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    • Officials: Explosive devices found at elementary school

      Officials: Explosive devices found at elementary school

      Dangerous explosives were found and rendered safe at a Sacramento elementary school just before a group of children were expected to arrive, officials said.

      A sealed pipe bomb and a homemade gun ยป
      • Man U-turned on highway to save abandoned infant

        Man U-turned on highway to save abandoned infant

      • Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops

        Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops

      • Crash that killed 13 on route for illegal border crossings

        Crash that killed 13 on route for illegal border crossings

      • Why Capitol Police are concerned about March 4

        Why Capitol Police are concerned about March 4

      • Duchess Meghan faces report of bullying claims

        Duchess Meghan faces report of bullying claims

    • Pence breaks silence to condemn Democrats' sweeping voting reform bill
      Politics
      Axios

      Pence breaks silence to condemn Democrats' sweeping voting reform bill

      In some of his most extensive remarks since Jan. 6, former Vice President Mike Pence wrote an op-ed Wednesday condemning House Democrats' sweeping election and anti-corruption proposal as an "unconstitutional power grab" by "leftists." Why it matters: Pence has largely stayed quiet since the Capitol insurrection, during which rioters were heard chanting "hang Mike Pence" after former President Trump promoted the claim that the vice president could block the certification of the Electoral College. The big picture: Writing in The Daily Signal, Pence repeated dubious claims that the 2020 election was "marked by significant voting irregularities."

    • White House withdraws nomination of Neera Tanden as OMB chief
      Politics
      The Week

      White House withdraws nomination of Neera Tanden as OMB chief

      The White House announced on Tuesday evening it withdrew the nomination of Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget. The White House also released a letter from Tanden, who wrote that she appreciated Biden's support, but it "now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination to be a distraction from your other priorities." Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, faced criticism from Republican senators who accused her of having made "thousands of negative public statements" about people like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).

      • Biden pick Neera Tanden withdraws nomination to head budget office
        Biden pick Neera Tanden withdraws nomination to head budget office
        Yahoo News Video
      • White House Withdraws Neera Tanden As Budget Director Nominee
        White House Withdraws Neera Tanden As Budget Director Nominee
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    • Former Trump Attorney General Sessions regrets migrant family separations
      Politics
      Reuters

      Former Trump Attorney General Sessions regrets migrant family separations

      Jeff Sessions, the top official behind former President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" border strategy, says it was "unfortunate" that migrant children and parents were not reunited quickly after being split apart at the U.S.-Mexico border. Thousands of children were separated from their parents at the border under the 2018 Trump policy, which charged parents with federal immigration offenses and sent them to jails, while children were labeled "unaccompanied" and placed in shelters. In a phone interview on Tuesday, Sessions defended the prosecutions, saying a person traveling with a child "shouldn't be given immunity."

      • U.S. could cover travel, healthcare for migrant families separated under Trump
        U.S. could cover travel, healthcare for migrant families separated under Trump
        Reuters
      • Father shares family reunification story as lawyers search for parents of more than 500 children
        Father shares family reunification story as lawyers search for parents of more than 500 children
        CBS News Videos
    • CNN: Pentagon watchdog says Ronny Jackson drank on duty and harassed staff
      Politics
      Axios

      CNN: Pentagon watchdog says Ronny Jackson drank on duty and harassed staff

      Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) allegedly made "sexual and denigrating" comments about a female staffer, drank alcohol and took sleeping medication while working as White House physician, according to an official report obtained by CNN Tuesday night. The big picture: The Department of Defense inspector general's report stems from a years-long investigation into allegations against Jackson of alcohol abuse and overprescription of medication, which Jackson has called "false and fabricated." Of note: The DoD report was based on White House documents and interviews with 78 witnesses and covers his time as White House physician during the Obama and Trump administrations, per CNN.

      • Former White House physician made sexual comments about female colleagues and drank while on call, report finds
        Former White House physician made sexual comments about female colleagues and drank while on call, report finds
        Business Insider
      • Watchdog: Ex-White House doctor Ronny Jackson harassed subordinates, drank on duty
        Watchdog: Ex-White House doctor Ronny Jackson harassed subordinates, drank on duty
        The Week
    • With sale of the Venetian, Las Vegas Sands exits the Strip
      Business
      Associated Press

      With sale of the Venetian, Las Vegas Sands exits the Strip

      Las Vegas Sands is selling the iconic Venetian casino resort and its Sands Expo and Convention Center for $6.25 billion, withdrawing from gambling operations on the Las Vegas Strip after changing the nature of the casino business there and just about everywhere else. The name of the Venetian, the expo center as well as the Palazzo, the Sands' luxury casino and resort that is part of the same complex, will remain, and the company's headquarters will stay in Las Vegas. Under Adelson, the company's focus turned to Asia years ago, where revenue eventually outpaced even the operations on the Las Vegas Strip.

      • Las Vegas Sands to sell Vegas properties for about $6.25 billion
        Las Vegas Sands to sell Vegas properties for about $6.25 billion
        Reuters
      • Las Vegas Sands Leaves Las Vegas After Selling Venetian for $6.3 Billion
        Las Vegas Sands Leaves Las Vegas After Selling Venetian for $6.3 Billion
        Motley Fool
    • OPEC oil has advantage over U.S. shale during pandemic recovery
      Business
      Reuters

      OPEC oil has advantage over U.S. shale during pandemic recovery

      The once-brash U.S. shale industry, which spent profusely in recent years to grab market share, is now focused on preserving cash, putting it at a disadvantage to low-cost OPEC producers as the global economy begins to gear up again. Prior to the pandemic-induced downturn, OPEC countries led by Saudi Arabia restrained their production, eager to bolster prices to fund national budgets dependent on oil revenue. Shale drillers took advantage, boosting U.S. output to a record 13 million barrels a day.

      • U.S. shale output won't return to pre-pandemic levels: Occidental CEO
        U.S. shale output won't return to pre-pandemic levels: Occidental CEO
        Reuters
      • OPEC president says oil market rebalancing, pandemic still a risk
        OPEC president says oil market rebalancing, pandemic still a risk
        Reuters
    • Biden calls Mexican president an โ€˜equalโ€™ partner amid surge in border crossings
      Politics
      The Independent

      Biden calls Mexican president an โ€˜equalโ€™ partner amid surge in border crossings

      And while Mr Biden has kept Mr Trump's policy in place to send new migrants back to Mexico due to concerns about Covid spread, the new president has already begun rolling back other Trump-era policies that hardened the border against refugees and other migrants seeking opportunities or safe haven in the US. The Biden administration has ended Mr Trump's so-called Remain in Mexico programme that forced more than 70,000 asylum-seekers to stay south of the border while their cases wound their way through immigration courts. Thousands of those enrollees have now crossed into the US under the Biden administration's supervision.

      • Biden administration faces challenges at U.S.-Mexico border
        Biden administration faces challenges at U.S.-Mexico border
        CBS News Videos
      • Biden administration addresses immigration concerns
        Biden administration addresses immigration concerns
        ABC News Videos
    • South African scientists find antibodies from variant may offer cross-protection
      World
      Reuters

      South African scientists find antibodies from variant may offer cross-protection

      Research by South African scientists suggests that antibodies triggered by exposure to the country's dominant coronavirus variant can prevent infection by other variants, the scientists said on Wednesday. The findings in laboratory studies offer hope that COVID-19 vaccines based on the 501Y.V2 variant first identified late last year could protect against multiple variants circulating in different parts of the world. The more contagious variant drove a second wave of infections in South Africa that peaked in January and is believed to have spread to many other countries in Africa and other continents.

      • Philippines reports first cases of COVID-19 South African variant
        Philippines reports first cases of COVID-19 South African variant
        Reuters
      • Austria plans vaccine drive in area hit by SA virus variant
        Austria plans vaccine drive in area hit by SA virus variant
        Associated Press
    • U.S. budget airlines plot pandemic breakthrough
      Business
      Reuters

      U.S. budget airlines plot pandemic breakthrough

      The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the global travel landscape and U.S. no-frills carriers are pouncing. As legacy airlines shrink to contain costs, budget carriers Spirit Airlines, Allegiant Travel and privately-owned Frontier Airlines are resuming pilot hiring and expanding networks to seize turf dominated by larger rivals. The three airlines' combined U.S. market share, which barely topped 10% before the pandemic, could grow by 10 percentage points this year alone, said Renรฉ Armas Maes of UK-based consultancy MIDAS Aviation.

    • US sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack
      World
      Associated Press

      US sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack

      The Biden administration sanctioned seven mid-level and senior Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen government entities, over a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack on opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing. The measures, emphasizing the use of the Russian nerve agent as a banned chemical weapon, marked the Biden administration's first sanctions against associates of President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader was a favorite of former President Donald Trump even during covert Russian hacking and social media campaigns aimed at destabilizing the U.S. The government officials included at least four whom Navalny's supporters had directly asked the West to ...

      • U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over opposition leader Alexei Navalny's poisoning
        U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over opposition leader Alexei Navalny's poisoning
        Yahoo News Video
      • US sanctions Russia for poisoning Putin dissenter
        US sanctions Russia for poisoning Putin dissenter
        Associated Press Videos
    • What happened to the NRA, and what will become of it now?
      Politics
      The Independent

      What happened to the NRA, and what will become of it now?

      Since the late 20th century, only abortion and immigration have been as consistently contentious, divisive and difficult to legislate around โ€“ but neither has been as influenced by a single institution as the gun issue has by the National Rifle Association (NRA). Whether framed as gun rights, or gun safety, or gun control, Democratic efforts to keep America safe while staying within the bounds of the Constitution's second amendment have foundered time and again in the face of intense campaigning by the NRA, a lobby group of astonishing power that has long mastered multi-million-dollar politics, and which has exerted remarkable power over the Republican Party platform in particular. With millions of paying members, the association has been led since the early 1990s by Wayne LaPierre, a reliable presence at national Republican Party events and a true hardliner when it comes to firearms-related rhetoric.

    • House Call: Cue the Waterworks and Welcome to March
      Politics
      Architectural Digest

      House Call: Cue the Waterworks and Welcome to March

      Zoรซ's newsletter comes to a web page near you, and the theme of the day is damp Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • โ€˜Morally compromised.โ€™ Why one archdiocese urges Catholics to avoid newest COVID vaccine
      U.S.
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      โ€˜Morally compromised.โ€™ Why one archdiocese urges Catholics to avoid newest COVID vaccine

      The Archdiocese of New Orleans has advised Catholics against receiving the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, calling the one-dose shot โ€œmorally compromised. In a statement Friday, the religious organization said the new vaccine should be avoided due to its link to an โ€œabortion-derived cell lineโ€ used in the vaccine's development and production phases. But the available vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are โ€œmorally acceptable,โ€ the archdiocese wrote, because only some lab testing utilized stem cells from aborted fetuses, making their connection to abortion โ€œextremely remote.

      • Catholics Urged To Shun Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Over Abortion Link
        Catholics Urged To Shun Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Over Abortion Link
        HuffPost
      • New Orleans Catholics urged by archdiocese to avoid Johnson & Johnson vaccine
        New Orleans Catholics urged by archdiocese to avoid Johnson & Johnson vaccine
        NBC News
    • 10 hours in Cancรบn hurt Ted Cruz's job approval more than when he tried to flip the presidential election
      Politics
      Business Insider

      10 hours in Cancรบn hurt Ted Cruz's job approval more than when he tried to flip the presidential election

      GOP Sen. Ted Cruz drew national ire after he attempted to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election, but according to a new poll from Morning Consult, his overall job approval from Texans was hurt far more when he vacationed in Cancรบn during a winter storm that left much of Texas without power or water for days. According to polling conducted between February 18-28, Cruz's net approval rating dropped from +6 to -5 in the weeks following his Cancรบn excursion. A net approval rating is calculated by subtracting the share of disapproving Texan voters from the share of voters that approve of Cruz.

      • Seth Meyers Scorches Ted Cruz For Joking About Cancun At CPAC
        Seth Meyers Scorches Ted Cruz For Joking About Cancun At CPAC
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      • Ted Cruz now blames โ€˜Trump withdrawalโ€™ for Cancun trip criticism
        Ted Cruz now blames โ€˜Trump withdrawalโ€™ for Cancun trip criticism
        The Independent
    • Creator of CPAC golden Trump statue admits it was made in China, after saying Mexico
      Politics
      The Independent

      Creator of CPAC golden Trump statue admits it was made in China, after saying Mexico

      The golden Donald Trump statue that appeared at last week's conference for the country's conservatives was actually made in China โ€” rather than Mexico โ€” the creator reportedly admitted. Artist Tommy Zegan told reporters last week that the six foot statue of the former US president was assembled in Mexico โ€” a country routinely belittled by Mr Trump. It immediately went viral after it was wheeled into the hall at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida, for last week's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where Mr Trump delivered an address on Sunday.

    • Politics
      FOX News Videos

      Kayleigh McEnany says she wished Biden press secretary Jen Psaki well on way out of White House

      Part two of former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany's sit-down with Fox News' Harris Faulkner on 'The Faulkner Focus.

    • CrossFit condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'loathsome and dangerous lies'
      Politics
      INSIDER

      CrossFit condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'loathsome and dangerous lies'

      Fitness brand CrossFit, a staple of Marjorie Taylor Greene's political brand, is distancing from the Republican. A spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that the company is against Greene's conspiracy theories. CrossFit's statement comes after the House voted to strip Greene of her committee assignments.

      • Nobull Is Now the Title Sponsor of the CrossFit Games
        Nobull Is Now the Title Sponsor of the CrossFit Games
        Footwear News
      • Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene
        Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene
        TheGrio
    • Ice reached a new low: using utility bills to hunt undocumented immigrants
      U.S.
      The Guardian

      Ice reached a new low: using utility bills to hunt undocumented immigrants

      The startling truth is that signing up for even basic utilities in this country has turned into a gamble for many people, particularly undocumented immigrants. Last week, the Washington Post revealed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has paid tens of millions of dollars since 2017 for access to a private database that contains more than โ€œ400m names, addresses and service records from more than 80 utility companies covering all the staples of modern life, including water, gas and electricity, and phone, internet and cable TVโ€. The information has been mined by Ice, the Post reported, for immigration surveillance and enforcement operations.

    • 5,000 National Guard troops remain in DC amid QAnon frenzy that Trump will be inaugurated again this week
      Politics
      The Independent

      5,000 National Guard troops remain in DC amid QAnon frenzy that Trump will be inaugurated again this week

      Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops are in Washington, DC this week for an inauguration that won't happen. According to Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, this has led to online chatter about storming the Capitol a second time. โ€œSome of these people have figured out that apparently 75 years ago, the president used to be inaugurated on 4 March,โ€ Smith said during a hearing last month with Department of Defense officials.

    • Meghan wore earrings gifted by Prince Salman after Jamal Khashoggi was murdered
      World
      The Telegraph

      Meghan wore earrings gifted by Prince Salman after Jamal Khashoggi was murdered

      The Duchess of Sussex wore earrings during a royal tour which were a gift from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia who is accused of ordering the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Chopard earrings worn by the Duchess at a formal dinner in Fiji in October 2018 during a royal tour of New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga were a wedding gift from the crown prince according to The Times. Kensington Palace was reportedly instructed to brief the media that the chandelier earrings were โ€œborrowedโ€ and this was reported by outlets covering the engagement.

      • WH defends not punishing Saudi Crown Prince
        WH defends not punishing Saudi Crown Prince
        Associated Press Videos
      • U.S. faces growing pressure to punish Saudi prince
        U.S. faces growing pressure to punish Saudi prince
        Reuters Videos
    • 10 Senate Democrats tell Biden to implement recurring stimulus checks after $1.9 trillion bill is passed
      Politics
      Business Insider

      10 Senate Democrats tell Biden to implement recurring stimulus checks after $1.9 trillion bill is passed

      Ten US senators are calling for President Joe Biden to support regular direct payments. A group of senior Democrats are calling for President Joe Biden to support regular direct payments to low-income Americans while the US economy recovers from the pandemic. Insider obtained a copy of the letter that's being sent to the White House, led by Democrats chairing key economic committees in the Senate.

      • Congress Is About To Send You A Pile Of Money
        Congress Is About To Send You A Pile Of Money
        HuffPost
      • Democrats Push Biden To Avoid Major Mistake Of Last Economic Recovery
        Democrats Push Biden To Avoid Major Mistake Of Last Economic Recovery
        HuffPost
    • Which countries welcome American vacationers โ€“ and which are safest to visit?
      Lifestyle
      USA TODAY

      Which countries welcome American vacationers โ€“ and which are safest to visit?

      Countries have begun vaccinating citizens against COVID-19, but that doesn't mean they're letting their guard down โ€“ or opening their bordersย โ€“ just yet, especially after a deadly winter and the emergence of variants of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil. "With the pandemic worsening and more contagious variants spreading, this isn't the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel," White House press secretaryย Jen Psaki said Jan. 25ย at a briefing, explaining the justification for President Joe Biden reinstating travel restrictionsย that had been lifted by outgoing President Donald Trump. After nearly a year of working from home and enduring lockdownsย and travel restrictions, some Americans are eagerย to use their passports, despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's advice against travel.

    • Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary, dies in Jamaica at age 73
      Celebrity
      Associated Press

      Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary, dies in Jamaica at age 73

      Wailer, a baritone singer whose birth name is Neville Livingston, formed The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh when they lived in a slum in the capital of Kingston. They catapulted to international fame with the album, โ€œCatch a Fire and also helped popularize Rastafarian culture among better-off Jamaicans starting in the 1970s. Jah-B was a vanguard, always pushing the boundaries of expression, whether in song, in style or in spoken word,โ€ said Brian Paul Welsh, a local reggae musician known as Blvk H3ro.

      • ShowBiz Minute: Wailer, Sussex, Parton
        ShowBiz Minute: Wailer, Sussex, Parton
        Associated Press Videos
      • Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies
        Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies
        TheGrio
    • News
      Associated Press Videos

      WH defends not punishing Saudi Crown Prince

      The White House is defending its decision not to sanction or punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following a U.S. intelligence report implicating him in the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (March 1)

    • A Palm Beach mansion owned by the Trump family just hit the market for $49 million, and it's right across the street from Mar-a-Lago
      Politics
      INSIDER

      A Palm Beach mansion owned by the Trump family just hit the market for $49 million, and it's right across the street from Mar-a-Lago

      A mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, that's owned by the Trump family just hit the market for $49 million, Bloomberg reported. The 10,455-square-foot home comes with a free membership to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club, which is right across the street, according to the Palm Beach Daily News. Known as Beachouse, the house was previously owned by Trump's sister Maryanne Trump Barry, public records show.

    If Trump runs again, can he win?
    • โ€œHow about we skip โ€˜he wonโ€™t winโ€™ cycle and not do 2016 all over again. Trump can absolutely win another presidential election.โ€

    • โ€œWith independents deserting him, there is simply no path for Trump to get back into the White House โ€” except as a tourist.โ€

    • โ€œThey might as well cancel the 2024 primaries...because there is no way he can lose.โ€

    • โ€œThe next Republican presidential primary will be heavily shaped by Trump โ€” whether or not he decides to run again.โ€

    • โ€œDonald Trump will not be running for president again. He will, however, continue to tease the possibility of a 2024 run.โ€

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