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President Joe Biden’s FY 2025 Budget Request provides resources to the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to strengthen its partnerships and expand collaboration with international partners to promote economic prosperity, regional security and stability, and revitalize shared democratic values. The United States Department of State gave this indication today, following the 2025 budget proposal …

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday released a budget proposal aimed at getting voters’ attention: It would offer tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations. Unlikely to pass the House and Senate to become law, the proposal for fiscal 2025 is an election year blueprint about …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — It’s not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in war-ravaged Gaza — now some are dying of hunger too. Officials have long warned over the risk of famine in the Palestinian territory that’s been under Israel’s bombardment, offensives and siege for the past five months. Hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been isolated by Israeli forces and …

CNN — This version of Joe Biden could beat Donald Trump. At the State of the Union address on Thursday night, the 81-year-old president set out to defuse his biggest liability: deep-seated fears among millions of Americans that he’s too old to serve a second term. There is nothing worse for a president than looking weak. So every word, gesture, joke and admonition of Biden’s appearance was …

Washington — President Joe Biden delivered a raucous third State of the Union address, one that could be among the most important speeches he gives during his presidency as he turns toward reelection, the CNN reports. His list of objectives was long: Tout his accomplishments in office, look ahead to a second-term agenda, allay concerns about his age and fitness …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce a plan in his State of the Union address Thursday for the U.S. military to help establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast, increasing the flow of humanitarian aid for the beleaguered territory during the Israel-Hamas war, according to administration officials. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview …

Takeaways From Super Tuesday CNN — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump took big steps toward making their seemingly inevitable rematch official, as both notched huge Super Tuesday wins. More than a dozen states held primaries or caucuses on Tuesday, the biggest day of the nominating races so far as the 2024 presidential campaign accelerates and leaves the one-by-one march through early-voting states behind. Both …

NEW YORK — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar with her decision, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination. Three people with direct knowledge who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly confirmed Haley’s decision …

WASHINGTON — More than one-third of the total delegates available in both the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries will be awarded on Super Tuesday, when 16 states and one U.S. territory hold presidential nominating contests. On the Republican side, 854 of 2,429 will be at stake on Super Tuesday, which is traditionally the biggest day on the presidential primary calendar when …

WASHINGTON— Thirty-two schools will receive $13.5 million in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help attract and train students for careers as pilots and aviation maintenance technicians.  According to Federal Aviation Administration, twelve of the schools will receive $4.5 million from the FAA’s Aircraft Pilots Aviation Workforce Development Grants program.  The schools can use the funding to create and deliver …