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The White House announced Thursday $300 million for nine bridge projects in rural and urban areas of the United States, as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure law passed last year. In a statement, the White House said in all, the…

Highly accurate and maneuverable U.S. howitzers have been helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine fight off Russia's aggression since July 2022. These days, the weapons are used mostly in the Bakhmut district in the Donetsk region. Anna …

The Biden administration is seeking to allow immigrants illegally brought to the United States as children greater access to health insurance through federal programs, the White House said on Thursday. The proposal would allow…

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it has referred 17 additional unruly airline passengers to the FBI for criminal prosecution. The cases of unruly behavior include a widely reported incident in March in which a man…

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center on Thursday issued an El Nino watch for the next six months, a climate pattern that is likely to play a role in this year's Atlantic hurricane…

China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday sanctioned U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, for visiting Taiwan, saying he had sent a "serious wrong signal to Taiwan independence…

U.S. President Joe Biden continues his visit Friday to the Republic of Ireland where he will close his trip with a speech in Ballina, home of his paternal ancestors on the west coast of Ireland. But first, he departs Dublin early Friday,…

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations will use talks in Japan next week to assess their strategy in the Middle East, diplomatic sources said Thursday, as strategic shifts bypass Western powers, leaving them scrambling for…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week released proposals for the most aggressive vehicle emission standards in the country’s history, with the expectation that electric cars will account for two of every three cars being…

Continuing his official four-day visit to Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, President Joe Biden spoke to the houses of Oireachtas in Dublin, becoming the fourth American leader after John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton to…