Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also said Moscow will add eight U.S. officials to its sanctions list and move to shut down the work of U.S. nongovernmental organizations to end what he called interfering in Russia's politics.
Apr 16

By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
President Joe Biden has signed an emergency determination that officials say will speed refugee admissions to the U.S., but he did not lift his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for this year.
Apr 16

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Garland issued a new memorandum to all U.S. attorneys and other Justice Department leaders spelling out the new policies on civil agreements and consent decrees with state and local governments.
Apr 16

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press
More than 111 million Americans voted before Election Day in 2020. But Republicans are moving to make it harder for that to happen again.
Apr 16

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Zeke Miller, Associated Press
The U.S. is setting up a $1.7 billion national network to identify and track worrisome coronavirus mutations whose spread could trigger another pandemic wave, the Biden administration announced Friday.
Apr 16

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Although it is a scaled-down service because of the pandemic, hundreds of servicemen and women from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force will take part in the funeral procession.
Apr 16

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Mari Yamaguchi, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in a bid to underscore the two countries’ alliance as a counter to an autocratic and increasingly assertive China.
Apr 16

By Associated Press
Six years after the death of Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, the younger brother of Fidel is being watched to see if he fulfills his commitment to give up the reins of the only political organization permitted in the country of…
Apr 16

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
It was one of the more tantalizing, yet unresolved, questions of the investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign: Why was a business associate of campaign chairman Paul Manafort given internal polling data — and…
Two-thirds of Americans are against laws that would limit transgender rights, a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll found. That opposition includes majorities of every political ideology from liberal to conservative and every age group. …
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