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Concord: Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was set to campaign across New Hampshire this weekend in a final push against Republican rival Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday's nominating contest, as the former US president ramped up his verbal attacks and again targeted her Indian heritage.

Joe Biden said on Friday it was still possible Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could agree to some form of Palestinian state, after the two leaders spoke for the first time in nearly a month amid tensions over the Gaza war. Their call came a day after Netanyahu said he opposes allowing Palestinian sovereignty in the wake of the conflict with Hamas, deepening Israeli divisions with key backer Washington over the conduct of Israel's offensive and what comes next. But Biden said after the call that it was not impossible Netanyahu might come round to some form of so-called two-state solution, mooted for decades as a way to end tensions in the Middle East, despite the Israeli premier's comments. «There are a number of types of two-state solutions. There's a number of countries that are members of the UN that… don't have their own militaries,» Biden told reporters.

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Blackstone Inc. Chief Executive Steve Schwarzman said he expects the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates and sees “animal spirits” returning to the markets as more investors make that bet too. 

President Joe Biden is forgiving nearly $5 billion in additional student debt as the administration seeks to deliver on one of his signature initiatives with high stakes for his 2024 re-election campaign.

A high-ranking official at the US Treasury has called upon lawmakers to take immediate action concerning crypto regulation to avert any potential future financial crises preemptively.

Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday night (local time) pledged to block the creation of a federal digital currency, terming it a «dangerous threat to freedom,» The Hill reported. While addressing a rally in New Hampshire's Portsmouth, Trump said, «Tonight, I am also making another promise to protect Americans from government tyranny.» He said, «As your president, I will never allow the creation of a central bank digital currency.»

Houthi anti-ship missiles directed at the Red Sea. As reported by Reuters, escalating tensions in the region's maritime routes have caused disruptions in global trade, leading to concerns about potential supply constraints that could potentially revive inflation.

Congress has sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March

President Joe Biden has unveiled $82 million for North Carolina to help connect an additional 16,000 households and businesses to high-speed internet

President Joe Biden says that U.S. military strikes against Iranian-back Houthi rebels in Yemen will continue, but he acknowledges that the American and British bombardment has yet to stop shipping attacks by the militants on vessels in the Red Sea

The United States has put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists

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Michelle Obama is most likely to join the Presidential Election 2024 and take on former US President Donald Trump. This speculation has been doing the rounds. But now, it is becoming stronger. In an article written in the New York Post, columnist Cindy Adams said that Obama may be looking to step into the 2024 presidential race and this time it should be Michelle and not Barack. Rejecting incumbent Joe Biden, she writes, «Biden won’t debate. Can’t. Our codger-in-chief can’t even read the prewritten script in front of him fast enough to pronounce the words. So, forget him, which most of us already have.»

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signalled that he would largely bypass the New Hampshire primary next week and instead would focus on South Carolina where the Republican presidential primary is scheduled for February 24. The move makes it a direct contest between former president Donald Trump and Indian American Nikki Haley for the crucial Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire on January 23. The latest poll released Wednesday showed that Trump and Haley are tied in this State with both polling 40 per cent each.

The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest move by the Biden administration to combat fees it says pose an unnecessary burden on American consumers, particularly those liv...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules that would lower overdraft fees, with President Joe Biden calling the charges “exploitative.”

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World Economic Forum. ALSO READ: PM Modi says India-US ties 'mature and stable' amid Khalistani separatist's murder plot claims Blinken said the policies and programmes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been very beneficial to the people of India. According to PTI, the US official was replying to a question on whether the rise of Hindu nationalism concerns India despite the country's robust economic growth and infrastructure building under the Modi regime.