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US Prez Joe Biden rushes to protect the power grid as hacking threats grow

A White House plan to rapidly shore up the security of the US power grid will begin with a 100-day sprint, but take years more to transform utilities’ ability to fight off hackers, according to details of a draft...

Blinken is set to return to Brussels for more NATO meetings

he meetings will take up most of the week, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing plans that haven’t been made public. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will be in Brussels at the same time, for a...

US, Iran clash on sanctions; US sees possible ‘impasse’

"All Trump sanctions were anti-JCPOA & must be removed—w/o distinction between arbitrary designations," Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Twitter, referring to the deal by its full name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The United States says it...

Biden plans to crack down on ‘ghost guns’ with action on Thursday

Biden will announce that the Justice Department intends to issue a proposed rule within 30 days to help reduce the increasing prevalence of untraceable, self-assembled "ghost guns," a White House official told reporters. The details of the rule were...

Beijing overtakes New York City as home to most billionaires, Mumbai behind London | Top 10 cities

New York City lost its crown of being the home to most number of dollar billionaires to Beijing, according to the latest Forbes’ annual rich list released on Wednesday. While NYC added 7 new billionaires, Beijing added 33 billionaires...

White House trying to craft Biden’s gun executive orders that can’t be undone

The White House is trying to craft a series of executive actions for President Joe Biden to sign to try to limit gun violence, hoping they cannot be quickly dismantled in court, according to aides and gun safety groups. Among...

US job growth accelerates in March; unemployment rate falls to 6.0%

US employers hired more workers than expected in March, spurred by increased vaccinations and more pandemic relief money from the government, cementing expectations that an economic boom was underway. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 916,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department...

Trump’s heir? Mike Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run

When former President Donald Trump was asked to list those he considers the future leaders of the Republican Party, he quickly rattled off a list of names, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz....

Expelled from Ubured States at night, migrants from Mexico weigh next steps

In one of Mexico's most notorious cities for organized crime, migrants are expelled from the United States throughout the night, exhausted from the journey, disillusioned about not getting a chance to seek asylum and at a crossroads about where...

China bashes US over racism, inequality, pandemic response

China lashed out Wednesday at the US over racism, financial inequality and the federal government’s response to the coronavirus in an annual report that seeks to counter US accusations of human rights abuses by China’s ruling Communist Party. The report...

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Trump Launches “$5 Million Trump Card” Website for Wealthy Immigration Hopefuls

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump has officially launched trumpcard.gov, a new government website allowing foreign nationals to express interest in...