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Russia has enough troops ready to take Kyiv, says former Ukraine defence chief

White House believes Moscow has amassed at least 70% of firepower needed for mid-February invasion

The Guardian - UK

Will Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Need Republican Votes to Get Confirmed?

Supreme Court confirmation votes have become increasingly partisan. Will this create a problem in a 50-50 Senate?

Reason

US Airborne Infantry Troops in Poland amid Ukraine Tension

Hundreds of U.S elite troops were expected to arrive in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine on Sunday on President Joe Biden's orders to deploy 1,700 soldiers there amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The airborne infantry troops of the 82nd Airborne Division were expected at at…

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Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschool

When Ketanji Brown Jackson’s younger daughter was 11, she drafted a letter to President Barack Obama suggesting her federal-judge mom for a vacancy on the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Can Biden tackle rising crime without abandoning police reform promise?

A Gallup survey showed only 24% of Americans were satisfied with efforts to ‘reduce or control crime’, the lowest it’s been

The Guardian - US

Biden rattles his sabre at Putin … but it’s Xi he really wants to scare

Tub-thumping talk of all-out war in Ukraine seems overblown but the White House knows the fledgling Sino-Russian axis is a real threat, in Taiwan and elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Judge halts oil and gas leases

A federal judge halts the Department of Interior's decision to lease more than 80 million acres in Gulf of Mexico

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Israel wants to maintain an ‘unsustainable’ status quo, Palestinian PM Shtayyeh says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said that African countries have said "loud and clear" that Israel won’t be an observer state at the African Union. He added that Arab-Israeli normalization is “a violation of Arab League decisions and resolutions”, and said that US President…

France 24

History shows every moment counts for Dems' hold on Senate

More than 600 sitting senators have died or resigned since the first Congress met in 1789

The Independent UK

Looking for evidence? Trust us, Biden administration says

President Joe Biden's administration has refused to share evidence for national security claims in recent days, and officials have even accused reporters of buying into foreign propaganda

The Independent UK

Iran Welcomes US Sanctions Relief but Says it's Too Little

Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday welcomed US sanctions relief intended to entice Iran back to the 2015 nuclear deal, but called it insufficient. On Friday, the Biden administration restored some sanctions relief to Iran’s atomic program as world powers and Tehran continue talks aimed at salvaging the languishing agreement. “Lifting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Presidents such as Joe Biden have been super connected to pro football

CLAYMONT, Del. — The football field at Archmere Academy is just off the banks of the Delaware River, perfectly green artificial turf surrounded by the yellows and browns that dominate the color palette in winter when everything isn’t covered by snow. When the wind blows just right in the afternoon,…

Los Angeles Times

Azhar, Vatican Celebrate Human Fraternity Int’l Day

Marking International Day of Human Fraternity US President Joe Biden urged all nations to work together, saying that global challenges are "too great for any one nation or group of people to solve." Biden insisted that problems such as the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, and violent conflicts "require us to…

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Congress Wants Biden to Increase Pressure on Iran

The US Senate warned President Joe Biden about the increasing Houthi attacks on US allies, and lawmakers intensified their pressure on the administration to re-designate the militias on the list of terrorism. In a rare move, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell dedicated his daily inaugural statement to address Iran's proxies…

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US Officials: Iran’s Nuclear Program Advanced Too Far to Re-create 'Breakout Period'

Iran's nuclear program had advanced too far to re-create the roughly 12-month so-called "breakout period" of the 2015 pact, US officials warned. US officials said Iran is capable of amassing enough nuclear fuel for a bomb in significantly less than a year, a shorter time frame than the one that…

The Guardian - US

‘Trump is not my God’: how the former president’s only vaccine victory turned sour

A rigid anti-vaccine stance among Trump’s supporters means Republicans can’t reap the benefits of Operation Warp Speed

Dynamite News

Biden marks 'tragic milestone' of 900,000 American deaths from COVID-19

US President Joe Biden on Friday marked the "'tragic milestone" of 900,000 deaths from COVID-19 even as he urged Americans to do their part to fight the pandemic including getting themselves and their children vaccinated against the disease.

The Independent UK

Biden sees US economy as powering past the pandemic

President Joe Biden and the White House were bracing for bad economic news

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Federal judicial nomination, confirmations in first week of February

The U.S. Senate confirmed three of President Joe Biden’s (D) federal judicial nominees on Feb. 1 to lifetime Article III judgeships on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio:

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Clyburn counts the votes, sees Biden needing GOP support for Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court will need Republican support to receive Senate confirmation, a leading Democratic lawmaker said Friday.

Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for January 2022

In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies in Article III courts during the month of January through Feb. 1, 2022. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month.

Al Jazeera

Biden administration restores sanctions waiver to Iran

US State Department official says waiver needed to allow for technical discussions key to talks on nuclear deal return.

Reuters

Biden administration restores sanctions waiver to Iran as talks in final phase

The Biden administration has restored a sanctions waiver to Iran, a senior State Department official said on Friday, as indirect talks between the United States and Iran on returning to the 2015 nuclear agreement entered the final stretch.

The Independent UK

Childs gets prosecutors' 'wholehearted' backing for DC court

A bipartisan group of two dozen former South Carolina federal prosecutors are offering their “wholehearted support” for Judge Michelle Childs’ nomination to an appellate court

Ballotpedia

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

President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 45 Article III federal judges through Feb. 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 24 of President Donald Trump’s…

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