Tag: National governments
Report: Federal agents unprepared for Portland protests
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of militarized federal agents who were deployed to Portland, Oregon, last summer to quell racial justice protests didn’t have the...
House seat numbers can’t be released before next week
The numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets can’t be released until next Monday at the earliest, according to an...
Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in...
Appeals court won’t review denial of firing squad request
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has declined to reconsider its earlier ruling that rejected the request by a man on Georgia's death row...
Ukraine adopts military reservist law amid Russia tensions
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law allowing to call up reservists for military service without announcing a mobilization, his...
US hits Myanmar timber and pearl firms with coup sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday ramped up pressure against Myanmar’s military government by imposing sanctions on two state-owned companies responsible for significant...
Guatemala prosecutors pursue ex-president Jimmy Morales
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan prosecutors on Wednesday requested that former President Jimmy Morales be stripped of his immunity so he can be prosecuted for...
Judge rejects US bid to send refugee to Iraq in terror case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge in California refused Wednesday to allow the extradition to Iraq of a man accused of committing a killing...
UK leader denies breaking lobbying rules with texts to Dyson
LONDON — The British government said Wednesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson did nothing wrong when he exchanged text messages with a wealthy industrialist...
Amy Coney Barrett has book deal with conservative imprint
NEW YORK — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a book deal with a Penguin Random House imprint, The Associated Press has learned....