ISTANBUL (AA) – China has hinted at a possible summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden in Indonesia next week. “China attaches importance to the US proposal of the meeting between the two top leaders at the upcoming G20 summit in Bali,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has said. Xi and […]
Price data released Thursday by the U.S. Labor Department shows that inflation eased slightly in October, bolstering calls for the Federal Reserve to stop hiking interest rates before it pushes the economy into recession and throws millions out of work. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in Oc...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Russia have agreed to hold talks on the New START nuclear treaty for the first time since the Ukraine war began in February, according to the State Department. Spokesman Ned Price was asked at a news conference on Tuesday about a Bloomberg report that said the Russians and Americans […]
With Democrats still at risk of losing control of one or both chambers of Congress after Tuesday’s midterm elections, calls mounted for federal lawmakers and President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling before the new year. As votes were still being counted in several states Wednesday, the advocacy group Social Security Works tweeted th...
Anti-nuclear weapons campaigners rebuked the Biden administration on Wednesday over its opposition to Australia’s newly announced voting position on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which could signal the country’s willingness to sign on to the agreement. As The Guardian reported, the U.S. Embassy in Canberra warne...
Keith Ellison defeated Republican challenger by 20,000 votes to be reelected as Minnesota Attorney General. Keith Ellison became the first Muslim congressman, chair of the Progressive caucus and Vice Chair of the Democratic Party. He left his safe congressional seat to run for the Attorney General position and won. Schultz, a Republican newcom...
In the run-up to Tuesday’s midterms, Republicans and Democrats have filed dozens of lawsuits in battleground states that hold the key to control of the U.S. Congress. The lawsuits challenge various rules governing the elections. The bulk of them are focused on the casting and counting of mail-in ballots that have grown in popularity in [&hell...
Donald Trump immediately began casting doubts on the midterm vote through his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, pointing to problems with voting machines in Arizona. “Same thing is happening with Voter Fraud as happened in 2020???” he said. Federal election monitors will be deployed to various poll locations in five Arizona counti...
The NAACP has announced a program allowing people who have concerns about voter intimidation at polling places to file reports. The move comes as some incidents have already been reported ahead of the midterm elections. Derrick Johnson is the NAACP’s President and CEO On Tuesday, he tweeted, “If you encounter any voter intimidation at ...
Nebraskans voted Tuesday to incrementally raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 as corporate price hikes continue to eat into workers’ paychecks and the federal wage floor remains stuck at a paltry $7.25. The ballot measure, known as Initiative 433, succeeded by a vote of 58.2% to 41.8% despite opposition from influ...