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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi slams White House's budget proposal

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday harshly criticized the White House's budget proposal for next fiscal year, saying that it's "a complete reversal" of the promises Preside

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White House requests $15 billion to establish Space Force

The Space Force will be taking one giant leap towards reality if the Department of Defense’s proposed budget and operations go through. $15 billion is requested, which would fund a number of mis

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White House budget proposal aims to close deficit in 15 years

The White House on Monday unveiled a budget proposal for next fiscal year that would cut major domestic programs, claiming that solid economic growth would support substantial deficit reduction and

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2021 NASA budget request includes $3.3B for human lunar landers, $430M for Moon resource development

The Trump White House today issued its fiscal 2021 budget request, and it included a 12% increase in requested funding to NASA’s coffers, as expected. That puts the total request for NASA at $2

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African Union, Arab League reject Trump's controversial Mideast peace plan

The African Union (UN) and the Arab League (AL) on Sunday voiced their rejection of the newly unveiled U.S. peace plan that has sparked growing tensions between Palest

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Venezuela attributes 'terrorist attack' to 'opposition extremists'

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he talks to the media during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela February 15, 2018. /Reuters Photo Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodrigue

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Mourners hold candlelight vigil for victims of Thai mass shooting

A woman holds a candle light as she prays for victims who died in a shooting rampage by a Thai soldier, in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, February 9, 2020. /Reuters Photo Thousands of people hol

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White House to disclose budget plan that extends individual tax cuts: media

The White House is expected to unveil the budget plan that will extend individual tax cuts, U.S. media reported. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Trump administration is expected to release the b

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Trump blasts photo showing his ‘tan’ line as photoshopped — and then asks if his hair looks good

President Donald Trump on Saturday had some sharp words about a photo taken of his return to the White House South Lawn, which is making the rounds on social media.The

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Pete Buttigieg pressured at New Hampshire debate over marijuana arrests of black people as mayor

Pete Buttigieg faced intense questioning at the Democratic debate over his time as mayor in South Bend, Indiana, when arrests of black people for marijuana possession w

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'The in-tray from hell': The to-do list for the UK's new ambassador to the U.S.

Dame Karen Pierce was named on Friday as the next ambassador to the U.S. after London's previous top diplomat in Washington resigned over comments about President Donal

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Russia urges end to stalemate in Venezuela

02:23 Elections are the way to solve the political stalemate in Venezuela, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a visit to Caracas Friday. He met with Venezuelan Presiden

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Home exercise popular in China amid coronavirus outbreak

Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in late January, Chinese across the country are advised to comply with home quarantine and avoid public events and social gatherings. As a result, m

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Trump ousts envoy to EU after impeachment acquittal: report

U.S. President Donald Trump had dismissed Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who testified in the impeachment inquiry, days after a divided Senate acquitted Trump on impeachment charg

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Trump says Mulvaney to remain as acting White House chief of staff

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Mick Mulvaney will remain as his acting chief of staff amid media reports that the aide's future at the White House is in doubt. "That was a false r

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White House reportedly aims to double AI research budget to $2B

The White House is pushing to dedicate an additional billion dollars to fund artificial intelligence research, effectively doubling the budget for that purpose outside of Defense Department spending,

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Senators attempt to force Twitter to ban Iranian leadership

Four senators, including Ted Cruz (R-TX), have asserted that, as a consequence of sanctions placed on Iran, Twitter must cease providing its services to Ayatollah Khamenei and other leaders in the c