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Privacy advocates demand rules for mobile providers on data use

WASHINGTON — Privacy advocates are demanding standards for mobile service providers’ handling of sensitive customer information, especially location data, after a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the top 15 carriers revealed a huge variation within the industry’s data retention and consumer privacy protocols.

Tribune News Service

Democrats face big legislative to-do list in sprint to midterms

Senate Democrats, fresh off a string of legislative victories, return to Washington this week with a packed agenda before November’s midterm elections, including passing billions more in Ukraine and pandemic aid.

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Xinjiang Red Dates, Linked to Forced Labor, Sold in US

Report says 20% of world’s red dates come from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and are likely the products of forced labor.

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Missing high school footballer found safe – then arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary

Gabriel Davies set off a two-day search in and around Olympia in Washington state last week when his car was found bloodied and abandoned in his family’s driveway

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris stops in Boston for Labor Day breakfast: ‘We know when we fight we win’

BOSTON — Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Boston from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Monday, where she spent just over three hours stumping for Democratic primary hopefuls and meeting with union leaders before jumping back on Air Force Two and flying back to Washington, D.C.

Boston Herald

Time to Rethink America’s Nuclear Strategy

How to learn the right lessons from the Cold War.

Foreign Affairs

China accuses Washington of cyber spying on university

China is accusing Washington of breaking into computers at a university that U.S. officials say does military research, adding to complaints by both governments of rampant online spying against each other

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US B-52 Bombers Fly over Middle East amid Tensions with Iran

The United States military said Monday it flew a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 long-distance bombers over the Middle East in a show of force, the latest such mission in the region as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran. The bombers took off from the Royal Air Force base at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tel Aviv Maintains Intensive Campaign to Block Nuclear Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced that his country was conducting an intensive campaign to prevent the signing of a “dangerous nuclear agreement” between Iran and major powers. Addressing a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Lapid announced that the director of the Mossad, David Barnea, would head to Washington on Monday…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran rejects Western claims that nuclear position is ‘negative’

Tehran has maintained that the ball is in the US court after its response to Washington last week.

Al Jazeera

US B-52 bombers fly over Middle East amid tensions with Iran

The United States military says it flew a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 long-distance bombers over the Middle East in a show of force, the latest such mission in the region as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran

The Independent UK

The Destructionists review: brilliant study of Republican rage pre-Trump

Dana Milbank of the Washington Post does not fall victim to false equivalency. He knows the GOP is a threat to democracy

The Guardian - US

Search for survivors as plane carrying 10 people crashes into Mutiny Bay, Washington

The plane was flying from San Juan County to Renton Municipal Airport

The Independent UK

1 dead, 9 missing after floatplane crashes in Puget Sound

Authorities say one person has been killed and nine others are missing following a floatplane crash in Puget Sound in Washington state

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The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of 10 Washington state plane crash victims

The Coast Guard recovered 1 body at the scene of the Puget Sound crash on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel’s Raskin expects Pence to testify as clock ticks

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin on Sunday said he assumes former Vice President Mike Pence will voluntarily give testimony to the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, but didn’t rule out a subpoena.

The Guardian - US

Republican Senate candidate says she’s anti-abortion but against federal ban

Tiffany Smiley, a trained nurse, wants to win in Washington state, where a 1991 law protects abortion access

Tribune News Service

Climate change is overwhelming US flood maps, FEMA head says

WASHINGTON — Flood maps used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are out of date and understate the risks to homes and businesses from flooding and extreme rain triggered by climate change, FEMA Director Deanne Criswell said.

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USA Today Sports Media Group

Should the Commanders pursue former Giants linebacker Blake Martinez?

The 28-year-old Martinez is a six-year starter.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Seahawks: 53-man roster by jersey number going into 2022 season

The first Sunday of the 2022 season is one week from now and the Seahawks play their first game the next evening.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Where are the Washington’s ‘triplets’ ranked?

How good are Washington's "triplets" in 2022?

The Times of India

Senior US diplomats to visit India this week, to hold key meetings on maritime security dialogue

WASHINGTON: A high-level US delegation will visit India from Monday to attend key meetings to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership and discuss ways to expand cooperation to support a free and open, resilient and secure Indo-Pacific region, the state department has said.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Trafficked to Chicago? Migrants are not interstate political pawns

For a window into the chaos surrounding the current U.S. immigration policy and its enforcement flaws, you only needed to watch the late news in Chicago Wednesday night. Some 60 exhausted migrants, seemingly mostly from Venezuela, found themselves stumbling off a bus and staring into cameras outside Chicago’s Union Station.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Approves $1.1 Billion in Arms for Taiwan, Angering China

The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island's defenses as tensions soar with Beijing, which warned Washington of "counter-measures." The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland China to launch…

Tribune News Service

Veteran strategist John Podesta joins Biden in climate team shakeup

WASHINGTON — John Podesta, a veteran Democratic strategist who worked outside the White House to drive support for President Joe Biden’s climate agenda, is joining the administration to spearhead the government’s implementation of the sweeping clean energy law enacted last month.

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