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Elizabeth Warren, Jamaal Bowman Want To Give Lina Khan the Power To Impose Rent Control on the Whole Country

Warren and fellow progressive Democrats have asked President Joe Biden to use the FTC, HUD, or maybe the FHFA to impose nationwide rent control.

Reason

Democrat targets ‘lies’ of newly elected GOP congressman with SANTOS Act: ‘Stop Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker’

Violations of the bill, if it were to become law, would include a $100,000 fine and up to a year in prison

The Independent UK

Trump’s brazen tax cheating revealed

That Trump persisted in using the same fraudulent technique in 6 years of recent tax returns is evidence of intent

Salon

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Peru protests leave 1 person dead, Congress debate suspended

Demonstrations in Peru left one person dead Sunday, while a Congressional debate on proceedings against former President Pedro Castillo was suspended.

Tribune News Service

The Federal Government Can't Seem to Decide How the CFPB Is Funded

The Solicitor General's brief defending how the CFPB is funded contradicts what the agency and others have said in the past.

Reason

Capitol Police chief: Jan. 6 failures 'largely' fixed but extremism threat persists

USCP Chief Tom Manger says problems that led to the Capitol riot have been addressed, and he is focusing on expanding field offices to be better prepared for rising threats to congressional members.

WEKU

‘Red Wave’ Makes Modest Splash in South Texas

The GOP took just one of three Congressional seats from Brownsville to Laredo, and short-lived incumbent Mayra Flores has been sent packing.

Texas Observer

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Lee, Becker running in general election for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District

Incumbent Susie Lee (D) and April Becker (R) are running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District.

Ballotpedia

The only way Dan Snyder is selling the Commanders is if he runs out of people to blame

Commanders owner Dan Snyder hired Bank of America for "potential transactions." No one knows what that means just yet.

USA Today Sports Media Group

U.S. Reps Visit Colombia As Cannabis Legalization Moves Forward Under New Government

After the Colombian House of Representatives approved a bill to legalize adult-use cannabis, a U.S. congressional delegation visited.

Benzinga

Polling Data Suggest That Student Loan Debt Relief Is Not Very Important to Young Voters

The new survey, released by Data for Progress, could spell trouble for Democrats hoping for gains in November following Biden's debt relief plan.

Reason

Opioid crisis cost U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 -congressional report

Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis on the United States reached nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 alone and is likely to grow, a congressional report seen by Reuters shows.

Reuters

Cost of Biden's student debt relief plan exceeds $400 billion, CBO says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s decision to forgive some federal student debt will cost the U.S. Treasury at least $400 billion, the Congressional Budget Office estimated.

Tribune News Service

Biosafety legislation gets politicized

COVID-19 has polarized conversations about lab safety. Pushes for more oversight are increasingly from Republicans

Salon

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The Times of India

China sanctions seven top Taiwanese officials after 2nd US Congressional delegation's visit to Taipei

BEIJING: China on Tuesday announced sanctions on seven "die-hard" pro-independence Taiwanese politicians and officials, including Taipei's representative to Washington, amid concerns over the increasing visits by foreign dignitaries to the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing.

Tribune News Service

More than a half billion doses of COVID vaccine made in Baltimore dumped, congressional panel finds

BALTIMORE — The tally of wasted COVID-19 vaccine continues to climb at the troubled Emergent BioSolutions plant in East Baltimore and now exceeds a half billion doses, according to findings a congressional panel released Thursday on the manufacturer once central to the U.S. coronavirus pandemic response.

The Independent UK

White House looks to tout Biden’s successes and stress GOP opposition as midterms loom: ‘There is a contrast here’

“There is a real contrast here, and that contrast will be in front of the country this fall as it looks towards who will lead going forward”

Bangkok Post

US help sought on how to pilot F-35As

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has asked its United States counterpart to send experts to provide knowhow on how to operate fighter jets pending US Congressional approval of the sale of F-35As, says RTAF commander ACM Napadej Dhupatemiya.

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US House Speaker Pelosi begins Asia tour, no mention of Taiwan

House of Representatives speaker confirms she will visit four Asian countries amid speculation she might visit Taiwan.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US House Speaker Pelosi Begins Asia Tour, No Mention of Taiwan

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi starts a tour of four Asian countries on Sunday, her office said, without mentioning Taiwan amid intense speculation she might visit the self-ruled island claimed by China. "Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific region, including visits to Singapore,…

The Independent UK

Trespassing charges against Colbert team dropped following Capitol incident

Show’s production team included Robert Smigel, the voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

USA Today Sports Media Group

In Gee Chun tames ‘beast’ of a setup at Congressional with record-setting 64 at KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

The soft-spoken In Gee Chun, a two-time major champ, put together one of the most dominant rounds in recent memory.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Marquee group of Nelly Korda, Brooke Henderson and Inbee Park – all past KPMG champions – headline at Congressional

Henderson’s lone major victory came six years ago at the KPMG Women’s PGA.

The Independent UK

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show production team arrested in Capitol Hill office building

US Capitol Police said on Friday that officers arrested a group of unauthorised people in a congressional office building on Thursday night and charged them with unlawful entry.

Chicago Sun-Times

Seven arrested while making Triumph the Insult Comic Dog segment at U.S. Capitol

The people working for ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ were charged with unlawful entry.

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