One-time Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, 76, will not run for reelection in the Senate, he announced on Wednesday. The elder statesman amassed a multimillion-dollar net worth working in private equity. Then he swapped careers: In 2003, he was sworn in as governor of Massachusetts, following in the footsteps of his father, who served as […]
U.S. President Joe Biden said the United States has a duty to protect its democracy and urged Americans to come together as the country marked the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. “Unity brought Americans together on that painful day 22 years ago. It shouldn’t take a […]
The United States on Monday marked the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. President Joe Biden is due to deliver an address to members of the military, first responders and their families at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska. Biden’s Alaska stop comes as he travels home from […]
The U.S. Department of the Interior said Wednesday that it would cancel seven oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and at the same time safeguard more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, both on Alaska’s North Slope. Both the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR) […]