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Decision to shoot down balloons puts spotlight on hobbyists

Decisions to shoot down multiple unidentified objects in American and Canadian airspace has put a spotlight on amateur balloonists who say their creations pose no threat

The Independent UK

White House: Wagner Group has suffered over 30,000 casualties in Ukraine

The Russian mercenary company Wagner Group has suffered more than 30,000 casualties since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, with about 9,000 of those fighters killed in action, the White House said on Friday.

Reuters

Sen. Rick Scott alters policy plan causing heartburn for GOP

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has amended a plan to overhaul how the federal government works after Democrats repeatedly seized on it to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security

The Independent UK

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Biden won’t visit Ukraine during Poland trip to mark war anniversary

Mr Biden will visit Poland to commemorate one year of war next week

The Independent UK

Scott quietly edits plan to end Medicare

The Florida Republican changed his plan to exclude the programs after backlash from Democrats and his own party

Salon

Kamala Harris: Biden is not too old for presidency and I intend to run with him

Vice-president dismisses ‘Washington chatter’ about whether president should run for a second term in the White House

The Guardian - US

MP Dan Carden heads to White House as he continues addiction recovery campaign

Walton MP was the first Member of Parliament to openly talk about being in recovery from alcoholism in the House of Commons

Liverpool Echo

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White House holds a briefing after doctors declare Biden ‘fit for duty’

Karine Jean-Pierre held a White House briefing after doctors declared Joe Biden ‘fit for duty’.

The Independent UK

White House defends response to toxic train derailment

The Biden administration is defending its response to a freight train derailment in Ohio that left toxic chemicals spilled or burned off, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done

The Independent UK

‘Insane, lying, complete nut’: How Fox News stars rejected Trump’s election conspiracies while network pushed them

Messages and testimony revealed in a voting machine company’s $1.6bn defamation lawsuit find top personalities and executives clashing over bogus claims while seething over brand ‘vandalism’ when reporters corrected them, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Fox News, the Murdochs and a web of secret Trump messaging: How the revelations of the Dominion lawsuit go much further than vote counting

Court documents present damning messages from network’s star anchors and executives surrounding coverage of Donald Trump’s false 2020 election fraud narrative, Joe Sommerlad and Alex Woodward explain

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 investigation sheds light on events in Georgia

A U.S. House committee spent months investigating the events that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Its final report details then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.

Tribune News Service

Republicans to adopt loyalty pledge for debate participants

Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP’s ultimate presidential nominee

The Independent UK

John Kirby: ‘When the weather improves, the Russians will make additional offensive moves’

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby sat down with FRANCE 24’s Washington correspondent Kethevane Gorjestani to talk about the war in Ukraine, the United States’ diplomatic relations with China after the latter sent a spy balloon over its territory, and why the Iran nuclear deal is currently off…

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Tribune News Service

1/10th of Congress needs dementia test under Nikki Haley plan aimed at Trump and Biden

WASHINGTON – How old is too old?

The Independent UK

Pentagon was aware of suspected spy balloons during Trump admin, report says

Former Trump national security adviser says balloon shot down on 4 February was unprecedented

Los Angeles Times

Don Lemon apologizes for ‘inartful’ on-air comment about when a woman is ‘in her prime’

CNN anchor Don Lemon apologized for on-air comments he made Thursday about when a woman is considered to be “in her prime.”

The Guardian - US

US officials say all debris from suspected Chinese spy balloon has been collected – as it happened

Pieces collected off ocean floor after US fighter jet shot down balloon off South Carolina’s coast and will now go to FBI lab for analysis

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The Independent UK

Biden's Trump-focused campaign could be risky if GOP shifts

In 2020, Joe Biden built his White House run around promises to beat Donald Trump “like a drum.”

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: latest objects shot down over US not linked to China, Biden says

‘Private companies’ conclusion likely to fuel criticism that downings were overreaction amid pressure over initial balloon discovery. Plus, there may be a reason you want to sleep more in winter

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Everyone needs to get a grip regarding the 'spy balloons' saga

It looked like something out of a Hollywood sci-fi flick: the White House press secretary assuring a roomful of reporters that there is “no indication of aliens.” Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had to make that startling pronouncement this week because a top general had earlier declined to rule out the…

ABC News

US President Joe Biden says three unidentified objects shot down were 'not nefarious' — here's what they could be instead

US President Joe Biden says the three objects shot down over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron are not linked to China's spy balloon — here's what experts say they might be instead.

Axios

Biden could be forced to break out his veto pen over COVID-19 and D.C.

Three resolutions passed the House that aren't subject to the Senate filibuster.

WEKU

Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled

Fox News stars, including Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, privately derided then-President Donald Trump's assertion he'd been cheated of victory in 2020, even as the network amplified such claims.

The Independent UK

Biden health review reveals skin lesion removal and explanation for persistent cough

Mr Biden’s doctor says he ‘remains a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as ChiefExecutive, Head of State and Commander in Chief’

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