WASHINGTON (AP) – A top U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get vaccinated against measles amid outbreaks in several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles-elimination status. “Get the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services whose boss … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat insisted Sunday that Tehran’s strength came from its ability to “say no to the great powers,” striking a maximalist position just after negotiations with the United States over its nuclear program and after nationwide protests. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking to diplomats at a summit in … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officials are not “realistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will close next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House. Democrats say they won’t vote for a … Read more
But I always want to call them at 3 in the morning. I always get that call. “Sir, Speaker Johnson is leaving.” So I keep saying, ‘Hi, Mike, what’s up? What time is it?’ ‘Sir, it’s 3 in the morning.’ ‘Sir, we have nine names that give us difficulty. They have to have a phone … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday held a second day of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on ending their war amid an escalation in Russia’s winter attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and after a sharp increase last year in Ukrainian civilians killed in the fighting. “We are working in the … Read more
TORONTO (AP) – Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday that the country must make “any sacrifice necessary” to preserve the country’s independence in the face of threats from US President Donald Trump. Harper, Conservative Prime Minister for nearly a decade from 2006 to 2015, made the remarks in a speech at the unveiling … Read more
The Roman diocese led by Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has ordered a church in Rome to fix a fresco of an angel that has been updated to bear a suspicious resemblance to one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Europe. An Italian newspaper at the weekend noticed that a fresco that has just been … Read more
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart February 3 (Reuters) – The US military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, the US military said, in an incident first reported by Reuters. The incident occurred as diplomats sought to arrange nuclear talks between Iran … Read more
KYIV, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Russia has observed a ceasefire over Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday as Kyiv prepared for the next round of trilateral talks on ending the war. Zelenskiy said Russia has not carried out any targeted missile or drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the past 24 … Read more
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) President Of Donald Trump he joked at a closed-door elite event in Washington, DC, bombed so badly that “the room fell silent repeatedly,” The Washington Post reported Sunday. The awkwardness happened on Saturday evening at the Alfalfa Club dinner, an invitation-only event for some 200 of the rich and powerful who gather … Read more