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[ad_1] Nearly a month after President Joe Biden announced that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to resume direct communications between U.S. and Chinese military commanders, U.S. defense officials have repeatedly tried to reach their Chinese counterparts but not received any responses, according to three senior U.S. officials.  …

[ad_1] Hunter Biden’s attorney is asking the federal judge overseeing his federal gun case to dismiss the criminal charges against him, arguing that an earlier agreement with prosecutors gives him immunity. The motion was one of four Biden filed Monday in Delaware federal court seeking to have the felony gun …

[ad_1] More than 650 members of Harvard University’s faculty have signed a letter urging administrators to resist calls to remove the school’s president amid an outcry over testimony she gave last week at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. “We, the undersigned faculty, urge you in the strong possible terms …

[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — It wasn’t the most uplifting of inaugural addresses. Rather, Argentina’s newly empowered President Javier Milei presented figures to lay bare the scope of the nation’s economic “emergency,” and sought to prepare the public for a shock adjustment with drastic public spending cuts. Milei said in …

[ad_1] UPenn’s Liz Magill voluntarily resigned after she faced widespread criticism for appearing to dodge a question at a congressional hearing about campus antisemitism. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Dec 10 — The U.S. military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane which was poised for launch on Sunday on the robot craft’s seventh mission to orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket has been delayed to Monday, SpaceX said on Sunday. “SpaceX is targeting Monday, December 11 at 8:14 p.m. ET …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A number of Hispanic and Latino members of Congress, as well as advocacy groups, are becoming increasingly concerned that President Joe Biden may strike a deal with Republicans on immigration that they find unacceptable in order to secure passage of his high-priority Ukraine and Israel aid package. …

[ad_1] University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned from her post Saturday after facing intense criticism from the White House, lawmakers and alumni for appearing to dodge a question at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. “I write to share that President Liz Magill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as …

[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse. The rare and fleeting spectacle, late Monday into early Tuesday, should be visible to millions of people along …

[ad_1] Philadelphia police on Friday said they were searching for the person behind a series of random machete attacks in a park popular with hikers, runners and bicyclists. Two people sustained injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening in the November attacks in Northeast Philadelphia’s Pennypack Park, police Inspector …