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Gov. Pritzker, Illinois delegation scrambling to grab federal dollars ‘owed’ due to census goof

The Census Bureau bungle deprives Republicans of a main attack line: blaming Pritzker and Democrats for Illinois population loss — since, it turns out, the population grew.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pentagon’s spokesman Kirby is moving to a White House position

WASHINGTON — Pentagon press secretary John Kirby will move to the White House to take a senior communications role with a foreign policy focus.

Tribune News Service

Kirby to lead Biden's national security communications team

President Joe Biden has named Pentagon press secretary John Kirby to be the new National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications

The Independent UK

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Ukraine aid bill hitching ride to Seoul for Biden signature

The $40 billion U.S. package of assistance for Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia's aggression is hitching a ride on a commercial flight to South Korea so it can be signed by President Joe Biden

The Independent UK

Summit of America invites are out, but no final decision on excluding Cuba, White House says

In a signal that it might backtrack on statements about excluding undemocratic governments from the upcoming Summit of the Americas, the Biden administration is considering inviting a representative of the Cuban government after Mexico and other countries threatened to boycott the gathering of leaders around the hemisphere.

Miami Herald

Capitol riot committee has official White House photos from day of attack

The photographs by ex-White House photographer Shealah Craighead could show what Donald Trump was doing as a mob of his supporters assaulted police and stormed the Capitol

The Independent UK

US could offer Ukraine advanced anti-ship missiles to break through Russian naval blockade

Washington is actively considering sending two types of powerful anti-ship missiles to Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Biden begins Asia tour aimed at boosting Indo-Pacific ties

US president visits South Korea, Japan to strengthen Indo-Pacific alliances amid China’s rise and Russia-Ukraine war.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: Biden’s trip to Chicago highlights the deeper problems in Democratic leadership

In Joe Biden’s America, life is not easy. For those of us who call Illinois our home, it’s not hard to see how Democrat policies have negatively affected our lives — even more so than our families who live in neighboring states.

Chicago Tribune

Ukraine slams Russian campaign in Donbas 'hell', US readies $40bn in aid

KYIV: The renewed Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donbas has turned the eastern region into "hell", President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as the United States approved a gargantuan US$40-billion aid package for the country.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine’s Donbas ‘Destroyed’ as Russian Artillery and Aircraft Step up Strikes

Russian forces have bombarded areas of Ukraine's eastern Donbas from land and air, killing at least 13 civilians, Ukraine's military said on Friday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the assaults had turned the region into "hell". As the war neared the three-month mark, the Russians were intensifying their efforts to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden has little to entice Kim Jong Un to stop weapons tests

The last time a U.S. president visited Seoul in 2019, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un agreed to restart nuclear talks during an impromptu meeting at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone.

Tribune News Service

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby moving to White House

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby is joining the White House, according to a person familiar with the matter, adding star power to the West Wing’s foreign policy communications team

The Independent UK

Siege ends at Ukraine's Mariupol steelworks, Russia seeks control of Donbas

The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol's smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia's defense ministry said, ending the most destructive siege of the war as Moscow fought to cement control over the Donbas region.

Reuters

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Moscow says Azovstal now ‘liberated’

Ukraine news from May 20: Azovstal steelworks plant was last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol.

The Independent UK

What’s behind Jeff Bezos’s Twitter spat with Joe Biden – and is it ethical?

The Independent UK

White House says North Korea planning nuclear or ICBM test around Biden visit

US intelligence estimates Kim Jong-un will display latest arms technology as Biden visits region

Benzinga

Pfizer, NIH Mulling Study For Longer Paxlovid Course To Combat Reinfections

The U.S. National Institutes of Health and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) are discussing testing a longer course of COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, required to prevent reinfections, White House Chief Medical Officer Anthony Fauci said. "We're going to be planning what studies we're going to be doing relatively soon, within the next few days," to…

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Abbott's Troubled Baby Formula Michigan Plant To Reopen In 1-2 Weeks: Reuters

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and the FDA are reportedly on track to reopen the company's Sturgis, Michigan, baby formula manufacturing plant within one or two weeks, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said. Abbott, the biggest U.S. supplier of powder infant formula, including Similac, agreed with the FDA on the steps needed to resume production at…

The Guardian - US

Putin ‘had to keep explaining things to Trump’, ex-White House aide says

Fiona Hill, a former national security council official, said Russian leader grew frustrated with Trump: ‘Putin doesn’t like to do that’

Reason

Biden's Baby Formula Airlift Stunt Should Never Have Been Necessary

Markets work if you let them. The Biden administration and Congress should remove supply restraints on baby formula that never made any sense in the first place.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Senate Overwhelmingly Approves $40 Billion in Ukraine Aid

The US Senate overwhelmingly approved nearly $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine on Thursday sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law. The Senate voted 86-11 in favor of the emergency package of military, economic and humanitarian assistance, by far the largest…

Al Jazeera

US accuses Cuba of using upcoming summit as propaganda

The White House has said it has not yet sent out invitations for the June 6-10 summit and refused to provide details.

The Independent UK

Russian TV hosts mock White House press secretary for not being ‘white, heterosexual male’

‘Don’t watch it if you have high blood pressure,’ American journalist warns

Roll Call

FDA: Infant formula supply will increase quickly - Roll Call

The Biden administration says it will be 'a few weeks' before the baby food supply around the country is back to normal

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