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Veteran Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough described the new measure as “the best way to keep Veterans safe.”

The Biden administration imposed sanctions on Cuba’s defense minister and the communist nation’s special forces brigade.

The strikes are the first known since U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller stepped down from his role last week.

The United States and Germany reached an agreement on the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a thorny, long-standing point of contention.

The House approved legislation Thursday that will expand and expedite the special immigrant visa program for Afghans who aided U.S. and coalition forces and may face retribution from the Taliban. 

Wendy Sherman’s trip to China marks the second time the world’s two largest economies hold high-level, in-person talks since President Joe Biden took office.

The United States is working with allies on securing several overseas locations for approximately 4,000 Afghan nationals and their families.

Trump ally Tom Barrack’s arrest put a spotlight on the United Arab Emirates, a key player in former President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy.

More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes for their role during the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol.

The Justice Department prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing information or records from journalists in leak investigations, with some exceptions.

Washington has openly criticized Beijing’s sweeping national security law passed in June 2020 aimed at limiting Hong Kong’s autonomy.

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. has no plans to send troops to Haiti in the wake of the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

President Joe Biden is expected to discuss the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House.

Lebanon’s economy is in freefall after the country failed to form a government.

The U.S. will begin evacuating Afghan nationals and their families who assisted U.S. and NATO forces during the war and who may face retribution by the Taliban.

A Haitian-American suspect arrested in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise had been an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

The U.S. government has considered the Chinese firms national security risks.

Beijing has previously rejected U.S. charges that it has committed genocide against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

“We are always considering options available to us that would allow us to support the Cuban people,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.

Officials from several U.S. agencies have arrived in Haiti to join the investigation into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.