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    • 'It harms the United States': Biden lifts Trump-era ban

      'It harms the United States': Biden lifts Trump-era ban

      President Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration.

      Advocates surprised lift wasn't immediate »
      • A mister no more: Potato Head rebranded

        A mister no more: Potato Head rebranded

      • LGBTQ rights bill passes — and exposes GOP divide

        LGBTQ rights bill passes — and exposes GOP divide

      • The words that are in and out with Biden

        The words that are in and out with Biden

      • Marjorie Taylor Greene targets colleague's child with sign

        Marjorie Taylor Greene targets colleague's child with sign

      • U.S. conducts first military airstrikes under Biden

        U.S. conducts first military airstrikes under Biden

    • Sturgeon under pressure over claims that complainer's name was leaked to Salmond camp
      World
      The Telegraph

      Sturgeon under pressure over claims that complainer's name was leaked to Salmond camp

      Nicola Sturgeon has denied that the identity of a woman who accused Alex Salmond of sexual assault was leaked to him, but refused to say whether she ordered an investigation into the "astonishing" claim. The First Minister came under intense pressure at Holyrood on Thursday over the allegation that an official in her government had committed an "extraordinary breach of confidentiality" by passing the name of a civil servant to Geoff Aberdein, Mr Salmond's former chief of staff. Mr Salmond, who is to give evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee investigating the affair on Friday, has put forward the allegation in written testimony.

      • Sturgeon blasts Salmond but faces claim she is 'acting like tin pot dictator'
        Sturgeon blasts Salmond but faces claim she is 'acting like tin pot dictator'
        The Telegraph
      • Nicola Sturgeon denies political influence behind censorship of explosive evidence in Salmond affair
        Nicola Sturgeon denies political influence behind censorship of explosive evidence in Salmond affair
        The Independent
    • Acting Capitol Police chief: Phone logs show Jan. 6 National Guard approval was delayed
      U.S.
      Axios

      Acting Capitol Police chief: Phone logs show Jan. 6 National Guard approval was delayed

      Acting U.S. Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman testified on Thursday that cellphone records show former USCP chief Steven Sund requested National Guard support from the House sergeant-at-arms as early as 12:58pm on Jan. 6, but he did not receive approval until over an hour later. Why it matters: Sund and former House sergeant-at-arms Paul Irving clashed at a Senate hearing on Tuesday over a dispute in the timeline for when Capitol Police requested the National Guard during the Capitol insurrection. Irving insisted that he has no recollection of receiving the request until after 2pm.

      • Capitol Police Chief: Extremists Plotting State Of The Union Violence
        Capitol Police Chief: Extremists Plotting State Of The Union Violence
        HuffPost
      • The Latest: Lawmaker says Capitol police didn't grasp threat
        The Latest: Lawmaker says Capitol police didn't grasp threat
        Associated Press
    • Biden nominee Neera Tanden’s tweet about Joe Manchin’s daughter may come back to haunt her
      Politics
      The Independent

      Biden nominee Neera Tanden’s tweet about Joe Manchin’s daughter may come back to haunt her

      Neera Tanden, Joe Biden's nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, previously criticised Democratic Senator Joe Manchin's daughter, a slight that might factor into whether or not she is confirmed for the position. Ms Tanden tweeted an image of an article about Mr Manchin's daughter, Heather Bresch, taking aim at a significant increase in her pay while she was CEO of Mylan. In the tweet, Ms Tanden pointed out that the company's board was justifying the pay raise by saying Ms Bresch had "contributed significantly to the company's growth in recent years".

      • The Fate Of Neera Tanden's Nomination Comes Down To 1 Moderate GOP Senator
        The Fate Of Neera Tanden's Nomination Comes Down To 1 Moderate GOP Senator
        HuffPost
      • WH says it's 'continuing to fight' for Tanden
        WH says it's 'continuing to fight' for Tanden
        Associated Press Videos
    • World
      Associated Press

      Turkish police nab Iraqi IS suspect, rescue Yazidi girl

      Turkish police have detained a suspected Iraqi Islamic State group militant and rescued a 7-year-old girl from Iraq's Yazidi religious minority he had allegedly been holding captive, the state-run news agency reported Wednesday. The man, identified by his initials S.O., was detained in an early morning raid in the capital Ankara, the Anadolu Agency reported. The suspect had once served as an officer in the Iraqi army, the agency said, adding that police and the country's intelligence agency had been monitoring his moves.

    • No Need to Call an Architect—These 9 Room Dividers Elegantly Get the Job Done
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      No Need to Call an Architect—These 9 Room Dividers Elegantly Get the Job Done

      From ornate to subtle, these beautiful screens double as functional art Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Journalist Tim O'Brien, who's seen Trump's taxes, thinks Trump's accountant will now flip in D.A. inquiry
      Politics
      The Week

      Journalist Tim O'Brien, who's seen Trump's taxes, thinks Trump's accountant will now flip in D.A. inquiry

      Bloomberg's Tim O'Brien, one of the few journalists who has seen former President Donald Trump's tax returns, told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Thursday night he will sleep better now that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance finally has eight years of Trump's financial documents, from 2011 to 2019. Trump "is very afraid of what's in these documents, I think," because they put him in serious criminal jeopardy, O'Brien said, but he isn't the only one implicated. O'Brien went on to explain why he thinks it's likely Trump's chief accountant, Allen Weisselberg, is likely to flip on Trump.

    • North Korea: Russian diplomats leave by hand-pushed trolley
      World
      BBC

      North Korea: Russian diplomats leave by hand-pushed trolley

      A group of Russian diplomats and their families made an unusual exit out of North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to strict Covid measures. The Russian diplomats were thus left with little choice. "Since the borders have been closed for more than a year and passenger traffic has been stopped, it took a long and difficult journey to get home," Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a Facebook post.

    • World
      Associated Press

      China says Japan-U.S. security treaty a product of Cold War

      China on Wednesday called the Japan-U.S. mutual security pact a product of the Cold War following U.S. criticism of the presence of Chinese coast guard vessels in Japanese-claimed territorial waters over the weekend. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin also reasserted China's claim to a string of tiny, uninhabited islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan. The verbal exchange followed reports that two Chinese coast guard ships on Sunday twice entered Japanese territorial waters surrounding the islands, known by Japan as Senkaku and by China as Diaoyu.

    • Biden news – live: President approves airstrike in Syria as police fear plot to ‘blow up’ Capitol during SOTU
      Politics
      The Independent

      Biden news – live: President approves airstrike in Syria as police fear plot to ‘blow up’ Capitol during SOTU

      In what may have been his first major war-fighting move as president, Joe Biden signed off on an airstrike in Syria that targeted a structure believed to belong to an Iran-backed militia, officials told Reuters. The strike may have been in response to rocket attacks against the US in Iraq last week, and comes as the US and Iran seek to re-instate their nuclear agreement, which the Trump administration scrapped. Tensions are flaring at home too, as US Capitol Police believe militia groups want to "blow up the Capitol and kill as many members as possible" during Mr Biden's State of the Union.

      • Reuters: U.S. carries out airstrike against Iranian-backed militia target in Syria, officials say
        Reuters: U.S. carries out airstrike against Iranian-backed militia target in Syria, officials say
        Yahoo News Video
      • US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
        US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
        Associated Press
    • Former U.S. gymnastics coach dies by suicide after sex crime charges filed in Michigan
      U.S.
      NBC News

      Former U.S. gymnastics coach dies by suicide after sex crime charges filed in Michigan

      Police found the body of a former U.S. gymnastics coach who had ties to disgraced doctor Larry Nassar hours after he was criminally charged in Michigan on Thursday. State police troopers found the body of the man, John Geddert, who died by suicide, in a rest area off an interstate at 3:24 p.m. ET in Grand Ledge, Michigan, said Kelly Rossman-McKinney, a spokeswoman for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Geddert, who led the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, was charged with 20 counts of human trafficking and forced labor resulting in injury, one count of racketeering, two counts of criminal sexual conduct and one count of lying to police, according to a state criminal complaint filed in Eaton County.

      • Former U.S. gymnastics coach John Geddert kills himself hours after being charged with 24 crimes
        Former U.S. gymnastics coach John Geddert kills himself hours after being charged with 24 crimes
        Yahoo Sports
      • Former USA Gymnastics Coach John Geddert Dead After Human Trafficking Charges
        Former USA Gymnastics Coach John Geddert Dead After Human Trafficking Charges
        HuffPost
    • Science
      FOX News Videos

      Laid-off Keystone XL worker reacts to Biden’s climate pledge with Canada

      Kolten Walker weighs in on President Biden's climate change policies on 'Fox and Friends First.

    • New York prosecutors finally have Trump's tax records — and the public will likely never see them
      Politics
      The Week

      New York prosecutors finally have Trump's tax records — and the public will likely never see them

      In the race to get former President Donald Trump's tax records, New York prosecutors have won. While it was more of a marathon than a sprint, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office confirmed Thursday that it had received Trump's tax records a year and a half after first requesting them. Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance and his team will now be able to dig through what sources tell CNN are "millions of pages" of documents spanning January 2011 to August 2019.

      • New York prosecutors digging into Trump's tax, financial records
        New York prosecutors digging into Trump's tax, financial records
        Reuters
      • Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight
        Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight
        Associated Press
    • Israeli plan to share vaccines frozen by legal questions
      World
      Associated Press

      Israeli plan to share vaccines frozen by legal questions

      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial plan to ship surplus coronavirus vaccines to a group of allied nations was frozen Thursday following a legal challenge to the deal, his office announced. It was the latest twist in a saga that has raised questions at home about Netanyahu's decision-making authority as well as his move to help far-flung nations in Africa and Latin America at a time when the neighboring Palestinian territories are struggling to secure their own vaccine supplies. The plan has also illustrated how at a time of global shortages, the vaccine has become an asset that can be used for diplomatic gain.

      • Israel freezes programme to send vaccines abroad, defence minister says
        Israel freezes programme to send vaccines abroad, defence minister says
        Reuters
      • For Israel's allies, road to vaccines runs through Jerusalem
        For Israel's allies, road to vaccines runs through Jerusalem
        Associated Press
    • College library shut down after discovery of venomous ‘Mediterranean recluse’ spiders
      U.S.
      The Independent

      College library shut down after discovery of venomous ‘Mediterranean recluse’ spiders

      The University of Michigan shut down its library after venomous spiders were found in the building's basement. University officials discovered a trio of Mediterranean recluse spiders in the building, as well as "remote areas" on other parts of the campus, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. "Mediterranean recluse spiders prefer basement spaces, tunnels and other hideaways where there is a decrease in foot traffic," she added.

      • Venomous spiders force closure of University of Michigan library
        Venomous spiders force closure of University of Michigan library
        CBS News
      • University of Michigan finds 3 venomous recluse spiders in a library basement
        University of Michigan finds 3 venomous recluse spiders in a library basement
        USA TODAY
    • Female track star on lawsuit to stop trans athletes from competing: ‘Biological males are taking our medals’
      U.S.
      TheGrio

      Female track star on lawsuit to stop trans athletes from competing: ‘Biological males are taking our medals’

      Less than 48 hours into his presidency, Joe Biden took steps towards protecting the rights of transgender athletes looking to participate as their identified gender in both high school and college sports. But now a Connecticut high school track athlete has come forward to say she's disappointed that the Justice Department withdrew from a lawsuit aiming to prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls' high school sports. Wednesday, Alanna Smith, who filed the lawsuit with fellow athletes Selina Soule and Chelsea Mitchell, appeared on Fox News with her lawyer to denounce the actions of the current administration.

      • Track star sues to stop transgender athletes competing in girls sports
        Track star sues to stop transgender athletes competing in girls sports
        FOX News Videos
      • Justice Department withdraws support from transgender student-athlete case
        Justice Department withdraws support from transgender student-athlete case
        CBS News
    • Indonesia presses regional effort to resolve Myanmar crisis
      World
      Associated Press

      Indonesia presses regional effort to resolve Myanmar crisis

      Regional diplomatic efforts to resolve Myanmar's political crisis intensified Wednesday, while protests continued in Yangon and other cities calling for the country's coup makers to step down and return Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government to power. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi visited the Thai capital, Bangkok, and held three-way talks with her Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai and Myanmar's new foreign minister, retired army colonel Wunna Maung Lwin, who also traveled to Thailand. The meeting was part of her efforts to coordinate a regional response to the crisis triggered by Myanmar's Feb. 1 military coup.

      • Elephant-riders join Myanmar coup protests
        Elephant-riders join Myanmar coup protests
        Reuters Videos
      • Myanmar police raid protest district as World Bank halts some payments
        Myanmar police raid protest district as World Bank halts some payments
        Reuters
    • Fox anchor suspended after saying he was ‘annoyed’ at obese people getting Covid vaccine
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Fox anchor suspended after saying he was ‘annoyed’ at obese people getting Covid vaccine

      A Fox news station suspended its anchor following social media outrage for his tweet expressing annoyance over obese people getting the Covid-19 vaccine on priority. Blake McCoy made the controversial remark on Tuesday afternoon and later deleted his tweet, issuing an apology for his “insensitive and offensive” comment. “I'm annoyed obese people of all ages get priority vaccine access before all essential workers,” he said in the now-deleted tweet.

    • A Texas border patrol officer was charged after she used a coworker's login to bring her children's nanny into the US from Mexico
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      A Texas border patrol officer was charged after she used a coworker's login to bring her children's nanny into the US from Mexico

      A Customs and Border Protection officer was charged with bringing in an undocumented immigrant. Prosecutors allege Rhonda Lee Walker used a coworker's computer to scan the woman's documents. Walker admitted to hiring the immigrant as a live-in nanny and housekeeper for her mother and kids.

    • Biden orders airstrikes against infrastructure used by 'Iranian-backed militant groups' in Syria
      World
      Business Insider

      Biden orders airstrikes against infrastructure used by 'Iranian-backed militant groups' in Syria

      The US launched airstrikes Thursday night against "Iranian-backed militant groups" in Syria. The Defense Department said the strikes were carried out at the direction of President Joe Biden. The strikes came after rocket attacks targeting US forces in Iraq.

      • Reuters: U.S. carries out airstrike against Iranian-backed militia target in Syria, officials say
        Reuters: U.S. carries out airstrike against Iranian-backed militia target in Syria, officials say
        Yahoo News Video
      • US targets Iranian militants in Syria
        US targets Iranian militants in Syria
        Associated Press Videos
    • Goldman-backed ReNew plugs into U.S. public market with $8 billion blank check deal
      Business
      Reuters

      Goldman-backed ReNew plugs into U.S. public market with $8 billion blank check deal

      ReNew Power will go public through an $8 billion merger with a blank-check firm in the biggest deal in the fast-growing clean energy sector in India, allowing the country's largest renewable energy firm to grow capacity over the next few years. The deal will be financed with cash proceeds of $1.2 billion, including $855 million in investments from serial blank-check dealmaker Chamath Palihapitiya, funds managed by BlackRock and Sylebra Capital, ReNew Power said on Wednesday. Founded in 2011, ReNew Power counts Goldman Sachs and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board among its prominent investors.

      • Goldman-Backed ReNew Power Agrees To Merge With RMG II SPAC
        Goldman-Backed ReNew Power Agrees To Merge With RMG II SPAC
        Bloomberg
      • Two Air Taxi Startups Clinch Blank-Check Deals In Two Weeks
        Two Air Taxi Startups Clinch Blank-Check Deals In Two Weeks
        Investor's Business Daily
    • Biden raises human rights in call with Saudi king as intelligence officials to release report on Khashoggi killing
      Politics
      The Independent

      Biden raises human rights in call with Saudi king as intelligence officials to release report on Khashoggi killing

      President Joe Biden has spoken with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia ahead of the release of a report from US intelligence officials that is expected to reveal that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved and likely ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. A White House report of their phone call on Thursday did not disclose whether they discussed the findings in the report. The leaders “discussed regional security, including the renewed diplomatic efforts led by the United Nations and the United States to end the war in Yemen, and the US commitment to help Saudi Arabia defend its territory as it faces attacks from Iranian-aligned groups,” according to a readout of their call.

      • Biden Speaks With Saudi King Amid Expected Report On Killing Of Jamal Khashoggi
        Biden Speaks With Saudi King Amid Expected Report On Killing Of Jamal Khashoggi
        HuffPost
      • U.S. president, Saudi king have phone call ahead of expected Khashoggi report release
        U.S. president, Saudi king have phone call ahead of expected Khashoggi report release
        Reuters
    • Bernie Sanders says Democrats will try to devise a backdoor to implement a $15 minimum wage after major stimulus setback
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Bernie Sanders says Democrats will try to devise a backdoor to implement a $15 minimum wage after major stimulus setback

      A federal minimum wage hike was struck from the stimulus package on Thursday. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Democrats instead will propose to strip tax deductions from large corporations who don't pay workers at least $15 an hour. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Democrats would try to devise a backdoor to implement a $15 minimum wage after a pay hike was struck from the $1.9 trillion stimulus package on Thursday evening - a major setback for progressives.

      • Democrats face major blow on minimum wage
        Democrats face major blow on minimum wage
        Reuters Videos
      • The $15 minimum wage is struck from the Democratic stimulus plan
        The $15 minimum wage is struck from the Democratic stimulus plan
        Business Insider
    • Science
      Reuters Videos

      Wild sheep freed from his own wool

      This wild sheep had a much-needed shearing relieving him of over 78 lbs of fleece That's nearly half the weight of an adult kangaroo Baarack Location: Lancefield, Australia Rescuers say he used to have an owner but was found wandering in a forest Baarack is now settling in with other rescued sheep in a farm sanctuary

    • Three Percenter Truck at Capitol on Jan. 6 Belongs to Hitler-Quoting Rep’s Husband
      U.S.
      The Daily Beast

      Three Percenter Truck at Capitol on Jan. 6 Belongs to Hitler-Quoting Rep’s Husband

      A pickup truck parked at the United States Capitol and bearing a Three Percenter militia sticker on the day of the Jan. 6 riot belongs to the husband of freshman U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, who approvingly quoted Adolf Hitler a day earlier. Researchers on Twitter first noticed the Ford pickup truck with the far-right militia's decal parked on the Capitol grounds in footage posted to social media and taken by CBS News. The presence of a vehicle with a militia decal so close to the Capitol, inaccessible to normal vehicle traffic, raised questions about how it got there—and whether it belonged to any of the hundreds of suspects involved in the deadly riot.

      • Husband of Hitler-quoting GOP congresswoman parked his militia-stickered truck outside Capitol Jan. 6
        Husband of Hitler-quoting GOP congresswoman parked his militia-stickered truck outside Capitol Jan. 6
        The Week
      • Capitol Police chief: Militia groups threatening to 'blow up the Capitol' during State of the Union
        Capitol Police chief: Militia groups threatening to 'blow up the Capitol' during State of the Union
        The Week
    • A triple murder suspect told police he killed his neighbor and tried to feed his family her heart 'to release the demons'
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      A triple murder suspect told police he killed his neighbor and tried to feed his family her heart 'to release the demons'

      An Oklahoma man reportedly cut out his neighbor's heart and tried to feed it to his aunt and uncle. Lawrence Anderson, 42, now faces three first-degree murder charges. An Oklahoma man confessed to killing three people and cutting out one of their hearts to cook with potatoes, The Oklahoman reported on Tuesday.

      • Oklahoma man released early from prison accused in 3 family deaths
        Oklahoma man released early from prison accused in 3 family deaths
        Yahoo News Video
      • Oklahoma Triple Murder Suspect Confesses to Cooking Victim’s Heart With Potatoes
        Oklahoma Triple Murder Suspect Confesses to Cooking Victim’s Heart With Potatoes
        Complex
    If Trump runs again, can he win?
    • “How about we skip ‘he won’t win’ cycle and not do 2016 all over again. Trump can absolutely win another presidential election.”

    • “With independents deserting him, there is simply no path for Trump to get back into the White House — except as a tourist.”

    • “They might as well cancel the 2024 primaries...because there is no way he can lose.”

    • “The next Republican presidential primary will be heavily shaped by Trump — whether or not he decides to run again.”

    • “Donald Trump will not be running for president again. He will, however, continue to tease the possibility of a 2024 run.”

    Read the 360