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    • U.S. releases declassified report on Khashoggi's death

      U.S. releases declassified report on Khashoggi's death

      Mohammed bin Salman likely approved an operation to kill or capture Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, according to a newly declassified report.

      Comes day after Biden courtesy call »
      • Virus plots a comeback. Here's how to stop it for good.

        Virus plots a comeback. Here's how to stop it for good.

      • Give Biden a chance? Some Trump voters support aid bill

        Give Biden a chance? Some Trump voters support aid bill

      • What you should know about the California COVID variant

        What you should know about the California COVID variant

      • Islamic State bride suffers major loss in U.K. court

        Islamic State bride suffers major loss in U.K. court

      • After Capitol suspect called ex 'moron,' she turned him in

        After Capitol suspect called ex 'moron,' she turned him in

    • Progressives fume as White House backs down on minimum wage increase
      Politics
      Yahoo News

      Progressives fume as White House backs down on minimum wage increase

      President Biden and Senate Democrats drew fire from progressives after opting not to fight a ruling that would strip a $15 minimum wage increase from the Senate's COVID-19 relief legislation. To pass the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan with just 50 votes, Democrats in the Senate are using a process called budget reconciliation, which requires the approval of the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough. On Wednesday, MacDonough ruled that the provision increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2025 violated the Senate's “Byrd rule,” which prohibits “extraneous” provisions from being included in budget legislation passed through reconciliation.

      • $15 minimum wage not allowed in Covid relief bill, Senate official rules
        $15 minimum wage not allowed in Covid relief bill, Senate official rules
        Yahoo Finance
      • Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against $15 Minimum Wage In COVID-19 Bill
        Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against $15 Minimum Wage In COVID-19 Bill
        HuffPost
    • Democrats launch sweeping bid to overhaul US election laws
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Democrats launch sweeping bid to overhaul US election laws

      Stacey Abrams, whose voting rights work helped make Georgia into a swing state, exhorted Congress on Thursday to reject “outright lies" that have historically restricted access to the ballot as Democrats began their push for a sweeping overhaul of election and ethics laws. “A lie cloaked in the seductive appeal of election integrity has weakened access to democracy for millions,” Abrams, a Democrat who narrowly lost Georgia's 2018 gubernatorial race, said during a committee hearing for the bill, which was introduced as H.R. 1 to signal its importance to the party's agenda. Democrats feel a sense of urgency to enact the legislation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, when their narrow majorities in the House and Senate will be at risk.

    • U.S. Senate panel sets hearing for Biden's No. 2 and No. 3 Justice Department picks
      Politics
      Reuters

      U.S. Senate panel sets hearing for Biden's No. 2 and No. 3 Justice Department picks

      The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday announced it will hold a confirmation hearing on March 9 for President Joe Biden's nominees to serve in the No. 2 and No. 3 top jobs at the U.S. Justice Department. Lisa Monaco, a former federal prosecutor who also previously advised former FBI Director Robert Mueller and former President Barack Obama, is nominated to serve as Deputy Attorney General. Vanita Gupta, a long-time civil rights attorney who previously led the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, is nominated to serve as Associate Attorney General.

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      UK top court says IS schoolgirl can't return

      The UK's top court has unanimously ruled that a British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State should not be allowed to return. The Supreme Court said on Friday (February 26) Shamima Begum cannot come back to Britain to challenge the government taking away her citizenship because she poses a security risk. She left London in 2015 when she was 15 years old and went to Syria via Turkey with two school friends, where she married an IS fighter.

    • IS bride loses bid to return to UK to fight for citizenship
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      Associated Press

      IS bride loses bid to return to UK to fight for citizenship

      A woman who ran away from London as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her bid Friday to return to the U.K. to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds. Shamima Begum was one of three east London schoolgirls who traveled to Syria in 2015. She resurfaced at a refugee camp in Syria and told reporters she wanted to come home, but was denied the chance after former Home Secretary Sajid Javid revoked her citizenship.

      • UK top court says IS schoolgirl can't return
        UK top court says IS schoolgirl can't return
        Reuters Videos
      • Runaway schoolgirl who joined IS cannot return to Britain, top court says
        Runaway schoolgirl who joined IS cannot return to Britain, top court says
        Reuters
    • Philippine police to look into government admission of drug war failures
      World
      Reuters

      Philippine police to look into government admission of drug war failures

      Philippine police said on Thursday they were looking into a government review of thousands of killings in the country's "war on drugs", after the justice minister made an unprecedented admission to the United Nations of widespread police failures. Human Rights Watch described Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra's video statement on Wednesday as an "astounding disclosure". Guevarra said police had in many cases failed to examine weapons and crime scenes after officers had shot dead suspected drug dealers.

    • Iranian journalist, who won the International Press Freedom Award, was detained in Turkey after fleeing a nearly 5-year prison sentence
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      INSIDER

      Iranian journalist, who won the International Press Freedom Award, was detained in Turkey after fleeing a nearly 5-year prison sentence

      Mohammad Mosaed is an Iranian reporter who has twice been arrested by the government. The Committee to Protect Journalists awarded him its 2020 International Press Freedom Award. Mohammad Mosaed, an Iranian freelance journalist who has twice been arrested by the government for his investigative reporting and criticism of Iranian officials, was detained by Turkish border officials earlier this year after fleeing Iran following a prison summons.

    • Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing

      Josh Venable, a longtime Michigan GOP operative and chief of staff to former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, can trace the arc of the state's Republican Party clearly. “This was the state where to be Republican was defined by Gerald Ford and George Romney,” Venable said, referring to the moderate former president and former governor. Now, he said, it's defined by Mike Shirkey, the state Senate majority leader who was overheard calling the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot a “hoax"; Meshawn Maddock, the new co-chair of the state party who backed former President Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud; and the Proud Boys.

    • More Inside A New Safari Lodge Treehouse Tucked Away in Botswana’s Okavango Delta
      U.S.
      Architectural Digest

      More Inside A New Safari Lodge Treehouse Tucked Away in Botswana’s Okavango Delta

      Only reachable by canoe, this Xigera hideaway is centered along lush riverbeds and a rich concentration of wildlife. Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • China expected to unveil hike in military budget as tensions rise
      World
      Reuters

      China expected to unveil hike in military budget as tensions rise

      China is expected to reveal a robust increase in defence spending at the March 5 annual opening of parliament, as its economy rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic and military tensions rise, Chinese and Western security experts said. With the coronavirus hammering its economy, China last year announced a 6.6 per cent boost in defence spending to $178 billion, the lowest rate of increase in three decades. The new administration of President Joe Biden has moved quickly to remind Beijing that the United States intends to compete with China's growing influence and military strength in the Asia-Pacific.

    • France could impose more regional lockdowns in worst COVID-hit areas
      World
      Reuters

      France could impose more regional lockdowns in worst COVID-hit areas

      France will impose measures including weekend lockdowns in Paris and 19 other regions from the start of March if signs of the coronavirus accelerating persist, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday. Castex said a new nationwide lockdown was not on the agenda, but said French citizens needed to be in a state of heightened alert to make sure they contain the spread of the virus while vaccines are rolled out. "We must do all that we can to delay it, to give time to the vaccination campaign to yield its effects", Castex added.

      • France needs a lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise: hospital official
        France needs a lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise: hospital official
        Reuters
      • Lockdown for Dunkirk, other areas under watch as French COVID-19 cases spike
        Lockdown for Dunkirk, other areas under watch as French COVID-19 cases spike
        Reuters
    • While Biden visits storm-torn Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz will be giving a speech on 'cancel culture' in Florida
      Politics
      Business Insider

      While Biden visits storm-torn Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz will be giving a speech on 'cancel culture' in Florida

      President Joe Biden heads to Texas on Friday to tour some of the areas hit hardest by the winter storm last week. While he's there, he won't be meeting with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz has a speaking engagement that day at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida.

      • Ted Cruz tries joke at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
        Ted Cruz tries joke at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
        Yahoo News
      • Cruz at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
        Cruz at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
        Yahoo News Video
    • Officials: Attack targets Afghan reporter's family, kills 3
      World
      Associated Press

      Officials: Attack targets Afghan reporter's family, kills 3

      Three family members of an assassinated journalist in western Afghanistan have been killed by gunmen, local officials said Friday, amid a rising wave of attacks targeting journalists and civil society actors. Ghor provincial council member Hamidullah Mutahid said that at least five others were wounded in the attack late Thursday. The gunmen stormed the family home of Afghan journalist and activist Bismillah Adil Aimaq, who was shot dead in an unclaimed attack nearby Ghor on Jan. 1.

    • Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Liz Cheney ‘a fool’ for criticising Trump
      Politics
      The Independent

      Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Liz Cheney ‘a fool’ for criticising Trump

      Marjorie Taylor Greene called her fellow House Republican Liz Cheney "a fool" for refusing to support Donald Trump. "Liz Cheney and any other Republican that wants to make statements against President Donald Trump is a fool," she said. Ms Greene's comments come a day after Ms Cheney publicly broke with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy by saying she did not think Mr Trump should speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference nor should have any leadership role in the party or the country's leadership.

      • Republican leaders Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney clash over support for Trump at a press conference
        Republican leaders Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney clash over support for Trump at a press conference
        Business Insider
      • Should Trump speak at CPAC? Liz Cheney says he shouldn't be part of the GOP's future; McCarthy says yes
        Should Trump speak at CPAC? Liz Cheney says he shouldn't be part of the GOP's future; McCarthy says yes
        USA TODAY
    • Lara Trump gives strongest signal yet that’s she’s running in 2022: ‘Stay tuned’
      Politics
      The Independent

      Lara Trump gives strongest signal yet that’s she’s running in 2022: ‘Stay tuned’

      Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of Donald Trump, has hinted that she is open to the idea of running for Senate from North Carolina in 2022 after incumbent senator Richard Burr's last term at office from the state. Ms Trump, who was involved in the former president's campaign, has long been rumoured to be looking at taking a plunge in the US electoral politics. She is expected to run from her home state for a seat that will become vacant as Mr Burr, 65, has already announced that this would be his last term.

    • South Dakota's legislature is moving to impeach its attorney general after investigators uncovered a hit-and-run victim's glasses in his car
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      South Dakota's legislature is moving to impeach its attorney general after investigators uncovered a hit-and-run victim's glasses in his car

      AG Jason Ravnsborg was charged with three misdemeanors in connection to a fatal car crash. New details have since emerged with the victim's glasses found in Ravnsborg's car. Ravnsborg was charged with three misdemeanors last week after initially saying he thought he hit a deer, not a person.

      • Judge stops Noem from releasing records in AG's fatal crash
        Judge stops Noem from releasing records in AG's fatal crash
        Associated Press
      • South Dakota AG faces impeachment for involvement in deadly hit and run
        South Dakota AG faces impeachment for involvement in deadly hit and run
        ABC News Videos
    • EXPLAINER: How US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran
      World
      Associated Press

      EXPLAINER: How US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran

      A U.S. airstrike targeting facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Syria appears to be a message to Tehran delivered by a new American administration still figuring out its approach to the Middle East. The strike was seemingly a response to stepped-up rocket attacks by such militias that have targeted U.S. interests in Iraq, where the armed groups are based. It comes even as Washington and Tehran consider a return to the 2015 accord meant to rein in Iran's nuclear program.

      • U.S. bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
        U.S. bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
        Associated Press
      • US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
        US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
        Associated Press
    • Myanmar coup: Facebook, Instagram place immediate ban on military
      World
      BBC

      Myanmar coup: Facebook, Instagram place immediate ban on military

      The company said it acted after deciding "the risks of allowing the Tatmadaw [Myanmar military] on Facebook and Instagram are too great". The military has used Facebook to boost its claim of voter fraud in the 2020 election. More than half of Myanmar's 54 million people use Facebook, which for many is synonymous with the internet.

      • Facebook and Instagram ban Myanmar's military
        Facebook and Instagram ban Myanmar's military
        Engadget
      • Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms with immediate effect
        Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms with immediate effect
        Reuters
    • Ted Cruz's colleagues mocked him by putting memes of his Cancun trip in the Senate gym locker room: 'Bienvenido de Nuevo, Ted!'
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Ted Cruz's colleagues mocked him by putting memes of his Cancun trip in the Senate gym locker room: 'Bienvenido de Nuevo, Ted!'

      Ted Cruz's Senate colleagues had some fun at his expense on Wednesday, according to NBC News. Photos of Cruz from his infamous Cancun trip were plastered around the Senate gym's locker room. "Bienvenido de Nuevo, Ted!" the color printouts for the prank read, or "welcome back."

      • Ted Cruz tries joke at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
        Ted Cruz tries joke at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
        Yahoo News
      • Cruz at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
        Cruz at CPAC: 'Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún.'
        Yahoo News Video
    • At pivotal moment in Afghanistan war, Biden weighs a dilemma
      World
      Associated Press

      At pivotal moment in Afghanistan war, Biden weighs a dilemma

      President Joe Biden's choices in Afghanistan boil down to this: withdraw all troops by May, as promised by his predecessor, and risk a resurgence of extremist dangers, or stay and possibly prolong the war in hopes of compelling the Taliban to make peace with a weak and fractured government. Afghanistan presents one of the new administration's tougher and more urgent decisions. The U.S. public is weary of a war nearly 20 years old, but pulling out now could be seen as giving the Taliban too much leverage and casting a shadow over the sacrifices made by U.S. and coalition troops and Afghan civilians.

    • A culture war has been brewing at the Capitol for years. Now it's at a boiling point.
      Politics
      USA TODAY

      A culture war has been brewing at the Capitol for years. Now it's at a boiling point.

      Contentious issues brewing for months, and even years, between political parties and lawmakers now seem to be at a boiling point on Capitol Hill. Tensions in Congress have been high in the past, but the rhetoric of the last few months is not business as usual. Julian Zelizer, a professor of political history at Princeton University, told USA TODAY the current climate is "definitely one of the bad moments in American history."

    • Experts say Dominion and Smartmatic could win their defamation lawsuits, but MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says they have 'zero' chance
      Business
      Business Insider

      Experts say Dominion and Smartmatic could win their defamation lawsuits, but MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says they have 'zero' chance

      Dominion and Smartmatic may win their defamation lawsuits, experts told Insider and CNBC. MyPillow's CEO told Insider Dominion had "zero, zero, zero" chance of winning. Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic have sued several Trump backers for billions of dollars, and experts say they may succeed if they can pass the high bar required in proving defamation.

    • 11 Modernist Homes for Sale in the U.S.
      U.S.
      Architectural Digest

      11 Modernist Homes for Sale in the U.S.

      From Santa Fe, New Mexico, to New Hope, Pennsylvania, these homes display an expressive use of materials to maximize the structures character Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Putin May Have Triggered an Attempted Coup in Armenia After PM Insulted His Missiles
      World
      The Daily Beast

      Putin May Have Triggered an Attempted Coup in Armenia After PM Insulted His Missiles

      MOSCOW—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that his nation's military had attempted a coup on Thursday, the latest development in a country still recovering from last year's lost war with Azerbaijan. Now, politicians and political analysts are speaking of Russia's hand in the attempted coup, pointing to President Vladimir Putin's strained relationship with Pashinyan. On Tuesday, Pushinyan had insulted Moscow by complaining about Russian missiles, an indirect criticism of the Kremlin's strategy of waiting to intervene until Armenia was weakened in the conflict, despite its official status as a military ally.

      • Thousands rally in Armenia after PM warns of coup attempt
        Thousands rally in Armenia after PM warns of coup attempt
        Reuters
      • Armenian PM slams 'coup attempt' as political tensions rise
        Armenian PM slams 'coup attempt' as political tensions rise
        Associated Press
    • U.S. has not made 'final decision' on participating in Olympics in China
      World
      Reuters

      U.S. has not made 'final decision' on participating in Olympics in China

      The White House has not made a final decision on whether the United States will take part in the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, President Joe Biden's spokeswoman said on Thursday, even as some Republicans call for a boycott. Republicans who have called either for a boycott or for the Olympics to be moved out of Beijing have cited a U.S. designation made under former President Donald Trump that the Chinese government was perpetrating genocide against Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region.

      • China will host the 2022 Winter Olympics while accused of genocide. Should the world boycott?
        China will host the 2022 Winter Olympics while accused of genocide. Should the world boycott?
        Yahoo Sports
      • Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide
        Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide
        Reuters
    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.”

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