Author: Steve Holland
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Trump ends security protection for former Vice President Harris
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Steve Holland and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled Secret Service protection for former vice president and 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris, a senior White House official said on Friday.…
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Biden to push Israel, Ukraine aid package well over $2 billion this week
WASHINGTON • White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that the Biden administration hopes to push a new weapons package for Israel and Ukraine through Congress that will be significantly higher than $2 billion. Sullivan, in an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” said President Joe Biden will have intensive talks with…
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Biden re-election campaign HQ will be based in Delaware
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden will literally keep his reelection campaign headquarters close to home — Wilmington, Del., that is. Biden’s 2024 campaign team announced on Tuesday that the campaign apparatus will be based in Wilmington, the Delaware city where the president has lived for decades. “My family’s values, my eternal optimism and my unwavering…
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Australia expected to buy up to 5 Virginia class submarines as part of AUKUS
WASHINGTON • Australia is expected to buy up to five U.S. Virginia class nuclear powered submarines in the 2030s as part of a landmark defense agreement among Washington, Canberra and London, four U.S. officials said Wednesday, in a deal that would present a new challenge to China. The agreement, known as the AUKUS pact, will…
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Biden says Chinese spy balloon not a major security breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden, under fire from some lawmakers, said on Thursday he did not view a Chinese spy balloon that transited the United States before it was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean to have been a major security breach. Biden, who has sought to maintain communications with China and not allow…
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Biden calls for expanded federal medical leave, paid benefits for workers
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden on Thursday joined former President Bill Clinton to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1993 law that allows Americans to take unpaid medical leave, and vowed to keep fighting for paid leave for all Americans. The Family and Medical Leave Act, the first Clinton signed after taking office, guarantees that…
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Trump to shift White House campaign back into gear
WASHINGTON • Former President Donald Trump will seek to kick his campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination into gear this weekend, with a pair of campaign stops in key early-voting states more than two months after he announced his intention to run. The appearances in New Hampshire and South Carolina are an opportunity to address…
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White House, Secret Service say no visitor logs for Biden’s Delaware home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – No visitor logs exist for President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Del., where classified documents from his vice presidential days were found, as it is a private residence, the White House Counsel and Secret Service said Monday. “Like every President across decades of modern history, his personal residence is personal,” the White…
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DOJ asks judge to hold Trump team in contempt in documents probe
WASHINGTON • The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to hold Donald Trump’s office in contempt of court for failing to fully comply with a subpoena to return all classified documents in the former president’s possession, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl…
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Biden, Macron condemn Russia invasion of Ukraine at White House meeting
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron presented a united front on Ukraine on Thursday at the White House, and Biden said he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin, if he was willing to end the invasion. Biden has resisted talking to Putin since the Russian leader launched the invasion in…