US Quietly Expands Asylum Limits While Preparing to End Them
contact@hellonews.website San Diego — The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule…
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US Central Bank Boosts Key Interest Rate by Half Percentage Point
Washington — The U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, raised its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point on Wednesday and scaled back its support for the American economy,…
Blinken Tests Positive for COVID, State Department Says
Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said. “The Secretary is fully vaccinated…
Transfer of US-Procured Afghan Helicopters to Ukraine Underway
Islamabad — The United States is giving Ukraine 16 Mi-17 helicopters that Washington had procured for Afghanistan, a U.S. government agency charged with monitoring Afghan events said Wednesday. The Department…
Automakers, Appliance Manufacturers Struggle to Find Computer Chips Amid Shortage
Cars stuck on the assembly line. Delays in the delivery of dishwashers, refrigerators and game consoles. Consumers and businesses are feeling the pinch of the semiconductor shortage. The war in…
Biden Urges Supplemental Ukraine Funding on Visit to Missile Facility
President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited an Alabama facility that manufactures weapons he said were key to fending off Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He also pushed his request for $33…
Biden Blasts US Supreme Court’s Draft Opinion on Abortion
High court may overturn Roe v. Wade, landmark ruling that legalized abortion in US, and leave decision to state legislators
Fiji Says US Can Seize Russian Superyacht but Not Right Away
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A judge in Fiji has ruled that U.S. authorities can seize a Russian-owned superyacht — but has put a hold on his order until at least…
Explainer: The Leak of Supreme Court's Draft Roe v. Wade Reversal
Late Monday, the American news website Politico dropped a bombshell: A draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion it had obtained revealed that the court was set to overturn Roe…
44% of China's Imprisoned Journalists Are Uyghurs
A group of U.S. House lawmakers introduced a resolution on Tuesday, World Press Freedom Day, which named countries including China, Russia and Belarus as nations that committed “repressive and brutal…
Families of Crash Victims Challenge Boeing Settlement in US Court
Fort Worth, Texas — The families of victims of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 asked a Texas judge on Tuesday to overturn a…
DC Reaches $750,000 Settlement in Trump Inauguration Lawsuit
Washington — Former President Donald Trump’s businesses and inaugural committee have reached a deal to pay Washington, D.C., $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit that alleged the committee overpaid for events…
CDC Restates Recommendation for Masks on Planes, Trains
New York — U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a…
Leaked Supreme Court Ruling Signals Possible Cascade of Abortion Restrictions
If the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court overturns federal abortion protections, as a draft decision leaked on Monday night suggests, access to abortion in at least half of…
Biden Salutes US Workers Making Anti-Tank Missiles Being Sent to Ukraine
Washington — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised workers making anti-tank missiles that are being shipped to Ukrainian fighters, saying the workers were “making it possible for the Ukrainian…