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Raleigh, N.C. (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday. The House completed the second and final part of the override vote after a similar three-fifths majority — the fraction necessary — voted for the override earlier …

Unknown assailants yesterday attacked a convoy of two U.S. government vehicles in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state, Nigeria resulting in the death of at least four members of the convoy, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has confirmed. According to him, the convoy was carrying nine Nigerian nationals: five employees of the U.S. Mission to Nigeria and …

United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Tuesday morning called and spoke with Nigerian President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu to emphasize his continued commitment to further strengthening the U.S.-Nigeria relationship with the incoming administration. According to State Department’s Spokesperson, Matthew Miller Blinken noted that the U.S.-Nigeria partnership is built on shared interests and strong people-to-people ties and that those …

Washington (AP) — A special prosecutor found that the FBI rushed into its investigation of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and relied too much on raw and unconfirmed intelligence as he concluded a four-year probe that fell far short of the former president’s prediction that the “crime of the century” would be uncovered. The report Monday from …

By Alltimepost.com United States Department of States, today released the 2022 International Religious Freedom Report, which provides a fact-based, comprehensive view of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.  It would be recalled that President Clinton signed the International Religious Freedom Act into law twenty-five years ago, giving the nation a range of …

New York (AP) — The Republicans in the audience laughed when former President Donald Trump mocked a woman who accused him of rape. They cheered when he defended his role during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And they applauded again after he said he was “honored” to “terminate Roe v. Wade.” Trump’s defiant performance at the …

New York (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser …

New York (AP) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky’s last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director wasn’t immediately named. Associated Press reports that she sent a …

United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today – on World Press Freedom Day – that more than 200 emerging journalists from over 100 countries and territories will participate in the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, the Department’s premier journalism exchange this year. The gesture is in recognition of the vital role a …

*Individuals who unlawfully cross the U.S. Southwest border will generally be processed under Title 8 expedited removal authority in a matter of days *will be barred from reentry to the United States for at least five years if ordered removed *would be presumed ineligible for asylum under the proposed Circumvention of Lawful Pathways regulation, absent an applicable exception United States …