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'Student debt is a crisis': Activists rally outside Supreme Court for loan forgiveness

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of debt advocates and progressive political organizers gathered outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday while justices heard oral arguments in two cases challenging President Joe Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for some borrowers.

Los Angeles Times

Top US, Chinese defense officials haven’t spoken in 3 months

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. and Chinese defense officials haven’t spoken since November, the Pentagon said Tuesday, a sign of how recent strains over Taiwan and an alleged spy balloon have fractured communications between the world’s two most powerful armed forces.

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US spy agency girds for fight over warrantless surveillance

WASHINGTON — Senior Biden administration officials urged Congress to renew a warrantless surveillance program that expires later this year, calling it a “key intelligence authority.”

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Eric Garcetti's stalled nomination to ambassador's post sees slight progress

WASHINGTON — Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India made incremental progress this week as the former Los Angeles mayor impressed a Republican senator after a private meeting and won over an undecided Democrat.

Los Angeles Times

Bidens’ restaurant order sparks furious online debate: ‘Who does that?’

President and first lady enjoyed a date night at Red Hen in Washington DC earlier this month

The Independent UK

Attorney general Merrick Garland to face plenty of controversy at oversight hearing

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for the first time in more than a year, where senators will have the chance to confront him about Justice Department actions on a wide range of high-profile issues.

Tribune News Service

Commerce Department launches applications for chips funding

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department opened applications Tuesday for $39 billion in funding for semiconductor chip manufacturing, kicking off unprecedented federal spending in the tiny component that's crucial for modern technology and vehicles.

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Thailand hosts war games with biggest US attendance in a decade

Thailand kicked off an international military exercise with the biggest U.S. attendance in a decade as Washington seeks to build on ties with a key security partner at a time of rising global geopolitical competition with Beijing.

Tribune News Service

Mexico’s president hits out at implicit criticism from US

‘There’s currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,’ Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

Al Jazeera

Pfizer’s RSV vaccine wins US panel’s backing for safety in older people

WASHINGTON — Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus received endorsement from a key panel of U.S. advisers for its safety in people 60 and older, a key endorsement for the drugmaker’s potential product.

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Biden taps Julie Su, who led California unemployment agency amid wave of fraud, as labor secretary

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Julie Su to be his next labor secretary, setting up the Californian to become the first Asian American he has appointed to run a Cabinet-level department.

Los Angeles Times

Biden taps Julie Su to lead Labor Department

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he would nominate Julie Su, the deputy secretary of labor and the preferred choice of the Congressional Black Caucus, to become secretary of the Department of Labor.

Tribune News Service

Biden administration launches push to renew key foreign surveillance tool

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday called on Congress to reauthorize a key surveillance law before it expires at the end of the year, touting it as a cornerstone of national security even as officials work to address past criticisms that it has information on Americans as well.

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Supreme Court casts more doubt on Biden’s plan to forgive student loans

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives gave a sharply critical hearing Tuesday to President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loans, arguing that only Congress could approve such a large amount of federal spending.

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Billions to spur US semiconductor manufacturing comes with strings attached

WASHINGTON – The Commerce Department is preparing to dole out $39 billion in semiconductor manufacturing incentives, an initiative expected to bring more factories – and jobs – to the U.S.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Microsoft Adds New Bing to Windows Computers in Effort to Roll out AI

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday started adding its recently upgraded Bing search engine to its Windows computer software, aiming to put artificial intelligence (AI) at the fingertips of hundreds of millions of people. The Windows 11 update, Microsoft's latest in a flurry of product revamps this month, shows how the Redmond,…

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George W. Bush's anti-HIV program is hailed as 'amazing' — and still crucial at 20

PEPFAR is the "most amazing thing in the history of HIV," says Dr. Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society. Bush himself came to Washington this month to urge reauthorization..

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‘Views and estimates’ markup becomes political fodder

WASHINGTON — Budget season is coming, and so are “views and estimates” markups. Well, for some committees, that is.

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FCC’s spectrum auction authority nears March expiration

WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are working to avert a lapse next month in the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction spectrum as Congress seeks a more lasting plan that could pay for a number of telecommunications priorities.

Tribune News Service

Missouri legalized recreational marijuana. Will its federal lawmakers represent weed shops?

WASHINGTON — If you sell marijuana in Missouri, even legally, there’s always the worry of getting robbed.

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Original pit wheel to be installed in Washington as 'proud reminder' of coal mining past

The large heritage wheel which was recovered from Washington’s F Pit Museum, is currently in the early stages of restoration

The Independent UK

Linda Kasabian: Manson family member dies at 73

Gang’s getaway driver passed away in hospital in January and has since been cremated

The Independent UK

China hits out at US TikTok ban: ‘How unsure of itself can a superpower be?’

China says US government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reflect Washington's own insecurities and are an abuse of state power

The Independent UK

John Fetterman’s wife Giselle says family fled to Canada to avoid ‘media circus’ over depression

Democrat Mr Fetterman checked himself into the Walter Reed Medical Center near Washington DC earlier this month

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Remembering — and maybe rethinking — Carter’s presidency

As Jimmy Carter began his hospice care at home in his rural Plains, Georgia, precisely where he wanted to be for his final transition, well-wishers from politics and the media began reflecting about how our 39th president’s greatest contributions came after he left Washington.

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