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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang sounded a hopeful note on bilateral relations at the start of their Sunday meeting in Beijing. The U.S.-China relationship can only move forward with direct and open communication, Yellen told Li, after arriving in the Chinese capital from the southern city of Guangzhou. “The meeting was
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Democratic members of Congress urge Biden administration to reconsider new Israel arms package – CBS News Watch CBS News Nearly 40 Democratic members of Congress, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have signed a letter urging the Biden administration to reconsider a new arms package to Israel as civilian casualties mount in Gaza. Natalie Brand
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President Biden’s reelection campaign says he raised over $90 million in March, $25 million more than the $66 million raised by former President Donald Trump and allies. And Mr. Biden’s cash-on-hand advantage over Mr. Trump grew even bigger last month. The Biden campaign says the president began April with $192 million in his coffers, which
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s running for president as an independent candidate, suggested in a statement that the prosecutions of rioters who violently attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, might be politically motivated, a view that echoes that of former President Donald Trump and his allies. The statement came a day after Kennedy
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Biden announces more federal aid in visit to Baltimore bridge collapse site – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden traveled to Baltimore Friday to survey the devastation from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The president showed his support for the community impacted by the disaster and announced more federal funding to
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President Biden went to Baltimore Friday as a show of support after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, announcing additional federal financial support to buoy the city’s economy and commerce. The president surveyed the devastation from his helicopter, Marine One, Friday afternoon before receiving a briefing from local officials. The bridge fell on
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Israel and the U.S. are convinced Iran is preparing to retaliate for the Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria, U.S. officials say. Israel on Monday struck an Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, and killed a number of senior leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the Pentagon. The U.S. has picked
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Washington — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday denounced Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to fortify stretches of the southern border with razor and concertina wire as ineffective, saying migrants are “easily cutting” the barriers. “We do not consider concertina wire to be effective. It impairs Customs and Border Protection’s ability to do its job,
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Washington — Hundreds of passengers circumvented or tried to circumvent various aspects of airport security to access secure areas of U.S. airports within the last year, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Since March 2023, there have been at least 300 instances of people trying to bypass parts of airport security, the agency said Friday. Only
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CIA Director William Burns is expected to travel to Cairo, Egypt, this weekend for a fresh round of hostage talks with top officials from Egypt, Qatar and Israel, multiple sources in the U.S. and the region familiar with the planning told CBS News. The negotiations mark the latest effort to strike a deal that has
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