DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — President Joe Biden on Monday made an unannounced visit to war-torn Ukraine, arriving in Kyiv as the United States’ signals its ongoing support ahead of the anniversary of Russia’s invasion. Biden planned to meet for extended discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials, he said in […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday pushed the Biden administration to provide more aid to Ukraine after Vice President Kamala Harris said Russia was committing “crimes against humanity” in its invasion. “I believe a decision will be imminent here when we get back to Washington that the administration will start training […]
Johannes Simon/Getty Images (MUNICH) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday the U.S. has determined Russia committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine during a speech in Munich in which she spoke of the need to stand up to authoritarian nations using “brute force.” “In the case of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, we have examined the evidence, […]
aimintang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI conducted searches at two separate locations on two days on the campus of the University of Delaware in recent weeks as part of the special counsel investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified information, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The searches did not uncover any […]
Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach/U.S. Navy (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy has ended operations to recover part of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down earlier this month over the ocean off the South Carolina coast, the U.S. Northern Command said Friday. “Recovery operations concluded Feb. 16 off the coast of South […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the 100th judicial appointment by President Joe Biden and as of Thursday the chamber had confirmed 105 of his nominees, exceeding the pace set by predecessors George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Since the Trump administration, confirming judges has been a major focus of […]
Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images (New York) — The Labor Department has detailed an investigation that found one of the nation’s largest food safety sanitation services providers illegally employed more than 100 children in hazardous work conditions across 13 facilities in eight states. DOL said its investigation into Packers Sanitation Services Inc., based in Wisconsin, found […]
Angelo Merendino/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan came to East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, he was the first top Biden administration official on the scene since Norfolk Southern rail cars filled with toxic chemicals derailed near the town two weeks ago. The incident has since sparked intense health and […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The battle between Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott continued Friday as Scott updated his much-criticized plan — calling for all federal programs to “sunset in five years” unless there’s a vote to renew them — to pointedly exempt Social Security and Medicare. As he […]
