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Biden news - live: President to announce gun regulation as Republicans ‘holding Covid fund hostage’

Biden is expected to nominate Obama-era US attorney to lead gun control agency

The Independent UK

Biden to nominate new ATF director, release ghost gun rule

A U.S. attorney in the Obama administration is being nominated by President Joe Biden to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

The Independent UK

Iowa's political swing makes Obama's wins harder to repeat

The state of Iowa was Barack Obama’s unlikely launching pad in 2008 to become the nation’s first Black president

The Independent UK

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Syria Gas Attack Victim, Awaiting Justice, Say Impunity Fuels War Crimes

Abdel Hamid al-Youssef said 25 members of his family, including his wife and infant twins, were killed when poison gas was dropped on their town in Syria in 2017, in an attack a UN-backed inquiry concluded was launched by the Syrian state. “In seconds, everything was erased.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fox News airs ageist Biden clips

The "out of context" clips seem to have been intentionally used to place Biden in a negative light

Salon

Syria gas attack victims, awaiting justice, say impunity fuels war crimes

Abdel Hamid al-Youssef said 25 members of his family, including his wife and infant twins, were killed when poison gas was dropped on their town in Syria in 2017, in an attack a U.N.-backed inquiry concluded was launched by the Syrian state.

Reuters

Twitter Stakeholder Elon Musk Tweets ‘Is Twitter Dying?’

Twitter's newest board member and largest stakeholder Elon Musk tweeted Saturday to ask if the social media network was "dying" and to call out users such as singer Justin Bieber, who are highly followed but rarely post. "Most of these 'top' accounts tweet rarely and post very little content," the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran sanctions 24 US officials over ‘terrorism’ and rights abuses

Iran and the US continue to sanction each other as they engage in talks to restore a 2015 nuclear deal.

Al Jazeera

Editorial: Lessons learned from Ketanji Brown Jackson

Lacking any valid reason to reject Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, some Senate Republicans chose an utterly pointless pretext: her refusal to say whether she supports packing the court with more justices, as some of its critics advocate.

Tribune News Service

New this week: 'The Brothers Garcia,' Jewel and Barack Obama

This week’s new entertainment releases include Jewel’s first new studio album in seven years, former President Barack Obama narrating a five-part Netflix series about U_S_ public lands and the return of “The Brothers Garcia.”

The Independent UK

Deja vu permeates as lawmakers ready to debate Iran nuclear deal - Roll Call

The Biden administration is close to striking an agreement with Iran, and lobbying machinery is cranking back into action on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call

Martha Minow is the new chair of the MacArthur Foundation — some of her first work was as a Chicago copy clerk

CHICAGO — On the March morning she officially became the chair of the board of directors of the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, Martha Minow sat on a couch in the handsomely appointed apartment of her father and remembered the past.

Chicago Tribune

Ketanji Brown Jackson may be Biden's last justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first — and possibly the last — Supreme Court justice to be confirmed under President Biden.

Axios

Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID after White House events with US President Joe Biden

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is currently asymptomatic, according to her spokesman, despite testing positive for COVID-19 a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Black women now lead 3 of Penn’s prestigious law journals. They talk about what other change they’d like to see

PHILADELPHIA — When Chayla Sherrod learned she had been selected as the next editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review — the oldest and one of the most prestigious law journals in the country — she was thrilled.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘He kept a promise’: How Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation boosts Biden’s legacy

WASHINGTON — White House allies say they’re confident Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will shape President Joe Biden’s legacy long after he leaves office — even if the appointment does not offer Democrats a political boost in time for November’s midterm elections.

Reason

My NBC Article on the Confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

It explains why many of the reasons GOP senators gave for opposing Jackson were ridiculous, but also that there is nothing inherently wrong in opposing a qualified "mainstream" nominee based on differences over judicial philosophy.

Roll Call

At the Races: Historic confirmation, then recess - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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USA Today Sports Media Group

Jaylen Brown highlights: Star forward gets 25 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals in Bulls blowout

Brown led all scorers in a road trouncing of Chicago in front of former US President Barack Obama.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Democrats Criticize Revival of Iran Nuclear Deal

A year after the Vienna negotiations, lawmakers are strongly voicing their opposition against US President Joe Biden's quest to return to the nuclear agreement. The opposition came this time from the Democratic Party, which has significant implications, although it has not effectively affected any potential deal with Iran. Democrats held…

The Independent UK

Biden news – live: Ketanji Brown Jackson to be confirmed today as US escalates Russia sanctions

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Chicago Sun-Times

Former President Barack Obama warns Chicago audience of ‘anger-based’ journalism and social media cashing in on conflict

The former president said he believes platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube “appear to have some insight into what’s more likely to prompt insurrectionists, white supremacists, misogynist behavior and internet bullying.”

Chicago Tribune

In Chicago, Obama warns that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a warning of how ‘flabby’ and ‘feckless’ democracy has become

CHICAGO — Russia President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a warning that world democracy has gotten “flabby and confused and feckless” at a time of growing boldness and misguided support for authoritarianism, former President Barack Obama told a Chicago audience Wednesday.

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Biden has appointed most federal judges through April 1 of a president’s second year

President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 58 Article III federal judges through April 1 of his second year in office. This is the most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since 1981. The Senate had confirmed 29 of President Donald Trump’s…

Mic

DNC chair calls GOP Sen. Tom Cotton a “little maggot-infested man”

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