Study: Pentagon reliance on contractors hurt US in 9/11 wars
Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a study released Monday found. It's the latest work to argue the U.S. reliance on private corporations for war-zone duties that used to be done by troops contributed to mission failure in …
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Study: Pentagon reliance on contractors hurt US in 9/11 wars
Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a study released Monday found. It's the latest work to argue the U.S. reliance on private corporations for war-zone duties that used to be done by troops contributed to mission failure in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Study: Pentagon reliance on contractors hurt US in 9/11 wars
Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a study released Monday found. It's the latest work to argue the U.S. reliance on private corporations for war-zone duties that used to be done by troops contributed to mission failure in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases
The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas after discovering a limited measles outbreak among Afghans arriving in the United States, a hitch that American officials warned will have a severe impact on an often-troubled U.S.-run evacuation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases
The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas after discovering a limited measles outbreak among Afghans arriving in the United States, a hitch that American officials warned will have a severe impact on an often-troubled U.S.-run evacuation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases
The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas after discovering a limited measles outbreak among Afghans arriving in the United States, a hitch that American officials warned will have a severe impact on an often-troubled U.S.-run evacuation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases
The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas after discovering a limited measles outbreak among Afghans arriving in the United States, a hitch that American officials warned will have a severe impact on an often-troubled U.S.-run evacuation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
US: Afghan evacuee flights halted from two key bases
The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas for unspecified “health safety concerns,” a move U.S. officials warn will have a severe impact on the evacuation operation, according to a U.S. government document seen Friday by The Associated Press.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Evacuees plead for action: 'We are in some kind of jail'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens — including one Afghan who worked as a U.S. military translator and says he is anticipating his beheading by the Taliban — pleaded for action from the Biden administration to get the would-be evacuees aboard charter …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Evacuees plead for action: 'We are in some kind of jail'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens — including one Afghan who worked as a U.S. military translator and says he is anticipating his beheading by the Taliban — pleaded for action from the Biden administration to get the would-be evacuees aboard charter …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Evacuees plead for action: 'We are in some kind of jail'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens — including one Afghan who worked as a U.S. military translator and says he is anticipating his beheading by the Taliban — pleaded for action from the Biden administration to get the would-be evacuees aboard charter …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Evacuees plead for action: 'We are in some kind of jail'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens — including one Afghan who worked as a U.S. military translator and says he is anticipating his beheading by the Taliban — pleaded for action from the Biden administration to get the would-be evacuees aboard charter …
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US: Afghan evacuees who fail initial screening Kosovo-bound
An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has agreed to take in Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial rounds of screening and host them for up to a year, a U.S. official said Saturday, in an intended fix to one of the security problems of the frantic U.S. evacuation from the …
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US: Afghan evacuees who fail initial screening Kosovo-bound
An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has agreed to take in Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial rounds of screening and host them for up to a year, a U.S. official said Saturday, in an intended fix to one of the security problems of the frantic U.S. evacuation from the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US expects to admit more than 50,000 evacuated Afghans
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 50,000 Afghans are expected to be admitted into the United States following the fall of Kabul as part of an “enduring commitment" to help people who aided the American war effort and others who are particularly vulnerable under Taliban rule, the secretary of homeland security …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US: Afghan evacuees who fail initial screening Kosovo-bound
An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has agreed to take in Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial rounds of screening and host them for up to a year, a U.S. official said Saturday, in an intended fix to one of the security problems of the frantic U.S. evacuation from the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US expects to admit more than 50,000 evacuated Afghans
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 50,000 Afghans are expected to be admitted into the United States following the fall of Kabul as part of an “enduring commitment" to help people who aided the American war effort and others who are particularly vulnerable under Taliban rule, the secretary of homeland security …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US: Afghan evacuees who fail initial screening Kosovo-bound
An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has agreed to take in Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial rounds of screening and host them for up to a year, a U.S. official said Saturday, in an intended fix to one of the security problems of the frantic U.S. evacuation from the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US: Afghan evacuees who fail first screening Kosovo-bound
An ardent U.S. ally, Kosovo, has agreed to take in Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial rounds of screening and host them for up to a year, a U.S. official said Saturday, in an intended temporary fix to one of the lingering security problems of the frantic U.S. evacuation …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US: Kosovo will host Afghan evacuees who need more screening
The United States intends to send Afghanistan evacuees who fail to clear initial screenings to Kosovo, which has agreed to house them for up to a year for additional processing, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Saturday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US expects to admit more than 50,000 evacuated Afghans
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 50,000 Afghans are expected to be admitted into the United States following the fall of Kabul as part of an “enduring commitment" to help people who aided the American war effort and others who are particularly vulnerable under Taliban rule, the secretary of homeland security …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US expects to admit more than 50,000 evacuated Afghans
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 50,000 Afghans are expected to be admitted into the United States following the fall of Kabul as part of an “enduring commitment" to help people who aided the American war effort and others who are particularly vulnerable under Taliban rule, the secretary of homeland security …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Longest war's cost: thousands of lives, trillions of dollars
U.S. military planes have carried the last U.S. service members and diplomats from Kabul’s airport, ending America’s longest war. Ordinary Americans closely watched the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, as they did the start of the war nearly 20 years ago, in the weeks after the 9/11 attacks. But Americans often …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Longest war's cost: thousands of lives, trillions of dollars
U.S. military planes have carried the last U.S. service members and diplomats from Kabul’s airport, ending America’s longest war. Ordinary Americans closely watched the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, as they did the start of the war nearly 20 years ago, in the weeks after the 9/11 attacks. But Americans often …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Longest war's cost: thousands of lives, trillions of dollars
U.S. military planes have carried the last U.S. service members and diplomats from Kabul’s airport, ending America’s longest war. Ordinary Americans closely watched the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, as they did the start of the war nearly 20 years ago, in the weeks after the 9/11 attacks. But Americans often …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Longest war's cost: thousands of lives, trillions of dollars
U.S. military planes have carried the last U.S. service members and diplomats from Kabul’s airport, ending America’s longest war. Ordinary Americans closely watched the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, as they did the start of the war nearly 20 years ago, in the weeks after the 9/11 attacks. But Americans often …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US says 1,500 Americans may still await Kabul evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests the U.S. may accomplish its highest priority for the Kabul airlift — rescuing U.S. citizens — ahead of President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline despite …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for Thursday's deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden to meet with governors willing to help Afghan refugees
WASHINGTON (AP) — A world away from the evacuation violence in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden was meeting Thursday with a bipartisan group of governors from across the U.S. who have said they want to help resettle Afghans fleeing their now Taliban-ruled country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US diplomat: Security threat at Kabul airport 'imminent'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The security threat that prompted the State Department to urge Americans to move away from the perimeter of the Kabul airport was credible and urgent, the acting U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US says up to 1,500 Americans await airlift as threats grow
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan amid growing warnings Thursday of terrorist threats targeting the Kabul airport as President Joe Biden's deadline for withdrawing troops fast approaches.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden sticking to pullout deadline though lawmakers complain
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to stick with his deadline next week for completing the U.S.-led evacuation from Afghanistan, an administration official said Tuesday. The decision reflects a growing fear of extremist attacks at the Kabul airport but also opens Biden to domestic political complaints of caving …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US says 1,500 Americans may still await Kabul evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests the U.S. may accomplish its highest priority for the Kabul airlift — rescuing U.S. citizens — ahead of President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline despite …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US says 1,500 Americans may still await Kabul evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests the U.S. may accomplish its highest priority for the Kabul airlift — rescuing U.S. citizens — ahead of President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline despite growing concerns …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Blinken estimates 1,500 Americans may still await evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests this part of the U.S.-led airlift could be completed before President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline. Untold thousands of at-risk Afghans, however, are struggling to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US to evacuate until deadline, but it's brutal at airport
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials pledged Wednesday that the military airlift of Americans and others from Kabul will continue until the final hours before President Joe Biden's Tuesday night deadline. But refugee groups described a disorganized, barely-there U.S. evacuation effort for Afghan allies that leaves the most desperate to risk …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden sticking to pullout deadline though lawmakers complain
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to stick with his deadline next week for completing the U.S.-led evacuation from Afghanistan, an administration official said Tuesday. The decision reflects a growing fear of extremist attacks at the Kabul airport but also opens Biden to domestic political complaints of caving …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US troops surge evacuations out of Kabul but threats persist
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan by far on Monday, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul's airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled they might soon seek to shut down the airlifts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden sticking to pullout deadline though lawmakers complain
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to stick with his deadline next week for completing the U.S.-led evacuation from Afghanistan, an administration official said Tuesday. The decision reflects a growing fear of extremist attacks at the Kabul airport but also opens Biden to domestic political complaints of caving …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Afghan airlift records best day yet: 20,000-plus flown out
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Tuesday pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the operation began. But deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul's airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled they might soon seek to shut down the airlifts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US troops surge evacuations, CIA chief meets with Taliban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the operation began, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul's airport persisted and the Taliban signaled they might soon seek to shut down the airlifts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US troops surge evacuations out of Kabul but threats persist
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan by far on Monday, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul's airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled they might soon seek to shut down the airlifts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US troops surge evacuations out of Kabul but threats persist
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan by far on Monday, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul's airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled they might soon seek to shut down the airlifts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pledged firmly to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too — as officials confirmed that U.S. military helicopters flew beyond the Kabul airport to scoop up 169 Americans seeking to evacuate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged firmly Friday to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too — as officials confirmed that U.S. military helicopters flew beyond the Kabul airport to scoop up 169 Americans seeking to evacuate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Afghans plead for faster US evacuation from Taliban rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban appealed to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights as the United States struggled on Wednesday to bring order to the continuing chaos at the Kabul airport.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military presence there beyond his Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged firmly Friday to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too — as officials confirmed that U.S. military helicopters flew beyond the Kabul airport to scoop up 169 Americans seeking to evacuate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Greater threats than Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says even with the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, he sees a greater threat from outposts of al-Qaida and its affiliated groups in other countries, and that it was no longer “rational” to continue to focus U.S. military power there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged firmly Friday to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too — as officials confirmed that U.S. military helicopters flew beyond the Kabul airport to scoop up 169 Americans seeking to evacuate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US 'copters pick up Kabul evacuees; Biden focuses on rescues
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military helicopters flew into Taliban-held Kabul on Friday to scoop up would-be evacuees, American officials confirmed to The Associated Press, as President Joe Biden pledged firmly to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and Afghans who aided the war effort, too.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden pledges to Americans in Kabul: 'We will get you home'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged firmly on Friday to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and Afghans who aided the war effort, too — even as countless would-be evacuees struggled to get past crushing crowds, Taliban airport checkpoints and sometimes-insurmountable U.S. bureaucracy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden to address chaotic Kabul evacuation, flights resume
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a torrent of criticism, President Joe Biden planned to speak Friday about the chaotic evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan as the U.S. struggles with obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to airport pandemonium and cumbersome red tape.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Afghans plead for faster US evacuation from Taliban rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban appealed to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights as the United States struggled on Wednesday to bring order to the continuing chaos at the Kabul airport.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military presence there beyond his Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Greater threats than Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says even with the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, he sees a greater threat from outposts of al-Qaida and its affiliated groups in other countries, and that it was no longer “rational” to continue to focus U.S. military power there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Taliban allowing 'safe passage' from Kabul in US airlift
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians struggling to join a U.S.-directed airlift from the capital, President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Tuesday, although a timetable for completing the evacuation of Americans, Afghan allies and others has yet to be worked …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Greater threats than Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says even with the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, he sees a greater threat from outposts of al-Qaida and its affiliated groups in other countries, and that it was no longer “rational” to continue to focus U.S. military power there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military presence there beyond his Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Taliban allowing 'safe passage' from Kabul in US airlift
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians struggling to join a U.S.-directed airlift from the capital, President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Tuesday, although a timetable for completing the evacuation of Americans, Afghan allies and others has yet to be worked …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Afghans plead for faster US evacuation from Taliban rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban appealed to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights as the United States struggled on Wednesday to bring order to the continuing chaos at the Kabul airport.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars
At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America's longest war. Ordinary Americans tended to forget about it, and it received measurably less oversight from Congress than the Vietnam War did. But its death toll is in the many tens of thousands. And because …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures when he tried to explain why desperate civilians in Afghanistan's capital
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Afghan chaos 'gut-wrenching' but stands by withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant President Joe Biden rejected blame Monday for chaotic scenes of Afghans clinging to U.S. military planes in Kabul in a desperate bid to flee their home country after the Taliban's easy victory over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said he is committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military presence there beyond his Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Afghans plead for faster US evacuation from Taliban rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban appealed to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights as the United States struggled on Wednesday to bring order to the continuing chaos at the Kabul airport.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Austin: Not ready to seek, rescue potential Kabul evacuees
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military does not have the forces and firepower in Afghanistan to expand its current mission from securing the Kabul airport to collecting Americans and at-risk Afghans elsewhere in the capital and escorting them for evacuation, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Pentagon: US in talks with Taliban to ease Kabul obstacles
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. military officers at the Kabul airport are talking to Taliban commanders in the capital about Taliban checkpoints and curfews that have limited the number of Americans and Afghans able to enter the airport, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Taliban allowing 'safe passage' from Kabul in US airlift
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians struggling to join a U.S.-directed airlift from the capital, President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Tuesday, although a timetable for completing the evacuation of Americans, Afghan allies and others has yet to be worked …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars
At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America's longest war. Ordinary Americans tended to forget about it, and it received measurably less oversight from Congress than the Vietnam War did. But its death toll is in the many tens of thousands. And because …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures Monday when he tried to explain why desperate civilians in Afghanistan's capital
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Game over': Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans
The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Afghan chaos 'gut-wrenching' but stands by withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant President Joe Biden rejected blame Monday for chaotic scenes of Afghans clinging to U.S. military planes in Kabul in a desperate bid to flee their home country after the Taliban's easy victory over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Taliban allowing 'safe passage' from Kabul in US airlift
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians struggling to join a U.S.-directed airlift from the capital, President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Tuesday, although a timetable for completing the evacuation of Americans, Afghan allies and others has yet to be worked …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
White House: Taliban allowing 'safe passage' Kabul airlift
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians struggling to join a U.S.-directed airlift from the capital, President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Tuesday, although a timetable for completing the evacuation of Americans, Afghan allies and others has yet to be worked …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
White House: Taliban agree to allow civilian 'safe passage'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians hoping to join a U.S.-directed airlift from the capital, President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Tuesday, although a timetable for completing the evacuation of Americans, Afghan allies and possibly other civilians has yet to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Pentagon: US, Taliban coordinate as Kabul evacuation speeds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is coordinating with the Taliban while accelerating the airlift of Americans and Afghan allies from the Kabul airport, and also bringing in additional U.S. troops in a scramble to complete the evacuation in two weeks, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars
At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America's longest war. Ordinary Americans tended to forget about it, and it received measurably less oversight from Congress than the Vietnam War did. But its death toll is in the many tens of thousands. And because …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures Monday when he tried to explain why desperate civilians in Afghanistan's capital
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Game over': Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans
The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Afghan chaos 'gut-wrenching' but stands by withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant President Joe Biden rejected blame Monday for chaotic scenes of Afghans clinging to U.S. military planes in Kabul in a desperate bid to flee their home country after the Taliban's easy victory over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Longest war: Were America's decades in Afghanistan worth it?
Here's what 19-year-old Lance Cpl. William Bee felt flying into southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day 2001: purely lucky. The U.S. was hitting back at the al-Qaida plotters who had brought down the World Trade Center, and Bee found himself among the first Marines on the ground.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Afghan chaos 'gut-wrenching' but stands by withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant President Joe Biden rejected blame for chaotic scenes of Afghans clinging to U.S. military planes in Kabul in a desperate bid to flee their home country after the Taliban's easy victory over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Biden: Afghan chaos 'gutwrenching,' but stands by withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden defiantly rejected blame Monday for chaotic scenes of Afghans lunging desperately for U.S. military planes in a bid to flee after the easy victory by the Taliban over an Afghan military that America and NATO allies
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures Monday when he tried to explain why desperate civilians in Afghanistan's capital
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US official: Top commander talks with Taliban on evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of America’s top military commanders met face-to-face with senior leaders of the Taliban, urging the longtime enemy not to interfere with the massive evacuation at the Kabul airport as the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, a U.S. official told The Associated Press.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US rushes more troops to calm chaotic evacuation in Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is sending another battalion of about 1,000 troops to help safeguard the Kabul airport, where American forces killed two armed people during increasingly chaotic evacuation efforts as the Taliban take control of Afghanistan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars
At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America's longest war. Ordinary Americans tended to forget about it, and it received measurably less oversight from Congress than the Vietnam War did. But its death toll is in the many tens of thousands. And because …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Rush of troops to Kabul tests Biden's withdrawal deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces. The vanguard of a Marine contingent arrived in Kabul on Friday …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Game over': Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans
The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Longest war: Were America's decades in Afghanistan worth it?
Here's what 19-year-old Lance Cpl. William Bee felt flying into southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day 2001: purely lucky. The U.S. was hitting back at the al-Qaida plotters who had brought down the World Trade Center, and Bee found himself among the first Marines on the ground.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Game over': Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans
The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars
At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America's longest war. Ordinary Americans tended to forget about it, and it received measurably less oversight from Congress than the Vietnam War did. But its death toll is in the many tens of thousands. And because …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Rush of troops to Kabul tests Biden's withdrawal deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces. The vanguard of a Marine contingent arrived in Kabul on Friday …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US sending 3K troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. is scheduled to end its war in Afghanistan, the Biden administration is rushing 3,000 fresh troops to the Kabul airport to help with a partial evacuation of the U.S. Embassy. The move highlights the stunning speed of a Taliban takeover of much …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Longest war: Were America's decades in Afghanistan worth it?
Here's what 19-year-old Lance Cpl. William Bee felt flying into southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day 2001: purely lucky. The U.S. was hitting back at the al-Qaida plotters who had brought down the World Trade Center, and Bee found himself among the first Marines on the ground.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars
At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America's longest war. Ordinary Americans tended to forget about it, and it received measurably less oversight from Congress than the Vietnam War did. But its death toll is in the many tens of thousands. And because …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
More Marines arrive in Kabul to aid urgent embassy airlift
WASHINGTON (AP) — A fresh contingent of Marines arrived in Kabul on Saturday as part of a 3,000-troop force intended to secure an airlift of U.S. Embassy personnel and Afghan allies as Taliban insurgents approach the outskirts of the capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Longest war: Were America's decades in Afghanistan worth it?
Here's what 19-year-old Lance Cpl. William Bee felt flying into southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day 2001: purely lucky. The U.S. was hitting back at the al-Qaida plotters who had brought down the World Trade Center, and Bee found himself among the first Marines on the ground.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Rush of troops to Kabul tests Biden's withdrawal deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces. The vanguard of a Marine contingent arrived in Kabul on Friday …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US sending 3K troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. is scheduled to end its war in Afghanistan, the Biden administration is rushing 3,000 fresh troops to the Kabul airport to help with a partial evacuation of the U.S. Embassy. The move highlights the stunning speed of a Taliban takeover of much …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Marine vanguard lands in Kabul as US speeds up evacuations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first forces of a Marine battalion arrived in Kabul at week's end to stand guard as the U.S. speeds up evacuation flights for some American diplomats and thousands of Afghans, spurred by a lightning Taliban offensive that increasingly is isolating Afghanistan's capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Rush of troops to Kabul tests Biden's withdrawal deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces. The vanguard of a Marine contingent arrived in Kabul on Friday …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Marine vanguard lands in Kabul as US speeds up evacuations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first forces of a Marine battalion arrived in Kabul at week's end to stand guard as the U.S. speeds up evacuation flights for some American diplomats and thousands of Afghans, spurred by a lightning Taliban offensive that increasingly is isolating Afghanistan's capital.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US rushes in troops to speed up evacuations in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three thousand fresh U.S. troops were rushing to Kabul on Friday in a temporary deployment to speed evacuation flights for some American diplomats and thousands of Afghans, as the Taliban pressed a lightning offensive that has captured much of the country and risks isolating Afghanistan's capital city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Sweeping conquests test US hopes of more moderate Taliban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US sending 3K troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. is scheduled to end its war in Afghanistan, the Biden administration is rushing 3,000 fresh troops to the Kabul airport to help with a partial evacuation of the U.S. Embassy. The move highlights the stunning speed of a Taliban takeover of much …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US sending 3K troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. is scheduled to end its war in Afghanistan, the Biden administration is rushing 3,000 fresh troops to the Kabul airport to help with a partial evacuation of the U.S. Embassy. The move highlights the stunning speed of a Taliban takeover of much …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US sends 3K troops to Kabul to evacuate some embassy staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is sending in an additional 3,000 troops to help evacuate some personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US sends troops to Kabul to evacuate some embassy staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is sending in an additional 3,000 troops to help evacuate some personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US troops to help evacuate some embassy staff in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is evacuating some personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, and U.S. troops will be assisting at the Kabul airport, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Sweeping conquests test US hopes of more moderate Taliban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Sweeping conquests test US hopes of more moderate Taliban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Battle gains challenge US hopes of better-behaved Taliban
Taliban conquests in Afghanistan are challenging the Biden administration’s hopes that a desire for international respect — and for international aid and cash — may moderate the fundamentalist militia’s worst behaviors when the U.S. ends its war there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Battle gains challenge US hopes of better-behaved Taliban
Taliban conquests in Afghanistan are challenging the Biden administration’s hopes that a desire for international respect — and for international aid and cash — may moderate the fundamentalist militia’s worst behaviors when the U.S. ends its war there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
First evacuation flight brings 221 Afghans, many kids, to US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
First evacuation flight brings 221 Afghans, many kids, to US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
First evacuation flight brings 221 Afghans, many kids, to US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
First evacuation flight brings 221 Afghans, many kids, to US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
More than 200 Afghans arrive in US on 1st evacuation flight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, scores of them children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
'Welcome home': Evacuation flight brings 200 Afghans to US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, scores of them children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
First US evacuation flight brings 200 Afghans to new home
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people to resettlement in the United States on Friday, including scores of children and babies in arms, wriggling in the plane’s seats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
In step to shut Guantanamo, Biden transfers Moroccan home
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration took a step toward its goal of shutting down the Guantánamo Bay detention center for international terror suspects on Monday, releasing into the custody of his home country a Moroccan who'd been held without charge almost since the U.S. opened the facility 19 years …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
In step to shut Guantanamo, Biden transfers Moroccan home
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration took a step toward its goal of shutting down the Guantánamo Bay detention center for international terror suspects on Monday, releasing into the custody of his home country a Moroccan who'd been held without charge almost since the U.S. opened the facility 19 years …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
In step to shut Guantanamo, Biden transfers Moroccan home
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration took a step toward its goal of shutting down the Guantánamo Bay detention center for international terror suspects on Monday, releasing into the custody of his home country a Moroccan who'd been held without charge almost since the U.S. opened the facility 19 years …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghanistan's neighbors wary as US seeks nearby staging area
American diplomats are escalating a charm offensive with Central Asian leaders this week as they work to secure a close-by spot to respond to any resurgence of outside militants in Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdraws.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghanistan's neighbors wary as US seeks nearby staging area
American diplomats are escalating a charm offensive with Central Asian leaders this week as they work to secure a close-by spot to respond to any resurgence of outside militants in Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdraws.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghanistan's neighbors wary as US seeks nearby staging area
American diplomats are escalating a charm offensive with Central Asian leaders this week as they work to secure a close-by spot to respond to any resurgence of outside militants in Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdraws.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000 U.S. troops have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghanistan's neighbors wary as US seeks nearby staging area
American diplomats are escalating a charm offensive with Central Asian leaders this week as they work to secure a close-by spot to respond to any resurgence of outside militants in Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdraws.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000 U.S. troops have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000 U.S. troops have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000 U.S. troops have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Poll: Many Democrats want more US support for Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll on American attitudes toward a core conflict in the Middle East finds about half of Democrats want the U.S. to do more to support the Palestinians, showing that a growing rift among Democratic lawmakers is also reflected in the party’s base.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Poll: Many Democrats want more US support for Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll on American attitudes toward a core conflict in the Middle East finds about half of Democrats want the U.S. to do more to support the Palestinians, showing that a growing rift among Democratic lawmakers is also reflected in the party’s base.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Poll: Many Democrats want more US support for Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll on American attitudes toward a core conflict in the Middle East finds about half of Democrats want the U.S. to do more to support the Palestinians, showing that a growing rift among Democratic lawmakers is also reflected in the party’s base.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Buoyed by allied summits, Biden ready to take on Putin
GENEVA (AP) — Fresh from supportive summits with allies, Joe Biden declared himself ready Tuesday to take on Russia’s Vladimir Putin in far more confrontational talks — a climactic finish to the most important week of meetings in his young presidency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Buoyed by allied summits, Biden ready to take on Putin
GENEVA (AP) — Fresh from supportive summits with allies, Joe Biden declared himself ready Tuesday to take on Russia’s Vladimir Putin in far more confrontational talks — a climactic finish to the most important week of meetings in his young presidency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Syria's last aid crossing in balance as Biden to meet Putin
President Joe Biden will seek to stave off another surge of civilian suffering in the devastating war in Syria when he meets President Vladimir Putin this week, appealing to Putin to drop a threat to close the last aid crossing into that country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Buoyed by allied summits, Biden ready to take on Putin
GENEVA (AP) — Fresh from supportive summits with allies, Joe Biden declared himself ready Tuesday to take on Russia’s Vladimir Putin in far more confrontational talks — a climactic finish to the most important week of meetings in his young presidency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Making history: The scramble to document presidents' summits
If President Joe Biden has any private words with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at their meeting next week, U.S. interpreters and diplomats will be standing by to document their high-stakes encounter.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Syria's last aid crossing in balance as Biden to meet Putin
President Joe Biden will seek to stave off another surge of civilian suffering in the devastating war in Syria when he meets President Vladimir Putin this week, appealing to Putin to drop a threat to close the last aid crossing into that country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Syria's last aid crossing in balance as Biden to meet Putin
President Joe Biden will seek to stave off another surge of civilian suffering in the devastating war in Syria when he meets President Vladimir Putin this week, appealing to Putin to drop a threat to close the last aid crossing into that country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Making history: The scramble to document presidents' summits
If President Joe Biden has any private words with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at their meeting next week, U.S. interpreters and diplomats will be standing by to document their high-stakes encounter.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Making history: The scramble to document presidents' summits
If President Joe Biden has any private words with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at their meeting next week, U.S. interpreters and diplomats will be standing by to document their high-stakes encounter.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Making history: The scramble to document presidents' summits
If President Joe Biden has any private words with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at their meeting next week, U.S. interpreters and diplomats will be standing by to document their high-stakes encounter.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
No 'provoking': Israeli official vows quieter tone with US
Israel's visiting defense minister said Thursday that it will stay engaged as the U.S. tries to return to a nuclear deal with Iran, sidestepping what's long been an area of open disagreement between the United States and the now-jeopardized government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
No 'provoking': Israeli official vows quieter tone with US
Israel's visiting defense minister said Thursday that it will stay engaged as the U.S. tries to return to a nuclear deal with Iran, sidestepping what's long been an area of open disagreement between the United States and the now-jeopardized government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
No 'provoking': Israeli official vows quieter tone with US
Israel's visiting defense minister said Thursday that it will stay engaged as the U.S. tries to return to a nuclear deal with Iran, sidestepping what's long been an area of open disagreement between the United States and the now-jeopardized government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
No 'provoking': Israeli official vows quieter tone with US
Israel's visiting defense minister said Thursday that it will stay engaged as the U.S. tries to return to a nuclear deal with Iran, sidestepping what's long been an area of open disagreement between the United States and the now-jeopardized government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Violence tests Biden's pullback from Middle East hotspots
Surges in violence and scenes of civilian suffering are testing President Joe Biden’s resolve to wrench America’s foreign policy focus and troops away from the hotspots of the Middle East and Afghanistan, and giving ammunition to Biden’s political rivals at home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden and Netanyahu face rough early test of relationship
President Joe Biden's efforts to persuade
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Violence tests Biden's pullback from Middle East hotspots
Surges in violence and scenes of civilian suffering are testing President Joe Biden’s resolve to wrench America’s foreign policy focus and troops away from the hotspots of the Middle East and Afghanistan, and giving ammunition to Biden’s political rivals at home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US spares ally Germany in sanctions for Nord Stream pipeline
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Biden administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on Russian companies and ships for their work on a European natural gas pipeline adamantly opposed by the U.S., but President Joe Biden angered many Democratic and Republican lawmakers by opting not to punish the German company overseeing the project.
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Biden and Netanyahu face rough early test of relationship
President Joe Biden's efforts to persuade
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Violence tests Biden's pullback from Middle East hotspots
Surges in violence and scenes of civilian suffering are testing President Joe Biden’s resolve to wrench America’s foreign policy focus and troops away from the hotspots of the Middle East and Afghanistan, and giving ammunition to Biden’s political rivals at home.
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US spares ally Germany in sanctions for Nord Stream pipeline
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Biden administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on Russian companies and ships for their work on a European natural gas pipeline adamantly opposed by the U.S., but President Joe Biden angered many Democratic and Republican lawmakers by opting not to punish the German company overseeing the project.
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Biden and Netanyahu face rough early test of relationship
President Joe Biden's efforts to persuade Benjamin Netanyahu to halt military strikes against Hamas in Gaza are plunging the two leaders into a difficult early test of the U.S.-Israeli relationship.
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Violence tests Biden's pullback from Middle East hotspots
Surges in violence and scenes of civilian suffering are testing President Joe Biden’s resolve to wrench America’s foreign policy focus and troops away from the hotspots of the Middle East and Afghanistan, and giving ammunition to Biden’s political rivals at home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden and Netanyahu face rough early test of relationship
President Joe Biden's efforts to persuade Benjamin Netanyahu to halt military strikes against Hamas in Gaza are plunging the two leaders into a difficult early test of the U.S.-Israeli relationship.
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AP source: US encouraging Israel to wind down Gaza offensive
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and administration officials have encouraged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to wind down the bombardment of Gaza, a person with knowledge of the discussions said Tuesday, as the Israeli and Palestinian death tolls mounted and pressure grew on Biden to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US spares ally Germany in sanctions for Nord Stream pipeline
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Biden administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on Russian companies and ships for their work on a European natural gas pipeline adamantly opposed by the U.S., but President Joe Biden angered many Democratic and Republican lawmakers by opting not to punish the German company overseeing the project.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US spares ally Germany in sanctions for Nord Stream pipeline
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Biden administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on Russian companies and ships for their work on a European natural gas pipeline adamantly opposed by the U.S., but President Joe Biden angered many Democratic and Republican lawmakers by opting not to punish the German company overseeing the project.
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Biden and Netanyahu face rough early test of relationship
President Joe Biden's efforts to persuade Benjamin Netanyahu to halt military strikes against Hamas in Gaza are plunging the two leaders into a difficult early test of the U.S.-Israeli relationship.
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Biden and Netanyahu face first rough test of relationship
President Joe Biden's efforts to persuade Benjamin Netanyahu to halt military strikes against Hamas in Gaza are plunging the two leaders into a difficult early test of the U.S.-Israeli relationship.
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US spares German firm as it issues new pipeline sanctions
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Biden administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on Russian companies and ships for their work on a European natural gas pipeline opposed by the U.S., but chose not to punish the German company overseeing the project.
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Biden, in Netanyahu call, urges `significant de-escalation'
President Joe Biden greatly increased the pressure on Israel to end
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Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu
President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, but stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight days of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket barrages that have killed more than …
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Calls mount for Gaza-Israel cease-fire, greater US efforts
U.N. Security Council diplomats and Muslim foreign ministers convened emergency meetings Sunday to demand a stop to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the deadliest single attacks in nearly a week of Hamas rocket barrages and Israeli airstrikes.
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AP source: US encouraging Israel to wind down Gaza offensive
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and administration officials have encouraged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to wind down the bombardment of Gaza, a person with knowledge of the discussions said Tuesday, as the Israeli and Palestinian death tolls mounted and pressure grew on Biden to …
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AP source: US encouraging Israel to wind down Gaza offensive
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and administration officials have encouraged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to wind down the bombardment of Gaza, a person with knowledge of the discussions said Tuesday, as the Israeli and Palestinian death tolls mounted and pressure grew on Biden to …
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Democrats step up pressure on Biden on Israel-Hamas battles
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his envoy reached out to Palestinian and regional Arab leaders Tuesday on a ninth day of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets, while some House Democrats split on whether to step up pressure for a cease-fire and for more forceful U.S. diplomacy …
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US reaches out to Arab leaders on Israel, Gaza fighting
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his envoy reached out to Palestinian and regional Arab leaders on Tuesday as attacks between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers raged on, maintaining what the Biden administration is calling its quiet diplomacy while still declining to press for an immediate cease-fire.
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Calls mount for Gaza-Israel cease-fire, greater US efforts
U.N. Security Council diplomats and Muslim foreign ministers convened emergency meetings Sunday to demand a stop to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the deadliest single attacks in nearly a week of Hamas rocket barrages and Israeli airstrikes.
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Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu
President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, but stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight days of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket barrages that have killed more than …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu
President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, but stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight days of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket barrages that have killed more than …
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Biden expresses support for cease-fire in Netanyahu call
President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, but stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight days of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket barrages that have killed more than …
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US distances itself from demands for Israel-Hamas cease-fire
The Biden administration distanced itself Monday from growing calls by Democrats and others for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers as fighting entered a second week, with more than 200 people dead, most of them Palestinians in Gaza.
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Blinken signals no immediate US press for Mideast cease-fire
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signaled Monday the U.S. still was not joining calls for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers as fighting entered its second week, with more than 200 people dead, most of them Palestinians in Gaza.
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Calls mount for Gaza-Israel cease-fire, greater US efforts
U.N. Security Council diplomats and Muslim foreign ministers convened emergency meetings Sunday to demand a stop to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the deadliest single attacks in nearly a week of Hamas rocket barrages and Israeli airstrikes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Calls mount for Gaza-Israel cease-fire, greater US efforts
U.N. Security Council diplomats and Muslim foreign ministers convened emergency meetings Sunday to demand a stop to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the deadliest single attacks in nearly a week of Hamas rocket barrages and Israeli airstrikes.
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Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs — and feverish quests for more — to close President Joe Biden's virtual global climate summit on Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
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World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China put aside their raw-worded disputes with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday long enough to pledge international cooperation on cutting climate-wrecking coal and petroleum emissions in a livestreamed summit showcasing America's return to the fight against global warming.
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Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs — and feverish quests for more — to close President Joe Biden's virtual global climate summit on Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
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World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China put aside their raw-worded disputes with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday long enough to pledge international cooperation on cutting climate-wrecking coal and petroleum emissions in a livestreamed summit showcasing America's return to the fight against global warming.
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Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs — and feverish quests for more — to close President Joe Biden's virtual global climate summit on Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs — and feverish quests for more — to close President Joe Biden's virtual global climate summit on Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
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'We're gonna do this': Biden closes global summit on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders joined President Joe Biden Friday to close his virtual climate summit with stories of their own national drives to break free of climate-wrecking fossil fuels — Kenyans leapfrogging from kerosene stoves to geothermal power and Israeli start-ups scrambling to improve battery storage.
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Not all gloom: World leaders tout success at climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders joined President Joe Biden at the virtual climate summit Friday to share their stories how nations can break free of climate-damaging fossil fuels — from Kenyans leapfrogging from kerosene lamps to geothermal power and Israeli start-ups scrambling to improve battery storage.
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Climate Summit Day 2 message: Invest big for big payoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House brought out the billionaires, the CEOs and the union executives Friday to help sell President Joe Biden's vision of a climate-friendly transformation of the U.S. economy at his virtual summit of world leaders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China put aside their raw-worded disputes with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday long enough to pledge international cooperation on cutting climate-wrecking coal and petroleum emissions in a livestreamed summit showcasing America's return to the fight against global warming.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Jobs are make-or-break argument for Biden in climate plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is bringing out the billionaires, the CEOs and the union executives Friday to help sell President Joe Biden's climate-friendly transformation of the U.S. economy at his virtual summit of world leaders.
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Biden pushes for momentum as US returns to climate fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a global summit Thursday aimed at rallying the world's worst polluters to move faster against climate change.
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Jobs are make-or-break argument for Biden in climate plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is bringing out the billionaires, the CEOs and the union executives Friday to help sell President Joe Biden's climate-friendly transformation of the U.S. economy at a virtual summit of world leaders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China put aside their raw-worded disputes with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday long enough to pledge international cooperation on cutting climate-wrecking coal and petroleum emissions in a livestreamed summit showcasing America's return to the fight against global warming.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden summit draws climate vows from sparring global leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world's most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
China, Russia join US vowing emission cuts at climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world's most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
At 'moment of peril,' Biden opens global summit on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world's most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that the U.S. pumps out, a commitment he hopes will spur China and other big polluters to speed up efforts of their own.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden pushes for momentum as US returns to climate fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a global summit Thursday aimed at rallying the world's worst polluters to move faster against climate change.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden pushes for momentum as US returns to climate fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a global summit Thursday aimed at rallying the world's worst polluters to move faster against climate change.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden aims for momentum as US returns to climate fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a global summit Thursday aimed at rallying the world's worst polluters to move faster against climate change.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga showcased the alliance between their two countries as well as their shared resolve in dealing with China as they met at the White House on Friday in Biden's first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
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Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga showcased the alliance between their two countries as well as their shared resolve in dealing with China as they met at the White House on Friday in Biden's first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga showcased the alliance between their two countries as well as their shared resolve in dealing with China as they met at the White House on Friday in Biden's first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Japan, US showcase alliance, resolve in dealing with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga showcased the alliance between their two countries as well as their shared resolve in dealing with China as they met at the White House on Friday in Biden's first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Japan's leader urges strong alliance in visit to White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling democracy the foundation for global prosperity, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday in a bid to underscore the two countries' alliance as a counter to an autocratic and increasingly assertive China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Japan's leader urges strong alliance in White House visit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called for a strong alliance with the United States on Friday as he headed into Joe Biden's first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president, a meeting underscoring Biden's emphasis on alliances to deal with an increasingly assertive China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden meets Japan's leader to boost China-facing alliances
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was welcoming Japan’s prime minister to the White House on Friday in his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader, a choice that reflects Biden's emphasis on strengthening alliances to deal with
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden meets Japan's leader to boost China-facing alliances
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming Japan’s prime minister to the White House on Friday in his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader, a choice that reflects Biden's emphasis on strengthening alliances to deal with a more assertive China and other global challenges.
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US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, several U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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Biden on Afghanistan: 'Time to end America's longest war'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the Sept. 11 attacks “cannot explain” why U.S. forces should remain in Afghanistan 20 years later and that “it is time for American troops to come home” from the country's longest war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, several U.S. officials said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, several U.S. officials said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Eating our lunch: Biden points to China in development push
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for trillions of dollars in development spending, President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are directing Americans’ eyes to the rear-view mirror, pointing to a booming, ambitious China they say is threatening to quickly overtake the United States in global clout and capacity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Eating our lunch: Biden points to China in development push
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for trillions of dollars in development spending, President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are directing Americans’ eyes to the rear-view mirror, pointing to a booming, ambitious China they say is threatening to quickly overtake the United States in global clout and capacity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Eating our lunch: Biden points to China in development push
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for trillions of dollars in development spending, President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers are directing Americans’ eyes to the rear-view mirror, pointing to a booming, ambitious China they say is threatening to quickly overtake the United States in global clout and capacity.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'First step:' US, Iran to begin indirect nuclear-limit talks
The United States and Iran said Friday they will begin indirect negotiations with intermediaries next week to try to get both countries back into compliance with an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program, nearly three years after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'First step:' US, Iran to begin indirect nuclear-limit talks
The United States and Iran said Friday they will begin indirect negotiations with intermediaries next week to try to get both countries back into compliance with an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program, nearly three years after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'First step:' US, Iran to begin indirect nuclear-limit talks
The United States and Iran said Friday they will begin indirect negotiations with intermediaries next week to try to get both countries back into compliance with an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program, nearly three years after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'First step:' US, Iran to begin indirect nuclear-limit talks
The United States and Iran said Friday they will begin indirect negotiations with intermediaries next week to try to get both countries back into compliance with an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program, nearly three years after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US, Iran say they'll begin indirect talks on nuclear program
The United States and Iran said Friday that they would begin negotiations through intermediaries next week to try to get both countries back into an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program, nearly three years after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Rivals seeking to gain as Biden mulls approach to Syrian war
The Biden administration is mulling over America’s role in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Rivals seeking to gain as Biden mulls approach to Syrian war
The Biden administration is mulling over America’s role in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Rivals seeking to gain as Biden mulls approach to Syrian war
The Biden administration is mulling over America’s role in Syria’s ongoing conflict as the U.S. tries to break away from Middle East wars, but Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat already has been busy on the ground, trying to win support for a Syria approach that could establish Russia as a broker …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US resumes aid to Yemen's rebel north as famine threatens
The United States announced a resumption of aid to Yemen’s rebel-held north on Friday to fight a looming famine as the country’s nearly six-year-old war grinds on. U.N. officials warned that a blockade of fuel deliveries to a main port was heightening the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US resumes aid to Yemen's rebel north as famine threatens
The United States announced a resumption of aid to Yemen’s rebel-held north on Friday to fight a looming famine as the country’s nearly six-year-old war grinds on. U.N. officials warned that a blockade of fuel deliveries to a main port was heightening the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US resumes aid to Yemen's rebel north as famine threatens
The United States announced a resumption of aid to Yemen’s rebel-held north on Friday to fight a looming famine as the country’s nearly six-year-old war grinds on. U.N. officials warned that a blockade of fuel deliveries to a main port was heightening the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US resumes aid to Yemen's rebel north as famine threatens
The United States announced a resumption of aid to Yemen’s rebel-held north on Friday to fight a looming famine as the country’s nearly six-year-old war grinds on. U.N. officials warned that a blockade of fuel deliveries to a main port was heightening the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US-China tensions threaten global climate change efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s hopes for curbing climate change hinge on action by two giant nations whose relations are deteriorating: China and the United States. The two countries both say they are intent on retooling their economies to burn less climate-wrecking coal, oil and gas. But tensions between them …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
US-China tensions threaten global climate change efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s hopes for curbing climate change hinge on action by two giant nations whose relations are deteriorating: China and the United States. The two countries both say they are intent on retooling their economies to burn less climate-wrecking coal, oil and gas. But tensions between them …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
US-China tensions threaten global climate change efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s hopes for curbing climate change hinge on action by two giant nations whose relations are deteriorating: China and the United States. The two countries both say they are intent on retooling their economies to burn less climate-wrecking coal, oil and gas. But tensions between them …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
US-China tensions threaten global climate change efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s hopes for curbing climate change hinge on action by two giant nations whose relations are deteriorating: China and the United States. The two countries both say they are intent on retooling their economies to burn less climate-wrecking coal, oil and gas. But tensions between them …
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Analysis: Biden retreats from vow to make pariah of Saudis
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make a pariah out of Saudi Arabia over
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
US sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack
The Biden administration sanctioned seven mid-level and senior Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen government entities, over
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US sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack
The Biden administration sanctioned seven mid-level and senior Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen government entities, over
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US sets sanctions over Russia opposition leader's poisoning
The Biden administration sanctioned seven mid- and senior-level Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen businesses and other entities, over
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Analysis: Biden retreats from vow to make pariah of Saudis
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make a pariah out of Saudi Arabia over
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Analysis: Biden retreats from vow to make pariah of Saudis
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make a pariah out of Saudi Arabia over the 2018 killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. But when it came time to actually punish Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, America’s strategic interests prevailed.
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Ties with Saudis at stake as US releases findings on killing
The United States has pledged to tell the world its conclusions on what role Saudi Arabia's crown prince played in the brutal killing and dismembering of a U.S.-based journalist, but as important is what comes next — what the Biden administration plans to do about it.
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Ties with Saudis at stake as US releases findings on killing
The United States has pledged to tell the world its conclusions on what role Saudi Arabia's crown prince played in the brutal killing and dismembering of a U.S.-based journalist, but as important is what comes next — what the Biden administration plans to do about it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Ties with Saudis at stake as US releases findings on killing
The United States has pledged to tell the world its conclusions on what role Saudi Arabia's crown prince played in the brutal killing and dismembering of a U.S.-based journalist, but as important is what comes next — what the Biden administration plans to do about it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Ties with Saudis at stake as US releases findings on killing
The United States has pledged to tell the world its conclusions on what role Saudi Arabia's crown prince played in the brutal killing and dismembering of a U.S.-based journalist, but as important is what comes next — what the Biden administration plans to do about it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Back in Paris accord, US vows no more sidelining of climate
The United States officially returned to the Paris global climate accord on Friday, and U.S. leaders declared the nation could not afford to ever sideline the growing climate crisis again.
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US needs to brace itself for more deadly storms, experts say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadly weather will be hitting the U.S. more often, and America needs to get better at dealing with it, experts said as Texas and other states battled winter storms that blew past the worst-case planning of utilities, governments and millions of shivering residents.
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Back in Paris pact, US vows no more sidelining of climate
The United States officially returned to the Paris global climate accord on Friday, and President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders declared the nation could not afford to sideline the growing climate crisis again.
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Back in Paris pact, US faces tougher climate steps ahead
World leaders welcomed the United States' official return to the Paris climate accord Friday, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Joe Biden, including setting a tough national target in coming months for cutting damaging fossil fuel emissions.
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US needs to brace itself for more deadly storms, experts say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadly weather will be hitting the U.S. more often, and America needs to get better at dealing with it, experts said as Texas and other states battled winter storms that blew past the worst-case planning of utilities, governments and millions of shivering residents.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
US needs to brace itself for more deadly storms, experts say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadly weather will be hitting the U.S. more often, and America had better get better at dealing with it, experts said Wednesday as Texas and other states battled winter storms that blew past the worst-case planning of utilities, governments and millions of shivering citizens.
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More deadly storms coming so prepare better, experts say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadly weather will be hitting the U.S. more often, and America had better get better at dealing with it, experts said Wednesday as Texas and other states battled winter storms that blew past the worst-case planning of utilities, governments and millions of shivering citizens.
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Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States was ending support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened suffering in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, calling the move part of restoring a U.S. emphasis on diplomacy, democracy and human rights.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pariah with benefits: US aiding Saudi defense despite chill
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden laid out a tougher line on Saudi Arabia than any U.S. president in decades. He said he would make the kingdom “pay the price” for human rights abuses and “make them in fact the pariah that they are.”
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Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States was ending support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened suffering in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, calling the move part of restoring a U.S. emphasis on diplomacy, democracy and human rights.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pariah with benefits: US aiding Saudi defense despite chill
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden laid out a tougher line on Saudi Arabia than any U.S. president in decades. He said he would make the kingdom “pay the price” for human rights abuses and “make them in fact the pariah that they are.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States was ending support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened suffering in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, calling the move part of restoring a U.S. emphasis on diplomacy, democracy and human rights.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pariah with benefits: US aiding Saudi defense despite chill
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden laid out a tougher line on Saudi Arabia than any U.S. president in decades. He said he would make the kingdom “pay the price” for human rights abuses and “make them in fact the pariah that they are.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pariah with benefits: US aiding Saudi defense despite chill
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden laid out a tougher line on Saudi Arabia than any U.S. president in decades. He said he would make the kingdom “pay the price” for human rights abuses and “make them in fact the pariah that they are.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden ending US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States was ending support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened suffering in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, calling the move part of restoring a U.S. emphasis on diplomacy, democracy and human rights.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden to end US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden will announce an end Thursday to U.S. support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened humanitarian suffering in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden: 'We can't wait any longer' to address climate crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst of climate change, President Joe Biden signed
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden: 'We can't wait any longer' to address climate crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst of climate change, President Joe Biden signed
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Kerry aims to talk US back into a lead role in climate fight
From a wood-paneled library in his Boston mansion, new climate envoy John Kerry is talking the U.S. back into a leading role in global climate action, making clear the nation isn't just revving up its own efforts to reduce oil, gas and coal pollution but that it intends to push …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden: 'We can't wait any longer' to address climate crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst of climate change, President Joe Biden signed
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden: 'We can't wait any longer' to address climate crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst of climate change, President Joe Biden signed
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Biden aims for most ambitious US effort on climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most ambitious U.S. effort to stave off the worst effects of climate change, President Joe Biden is aiming to cut oil, gas and coal emissions and double energy production from offshore wind turbines through executive orders Wednesday.
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Kerry aims to talk US back into a lead role in climate fight
From a wood-paneled library in his Boston mansion, new climate envoy John Kerry is talking the U.S. back into a leading role in global climate action, making clear the nation isn't just revving up its own efforts to reduce oil, gas and coal pollution but that it intends to push …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Kerry aims to talk US back into a lead role in climate fight
From a wood-paneled library in his Boston mansion, new climate envoy John Kerry is talking the U.S. back into a leading role in global climate action, making clear the nation isn't just revving up its own efforts to reduce oil, gas and coal pollution but that it intends to push …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Who's in charge: Career staffers move to acting Cabinet head
Like 8,000 flying trapeze artists passing in midair, the Biden and Trump administrations swapped out senior leadership of the federal government on the fly as
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Who's in charge: Career staffers move to acting Cabinet head
Like 8,000 flying trapeze artists passing in midair, the Biden and Trump administrations swapped out senior leadership of the federal government on the fly as
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Who's in charge: Career staffers move to acting Cabinet head
Like 8,000 flying trapeze artists passing in midair, the Biden and Trump administrations swapped out senior leadership of the federal government on the fly as Joe Biden was inaugurated as the nation's 46th president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a last-minute slap at President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down one of his administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks on Tuesday, saying officials acted illegally in issuing a new rule that eased federal regulation of air pollution from power plants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Trouble at home may change Biden's hand in Iran nuke talks
A lot of the characters are the same for President-elect Joe Biden but the scene is far starker as he reassembles a team of veteran negotiators to get back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
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Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a last-minute slap at President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down one of his administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks on Tuesday, saying officials acted illegally in issuing a new rule that eased federal regulation of air pollution from power plants.
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Trouble at home may change Biden's hand in Iran nuke talks
A lot of the characters are the same for President-elect Joe Biden but the scene is far starker as he reassembles a team of veteran negotiators to get back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Trouble at home may change Biden's hand in Iran nuke talks
A lot of the characters are the same for President-elect Joe Biden but the scene is far starker as he reassembles a team of veteran negotiators to get back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
A final EPA rollback under Trump curbs use of health studies
The Environmental Protection Agency released one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration on Tuesday, limiting what evidence it will consider about risks of pollutants in a way that opponents say could cripple future public health regulation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
A final EPA rollback under Trump curbs use of health studies
The Environmental Protection Agency released one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration on Tuesday, limiting what evidence it will consider about risks of pollutants in a way that opponents say could cripple future public health regulation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
A final EPA rollback under Trump curbs use of health studies
The Environmental Protection Agency has completed one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration, changing how it considers evidence of harm from pollutants in a way that opponents say could cripple future public-health regulation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pardons in killings of Iraqi civilians stir angry response
WASHINGTON (AP) — The courtroom monitors carried the image of a smiling 9-year-old boy as his father pleaded for the punishment of four U.S. government contractors convicted in shootings that killed that child and more than a dozen other Iraqi civilians.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pardons in killings of Iraqi civilians stir angry response
WASHINGTON (AP) — The courtroom monitors carried the image of a smiling 9-year-old boy as his father pleaded for the punishment of four U.S. government contractors convicted in shootings that killed that child and more than a dozen other Iraqi civilians.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Critics say EPA allowing more time to fix lead-tainted water
The Trump administration overhauled the country's widely criticized, 29-year-old framework to eliminate toxic lead from drinking water on Tuesday, but critics charge that the new rule gives utilities far more time than before to finally replace old, lead-contaminated pipes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Critics say EPA allowing more time to fix lead-tainted water
The Trump administration overhauled the country's widely criticized, 29-year-old framework to eliminate toxic lead from drinking water on Tuesday, but critics charge that the new rule gives utilities far more time than before to finally replace old, lead-contaminated pipes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US deepens sanctions on Syria, targets Assad's in-laws
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced more sanctions on Syria, intensifying pressure on President Bashar Assad to end the country’s vicious, nearly decade-long conflict. The new sanctions target Syria's central bank, Assad's in-laws, and others.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Administration deepens sanctions over bloody Syrian conflict
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced more sanctions on Syria, intensifying pressure on President Bashar Assad to end the country’s vicious, nearly decade-long conflict. The sanctions target Syria's central bank, an aide to Assad and others.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Visit by COVID-infected official closes Washington Monument
The Trump administration abruptly closed the Washington Monument over exposure concerns from a recent visit by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who tested positive this week for the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Visit by COVID-infected official closes Washington Monument
The Trump administration abruptly closed the Washington Monument over exposure concerns from a recent visit by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who tested positive this week for the coronavirus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head
President-elect Joe Biden says he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his pick for interior secretary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head
President-elect Joe Biden says he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his pick for interior secretary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Deal-makers and fighters make up Biden's new climate team
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wrapped up a team heavy on deal-makers and fighters to lead his climate effort Thursday, tasking it with remaking and cleaning up the nation’s transportation and power-plant systems, and as fast as politically possible.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
In historic pick, Biden taps Haaland as interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary on Thursday, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
AP sources: Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to two people familiar with the decision, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
AP source: Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to a person familiar with the decision, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden picks North Carolina environmental chief to lead EPA
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday offered the leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency to Michael S. Regan, a North Carolina regulator who has made a name pursuing cleanups of industrial toxins and helping low-income and minority communities hit hardest by pollution. Biden also plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden picks regulator Michael Regan for EPA administrator
President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael S. Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden picks deal-makers, fighters for climate, energy team
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is picking deal-makers and fighters to lead a climate team he’ll ask to remake and clean up the nation’s transportation and power-plant systems, and as fast as politically possible.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden picks deal-makers, fighters for climate, energy team
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is picking deal-makers and fighters to lead a climate team he’ll ask to remake and clean up the nation’s transportation and power-plant systems, and as fast as politically possible.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden nominated his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation on Tuesday and intends to choose former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as his energy secretary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Biden taps Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden nominated his former rival Pete Buttigieg as secretary of transportation on Tuesday and intends to choose former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as his energy secretary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly
Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation as a threatened species.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly
Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should receive federal designation as a threatened species.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
EPA overrides scientists' calls for tougher pollutant limit
The Trump administration on Monday made final its decision to leave limits for a deadly kind of air pollutant unchanged, overriding scientific findings that tougher standards could save tens of thousands of lives yearly.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections
The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections
The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections
The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections
The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Biden names climate statesman John Kerry as climate envoy
John Kerry, one of the leading architects of the Paris climate agreement, is getting one more chance to lead the fight against climate change after President-elect Joe Biden named the longtime senator and former secretary of state as climate envoy for national security.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
'Something very historical': Push for diverse Biden Cabinet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the powerful agency that oversees the nation’s tribes, setting up one of several looming tests of Biden’s pledge to have a Cabinet representative of Americans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
'Something very historical': Push for diverse Biden Cabinet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the powerful agency that oversees the nation’s tribes, setting up one of several looming tests of Biden’s pledge to have a Cabinet representative of Americans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Trump pushes new environmental rollbacks on way out the door
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Trump pushes new environmental rollbacks on way out the door
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Trump pushes new environmental rollbacks on way out the door
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Biden gives boost to retiring senator's climate change plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan championed by retiring Sen. Tom Udall to harness the nation’s lands and ocean waters to fight climate change is getting a boost from President-elect Joe Biden, who has made slowing global warming a priority for his incoming administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Biden calls for 'transition' from oil, GOP sees opening
Democrat Joe Biden's remark that he would “transition” away from oil in the U.S. in favor of renewable energy drew quick attention Thursday night from President Donald Trump, who saw it as a boon to his election chances in key states.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Biden's warning on oil tests voter resolve on climate change
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Joe Biden is confronting the harsh political realities of combating climate change.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Biden calls for 'transition' from oil, GOP sees opening
Democrat Joe Biden's remark that he would “transition” away from oil in the U.S. in favor of renewable energy drew quick attention Thursday night from President Donald Trump, who saw it as a boon to his election chances in key states.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Biden's warning on oil tests voter resolve on climate change
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Joe Biden is confronting the harsh political realities of combating climate change.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Biden calls for 'transition' from oil, GOP sees opening
Democrat Joe Biden's remark that he would “transition” away from oil in the U.S. in favor of renewable energy drew quick attention Thursday night from President Donald Trump, who saw it as a boon to his election chances in key states.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Biden's warning on oil tests voter resolve on climate change
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Joe Biden is confronting the harsh political realities of combating climate change.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Biden's warning on oil tests voter resolve on climate change
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Joe Biden is confronting the harsh political realities of combating climate change.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's skewed indictment of wind power
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's dismissal of wind power as a glitchy, pricey, bird-slaughtering way to make electricity is out of step with the times.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Biden calls for 'transition' from oil, GOP sees opening
Democrat Joe Biden's remark that he would “transition” away from oil in the U.S. in favor of renewable energy drew quick attention Thursday night from President Donald Trump, who saw it as a boon to his election chances in key states.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Biden calls for 'transition' from oil, GOP sees opening
Democrat Joe Biden's debate remarks that he would “transition” away from the oil industry in favor of renewable energy sources drew quick attention Thursday from President Donald Trump, who saw it as a boon to his chances in key states.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Barrett deflects senators' questions on climate change
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether she accepts the science of climate change, saying she lacks the expertise to know for sure and calling it a topic too controversial to get into.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Barrett deflects senators' questions on climate change
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether she accepts the science of climate change, saying she lacks the expertise to know for sure and calling it a topic too controversial to get into.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Trump makes water demand of farms priority for new office
President Donald Trump on Tuesday created what he called a “subcabinet” for federal water issues, with a mandate that includes water-use changes sought by corporate farm interests and oil and gas.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Trump makes water demand of farms priority for new office
President Donald Trump on Tuesday created what he called a “subcabinet” for federal water issues, with a mandate that includes water-use changes sought by corporate farm interests and oil and gas.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
White evangelicals hope to keep changing Texas red for Trump
PLANO, Texas (AP) — As parishioners at the evangelical church in the Dallas suburbs gathered for Sunday services, they walked past two tables of voter guides and sample ballots in the lobby, with signs reading: “Your vote. Your voice. Your values.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
White evangelicals hope to keep changing Texas red for Trump
PLANO, Texas (AP) — As parishioners at the evangelical church in the Dallas suburbs gathered for Sunday services, they walked past two tables of voter guides and sample ballots in the lobby, with signs reading: “Your vote. Your voice. Your values.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Debate week's twisted tales on virus, climate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sidelined but not silenced, President Donald Trump demonstrated anew this past week he can't be relied on to give a straight account of the disease that has afflicted millions, now including him. He heralded the arrival of a COVID-19 cure, which did not happen, and likened the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Debate week's twisted tales on virus, climate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sidelined but not silenced, President Donald Trump demonstrated anew this past week he can't be relied on to give a straight account of the disease that has afflicted millions, now including him. He heralded the arrival of a COVID-19 cure, which did not happen, and likened the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Trump crowd grows, clashes with protesters ahead of rally
Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request to require everyone attending Trump’s rally to wear a face mask
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Trump rollback of mileage standards guts climate change push
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's rollback of mileage standards Tuesday marks a win for Americans who like their SUVs and pickup trucks, but the government's own estimates show big costs, too — more Americans dying from air pollution, more climate-damaging tailpipe exhaust and more expense for drivers at the …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump rollback of mileage standards guts climate change push
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration rolled back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards Tuesday, raising the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come and gutting one of the United States' biggest efforts against climate change.
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Trump rollback of mileage standards guts climate change push
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United States' biggest efforts against climate change.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United States' biggest efforts against climate change.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United States' biggest efforts against climate change.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to relax ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United States' single-biggest efforts against climate change.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Appeals grow to close US national parks during pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is sticking with its crowd-friendly waiver of entrance fees at national parks during the coronavirus pandemic, as managers at some parks try and fail to keep visitors a safe distance apart and communities appeal for a shutdown at other parks that are still open.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Citing virus, EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday abruptly waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, saying industries could have trouble complying with them during the coronavirus pandemic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Appeals grow to close US national parks during pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is sticking with its crowd-friendly waiver of entrance fees at national parks during the coronavirus pandemic, as managers at some parks try and fail to keep visitors a safe distance apart and communities appeal for a shutdown at other parks that are still open.
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Appeals grow to close US national parks during pandemic
The Trump administration is sticking with its crowd friendly waiver of entrance fees at national parks during the coronavirus outbreak
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Oil industry cites virus in seeking broad pollution waivers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it’s reviewing a request from the oil and gas industry to ease enforcement of hazardous air and water pollution and other regulatory issues during the coronavirus pandemic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump agencies steadily push rollbacks as pandemic rages
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting appeals to slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the coronavirus, pushing major public health and environmental rollbacks closer to enactment in recent days despite the pandemic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Trump agencies steadily push rollbacks as pandemic rages
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting appeals to slow its deregulatory drive while Americans grapple with the coronavirus, pushing major public health and environmental rollbacks closer to enactment in recent days despite the pandemic.
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US seeks $3 billion to boost oil producers as prices plunge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday that it is seeking $3 billion from Congress to top up the country’s strategic petroleum reserves, potentially propping up U.S. oil producers after crude prices crashed globally.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Zinke resigns as interior secretary amid numerous probes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will be leaving the administration at year’s end, President Donald Trump said Saturday. In his resignation letter, obtained by The Associated Press, Zinke said “vicious and politically motivated attacks” against …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Trump says Interior Secretary Zinke leaving administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who is facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will leave the administration at year’s end, President Donald Trump said Saturday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Trump says Interior Secretary Zinke leaving administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who is facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will leave the administration at year’s end, President Donald Trump said Saturday.
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Trump says he's not firing Interior Secretary Zinke
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his boss, President Donald Trump, moved Friday to tamp down talk that Zinke might be the next Trump administration official to go.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO
Trump says he's not firing Interior Secretary Zinke
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his boss, President Donald Trump, moved Friday to tamp down talk that Zinke might be the next Trump administration official to go.
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Scandal-plagued EPA Administrator Pruitt resigns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Scandal-plagued EPA Administrator Pruitt resigns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease.
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Almonds get roasted in debate over California water use
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Precious cargo
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Strong California quake causes injuries
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