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US probes ‘bribery’ scheme to seek White House pardon

Shawdesh desk: The US Justice Department is investigating an alleged bribery scheme involving campaign donations to secure a presidential pardon, a court filing showed Tuesday. The document, which discusses the

Biden fractures foot playing with dog

Shawdesh desk: US president-elect Joe Biden has a foot fracture and will likely have to wear a medical boot, his team said Sunday after the 78-year-old was taken to the

White House’s Kushner headed to Saudi, Qatar: reports

Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week in a bid for further diplomatic deals in the region

Trump says will not ‘change my mind’ on election fraud claims

Shawdesh dEsk: In the first TV interview since losing his re-election bid, President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he will never concede to Joe Biden and abandon his conspiracy theory

US election: Appeal court dismisses Trump camp’s lawsuit in Pennsylvania

Shawdesh desk: A US federal appeals court has firmly rejected the Trump campaign’s attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden from being declared winner in Pennsylvania. The panel of three judges

Joe Biden announces secretary of state

Shawdesh Desk: US President-elect Joe Biden announced on Monday key figures for his cabinet, picking longtime foreign policy advisor Antony Blinken to be his secretary of state and former US

NYC’s first African-American mayor, David Dinkins, has died

Shawdesh Desk: David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his

John Kerry, who signed Paris accord for US, is Biden’s climate envoy

Shawdesh Desk: Former secretary of state John Kerry helped broker the landmark Paris Agreement and signed it on behalf of the United States, a decision subsequently reversed by President Donald