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Russia to Stage Nuclear Drills with Ukraine Tensions High

Russia announced massive drills of its nuclear forces Friday amid soaring East-West tensions, as the US issued some of its starkest, most detailed warnings yet about how a Russian invasion of Ukraine might unfold. US President Joe Biden sounded unusually dire a day earlier, as he warned that Washington saw…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Republicans who opposed racial justice protests hope truckers ‘clog up’ US cities

Lawmakers including Rand Paul and Ron DeSantis say they would back disruption of a Canadian-style trucker convoy

The Guardian - US

Allies Watch for Kremlin Attempt to Justify Ukraine Invasion

The US issued some of its starkest, most detailed warnings yet about how a Russian invasion of Ukraine might unfold, and its Western allies went on high alert for any attempts by the Kremlin to create a false pretext for a new war in Europe. US President Joe Biden sounded…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Latest Ukraine updates: US says Putin made decision to invade

Russia-Ukraine news from February 18: Biden says Moscow has plan to attack Kyiv in ‘coming days’.

Al Jazeera

Allies watch for Kremlin attempt to justify Ukraine invasion

The U.S. has issued some of its starkest, most detailed warnings yet about how a Russian invasion of Ukraine might unfold

The Independent UK

Biden says diplomacy still possible; OSCE reports more attacks in east – as it happened

Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents

The Guardian - US

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing earlier comments from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come any day and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create a pretext for such…

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Senate rejects Ted Cruz push to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools, in deal to avert shutdown

WASHINGTON – The Senate granted Sen. Ted Cruz’s demand Thursday night for a vote to block local school boards from requiring COVID-19 vaccines but then promptly rejected his proposal.

Tribune News Service

Analysis: Trump is giving Biden a pass as Russia threatens Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has mostly given President Joe Biden a pass over Russia’s flirtation with invading Ukraine and possibly installing a puppet government in Kyiv.

Tribune News Service

Capitol Police force has made a third of post-Jan. 6 recommended changes, watchdog testifies

WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police force has not made the majority of his post-Jan. 6 recommendations, the department’s inspector general told a House committee Thursday. More training and intelligence gathering to anticipate and protect against threats to Congress are among the most pressing needs, he said.

Los Angeles Times

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing comments earlier in the day from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come at any minute and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create…

Los Angeles Times

Biden tells Ohio audience he is returning to DC because of ‘a little thing going on in Europe right now’

President is returning to Washington amid heightened tensions with Moscow over Ukraine

The Independent UK

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 10

In this issue: Republican Governors Association runs pro-Kemp ad in Georgia and Arrington challenges Mace in SC-01

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Capitol Police made a third of post-Jan. 6 recommended changes, watchdog to testify

WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police force has not made the majority of his post-Jan. 6 recommendations, the department’s inspector general is expected to tell a House committee Thursday, and still needs more training and intelligence gathering to anticipate and protect against threats to Congress.

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Biden warns Russia could attack Ukraine within days

Joe Biden says there was ‘every indication’ Russia was prepared to attack Ukraine amid rising tensions.

ABC News

Russian threat to invade Ukraine still high says Washington as Moscow expels US diplomat

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Moscow could order an assault on its neighbour in the "coming days" after a Ukrainian kindergarten is hit by artillery fire.

Tribune News Service

Mountain towns across the West are facing a housing crisis. Can this Washington community break the mold?

METHOW VALLEY, Washington — Cold didn't faze Molly Starcher as she hauled 20-pound bags of confectioners' sugar barehanded from Winthrop's snow-covered boardwalk into The Little Dipper Café and Bakery on a zero-degree late December day.

Reuters

Emirates flight to Washington flew too low on take-off, investigators say

An Emirates flight to Washington in December flew too low as it took off from Dubai International Airport and over an adjacent inner-city neighbourhood, investigators said on Thursday.

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U.S. receives Russia's response to security proposals -U.S. official

The United States received Russia's response to Washington's security proposals on Thursday when it was delivered to U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan in Moscow, a senior U.S. State Department official said.

Reuters

At U.N., U.S. warns Russia planning to attack Ukraine in 'coming days'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken laid out at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday how Washington believes Russia could seek to invade Ukraine, warning that Moscow was preparing to attack its neighbor in the "coming days."

Tribune News Service

First Black woman and DC’s second statue get close to Capitol placement

WASHINGTON — In a building where change can come slowly, the statues are no exception. But at least two new marble and bronze faces will arrive at the Capitol this year — one a Black woman replacing a Confederate general, and the other a big planner bringing a small victory…

The Independent UK

China rejects US trade complaint, criticizes Washington

China has rejected a U.S. accusation that Beijing is failing to live up to its market-opening commitments in a new round of complaints as companies wait for the two governments to restart talks on ending a tariff war

Reuters

WHO calls for strengthened role as U.S. proposes new pandemic fund

Efforts to strengthen global health security will only succeed if the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) is enhanced, the agency's head said on Thursday, as its biggest donor, Washington, proposed a new global pandemic prevention fund.

Reuters

How a Saudi woman's iPhone revealed hacking around the world

A single activist helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over damaging new allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world.

Los Angeles Times

House members are using proxy voting for reasons far beyond its original intent

WASHINGTON — Rep. Karen Bass voted by proxy in the House last week as she filed paperwork in Los Angeles to run for mayor. Rep. Mo Brooks did the same to campaign for a Senate seat, tweeting a picture of himself shaking hands with Alabama Republicans.

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