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Can Congress buy in to digital dollar without legislation?

WASHINGTON — The White House’s exploration of a government-backed digital dollar is raising an implicit question that has received little attention: What role does Congress have in the decision?

Tribune News Service

Biden open to new oil reserve sales as last tranche released

The Biden administration plans to release 15 million barrels from US emergency reserves and may consider freeing up significantly larger additional supplies this winter as it tries to ease high gasoline prices that have become a liability for Democrats in next month’s midterm elections.

Tribune News Service

OLD What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner and why is she detained in Russia?

The basketball icon has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

The Independent UK

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Britain must urgently review its defence in light of Putin’s nuclear threat

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has gone to Washington, like Mr Smith in the movie, this time on unscheduled and urgent business. Three days of meetings at the Pentagon and White House will focus on the dramatic turning point in the Ukraine war and the scary possibilities of what Russia might…

Evening Standard

Inside Steve Bannon’s ‘disturbing’ quest to radically rewrite the US constitution

By taking over state legislatures, Republicans hope to pass conservative amendments that cannot be electorally challenged

The Guardian - US

Is Donald Trump expected to declare a run for US president in 2024?

The US will hold its 60th presidential election in 2024 and former president Donald Trump has dropped hints that he is once again interested in the top job. Here's what we know about his plans, his eligibility and what happens next.

ABC News

Biden open to new Strategic Petroleum Reserve sales as last planned tranche released

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to release 15 million barrels from U.S. emergency reserves, and may consider significantly more this winter, in an effort to ease high gasoline prices that have become a liability for Democrats in next month’s midterm elections.

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Biden taps oil reserve in attempt to curb gas prices

It's the latest of several attempts by the Biden administration to try and tame gas prices via the SPR.

Axios

White House seeks more Ukraine weapons support in Senate NDAA

Biden administration also opposes continued funding for nuclear sea-launched cruise missile, requests increase in Afghanistan SIVs.

Roll Call

Biden is releasing 15 million barrels from the strategic oil reserve to tame prices

The Department of Energy has another 400 million barrels in its strategic reserves, which the White House said it can pull from in the future if necessary.

WEKU

Biden to authorise more releases from US petrol reserves

US president will announce new actions to address oil and gas prices in a speech on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Biden vows to codify Roe if Democrats win midterms: ‘You gotta vote’

US president cast election as choice between Republicans who seek to impose nationwide abortion ban and Democrats defending right to choose

The Guardian - US

FBI agents resist Jan. 6 probes: report

"They keep repeating talking points that violence from Black Lives Matter protests is not being taken as seriously"

Salon

Biden looks to increase oil supplies ahead of midterm voting

President Joe Biden wants to past fossil fuels but he's looking to increase oil supplies ahead of next month’s midterm elections

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Salon

Trump floats MTG for DOJ job: report

Marjorie Taylor Greene also expects "a lot of power and a lot of leeway" if Kevin McCarthy becomes House speaker

The Guardian - US

No prescription needed: over-the-counter hearing aids on sale in US

Hearing aids now available from stores including Walgreens and Walmart without prescription after new FDA rule takes effect

The Guardian - UK

Biden intelligence adviser previously vetted deals for Israeli NSO Group

Jeremy Bash served on committee advising on sales of company’s Pegasus spyware to foreign agencies

Tribune News Service

Biden has shunned campaign appearances in key states. Blame his approval rating

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s political travel schedule is lighter than his two immediate predecessors at the same point in the midterm campaign, highlighting the challenge unpopular presidents face trying to stave off congressional losses.

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The Independent UK

House investigation reveals how Trump aides bullied CDC staff to downplay Covid-19 threat

Trump aides ’usurped control of CDC communications and blocked public health officials from providing accurate information about the coronavirus to the American people,’ report claims

Evening Standard

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on emergency trip to US amid Ukraine security concerns and nuclear threat

The Defence Secretary has made an emergency trip to the US to discuss the security situation in Ukraine, including the threat of a nuclear attack.

Roll Call

Can Congress buy in to digital dollar without legislation? - Roll Call

The Fed says it needs congressional support to issue a digital currency, but it's unclear whether it has to be in the form of legislation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Criminal evidence abounds against Trump. He must be held accountable

The final Jan. 6 insurrection committee hearing last Thursday presented what, in any other historical context, would have been a series of major bombshells. But in this shell-shocked nation, numbed by years of daily Trumpian outrages, the idea of a president and his advisers colluding to organize a violent coup…

The Guardian - US

Bibi review: Netanyahu memoir is hard-eyed – if not where Trump is concerned

The former Israeli PM is under a legal cloud but fighting for office again. His book is well-written and self-serving

Reuters

Russia destroys power and water infrastructure across Ukraine

Russia has destroyed almost a third of Ukraine's power stations in the past week, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as Moscow rained more missiles down on infrastructure in what Kyiv and the West call a campaign to intimidate civilians.

Miami Herald

Miami’s mayor would consider White House bid if the ‘mood of the country’ was right

MIAMI — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez would “strongly consider” a presidential run if he feels voters want a “next generation” Republican with a positive message — the most straightforward public comments yet from the 45-year-old mayor and private equity executive about whether he views himself as White House material.

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