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Polish Radio correspondent Marek Walkuski will head the White House Foreign Press Group, a group of foreign correspondents at the White House. The group participates in the presidential pool as part of the press corps that follows the activities of the US president.more

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated yesterday that he believes the war in Ukraine started because Russian warnings about Ukraine's possible entry into NATO were ignored. The former president ruled out Ukraine joining the Alliance and assessed that it would be "madness".more

In the coming months, President Joe Biden's administration will allow some immigrants to apply for US citizenship, the White House announced on Tuesday. This applies to some 500,000 people who are spouses of US citizens and have no legal status.more

Much of America is bracing for extreme weather next week - from a heat wave in the South to possible snow in the Rockies. The temperature in Arizona reached 44 degrees Celsius on Saturday. Two feet of snow could fall in Montana.more

President Joe Biden has a slightly better chance of winning the November presidential election than his rival Donald Trump, according to the inaugural forecast of the renowned FiveThirtyEight center. The model constructed by analysts gives Biden 53 percent. chances of winning, even though the polls themselves are slightly in Trump's favor.more

Donald Trump is in breach of a British High Court order to pay £300,000 in legal costs to the former spy who compiled a salacious dossier alleging Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Sky News can reveal Trump has failed to comply with the costs order with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who compiled the infamous document.more

"If we let Ukraine fall, we will see Poland and all these countries along the Russian border follow," warned US President Joe Biden in an interview for Time magazine. Biden assessed that Putin's goal is to restore the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. He also emphasized that for him the war in Ukraine does not have to end with Ukraine joining NATO.more

Donald Trump has been found guilty on all counts in his historic New York criminal trial, becoming the first former or sitting president to be convicted of a crime as he makes a bid to return to the White House.more

Billionaire Elon Musk has been in talks with Donald Trump about possibly taking on an advisory role in the administration if the Republican takes power again, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. According to the Journal, the Tesla owner is also campaigning to encourage members of the elite to support Trump in the election.more

A US luxury real estate billionaire and a deep-sea explorer are planning to travel in a submersible to explore the Titanic. Ohio tycoon and adventurer Larry Connor and Patrick Lahey, co-founder of Triton Submarines, say they want to take a sub to a depth of around 3,800m (12,467ft) to see the shipwreck in the North Atlantic Ocean.more

Daily or almost daily marijuana consumption has increased, and daily or almost daily alcohol drinking has decreased, according to research by the American University of Carnegie Mellon. In 2022, the heavy marijuana user group became larger than the heavy alcohol user group.more

The California Attorney General issued an official letter in which he imposed a ban on Harry and Meghan's Archewell foundation from collecting and spending money. This decision is related to several serious negligence committed by the organization, described by the prosecutor's office as "criminal".more

After analyzing data following a launch scrub Monday, United Launch Alliance managers decided to haul the Atlas 5 rocket carrying Boeing's Starliner astronaut ferry ship back to its processing facility to replace a suspect valve, delaying another launch try to at least May 17, NASA said in a blog post Tuesday.more

The US military cannot trust artificial intelligence (AI) because the models it uses also make bad decisions and could trigger a nuclear war. The use of these technologies in making important decisions in combat situations should be restricted, 'Foreign Affairs' magazine estimates.more

The latest Reuters and Ipsos poll shows that US President Joe Biden is leading by a narrow margin of just one percentage point over Donald Trump ahead of November's White House election. Twenty-eight per cent of respondents indicated neither.more

Every year, tens of thousands of Poles apply for a visa lottery to try to fulfill their American dream. This year, applicants will learn the results on May 4. The chances of winning are small, less than 1%, but you must also remember that this is not the only option for legally moving to the USA.more

The US federal medical agency CDC has confirmed the first case of HIV infection during a cosmetic procedure. Three victims opted for a so-called vampire facelift procedure at an unlicensed clinic, the ABC news portal reported.more

Tornadoes in Oklahoma killed at least four people, including an infant, leaving thousands without power yesterday. The destructive element leveled buildings and injured about 100 people across the state, according to preliminary data.more

The adoption of the bill on aid for Ukraine by the US Congress will significantly improve the country's military situation, but it will not end the war or reverse the losses caused by many months of delay, says Keir Giles, an expert at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London.more

The aid package for Ukraine passed by the US House of Representatives is a significant step, but it is important to remember that it will not go to the country in its entirety and it does not yet mean a levelling of the playing field in the war with Russia, according to Matthew Savill, an expert at London-based think tank the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).more

With the US House of Representatives passing the Ukraine aid bill on Saturday, disaster has been averted, but a lot of practical and political problems remain, wrote the UK weekly 'The Economist'.more

Britain's Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, has officially changed his primary residence address to the United States, according to the British Companies Register, Sky News reported today.more

The US and UK announced a ban on imports of aluminium, copper and nickel from Russia on Friday to deprive the Kremlin of revenue from the metals trade. The metals were also withdrawn from trading on the London and Chicago stock exchanges.more

The results of a poll published on Saturday by the New York Times and Siena College show that Donald Trump has only a one-point lead over President Joe Biden. Both intend to run for another term in the White House in the November elections.more

US space agency NASA has been asked to help in the next search for the Loch Ness Monster, which will begin on 30 May, Sky News reported yesterday. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the first organised expedition to unravel the mystery.more