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A Washington man makes calls across the country threatening racial violence

The federal criminal complaint details other threatening calls allegedly made by the suspect over the past year to businesses in California, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington state, officials say.

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Long-range guns given to Ukraine open door to new phase of war

WASHINGTON: The war in Ukraine may be entering a new stage as long-range rocket systems supplied by the US disrupt Russia’s grinding advance in the eastern Donbas region, and open the door for a possible counteroffensive.

The Times of India

Trump Returning to Washington to Deliver Policy Speech

Former President Donald Trump will return to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office, delivering a policy speech before an allied think tank that has been crafting an agenda for a possible second term. Trump will address the America First Policy Institute's two-day America First Agenda Summit…

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He’s back: Trump returns to Washington for first time since leaving office

Ex-president to give keynote address at rightwing thinktank, days after January 6 panel exposed his inaction during Capitol attack

The Guardian - US

Northwestern US heat wave could have hottest day on Tuesday

The temperatures in Portland, Oregon, could top 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday amid the hottest stretch of a week-long heat wave in the Pacific Northwest region that rarely experiences such scorching weather

The Independent UK

Trump returning to Washington to deliver policy speech

Former President Donald Trump is returning to Washington for the first time since leaving office

The Independent UK

'Haven't had sex in ages': Elon Musk denies report of affair with Google co-founder's wife

WASHINGTON: Tesla CEO Elon Musk denied a media report that alleged that he had an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of billionaire Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

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Pelosi’s Taiwan ambiguity has China fuming ahead of Biden call

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s staff and security officials aren’t ruling out plans for her to visit Taiwan in early August on a trip that has already stoked more U.S.-China tensions.

Tribune News Service

Energy Department plans to loan GM battery joint venture $2.5 billion

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy said Monday it plans to loan General Motors Co. and LG Energy Solution's joint venture $2.5 billion to build EV battery plants in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.

Tribune News Service

Biden presses Congress to pass $52bn semiconductor subsidies

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Monday pushed Congress to pass a bill providing domestic semiconductor manufacturers with $52 billion in subsidies to cut reliance on foreign sourcing for the vital component.

Bangkok Post

Pence’s speech postponed because of bad weather in Washington

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence was forced to postpone a high-profile speech in Washington on Monday because of travel problems as a severe summer storm swept over the region.

Tribune News Service

When Trump declares for 2024 he loses control of $103 million

WASHINGTON — As former President Donald Trump considers when to announce his candidacy for another presidential bid in 2024, he faces a costly quandary.

Tribune News Service

US says no more 'business as usual' with Myanmar's junta

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday said there can be no "business as usual" with Myanmar's ruling military following its execution of four democracy activists, adding that all options were on the table as it considered further measures to punish the junta.

Bangkok Post

Democrats blast Commerce Department for overseeing heavy increase in gun exports

WASHINGTON — Democrats in the House and Senate are rebuking the Biden administration over a decision to leave in place a Trump-era regulatory change that detractors argue caused gun exports to soar, including to countries with poor human rights track records.

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The Independent UK

House incumbent targeted by Trump faces tough primary in WA

U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler is facing one of her toughest primaries since she was first elected to represent the southwest region of Washington state in 2010

Tribune News Service

House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu

WASHINGTON — The House Education and Labor Committee is making a late-session push to renew child nutrition programs and incorporate changes made to cope with the pandemic, but disagreements could slow the reauthorization of a nutrition law that expired in 2015.

Tribune News Service

House begins busy sprint to August recess and Senate tees up ‘chips-plus’ bill

WASHINGTON — House leaders are cramming this week to finish a laundry list of legislative priorities before a five-week getaway from Washington.

The Independent UK

Where young adults moved to based on race and ethnicity

It turns out millennials haven’t strayed very far from the areas where they grew up

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Sen. Padilla got $250 million in local projects for California. Job well done or pushing pork?

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla boasts he’s secured about $250 million for 134 projects, ranging from bike and pedestrian path improvements to flood control.

The Independent UK

Monkeypox ‘can be contained, absolutely’ in US, White House doctor says

There are 2,500 reported cases of monkeypox in the US, detected in 44 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico

Tribune News Service

Pence shows distance from Trump with speech hinting at 2024 run

WASHINGTON — Mike Pence is getting a one-day head start on rallying the Republican base in Washington before his former boss, Donald Trump, returns to the U.S. capital for the first time since the violent end to his presidency.

Los Angeles Times

As Kevin McCarthy’s California district gets redder, discontent brews on his right

CLOVIS, Calif. — In Washington, Kevin McCarthy is the ultimate party-line Republican, one of former President Donald Trump’s most loyal congressional foot soldiers who is leading the charge in the GOP’s quest to regain control of the House in November.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan-U.S. 2+2 economic talks to boost tech cooperation

WASHINGTON -- Japan and the United States will discuss ways to drastically reinforce bilateral cooperation in economic security areas, including the protection of semiconductors and other advanced technologies, at their first ministerial-level "Economic 2+2" dialogue.

Reuters

U.S. envoy heads to Middle East to push Yemen peace talks

The U.S. special envoy for Yemen leaves for Saudi Arabia and Jordan on Monday to continue Washington's diplomatic efforts to back a United Nation's mediated truce in Yemen, the U.S. State Department said.

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Congress is moving toward fixing the way it counts votes for president, but it won't be easy

WASHINGTON — Last week, a bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators agreed on a long-awaited proposal to fix the Electoral Count Act, the ramshackle 1887 law that then-President Donald Trump used to try to overturn the 2020 election.

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