Washington & Politics

Who benefits? US debates fairest way to share spare vaccine

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WASHINGTON — In April, the Biden administration announced plans to share millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses with the world by the end of June....

North accuses US of hostility for S. Korean missile decision

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday the U.S. allowing South Korea to build more powerful missiles was an example of the U.S.'s...

Scrutiny mounts of legacy of pioneering Northwest missionary

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SPOKANE, Wash. — For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary...

US sells off Iranian crude oil seized off coast of UAE

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. has sold some 2 million barrels of Iranian crude oil after seizing an oil tanker off the...

Mississippi reckons with ending pay boost for the unemployed

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JACKSON, Miss. — Katrina Folks says she has tried everything she can think of to find work since losing her job in September because...

Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds

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HOUSTON — Residents of the East Aldine neighborhood of Houston are tired of their homes flooding during hurricanes and of worrying every time it...

Ex-owners of polluting Italian steel plant convicted

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MILAN — Two former owners of a troubled steel plant in southern Italy were convicted Monday of toxic pollution that prosecutors say cost hundreds...

Question for Denmark: Why could the US allegedly eavesdrop?

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sweden's defense minister wants Denmark to explain why that country's foreign secret service allegedly helped the United States spy on European...

More US citizens apprehended for moving drugs over border

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PHOENIX — An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the...

Biden commemorates fallen veterans at Arlington Cemetery

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ARLINGTON, Va. — President Joe Biden honored America’s war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed...