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Ignoring Putin's Threats, US Boosts Support for Ukraine

In rallying global arms supplies and asking Congress for $33 billion more to support Ukraine, Washington is choosing to ignore Vladimir Putin's threats to use nuclear arms, and instead is openly testing the Russian leader's limits. After the United States brought 40 countries to a US base in Germany last…

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Rare skin cancer patients face 40 pc recurrence rate: Study

A new study at the University Of Washington School Of Medicine said that patients treated for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) face a 40 per cent of recurrence rate in five years.

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Biden attends Correspondents’ Dinner as virus stalks Washington

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden attended the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner for the first time as commander-in-chief, even as the coronavirus continues to infect those around him.

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5 takeaways from the White House Correspondents Dinner

From Biden’s jokes about his own approval rating to pandemic anxieties, here were the top moments

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Trevor Noah mocks Washington for hosting ‘superspreader’ event

‘For real, what are we doing here,’ Daily Show host jokes

The Independent UK

Biden allies keep up pressure for $50,000 in student loan relief

WASHINGTON — A close ally of President Joe Biden said congressional Democrats will keep up pressure on him to use his executive authority to forgive as much as $50,000 in student loan per borrower rather than the more limited plan being considered by the White House.

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Any Bolsonaro attempt to undermine Brazil election should be met with sanctions -ex U.S. diplomat

Washington should make it clear to the "messianic" Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that any effort to undermine his country's elections would trigger multilateral sanctions, a newly retired U.S. State Department official wrote on Saturday.

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25 unknown facts about Thomas Jefferson

Apparently the third president harvested opium and had a pet mockingbird named Dick

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Biden’s $1.75 trillion student-debt problem by the numbers

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is considering forgiving at least $10,000 in student loans per borrower, a promise he made on the campaign trail, through executive action.

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Title 42 was meant to slow COVID at the border. It's being used to manage migration

The pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 are technically a public health policy. But the debate in Washington has shifted to whether or not they're an effective tool for managing the border.

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Washington 2nd-round pick Phidarian Mathis expected to go in ‘3rd or 4th round’

Phidarian Mathis was expecting to go "somewhere in the third or fourth round."

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US decries Putin's 'depravity'

Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv was hit by more deadly shelling on Saturday while Ukrainian forces made some gains in the surrounding region as Washington slammed the “depravity” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Bangkok Post

Russia Says Strategic Stability Dialogue with US 'Frozen'

Dialogue between Moscow and Washington on strategic stability is formally "frozen", the TASS news agency cited a Russian foreign ministry official as saying on Saturday. Vladimir Yermakov, the foreign ministry's head of nuclear non-proliferation, said those contacts could be resumed once Russia completes what it calls its "special military operation"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia says strategic stability dialogue with U.S. formally 'frozen' - TASS

Dialogue between Moscow and Washington on strategic stability is formally "frozen", the TASS news agency cited a Russian foreign ministry official as saying on Saturday.

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Return of the ‘nerd prom’: Covid-19 and Ukraine war loom over White House correspondents’ dinner

The gala comes amid a surge of Covid cases in Washington, with many journalists skipping the would-be super spreader

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Nationals’ hit parade continues, but this time Giants prevail

SAN FRANCISCO — If the Nationals’ offensive onslaught Friday night came as a surprise, their hit parade found an even more unlikely master of ceremonies on Saturday in Logan Webb.

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Police shortage prompts Capitol to begin using security contractors

WASHINGTON — Contract security officers will start work Monday as part of a new program to help alleviate staffing shortages within the Capitol Police, according to a letter from the Capitol Police Board to lawmakers and staff obtained by CQ Roll Call.

Los Angeles Times

Biden holds talks with Mexico’s president as pressure mounts over Title 42 border policy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden held talks Friday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a looming deadline to lift COVID-related restrictions at the U.S. southern border magnified concerns over the administration’s immigration policies and an increase in illegal border crossings.

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Biden seeks to rob Putin of his top scientists with visa lure

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has a plan to rob Russian President Vladimir Putin of some of his best innovators by waiving some visa requirements for highly educated Russians who want to come to the U.S., according to people familiar with the strategy.

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Musk engages in Twitter spat after rebuttal from Ocasio-Cortez

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk engaged in a Twitter spat with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she rebuked billionaires and delivered an indirect rebuttal to the Tesla Inc. chief executive’s tweet saying that the Democratic Party “has been hijacked by extremists.”

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Seahawks take running back Kenneth Walker III with the 41st pick in the 2022 NFL draft

RENTON, Wash. — It wouldn’t be a Seahawks draft without a surprise thrown in.

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Seahawks select edge rusher Boye Mafe with the 40th pick in draft

RENTON, Wash. — The Seahawks added to their pass rush with their first pick of the second day of the NFL draft Friday, taking Minnesota defensive end Boye Mafe.

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As controversy brews, Rep. Madison Cawthorn draws attention from TSA, House Ethics committee

WASHINGTON — In less than 24 hours, complaints have been filed with the House Ethics Committee, the Transportation Security Administration and the House sergeant-at-arms involving U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s accusers say she lied under oath in insurrection case

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for voters seeking to use the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist clause to block Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s return to Congress accused her of lying at a hearing last week and asked the judge to allow new evidence — a text she sent to ex-President Donald Trump’s chief of…

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Loan forgiveness starting at $10,000

WASHINGTON — The White House is considering forgiving at least $10,000 in student loans per borrower through executive action, according to people familiar with the matter, with momentum increasing as President Joe Biden seeks ways to bolster voter enthusiasm ahead of the November midterms.

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