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White House press secretary rebuffs Sen. Ted Cruz's invitation to see for herself migrants walking across border

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre rebuffed Sen. Ted Cruz’s invitation to visit the U.S.-Mexico border with him to witness migrants walking across — a familiar sight for news viewers that Jean-Pierre adamantly denied takes place.

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Raimondo announces strategy to boost US chip manufacturing ahead of Biden’s Ohio trip

WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo on Tuesday unveiled a strategy for the Commerce Department’s disbursal of $50 billion that Congress approved to boost domestic manufacturing of semiconductor chips, saying she expected the first money to flow in the spring of 2023.

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Brandon Scherff helping Jaguars prepare for Washington’s defensive front

With Scherff's inside knowledge of the Commanders' front seven, the Jaguars should have a degree of advantage in Week 1.

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U.S. says it will press Israel on rules of engagement after Al Jazeera journalist's killing

Washington will press Israel to review its policies and practices on rules of engagement after the Israel Defense Forces concluded that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely shot by an Israeli soldier, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Biden welcomes new British PM Truss, says looks forward to deepening U.S.-UK ties

U.S. President Joe Biden congratulated Liz Truss for taking over as the British prime minister on Tuesday and said Washington and London would continue to cooperate on global issues, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Civil rights activist celebrating her birthday among ten killed in Puget Sound plane crash

“Her voice will be missed, I think even by those who hated to see her walk into the meeting,” brother says

The Independent UK

Congress mulls data privacy bill that would void California's tougher protections

WASHINGTON — A key congressional committee is pushing a federal bill to bolster protections for consumers' online data privacy, but California lawmakers have launched an aggressive bid to amend or block the legislation because it would unravel the state's own tougher protections.

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EV tax credit may be out of reach for most consumers

WASHINGTON — While the climate, health care and tax law includes an overhaul for the electric-vehicle tax credit, allies and industry representatives have expressed concern that the statute may ultimately benefit too few consumers.

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Privacy advocates demand rules for mobile providers on data use

WASHINGTON — Privacy advocates are demanding standards for mobile service providers’ handling of sensitive customer information, especially location data, after a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the top 15 carriers revealed a huge variation within the industry’s data retention and consumer privacy protocols.

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Democrats face big legislative to-do list in sprint to midterms

Senate Democrats, fresh off a string of legislative victories, return to Washington this week with a packed agenda before November’s midterm elections, including passing billions more in Ukraine and pandemic aid.

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Xinjiang Red Dates, Linked to Forced Labor, Sold in US

Report says 20% of world’s red dates come from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and are likely the products of forced labor.

The News Lens

Missing high school footballer found safe – then arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary

Gabriel Davies set off a two-day search in and around Olympia in Washington state last week when his car was found bloodied and abandoned in his family’s driveway

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris stops in Boston for Labor Day breakfast: ‘We know when we fight we win’

BOSTON — Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Boston from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Monday, where she spent just over three hours stumping for Democratic primary hopefuls and meeting with union leaders before jumping back on Air Force Two and flying back to Washington, D.C.

Boston Herald

Time to Rethink America’s Nuclear Strategy

How to learn the right lessons from the Cold War.

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China accuses Washington of cyber spying on university

China is accusing Washington of breaking into computers at a university that U.S. officials say does military research, adding to complaints by both governments of rampant online spying against each other

Asharq Al-Awsat

US B-52 Bombers Fly over Middle East amid Tensions with Iran

The United States military said Monday it flew a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 long-distance bombers over the Middle East in a show of force, the latest such mission in the region as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran. The bombers took off from the Royal Air Force base at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tel Aviv Maintains Intensive Campaign to Block Nuclear Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced that his country was conducting an intensive campaign to prevent the signing of a “dangerous nuclear agreement” between Iran and major powers. Addressing a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Lapid announced that the director of the Mossad, David Barnea, would head to Washington on Monday…

Al Jazeera

Iran rejects Western claims that nuclear position is ‘negative’

Tehran has maintained that the ball is in the US court after its response to Washington last week.

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The Independent UK

US B-52 bombers fly over Middle East amid tensions with Iran

The United States military says it flew a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 long-distance bombers over the Middle East in a show of force, the latest such mission in the region as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran

The Guardian - US

The Destructionists review: brilliant study of Republican rage pre-Trump

Dana Milbank of the Washington Post does not fall victim to false equivalency. He knows the GOP is a threat to democracy

The Independent UK

Search for survivors as plane carrying 10 people crashes into Mutiny Bay, Washington

The plane was flying from San Juan County to Renton Municipal Airport

The Independent UK

1 dead, 9 missing after floatplane crashes in Puget Sound

Authorities say one person has been killed and nine others are missing following a floatplane crash in Puget Sound in Washington state

Axios

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of 10 Washington state plane crash victims

The Coast Guard recovered 1 body at the scene of the Puget Sound crash on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel’s Raskin expects Pence to testify as clock ticks

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin on Sunday said he assumes former Vice President Mike Pence will voluntarily give testimony to the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, but didn’t rule out a subpoena.

The Guardian - US

Republican Senate candidate says she’s anti-abortion but against federal ban

Tiffany Smiley, a trained nurse, wants to win in Washington state, where a 1991 law protects abortion access

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