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Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison for killing civilian
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison Monday for killing a…
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IRS audit rates keep dropping — especially for the 1%
No matter the size of a household’s budget, the increasingly short-staffed and cash-strapped Internal Revenue Service has been conducting fewer…
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Rep. Madison Cawthorn concedes in North Carolina GOP primary
RALEIGH, N.C. — First-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn conceded his Republican primary race Tuesday to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, ousting…
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DOJ sues casino mogul Steve Wynn for failing to register as agent for China
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sued longtime Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Tuesday to compel him to register…
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Elon Musk says he would remove Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump
Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter ban on former President Donald Trump. “I do think that it was not…
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Former global leaders urge U.S. to commit $5 billion to global COVID battle, urge Biden to take more forceful role at Thursday summit
A group of former global leaders, among them Gordon Brown, the U.K. prime minister from 2007 to 2010, is calling…
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How Ukraine is winning the soft power struggle
Joseph S Nye Jr is a professor at Harvard University and author of Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy…
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Putin: Campaign in Ukraine forced, necessary
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a forced response to…
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Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party nurses wounds after losing key seats in London
The Conservative Party is nursing its wounds after losing some key Tory strongholds. Battered by scandals including ‘Partygate’ and amid…
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Here’s why Elizabeth Warren is concerned over Fidelity’s bitcoin pension plan
Senator Elizabeth Warren voiced concerns about Fidelity Investments’ plan to include bitcoin in customers’ 401(k) accounts, calling it “a risky…
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Browder calls on UK to ban travel for US ‘enablers of Putin’
Hedge-fund founder Bill Browder says he plans to pressure British MPs and the UK government to take action against lawyers in the US…
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EU leader calls for Russian oil ban in new set of sanctions
The European Union’s top official on Wednesday called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia and target…
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Trump-backed JD Vance wins Ohio Republican Senate primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bestselling author JD Vance has won Ohio’s contentious and hyper-competitive GOP Senate primary, buoyed by Donald Trump’s endorsement in…
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US Labor Department has ‘grave concerns’ about Fidelity’s bitcoin pension plan
Labor Department officials believe Fidelity Investments’s plan to allow investors to put bitcoin in their 401(k) accounts risks the retirement security of…
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Pentagon Taps Lyft’s Machine-Learning Chief
The Defense Department has named a Silicon Valley veteran to fast-track the development of artificial-intelligence capabilities to be used by…
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Lael Brainard confirmed to be Powell’s No. 2 at Fed
Lael Brainard, who worked her way up the ladder of successive Democratic administrations, was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to…
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President Biden grants first pardons and commutations of his term
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret…
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Russia pounds eastern Ukraine as West promises Kyiv new arms
Russia pounded eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as the U.S. defense secretary promised to “keep moving heaven and earth” to get…
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Fidelity Investments plans options for investing in bitcoin
Fidelity Investments plans to allow investors to put a bitcoin account in their 401(k)s, the first major retirement-plan provider to…
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Philadelphia scraps indoor face-mask mandate just days after reimposing it, while cases are rising again in 40 states
Philadelphia is ending its indoor face-mask mandate just days after reimposing it with health officials saying it’s no longer needed…
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U.S. Taps Industrial and Cyber Firms for Help Amid Warnings of Russian Hacks
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday added several industrial and cybersecurity firms to a program aimed at thwarting hacks…
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CDC says face masks are still needed to protect the public, and WHO says omicron accounts for 99.5% of global COVID cases
The Justice Department has filed an appeal seeking to overturn a federal judge’s ruling that ended the face-mask mandate on…
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At CDC’s request, Justice Department to appeal ruling voiding mask mandate
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask…
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Fragmenting and exploiting Europe is key to Putin’s economic world war
Antonia Colibasanu is chief operating officer of Geopolitical Futures. As momentous as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is, the most strategically important event…
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The IRS has already issued 70 million refunds — here’s how you can check on yours this Tax Day
It’s Tax Day for most Americans, which is the deadline to pay off any income taxes owed and either submit…
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Yellen says not impossible for Fed to engineer soft landing for U.S. economy
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve would need luck and skill to maintain a strong…
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to receive fines over lockdown parties
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be fined by UK police for breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules,…
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Johnson and Sunak to be fined over lockdown parties
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said Tuesday he will be issued a fine for breaching COVID-19…
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Vladimir Putin’s offshore wealth is his ‘Achilles’ heel’, says Bill Browder
Vladimir Putin’s vast offshore wealth is his “Achilles’ heel” and should be aggressively pursued by the west, Hermitage Capital founder…
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As COVID-19 cases decline in the U.S., White House officials face outbreak
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is the latest official to test positive for COVID-19 after attending an event with President…
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Janet Yellen says a US digital dollar will take years, ‘not months,’ to develop
WASHINGTON — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the design and development of a digital dollar would likely take years…
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Yellen warns crypto invites risks that could ‘disrupt the financial system and our economy’ in first major speech on digital assets
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen is scheduled to deliver her first major address on the potential risks and benefits…
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UK sanctions Sberbank, Credit Bank of Moscow in latest push against Putin
The UK government said 6 April that it was implementing a full asset freeze on Sberbank Rossia and Credit Bank…
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Trump insiders Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino held in contempt of Congress over refusal to appear before Jan. 6 committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for…
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U.S. unveils new sanctions on Russia as Yellen warns of ‘enormous economic repercussions’ from Ukraine invasion
The U.S. and its allies unveiled new sanctions on Russia on Wednesday, seeking to further punish Moscow for its invasion…
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Pentagon seeks bids from Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle for major cloud contract
The Pentagon said Friday it is seeking bids from the four largest cloud providers for a controversial multibillion-dollar contract that…
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Biden administration set to sue Texas over new abortion law
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing to sue Texas over its new law banning most abortions, people familiar with…
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