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The Covid delta variant that was originally discovered in India is now spreading around the world.

Initial jobless claims totaled 412,000 last week, an increase of 37,000 from the previous week and higher than the 360,000 estimate.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comments come after his was rejected by Iran’s Guardian Council, the vetting body of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The comments follow a meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday.

The bill to make Juneteenth the 12th federal holiday sailed through Congress, paving the way for President Joe Biden to sign it into law.

A DOJ watchdog says threats to federal judges and prosecutors have skyrocketed even as the U.S. Marshals Service faces budget and staff shortfalls.

The delta Covid virus variant first identified in India is on the rise in the U.S. Experts warn there could be outbreaks by the summer in states where vaccination rates are lower.

President Biden is expected to strike a very different tone than his predecessor, Donald Trump.

The summit took place at Villa La Grange in the capital of Switzerland.

President Joe Biden will nominate former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as ambassador to Mexico and Morgan Stanley executive Tom Nides as ambassador to Israel.

Flexible leasing agreements allowed retailers to manage costs and have been particularly helpful for new retailers, the Journal reported.

Gas prices continue to increase across the US.

Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workplace report captures how employees are feeling about work and life in the last year of the pandemic.

The Fed’s two-day policy meeting will likely dominate investor behavior this week.

Bill Gates told the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Nuclear Energy Assembly that the United States needs to stop shutting down nuclear reactors and build new ones.

Government red ink for the month was just below $132 billion, the lowest shortfall of the year but still enough to put the total deficit at $2.063 trillion.

The Group of 20 economies saw gross domestic product return to pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2021.

Emma Coronel Aispuro will plead guilty to helping her husband, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, run the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico.

Fully vaccinated employees will be allowed to work in the office without masks.

The tight labor market is giving workers renewed confidence in their ability to find a better job, and they’re quitting at record rates.