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Friend of the Obamas, Ald. Sophia King hopes to defuse tension in city

King said she would Chicago Police Supt. David Brown, give “burned-out, overscheduled and underappreciated” officers more time off and create incentives needed to fill more than 1,400 sworn police vacancies.

Chicago Sun-Times

Beyoncé’s 10 most iconic moments, on the eve of her Renaissance tour film

Across her 26-year career, Beyoncé has given us more than few stand out moments

Evening Standard

McCarthy, Biden to meet in hopes of avoiding debt limit debacle

WASHINGTON — When Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the debt limit, there are some structural advantages in favor of emerging from the fight this summer without tanking financial markets that didn’t exist in 2011, a similar moment in U.S. political history.

Tribune News Service

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Biden and McCarthy's debt-ceiling talk is a clash of strategies

Biden called McCarthy a “decent man."

Axios

Biden has bolstered 9th Circuit’s liberal flank, but has yet to match Trump’s impact

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden is leaving a distinct mark on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, adding relatively young jurists of color who have bolstered the influential court’s liberal flank.

Los Angeles Times

McCarthy, Biden to meet in hopes of avoiding debt limit debacle - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden could actually have a chance to avoid a fiscal crisis this summer.

Roll Call

Biden reveals his cat sleeps on his head

‘She has no limits,’ the US president says about his cat, Willow

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Biden, McCarthy, once breakfast mates, wrangle over US debt

Not long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to have breakfast together in the then-vice president’s home

The Independent UK

State of the Union address: The seven most bizarre moments over the years

From a congressman shouting ‘you lie!’ to the Speaker of the House tearing the speech to pieces, here are some of the most memorable and regrettable SOTU moments

The Independent UK

'It really disturbs me to say this, but I think I agree with Larry.' Paul Krugman sides with frenemy Larry Summers on inflation fight.

Both economists think the U.S. Federal Reserve is just as likely to overestimate inflation as underestimate it.

Fortune

Putin vs the West review: World leaders seem rightly shamefaced about how they got taken for a ride by Russian president

David Cameron and François Hollande are among the talking heads in this forensic analysis of European diplomacy in response to Putin’s aggression

The Independent UK

Putin vs the West review: World leaders seem rightly shamefaced about how they got taken for a ride by the Russian president

David Cameron and François Hollande are among the talking heads in this forensic analysis of European diplomacy in response to Putin’s aggression

The Independent UK

"Constitutional sheriffs" ignore gun law

In Illinois, approximately 80 of the state’s 102 sheriffs oppose the new Protect Illinois Communities Act

Salon

Sheriffs who see themselves as ultimate defenders of the Constitution are especially worried about gun rights

A gun control law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois in January 2023 immediately faced opposition from a group key to the law’s enforcement: sheriffs. They are county-level, locally elected public officials who run jails, provide courthouse security, and, in many counties, are the primary providers of law enforcement…

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The Independent UK

Steve McQueen says 12 Years a Slave wouldn’t have been made if Obama wasn’t president

‘I wouldn’t have gotten the money,’ director and artist told an audience

The Guardian - US

Never Give an Inch review: Mike Pompeo as ‘heat-seeking missile for Trump’s ass’

The former secretary of state wants to be president. His vicious memoir will sell, but he may not find buyers at the polls

Salon

Are evangelicals breaking up with Trump?

For evangelical voters, Donald Trump is the abusive boyfriend they can't quit. Don't expect that to change

Tribune News Service

Biden faces GOP debt showdown with bitter memory of 2011 crisis

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden was there in 2011 when Democrats tried to negotiate the type of broad deficit-reduction plan that GOP lawmakers are once again demanding as a condition of raising the federal debt ceiling.

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Irish Mirror

Joe Biden picks Covid-19 response leader Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff

Jeff Zients is an experienced technocrat who headed the Biden administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Tribune News Service

Biden’s announces Zients as new chief of staff

President Joe Biden announced he is picking Jeff Zients as his next chief of staff, ushering in a new top aide as he prepares to launch a reelection bid while contending with a divided Congress.

The Independent UK

He’s a corporate executive worth $150m. Can Jeff Zients keep progressives happy and Biden White House on track?

Jeff Zients made a fortune in the private sector before leading the government’s Covid response. Andrew Feinberg reports on the former management consultant’s next big assignment: White House chief of staff

Axios

Biden confirms Jeff Zients will be chief of staff

Ron Klain is expected to leave the White House after the State of the Union address in February.

Los Angeles Times

Meet the Justice Department attorney who'll square off in House GOP investigations

WASHINGTON — Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte has spent months preparing to face off against House Republicans as they unleash a gantlet of congressional investigations into the Justice Department.

Miami Herald

Cuban American named US ambassador to the OAS wants to champion democracy in the region

MIAMI — Frank Mora, a Miami native and the new U.S. ambassador to the Organization of Americas States, wants to make the organization “even more relevant” amid the “increasing erosion” of the democratic system in Latin America and the Caribbean, he told journalists on Thursday, discarding the possibility that the…

The Independent UK

National Archives asks former presidents to double check for unauthorised records

Classified documents controversy now envelops two presidents and one vice president

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