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The No. 2 Republican in the House denied being the one who leaked a tape of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy “I’ve had it with this guy,” the California Republican told a group of Republican leaders on Jan. 10, 2021, as reported by the New York Times in an adaption of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden…

Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF’s managing director, said at a news conference that the estimate for the next three months was conveyed by Ukraine’s finance ministry officials. Financial support for the countries affected by the war in Ukraine is among the main topics for finance ministers and central bankers gathered in…

Reports show fewer than 10,000 people were watching CNN+ each day, CNN+ head Andrew Morse is leaving the company. Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+ on April 30, just weeks after the stand-alone streaming service launched. “This is not a decision about quality; we appreciate all of the work, ambition…

The court ruled 8-1 that Congress can deny Supplemental Income Security, or SSI, benefits to Puerto Rico residents because they don’t pay all federal taxes. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the court’s three liberals whose family stems from Puerto Rico, dissented. SSI benefits are meant to offer regular financial assistance…

The latest security package, which includes heavy artillery and tactical drones, comes as Western intelligence warns of an intensified Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine. The United States will send another $800 million security package and an additional $500 million in direct economic assistance to Ukraine as its military…

Elon Musk is considering whether to attempt to purchase Twitter in a tender offer after the social media giant’s board rejected his previous overture. His intentions were detailed in an updated filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. The filing said that Musk is exploring a tender offer to acquire all outstanding…

Existing home sales fall 2.7% in March, median house price jumps 15% to $375,300 and housing inventory rises 11.8% on month; down 9.5% year-on-year. U.S. home sales dropped to the lowest level in nearly two years in March as house prices raced to a record high, and could decline further…

Assange faces charges of espionage, marking the latest step towards Assange facing a trial in the U.S. despite his years-long legal fight against being sent back. Westminster Magistrates Court formally approved Assange’s extradition in a brief seven-minute hearing and sent documents over to the British government for final approval. The…

The White House is looking for ways to buy time to avoid a massive influx of migrants that would add to already-historic border numbers. Biden officials recognize they’re in a jam: moderate Democrats are pounding on them to delay the repeal but doing so would inflame the party’s progressive base.…

That effort could potentially “injure” Florida’s pension funds because they hold Twitter stock, he argued. While he didn’t go into specifics, DeSantis pledged to direct state officials to explore ways to scrutinize the board’s decision-making. “We’re going to be looking at ways that the state of Florida potentially can be…