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On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as leader of the Soviet Union in a televised address, declaring the state itself to be dissolved, his office extinct, and all its powers conferred to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Within minutes of his tectonic oratory’s conclusion, the Soviet hammer and sickle was …

Washington is willing to talking to Russia about the list of security guarantees proposed by Moscow, and officials can sit down for discussions in January, the White House revealed on Thursday. Last week, the Russian Foreign Ministry pitched a list of proposals to the US and NATO in the form of two …

In a two-minute video making the rounds on social media Thursday, the nurses can be seen wearing dark blue scrubs, all but two behind black face masks, belting out ‘We Need a Little Christmas’ as they do a little dance. The performance appears to be from a Christmas special recorded …

However, a senior official in President Joe Biden’s government used a background briefing to reveal others might be explored at a meeting sometime in January.  Washington was ready for diplomacy with Moscow as early as after the winter holidays, but no specific date or location for a meeting had yet been …

“I think it’s safe to say that the American people will hear from him on that day,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at a news briefing on Wednesday, when asked if Biden would speak. Psaki said last week that Biden wanted to commemorate “one of the darkest days …

Asked during a press briefing on Wednesday whether the US administration is concerned about the retaliatory measures promised by Moscow, Psaki said the ongoing diplomatic contacts were a “good sign” for strained US-Russia ties. “The good sign is that there’s an open line of diplomatic discussion and engagement that is …

The Trump administration’s “persistent political interference” is to blame for the botched coronavirus response that has seen more than 800,000 Americans dying from the disease so far, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis said in a report on Friday. It placed the blame for what it called “one …

The vote on Tuesday night was 222-208, with two Republicans – Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Liz Cheney of Wyoming – joining the Democrats in supporting the criminal charges against Meadows. It’s now up to the Justice Department to decide if it’s going to follow the recommendation by the lawmakers …

After being asked on Tuesday for her opinion on the argument that high inflation in the US is being driven by “corporate greed,” Psaki responded that President Joe Biden and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack “have both spoken to what we’ve seen as the greed of meat conglomerates.” “That is …

Russell was named as the incoming UNICEF executive director on Friday, with outgoing director Henrietta Fore hailing her successor’s “knowledge, experience, and deep care for children and women.” Biden described the White House’s loss as “UNICEF’s gain,” and praised Russell’s management of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel for “[breaking] records in …