He would have pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor tax evasion charges and would have entered a separate agreement on the gun charge. He would have served two years of probation rather than get jail time.
McCarthy's right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite its steep spending cuts of nearly 30 per cent to many agencies and severe border security provisions, calling it insufficient. The White House and Democrats rejected the Republican approach as too extreme.
Joe Biden hosted Zelenskyy at White House and announced a military package for Ukraine, while also vowing to defend the war-struck country amid Russian aggression.
US President Joe Biden will host his Ukrainian counterpart Zelenskyy at the White House next week, NSA Jake Sullivan said, suggesting that additional weapons will be provided to Ukraine amid war with Russia.
The indictment accuses Hunter Biden of making false statements about his drug use when purchasing a firearm in October 2018, a period during which he had openly discussed his struggle with addiction to crack cocaine.
The summit is marred with differences among world leaders and the absences of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
A joint statement issued after bilateral talks between the two leaders also said the Prime Minister looked forward to welcoming the US President to the next Quad Leaders' Summit to be hosted by India in 2024.
It took the artist 10 days to paint the portrait of the US President with acrylic colors. He has painted portraits of President Droupadi Murmu, and former Indian presidents Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patel so far, for which he also received appreciation letters.
Beijing considers Taiwan as its breakaway province and insists it should be unified with the mainland, by force if necessary. Taiwan, however, sees itself as completely distinct from China.
Zelenskyy made the announcement on his official Telegram account on Sunday (September 3) stating that there was a need for a new leadership after Umerov “has gone through more than 550 days of full-scale war.”
With the establishment of a “comprehensive strategic partnership”, the United States will have a diplomatic status that Vietnam has so far reserved for only a handful of other countries, including India, Russia, China, and South Korea.
Joe Biden will travel to India and attend the Summit on September 9 and 10, besides over two dozen world leaders who will be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Beijing is ready to work together to “foster a more favourable policy environment for stronger cooperation” between US and Chinese businesses and “bolster bilateral trade and investment," Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told Raimondo.
Although the deal is modest in comparison to previous weapons sales, the move is likely to draw fierce criticism from Beijing, which regards self-governing Taiwan as a renegade province and refuses to rule out the use of force to reunify it with the mainland.
Rana's extradition to India was approved by a US court in May. The Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman has been accused of participation in the planning and execution of the devastating 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Notably, when Prime Minister addressed the US Congress during his state visit to America, both nations issued a joint statement wherein it reiterated the call for concerted action against all UN-listed terrorist groups.
These duties were initially imposed in 2019 in response to the US increasing tariffs on specific steel and aluminium products.
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said that India-US defence ties are robust and dynamic... "we conduct large number of miliatry excercises. Armed forces of two countries have staffed engagement. If u look at the defence partnership... the countries have been discussing for some time."
The US President said the agreement addresses split the difference, that nobody got all that they need, "but that’s the responsibility of governing".
The breakthrough came after a long deadlock as the two sides got down to business in the final race for an arrangement in front of a basic June 5 cutoff time for a deal.
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