President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted the sentences of two of the Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters: former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who embezzled nearly $54 million from the tiny town to fund a lavish lifestyle, and Eric Bloom, the onetime leader of a Northbrook management firm who defrauded investors of more than $665 million….
(Bloomberg) — Meta Platforms Inc (META). has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, part of an effort to build a positive relationship with the administration after a tense history. Most Read from Bloomberg While small, the donation is not something Meta did for President Joe Biden or Trump’s prior term, and it…
The United States added two Chinese companies to a trade restriction list on Tuesday for allegedly enabling human rights violations as President Joe Biden kept up the pressure on Beijing in the waning days of his administration. The Commerce Department, which oversees export policy, added Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd. to the entity list, “because…
SAN CARLOS, ARIZONA — After missing 40 days of school last year, Tommy Betom, 10, is on track this year for much better attendance. The importance of showing up has been stressed repeatedly at school — and at home. When he went to school last year, he often came home saying the teacher was picking…
By Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrians awakened on Monday to a hopeful if uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, ending a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule. The lightning advance of a militia alliance spearheaded…
Biden wants to help Ukraine before he leaves office. Jake Sullivan told ABC News that Biden aims to help Ukraine “strengthen’ its position. President-elect Trump has been skeptical of the level of US aid sent to Ukraine. National security advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday said President Joe Biden was doing what he could to “strengthen”…
THE WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Joe Biden is “excited” to make his first trip to the African continent next week and will first stop briefly in the small island nation of Cabo Verde before making landfall in the Southwest African nation of Angola, a top White House official told VOA Friday. “He is excited…
WASHINGTON (Gray News) – President Joe Biden has a big job to do before Thanksgiving. The national Thanksgiving turkeys will be pardoned on the White House South Lawn Monday. President Joe Biden speaks after pardoning the national Thanksgiving turkey, Liberty, during a pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.(AP Photo/Susan…
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations. The closed-door talks put U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan opposes a U.S. decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to attack inside Russia, saying it would further enflame the conflict, according to a readout shared by his office on Wednesday. Ukraine used U.S. ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory on Tuesday, taking advantage of newly granted…