All news on the topic: USA

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Donald Trump is ’safe’ after gunshots were fired ’near his vicinity’ at a golf club
Donald Trump’s campaign team says the former US president is ‘safe’ after gunshots were fired near his golf club.
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U.S. reports white supremacist leaders planned worldwide attacks through online platforms
US prosecutors in California charged two people with running a white supremacist group on the messaging app Telegram to inspire acts of violence across the country.
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Ex-politician found guilty of murder in Vegas reporter’s stabbing death sentenced to life in prison
A jury has sentenced Robert Telles, a former Nevada politician found guilty of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas investigative reporter, to life in prison with eligibility of parole after a minimum of 20 years.
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The intriguing story of Kamala Harris and the Northern Irish slave owner
The U.S. presidential candidate is thought to have connections to a town in County Antrim, but while transatlantic ties are often celebrated, there is a noticeable reluctance in Ballymoney to embrace its most notable descendant.
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Nigel Farage flies to the US again for the second time in seven weeks since becoming Clacton MP
Nigel Farage is the keynote speaker at Saturday’s “Keep Arizona Free Summit”, and the Clacton MP - and Reform UK leader - has already been paid an upfront deposit of nearly £12,000 for the speech.
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Trump reveals he made $300,000 from selling Bibles and has a significant cryptocurrency stash
Financial disclosure shows presidential nominee owes $500m in civil penalties but sheds little light on solvency
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Russian court sentences US-Russian woman to 12 years in prison over $50 charity donation
Ksenia Khavana jailed for treason over donation to US charity that helps Ukraine
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Donald Trump used Jeffrey Epstein’s former jet for campaign appearances
The ex-president used the late convicted sex offender’s plane after his own jet developed engine problems
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An anti-nuclear response: How Europe can counter Putin’s apocalyptic threats even if Donald Trump takes back the White House
Russian propagandists are once again threatening Europeans with the “death of civilization,” and for the first time, Vladimir Putin is backing up his traditional nuclear saber rattling with actual exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces.
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Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters
US secretary of defense pulls rank and withdraws agreements for trio accused of involvement in 2001 terror attacks
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US deploys aircraft carrier, warships, and fighter squadron to Middle East as region braces for Iranian retaliation
The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.
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Venezuela election: US recognizes opposition candidate Edmundo González as winner
US secretary of state Antony Blinken says there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ González beat Nicolás Maduro in last weekend’s presidential election
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US reporter Evan Gershkovich released by Russia in major prisoner exchange
Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan as part of a major prisoner swap with the US
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Donald Trump claims Kamala Harris ‘happened to turn black’ from Indian heritage
Ex-President Donald Trump claimed that Kamala Harris ‘happened to turn black’ and attacked her racial identity in a heated panel.
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US pauses $95m in aid to Georgia after passage of ‘foreign agents’ law
Secretary of state says suspension is due to ‘anti-democratic’ actions from the Georgian government
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Bosnian-American biofuel fraud case advances in Belgium
Two Bosnian-Americans accused of being “ringleaders” in a US$3.4-million biofuel fraud case should be released on bail set at 50,000 euro (US$54,245) each, a court in Antwerp ruled on Tuesday.
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns following Trump assassination attempt
Cheatle steps down a day after House hearing where members of both parties called for her to quit
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President Joe Biden finally bows out of race after weeks of Democratic Party pressure
Joe Biden has announced he will not seek re-election against Donald Trump in November.
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Russian national sentenced for illegally transporting U.S. military technology to Russia
A Russian national was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for smuggling American military technology into Russia, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
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US hits accountants tied to cartel fraud scheme
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tuesday three Mexican accountants implicated in a timeshare fraud scheme run by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels.
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Cellphone and detonator found on rooftop near suspected Trump shooter
Items seen in picture obtained by Pittsburgh-area TV station while motives remain unclear
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Donald Trump makes first appearance with bandaged ear after assassination attempt
Donald Trump has broken cover sporting a bandaged ear in his first major appearance since he was shot at during a rally in Pennsylvania - he received a hero’s welcome from Republicans
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How crypto ATMs in the U.S. became a favorite tool for scammers
While crypto ATM operators insist they take steps to protect the public, investigators say the machines are a gift to criminal networks.
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Influencer sentenced to prison for human trafficking and enslaving women
To her followers, Kat Torres was an inspirational rags to riches success story who went from living in Brazilian slums to partying with Leonardo DiCaprio.
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The end of an era: The US prepares to sever space ties with Russia, threatening Roscosmos’s future
NASA’s ongoing flight tests of the Boeing Starliner manned spacecraft mark another milestone in its journey towards independence from Russian Soyuz services.