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Trump wants to end DeSantis’s 2024 campaign before It even begins

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is girding to take a swing at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on one of the things his chief rival is proudest of: his handling of his state’s economy.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court sides with FDA on abortion pills, blocks Texas rulings for now

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration to preserve legal access in most of the nation to an abortion pill that is part of the most common method of ending early pregnancies.

Los Angeles Times

'Back on his game': Pa. Sen. John Fetterman hit the ground running in first week back in Washington

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman didn’t need an acceleration lane to get up to speed after returning to Capitol Hill this week following a two-month absence. He hit the gas as soon as he came to town.

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Political Pulse / Taiwan contingency war game highlights Japan's critical importance

In 20XX, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) deploys warships, including aircraft carriers, and fighter jets around Taiwan to blockade the island. Strongly opposed to the United States' planned arms sales to Taiwan, China tries to prevent the sale by taking military action and ultimately bring Taiwan to its knees.…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Migrant crisis has ‘destroyed’ NYC, Mayor Adams claims ahead of meeting with top Biden aides

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams charged Friday that New York City is getting “destroyed” by the federal government’s failure to contain the nation’s migrant crisis — a thinly-veiled broadside against President Joe Biden delivered just hours before Adams was set to meet with White House officials about the matter.

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Jan. 6 insurrectionist worked to create hatchet-wielding band of 'fighters,' faces 20 years

LOS ANGELES — Ladera Ranch resident Russell Taylor, who once messaged that he wanted to "be one of the first ones to breach the doors" of the U.S. Capitol, agreed to a plea deal in federal court in Washington, D.C., this week for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Los Angeles Times

McCarthy is coming up short in support for House debt-limit bill

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is coming up short in support for his first big legislative effort, a bill tying a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts, risking serious damage to both his stature and the U.S. economy.

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After Ralph Yarl shooting, Black people in Kansas City’s Northland keep fighting racism

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before Theo Davis moved from Washington, D.C., to help pastor a church in Kansas City’s predominantly white neighborhoods north of the Missouri River, a Black church elder called him with a warning:

Tribune News Service

Ukrainians in US anxious about protections as war rages on

WASHINGTON — Borys Gudziak, archbishop of Philadelphia for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said Ukrainian members of his congregation who fled to the U.S. after Russia’s invasion have started to worry about their fate once their temporary immigration protections expire.

Tribune News Service

US alerts European countries to Russian sanctions evasion

A senior U.S. sanctions official is alerting European countries to Russian efforts to acquire certain sanctioned goods, as Washington seeks to root out sanctions evasion by Moscow.

Reuters

Local News Close-Up: Capital Improvements in D.C.

Washington stations cover Commanders sale, along with the usual blockbuster Beltway news

Broadcasting & Cable

Which states have the highest and lowest income tax?

Forty-three states and Washington, DC, collect income taxes every year—and seven states collect no income tax. Here’s where you can expect to pay more, or less.

USAFacts

South Korea says summit with Biden to give significant attention to North Korea rights

South Korea's Washington ambassador Cho Hyun-dong said on Friday he was sure North Korean human rights would be given significant attention in summit talks between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden next week.

Reuters

Black students in Washington state played key role in the Civil Rights Movement, new book states

When it comes to civil rights history, the focus is often on the marches, boycotts, sit-ins and other protests that took place in the South. In “Washington State Rising,” Marc Arsell Robinson, assistant professor of African American history at California State University, San Bernardino, takes a look at the civil…

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Macron, Biden search for China reset after French leader's comments on Taiwan

US President Joe Biden and French leader Emmanuel Macron have been attempting to ease tension between Paris and Washington in the wake of Macron's recent remarks on Taiwan and the European security relationship with the United States.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bridgeport bank failure cost millions more than feds have said: Where did all the money go?

Authorities say they’ve recovered $59 million toward the money lost when they shut down Washington Federal Bank for Savings, but they’re still out another $81 million, records show.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico's president, saying the US is suffering from moral decay, offers some advice

Mexico's leader has some advice for the United States.

Tribune News Service

DSCC Vice Chair Alex Padilla on the 2024 election, immigration and the worst rule in baseball

WASHINGTON — Politicians come in all colors of charismatic, from red-faced rabble rousers to silver-tongued orators, and Alex Padilla’s hue is the faded blue of some everyday jeans. Sure, he’s California’s first Latino senator, a rising star in the Democratic Party and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate who’s the…

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘It’s a 2-way race’: Rep. Massie says congressional support coming to DeSantis

WASHINGTON — Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, an early endorser of Ron DeSantis’ undeclared presidential candidacy, said more congressional support for the Florida governor would be forthcoming, framing the 2024 Republican primary as a “2-way race.”

USA Today Sports Media Group

Breaking down MSU football’s 2023 schedule into tiers from easiest to hardest games

Breaking down MSU football's 2023 schedule into tiers from easiest to hardest games

McClatchy Washington Bureau

As Petro visits, White House threatens new pressure on Maduro without democratic progress

President Joe Biden is open to increasing pressure on Venezuela if Nicolás Maduro fails to take concrete steps toward democratic elections, the Biden administration said on Thursday, as Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro visited the White House.

Tribune News Service

Republicans urge tweaks to House debt limit bill ahead of vote

WASHINGTON — Republicans from both edges of the party are pushing for changes to a leadership-assembled debt limit bill, but Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his team appear hesitant to open it back up ahead of a planned vote next week.

Reuters

Biden thanks Colombia for hosting Venezuelan refugees, eyes deeper partnership

U.S. President Joe Biden praised Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday for his country's treatment of refugees from Venezuela and for his commitment to democracy and human rights.

Reuters

Macron, Biden talk, but statements differ on Taiwan

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday, but statements the two leaders released differed over Taiwan just 10 days after Macron had drawn criticism with allies over the issue.

Al Jazeera

US preparing for possible evacuation of embassy staff in Sudan

Pentagon says it moved ‘military capabilities’ near Sudan in case it needs to facilitate departure of embassy personnel.

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