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Schumer becomes new Senate majority leader
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 01/20/21 04:55 PM EST
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has achieved his long-held dream of becoming Senate majority leader after three new Democrats were...
Biden mandates masks for travel, renews support for World Health Organization
Biden’s top medical adviser on COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, also announced renewed U.S. support for the World Health Organization.
By Associated Press
As the U.S. enters...
Canada urges Biden not to cancel oil pipeline on first day
“We hope President-elect Biden will show respect for Canada and will sit down and at the very least talk to us,” said Alberta Premier...
Report: Biden team already talking with Iran about US return to...
Channel 12 says officials in the incoming administration have
updated Israel on the deliberations, as wary Jerusalem pushes
for a broader accord.
Officials in the incoming Biden...
Israel, Saudi Arabia seek US strike on Iran ahead of Biden...
Jerusalem and Riyadh are said to be pushing for surgical strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Israel and Saudi Arabia have been urging the administration of...
US sells ambassador’s home in Israel for $67.5 M, cementing embassy...
The United States sold the ambassador’s residence in Israel for $67.5 million in July, according to an official Israeli record of the sale that shines...
Could peace deal with Morocco herald impending accord with Saudi Arabia?
According to officials in Riyadh, the Saudi position on the prospect of normalization with Israel has changed in recent weeks. This change might be...
White House confirms cyberattack report on U.S. Treasury by foreign government
The U.S. government has acknowledged reports that hackers backed by a foreign government have breached the U.S. Treasury Department and an agency within the...
US on high alert for Iranian attacks
The Pentagon is concerned that Iran could take advantage of presidential transition, US troop withdrawals, to launch attacks.
American forces in the Middle East are...
Canada blocks bulk exports of some prescription drugs in response to...
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Saturday blocked bulk exports of prescription drugs if they would create a shortage at home, in response to outgoing...