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Francis Wilkinson: Poor voters are losing out in the culture wars

The federal government says that 38 million Americans live in poverty. In addition, tens of millions live above the poverty line but in more or less permanent financial insecurity. Who represents the interests of all these people?

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AP News Digest 3 am

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.

The Independent UK

Obama praises woman behind 'Fired up' chant as she retires

Former President Barack Obama is marking the retirement of the South Carolina woman credited with popularizing the chant “Fired up, ready to go!”

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FBI Documents Show Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian Grilled for 1MDB Secrets

Inside the US government’s effort to unravel a giant financial fraud, with some help from the celebrities who got paintings and bags of cash via a friendly future fugitive named Jho Low.

Businessweek

Amid controversy, Biden administration shortens visit by Cuban Border Guard officials

MIAMI — A planned visit this week by Cuban Border Guard officials to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington has been canceled after complaints from Republican members of Congress.

Miami Herald

White House calls senior Republican ‘despicable’ for wishing Biden’s dead son had been prosecuted

‘Jim Comer has a Trumpian blend of incompetence and malice,’ former Obama adviser says

The Independent UK

What is the US national debt and how has it grown over time?

The national debt grew by more than $4 trillion in 2020 alone.

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‘Border Security’ Is a Financial Black Hole that Will Consume Us All

State spending on cops and tech at the Texas border has increased ninefold in a decade, now set to reach $4.6 billion over the next two years.

Texas Observer

Powell’s debt-limit alarm echoes stealth lobbying effort in 2011

In the worst political showdown over the U.S. debt limit to date, a little-known former Treasury official in 2011 helped convince lawmakers that raising the ceiling was the only option. He’s back at it now, but from a much higher perch: chair of the Federal Reserve.

Tribune News Service

From Chinua Achebe to Toyin Falola – 5 essential books Nigeria's new president should read

Not many African political leaders are known to have publicly declared their love of reading. US president Barack Obama popularised the idea of a recommended reading list and he still shares his annual choice.

The Conversation

Obama to launch leadership training in Chicago, 2 more cities

The Change Collective will take applications through mid-April for programs here, Detroit and Jackson, Mississippi, starting in June.

Chicago Sun-Times

Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS closes February sitting

Welcome to the Feb. 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Supreme Court to decide fate of Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Tribune News Service

Has Bernie Sanders really helped Joe Biden move further left?

The senator’s relationship with Biden has proven constructive, with an ambitious agenda – but some Sanders aides and supporters offer a mixed verdict

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A history buff with a big blindside

Gov. DeSantis: You’re a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism ended

The Independent UK

Ex-Obama campaigner voted head of Italy's Democratic Party

A 37-year-old U.S.-Italian national and longtime left-wing political operative who worked on two presidential campaigns for former U.S. President Barack Obama has defied polls to become the first woman to head Italy’s opposition Democratic Party

WEKU

As Republicans start investigating Biden, the White House war room is ready to fight

House Republicans are investigating everything from the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan to the business dealings of the president's son. Here's how the White House is gearing up.

The Guardian - UK

Outdated and out of time: Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail

The US president won rave reviews in Kyiv and Warsaw. But his old, cold war mindset is out of step with a changing world

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The Independent UK

Carter: Still a model for candidates asking 'Why not me?'

As 2024's campaign season begins, politicians are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back

Fortune

Ajay Banga’s World Bank appointment shows that financial CEOs aren’t toxic anymore

The nomination of the former Mastercard CEO shows how Wall Street has lost its status as America’s biggest corporate villain.

Reason

New NTSB Report Highlights Useless, Premature Regulatory Push After East Palestine Derailment

Plus: Ex-felons and the right to vote, Gavin Newsom's plan to cap oil company profits collides with reality, and more...

Salon

Trump called out over East Palestine lie

"I had nothing to do with" slashing rail regulations, Trump claimed after gutting rail regulations

Asharq Al-Awsat

Killer of Rapper Nipsey Hussle Jailed for at Least 60 Years

The man who shot dead Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle on a Los Angeles street in 2019 was jailed for at least 60 years on Wednesday. Eric Holder had not denied killing Hussle -- a fast-rising star whose death sent shockwaves through the music world -- but his lawyers argued it…

The Independent UK

Dems consider break with tradition to get Biden more judges

Democrats recently celebrated the 100th judicial confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidency and are clamoring for more

Al Jazeera

Biden and Trump spar over East Palestine train disaster in US

Labour groups have said cost-cutting measures by railroad companies occurred under both Democrats and Republicans.

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