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Buchanan pulls in big Q2 haul as Ways and Means race heats up

WASHINGTON — Rep. Vern Buchanan led second-quarter fundraising among GOP hopefuls for the party’s top spot on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, raking in more than $860,000 in contributions.

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Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson has COVID-19, is likely to miss Thursday hearing

WASHINGTON — Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee, is likely to miss the panel’s Thursday hearing after contracting COVID-19.

Los Angeles Times

Fintechs question CFPB’s faith in innovation over ‘safe harbors’

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to end temporary “safe harbors” for two financial technology companies is raising eyebrows in the community, with some wondering if the agency is committed to promoting financial innovation.

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Immigration agency backlog weighs on congressional offices

WASHINGTON — Immigration lawyer Diana Baurele spent weeks getting bounced around the bureaucracy of a U.S. immigration agency as she tried to renew work authorization documents for a home health care worker.

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More states may legalize psychedelic mushrooms

Alex Jones says a trip in Jamaica saved her life. Not a trip to Jamaica: a hallucinogenic trip in Jamaica.

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Border crisis hobbles DACA progress in Congress, prolongs limbo for Dreamers

WASHINGTON — For just over a decade, more than 800,000 young immigrants brought into the country as children have been safe from deportation thanks to an executive order known as DACA.

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Editorial: Pro-choice activists' tactics against judges at restaurants hinder the cause

In a distressing new trend that all serious abortion-rights activists should condemn immediately, a pro-choice group is offering online payments to restaurant staff who spot conservative Supreme Court justices at Washington-area restaurants and tip off protesters so they can harass the justices. It’s difficult to overstate how counterproductive such tactics…

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US promotes ‘friend-shoring’ of trade with eye on China, Russia

US treasury secretary highlights economic threat posed by ‘unreliable countries’ during visit to South Korea.

Al Jazeera

Yellen says U.S. to work with Seoul to limit North Korea's nuclear ambitions

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday Washington will continue to work with South Korea to limit North Korea's development of nuclear and missile programs.

Reuters

Putin says progress in Ukraine grain talks thanks to Erdogan

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for mediating talks on the export of grain from Ukraine, saying there was some progress. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Putin that Tehran and Moscow need to stay vigilant against "Western deception", calling for long-term cooperation…

France 24

There are no open U.S. House seats in Washington for the first time in a decade

The filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House in Washington was May 20, 2022. This year, 68 candidates are running in Washington’s 10 U.S. House districts, including 37 Republicans, 19 Democrats, seven independents, and five third-party candidates. That’s 6.8 candidates per district, fewer than the 7.3 candidates in…

Ballotpedia

What would California do if Congress passed a national abortion ban?

WASHINGTON — What if Congress enacts a federal ban on abortion?

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Republican activists organizing ‘surveillance’ of ballot drop boxes in Washington state

As midterm voting kicks into high gear, Republican activists in Washington are organizing surveillance of ballot drop boxes, generating complaints and concern from some elections officials.

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Allies seek to follow U.S. lead on Xinjiang forced labor ban

U.S. allies appear committed to following Washington's lead banning forced labor goods from China's Xinjiang region, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Monday, warning companies they could not maintain "deliberate ignorance" about their supply chains.

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New FEC filings show no sign of donors abandoning Democrats

WASHINGTON — The president’s party usually loses seats in midterms, and those losses can be significant when the president is unpopular and the economy is in turmoil.

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Texas Sen. Cruz says 2015 Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage was wrong

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is joining a multitude of conservatives in continuing to say the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage was wrong and an overreach, stoking concerns that the reversal of Roe v. Wade could impact other past decisions.

The Independent UK

Out of wartime hiding, Ukraine's first lady makes US visit

Ukraine’s first lady has arrived in Washington for her highest-profile event since Russian troops invaded her country five months ago

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Rep. Val Demings announces she has COVID after speaking at Florida Democrats’ summer gala

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Val Demings, Florida Democrats’ all-but-certain Senate nominee this year, said Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19.

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Bellator 283: Make your predictions for Douglas Lima vs. Jason Jackson

We want your predictions for Friday's Bellator 283 event in Tacoma, Wash.

Sports Illustrated

Fantasy Case Against Antonio Gibson

Stiff competition in Washington's backfield will challenge Antonio Gibson borderline RB1 status.

The Independent UK

Five people injured in shooting at Washington state Walmart

‘The gunshots started firing, and it sounded like it was right next to us’, customer says

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When Massachusetts tried to ban an opioid, a court said no. What about abortion pills?

WASHINGTON — Efforts in states to further restrict medication abortion face legal questions over potential conflicts with federal drug regulations.

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After Manchin tanks talks, climate action moves to life support

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III’s decision to oppose at least for now provisions in his party’s climate and social programs bill that would reduce fossil fuel emissions presents a dramatic but not necessarily fatal setback for the legislation and the prospect of averting what science contends will be a…

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Steve Bannon’s ‘misdemeanor from hell’ on Jan. 6 charges goes to trial

Steve Bannon stood outside of a Washington courthouse eight months ago and declared that charging him for failing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee would be “the misdemeanor from hell” for top Democrats.

Al Jazeera

As his war on Ukraine rages, Russia’s Putin heads to Iran

The increasingly isolated president will meet his Turkish and Iranian counterparts in Tehran to discuss Syria as the Eas

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