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WATCH: Biden, Johnson strike warm tone in first meeting

Beginning a week of diplomacy across the Atlantic, Biden hopes to use his first overseas trip as president to reassure European allies that the United States had shed the transactional tendencies of Donald Trump’s term and is a reliable partner

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WATCH: U.S. begins shifting Afghan combat operations outside country

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is telling Congress that the U.S. military has already begun conducting combat operations and surveillance in Afghanistan from outside the country’s borders, as the troop withdrawal continues.

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Biden begins a week of diplomacy, pledges 500 million vaccine doses to poorer countries

President Biden on Thursday kicked off his week of diplomacy in a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the beginning of the G-7 summit Friday. Biden also announced a significant step by his administration that he said

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Texas increasingly at odds with the Biden administration on critical issues

The past legislative session in Texas focused on key conservative priorities, from restricting abortion to addressing transgender rights. The Lone Star State is now focused on a voting bill that would tighten election laws, after missing an opportunity to get

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China’s New Power Play: More Control of Tech Companies’ Troves of Data

Beijing is calling on tech giants to share the huge amounts of personal information they collect—and asserting its authority over data held by U.S. companies operating there as well. The efforts are part of Xi Jinping’s push to rein in

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IDF troops filmed helping build illegal settlement outpost slated for demolition

Military says soldiers guarding Evyatar outpost ‘strayed from their orders’ and will be investigated; soldiers seen helping set up prefabricated housing

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SOSV, the global venture firm, just closed a $100 million fund to back its maturing startups

Sean O’Sullivan, the founder of the global venture outfit SOSV, has slowly but steadily built up a sizable operation over the years. SOSV started off as a family office, investing the capital of O’Sullivan after he cofounded two companies, including

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After 6 month delay Iran pays UN debts, restoring its voting rights

Tehran was unable to pay due to funds being frozen by US sanctions, money eventually released from Iranian accounts in South Korea; New round of nuke talks set to start Saturday

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Statement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany – Whitehouse.gov

Statement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany  Whitehouse.gov German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit White House on July 15  CNN Biden, Merkel to meet at White House in July  POLITICO Germany’s Merkel to

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Putin says report Russia to sell Iran advanced spy satellite is ‘garbage’

Israeli officials express concern following report of sale in Washington Post, amid fears move will dramatically enhance Tehran’s ability to track Israeli bases and targets

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