Vladimir Putin arrives in Geneva for summit with Joe Biden

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Presidents of the United States and Russia expected to meet for up to five hours. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at Geneva Airport Cointrin, for a US-Russia summit in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Photograph: EPA Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived … Read More

Barack Obama says Biden is ‘finishing the job’ of his presidency

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Former President Barack Obama told Ezra Klein that “Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job.” —Mark Makela/Getty Images Former President Barack Obama believes President Biden is “finishing the job” of his administration, he revealed in a new interview. … Read More

Top Dems rebuke Ilhan Omar for US, Israel comparison to terrorist groups: ‘no moral equivalency’

Senior Democratic leaders issued a unified statement Thursday, denouncing comments made by Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar when she compared U.S. and Israeli “war crimes” to actions by the Taliban and Hamas. The statement was part of an internecine war of words … Read More

Biden warns climate change is ‘greatest threat’ to US security: ‘This is not a joke’

The president said he would speak to key European allies about a unified approach to combating climate change. President Biden warned military servicemembers Wednesday that top Pentagon officials consider climate change to be the “greatest threat” to America’s national security in the coming … Read More

Looting and Rioting in Minneapolis After Fatal Police Shooting

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Looting and rioting broke out in Minneapolis on Thursday night after police fatally shot a man wanted on a gun possession charge. The fatal shooting from law enforcement officers came just over a year after George Floyd died in police custody, a death that … Read More

Jobs report misses estimates with 559,000 jobs added, unemployment rate falls to 5.8%

Unemployment rate hits pandemic low. U.S. employers added fewer than expected jobs last month as extended unemployment benefits encouraged workers to stay home. Employers added 559,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday, missing the addition of 650,000 jobs … Read More

Biden suspending Alaska oil, gas leases goes against reason for statehood: Gov. Dunleavy

Alaska governor says the decision on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will ‘weaken America’. EXCLUSIVE: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says President Biden’s decision to suspend oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge doesn’t make sense and will only weaken America. The Biden … Read More

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