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China and the United States exchanged sharp criticism at a World Trade Organization meeting on Friday, with Beijing calling Washington a "unilateral bully" and the U.S. accusing its rival of illegal retaliatory measures.

Hong Kong has protested President Joe Biden's two-year extension of a program that protects residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese city living in the U_S_ from deportation, accusing Washington of “demonstrating sinister intentions and hegemonic bullying."

Poulsbo, Washington, city prosecutor Alexis Foster resigned following a no confidence vote from the union representing the city's police officers as well as criticism from the city's police chief and mayor. Foster's sin? She informed a court that a protection order request to seize a gun from a woman that…

After he was elected speaker on the 15th ballot, Kevin McCarthy promised that the U.S. House under Republican leadership would protect the national economy, saying that the party was committed to “stop wasteful Washington spending, to lower the price of groceries, gas, cars, housing, and stop the rising national debt.”

Accolade comes just days after family SUV model is declared the first UK-made best-selling car since 1998

Ambition, insecurity, and the perils of independence

The US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Michele Sison, reiterated on Wednesday Washington’s support to the Moroccan autonomy plan as a serious, credible and realistic solution to the dispute over the Sahara. “The United States continues to consider the autonomy plan presented by Morocco as serious, credible…

WASHINGTON – The Penguins, consistently inconsistent, put forth another incomplete effort Thursday. But as has often been the case over the last couple of weeks, they managed to skate away with something in the standings.

WASHINGTON — When Sen. Thom Tillis returned to Washington this month from a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border with a bipartisan group of eight senators, the North Carolina Republican was quickly reminded of just how difficult it would be to craft a broad immigration agreement.