House Small Business Committee chairman Roger Williams of Texas will send SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler a key letter on Thursday demanding fixes for Biden-era issues.

A judge granted a temporary restraining order against the Clarksdale Press Register on Tuesday on behalf of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi over an editorial.

Obama economist Jason Furman called out Bidenomics earlier this month in a lengthy op-ed, calling it a "tragedy" that failed to reach its goals.

Israeli UFC fighter Natan Levy marks 500th day of Hamas holding hostages with seminar aimed at teaching Jews how to defend themselves from possible antisemitic attacks.

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, cleared a key procedural motion in the Senate Thursday and is now one vote away from being confirmed.

As Chinese military ships voyage near Australia, Australian Minister for Defense Richard Marles described it as an 'unusual event,' and noted the country is surveilling the foreign ships.

Key moderate Republican Susan Collins announced she is voting against Kash Patel to be director of the FBI under Trump.

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not run for re-election, the longtime Senator announced Thursday.

On Wednesday, our lame-duck PM quacked out the news that “Canada is getting high-speed rail”: this is of course duckspeak for “the usual engineering firms are being handed billions of dollars to devise a plan for high-speed rail in a 1,000-kilometre strip of Ontario and Quebec.” In the new spirit of national unity, I suppose I am not allowed to object to the idea on behalf of any of the other eight provinces. But, like a troll in a riddle, I have questions three before this railroad you will see. And the first is the Inevitable Mike Moffatt Question, already asked by the economist and tribune of southwestern Ontario: Read More

Portis Jr, who won the NBA championship with the Bucks in 2021, tested positive for banned substance Tramadol

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Dozens of inspectors general were let go in a brutal Friday night purge carried out by the Trump administration in January

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Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy party took an initial step toward dissolving on Thursday

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‘Again, I don’t understand the Democrats. Who do you think the American people will side with on this issue?’ Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones declared on Thursday.

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North West performed at The Hollywood Bowl in May

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Patel’s confirmation vote is scheduled for Thursday

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President Zelensky has said that Russia could send up to 3,000 more North Korean troops to the Kursk region

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Watch as UK defence secretary John Healey held a press conference on Thursday (20 February) following Donald Trump’s false claims labelling Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator”.

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The timing of Clinton’s emergence comes as the Lionesses have been dealt with the blow of losing Georgia Stanway for ‘several months’

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Hamas made Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi speak about seeing his wife and daughters while the group knew they were dead, Mr Sharabi's brother-in-law has said.

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Understanding this simple concept can save tens of thousands down the line

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The push comes as egg prices remain sky high around the nation, leaving consumers in the lurch

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Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors and allies to expand military ties amid the fighting in Ukraine

Previous plans had put the figure at £3 billion – but it may now be much more

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A Toronto fraudster who was born into a prominent Ontario medical family has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison for a lofty diamond investment scam that stripped hundreds of victims of more than $21 million. Read More

Hamilton drove Ferrari’s 2025 F1 car for the first time and fans went to desperate measures for a better view

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Raducanu was visibly shaken while the man was removed from the court during her second-round match against Karolina Muchova

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The dragons also try out some American-inspired BBQ sauces and seasonings

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This sensational true-life tale from director Walter Salles depicts the abduction of a congressman in military-occupied Brazil in 1970 – and fully deserves its three Oscar nods

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One of the most intriguing voices in horror has adapted a short story by Stephen King – about a mechanical toy that incites doom – that just about gets by on its own eccentricity

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A 15-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. Read More

Martin was initially selected among the replacements but has been ruled out by injury.

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Broccoli family dynasty has struck deal with Amazon MGM studios amid concerns over the franchise’s future

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Chandler will face the brash Liverpudlian at UFC 314 in April, in a five-round co-main event

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The 24-year-old missed England’s last two T20s against India and the three-match ODI series owing to a left calf injury.

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UK defence secretary John Healey compared Volodymyr to Winston Churchill after Donald Trump claimed that the Ukrainian leader was a “dictator”.

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Donald Trump hit out a federal workers working from home for “golfing”, despite spending nearly a third of his presidency playing golf.

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Watch live as speakers JD Vance, Steve Bannon, and Nigel Farage address the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor in Maryland on Thursday, 20 February.

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One mortgage broker said market movements ‘look to be enough to put some of the very lowest rates in peril’.

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Hamas has returned the bodies of four hostages, including the two youngest captives seized in its 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.

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