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Bill Clinton returns to White House to mark family leave law

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hosted former President Bill Clinton at an event Thursday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, saying the landmark law had made a “gigantic difference” for American families.

Tribune News Service

Feds’ child porn sweep on Telegram app leads to arrest of Chicago man, more than a dozen others

The work of Homeland Security Investigations in Arizona, dubbed Operation Swipe Left, led to Norris “Nick” Stauffer. It also resulted in criminal charges against more than a dozen people elsewhere — including at least two with political ties — amid allegations of livestreamed abuse, kidnapping…

Chicago Sun-Times

Blinken postpones China trip over 'unacceptable' Chinese spy balloon

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a visit to China that had been expected to start on Friday after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the United States in what Washington called a "clear violation" of U.S. sovereignty.

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House GOP is investigating Biden climate envoy John Kerry

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are launching an investigation into the activities of President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry, including any dealings with the Chinese Communist Party and left-wing environmental groups.

Tribune News Service

China’s Tech Money Is Now Radioactive

Washington is increasingly concerned about China poaching U.S. technology.

Foreign Policy

House Republicans vote Rep. Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs Committee

WASHINGTON — House Republicans narrowly voted Thursday to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee, a move that follows Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s removal of Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the Intelligence Committee last month.

Los Angeles Times

Modernization panel finds a new home under House Administration Committee

WASHINGTON — The “fix Congress” panel that officially disbanded last session will return in the 118th Congress in a different form.

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US must back Ukraine joining NATO in 2023, say European delegates

WASHINGTON — Concerned about the potential for a change in U.S. leadership after the next presidential election, a visiting delegation of Eastern European lawmakers this week called on the Biden administration and Congress to move this year to bring Ukraine into NATO.

Tribune News Service

Explainer-Why U.S. seeks closer security cooperation with the Philippines

The Philippines this week granted the United States greater access to its military bases, amid mounting concern over China's intentions toward self-ruled Taiwan and Beijing's extensive claims in the disputed South China Sea.

Reuters

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to deliver GOP State of the Union response

WASHINGTON — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will give the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next week.

Tribune News Service

US House votes to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans voted Thursday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, following through on a GOP promise to oust the Minnesota Democrat from a prized position.

Tribune News Service

Washington, D.C., Banned Bird E-Scooters: 'Arbitrary and Capricious,' Says Company

The company scored 445 points on the city's checklist—one fewer point than a company that did receive a permit.

Reason

End of public health emergency causes cascade of changes

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to unwind the public health emergency tied to the COVID-19 pandemic will spur a whirlwind of changes related to telehealth, Medicaid, pharmaceuticals and other priorities.

Tribune News Service

Is Arizona really becoming more purple? What the 2024 Senate race could tell us

WASHINGTON — In 2018, when she was still a member of the Democratic Party, Kyrsten Sinema ran her Senate campaign as a self-described "Arizona Independent," a distinction that helped her become the first Democrat to win the seat in three decades.

Los Angeles Times

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How does someone steal $700,000 from a senator’s campaign in the midst of an election?

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after Sen. Jerry Moran won his third term representing Kansas in the U.S. Senate, his campaign treasurer Timothy Gottschalk called the Republic County Sheriff’s Office and asked an officer to come to his office.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Twitter reacts to the death of Bobby Beathard

Bobby Beathard was respected all around the NFL world. Many remembered him Wednesday evening.

WEKU

Congress takes reins of prayer breakfast from secretive Christian evangelical group

Lawmakers have taken more control of the National Prayer Breakfast from the group that ran it for seven decades after concerns rose over influence peddling and attendees, including a Russian spy.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: When government policy hits home – and your wallet

If you think public policy doesn’t really affect you or your family, take a quick glance at your retirement account – but you may want to sit down first. Those accounts have taken a beating lately because of the misguided policies emanating from Washington, D.C., and the result is a…

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The Guardian - UK

US seals crucial military deal with the Philippines close to China flashpoints

Deal expands Washington’s access to military bases near Taiwan and the South China Sea

The Independent UK

US, Philippines agree on larger American military presence

The United States and the Philippines have announced an agreement to expand American military presence in the Southeast Asian country, where U.S. forces and weaponry will be granted access to four more Philippine military camps under a 2014 defense pact

France 24

Philippines grants US more access to military bases amid China tensions

The United States and the Philippines on Thursday announced plans to expand America's military presence in the Southeast Asian nation, with access to four more bases as they seek to deter China’s increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea.

Reuters

U.S. targets global sanctions evasion network supporting Russia

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 22 individuals and entities in multiple countries that it accused of being tied to a global sanctions evasion network supporting Russia's military-industrial complex.

Los Angeles Times

William Barr says he didn’t overstep in Durham probe of Mueller investigation

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr on Wednesday stood by his 2019 appointment of prosecutor John H. Durham to investigate the origins of the inquiry into the 2016 Trump presidential campaign’s connections to Russia, and defended his close interactions with Durham during the probe.

Tribune News Service

House panel votes to recite pledge, but not without a partisan quarrel first

WASHINGTON — What started as an amendment about the Pledge of Allegiance devolved into a heated and prolonged debate Wednesday between members of the House Judiciary Committee during their first meeting of the new Congress.

Tribune News Service

Biden, McCarthy make ‘no promises’ on debt, will keep talking

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy left a White House meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday afternoon saying they had a “good conversation,” but made “no agreements, no promises” in regard to the debt limit.

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