Biden administration
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Joe Biden is set to sanction more Russian oil tankers in the dying days of his administration, according to sources cited by the Reuters news agency. “It’s a very substantial package. Two Russian oil companies, more than 100 tankers, oil traders, Russian insurance companies etc,” one of the officials said, without naming the entities. It…
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The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, citing the firm’s large U.S. customers, including critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments. Moscow’s influence over the company was found to pose a significant risk, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said…
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The Biden administration made a “big mistake” in levying high tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China, said a former U.S. envoy on Tuesday. Speaking at a webinar organized by KraneShares, a U.S.-based asset management firm, Terry Branstad, former U.S. ambassador to China said U.S. President Joe Biden recently announced an extraordinary tariff on…
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There are people at the diplomatic level in Britain who have reservations about trusting the U.S. under President Joe Biden, Nigel Farage, a British politician who led the Brexit movement, told Newsmax on Monday. Because of Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021, “there are people now at diplomatic level, quietly whispering behind their hands,’ … can we still…
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican-led challenge to a Biden administration policy that prioritizes the deportation of immigrants who are deemed to pose the greatest risk to public safety or were picked up at the border. The justices voted 8-1 to allow the long-blocked policy to take effect, recognizing there is not enough…
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US President Joe Biden named two Washington policy veterans as key economic advisers on Tuesday as he faces a Republican controlled Congress and embarks on a possible re-election run for 2024. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard has been picked to lead the National Economic Council (NEC) — a body that advises the president on domestic and…
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The U.S. is deploying 1,000 military health workers to six U.S. states beginning next week to help hospitals overwhelmed by a surge in omicron-related COVID-19 cases, President Joe Biden said Thursday. Teams of seven to 25 military doctors, nurses, and other personnel will begin arriving in Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, and…
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