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    • U.K. woman who joined ISIS denied bid to return

      U.K. woman who joined ISIS denied bid to return

      Britain's highest court on Friday rejected a bid by a woman who was stripped of her U.K. citizenship for joining the Islamic State group to return to challenge the decision.

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      • What you should know about the California COVID variant

        What you should know about the California COVID variant

      • Capitol suspect's ex turned him in after he insulted her

        Capitol suspect's ex turned him in after he insulted her

      • Give Biden a chance? Trump voters just might on key issue

        Give Biden a chance? Trump voters just might on key issue

      • Rate of new COVID-19 infections tumbles

        Rate of new COVID-19 infections tumbles

      • Mob boss John Gotti's brother Peter dies in prison

        Mob boss John Gotti's brother Peter dies in prison

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

      President Biden and Senate Democrats drew fire from progressives after opting to not 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
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      • Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against $15 Minimum Wage In COVID-19 Bill
        Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against $15 Minimum Wage In COVID-19 Bill
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    • Philippine police to look into government admission of drug war failures
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      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.

    • EXPLAINER: How US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran
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      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
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      • US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
        US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
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    • U.S. report on Jamal Khashoggi killing likely to worsen relations with Saudis
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      LA Times

      U.S. report on Jamal Khashoggi killing likely to worsen relations with Saudis

      The Biden administration is expected to soon release an unclassified intelligence report establishing that Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, directed the killing of the dissident U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A classified version of the report was completed shortly after Khashoggi was lured into a Saudi Consulate in Turkey and killed by a team of assassins on Oct. 2, 2018. But the Trump administration withheld the findings, reflecting the former president's embrace of the up-and-coming crown prince as the presumptive heir to the kingdom's throne even after Khashoggi's brutal slaying.

      • Biden, Saudi king talk ahead of Khashoggi report release
        Biden, Saudi king talk ahead of Khashoggi report release
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      • 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
    • China expected to unveil hike in military budget as tensions rise
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      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.

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      McConnell: I'd support Trump if he won 2024 nomination

      Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that he would "absolutely" support former President Donald Trump again if he secured the Republican nomination in 2024.

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      Associated Press

      Warsaw opens murder probe into fate of 2 Poles in Mexico

      Poland's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that authorities in Mexico are investigating the death of a young Pole and the hospitalization of another, which Polish media have linked with alleged organ harvesting. Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said he has ordered a separate investigation into what he called the “homicide and attempted homicide" of the two young Poles in Mexico. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Poland's embassy in Mexico is in contact with local investigators and with the men's local employer, and appealed to all to refrain from speculating about what had happened.

    • Analysis: Window is already narrowing for Republican to challenge Donald Trump for 2024
      Politics
      The Telegraph

      Analysis: Window is already narrowing for Republican to challenge Donald Trump for 2024

      It is looking ever more probable that Donald Trump will run for the White House again in 2024. All eyes are on his speech this Sunday at CPAC, the annual conservative conference, which like Mr Trump has relocated from Washington to Florida. An adviser told The Telegraph that Mr Trump has spent the last weeks taking a break, and practising his golf swing, but is keen to re-engage in the fight.

    • Recent drone attack on Saudi royal palace launched from Iraq
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      Associated Press

      Recent drone attack on Saudi royal palace launched from Iraq

      Explosive-laden drones that targeted Saudi Arabia's royal palace in the kingdom's capital last month were launched from inside Iraq, a senior Iran-backed militia official in Baghdad and a U.S. official said. Speaking to The Associated Press this week, the militia official said three drones were launched from Iraqi-Saudi border areas by a relatively unknown Iran-backed faction in Iraq and crashed into the royal complex in Riyadh on Jan. 23, exacerbating regional tensions. Attacks on the Saudi capital have been sporadic amid the kingdom's yearslong war against neighboring Yemen's Houthi rebels.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Republicans regroup around attacks on Biden administration —including Kamala Harris
      Politics
      Raleigh News and Observer

      Republicans regroup around attacks on Biden administration —including Kamala Harris

      Republicans are planning to make Vice President Kamala Harris a focal point of their political attacks in the lead-up to midterm elections, casting the Democrat as a champion of policies they disagree with from the Biden administration. Harris has been at President Joe Biden's side throughout much of their first month in office and the new president has made clear that Harris will be fully involved when weighty issues are discussed in the Oval Office. That access and influence, praised by liberals, is seen by Republican groups, including the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee, as a reason to direct criticism of the administration at the vice pre...

    • 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

    • From the hinterland to Hollywood: how Indian farmers galvanised a protest movement
      World
      Reuters

      From the hinterland to Hollywood: how Indian farmers galvanised a protest movement

      Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is struggling to beat back his biggest political challenge in years from a protest movement which began with disgruntled farmers travelling to New Delhi on tractors and is now gaining wider support at home and abroad. Simmering in makeshift camps housing tens of thousands of farmers since last year, the movement has seen a dramatic growth in recent weeks, getting backing from environmental activists, opposition parties and even A-list Western celebrities. At its heart are three new farm laws passed by the government last September, thanks to the majority Modi's right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enjoys in the lower house of parliament.

    • Defense head Austin weighs warship needs in Pacific, Mideast
      World
      Associated Press

      Defense head Austin weighs warship needs in Pacific, Mideast

      Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told sailors on the USS Nimitz Thursday that he hopes to avoid long ship deployments like the more than 10 months they just spent at sea. But as he made his first aircraft carrier visit as Pentagon chief, he acknowledged the demand for American warships around the globe as he wrestles with security threats from China in the Pacific and Iran in the Middle East. Standing in the ship's hangar bay, Austin said he will make a decision soon on whether to send a carrier back to the Middle East, where the Nimitz had been.

      • U.S. Navy warship in the Middle East has COVID-19 cases, another ship to run tests
        U.S. Navy warship in the Middle East has COVID-19 cases, another ship to run tests
        Reuters
      • Covid hits U.S. Navy warship in Mideast; possible cases on 2nd ship
        Covid hits U.S. Navy warship in Mideast; possible cases on 2nd ship
        NBC News
    • 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.'
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      • 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.'
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    • World
      Associated Press

      Officials: Heavy fighting kills 27 people in central Yemen

      Heavy fighting between rebels and government forces in Yemen's oil-rich Marib has killed at least 27 people, tribal leaders and security officials said Firday, amid a resurgence of violence in the area. The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels earlier this month renewed their attack on Marib, a stronghold for Yemeni forces allied with the internationally recognized government. Yemen's stalemated civil war began in 2014, when the rebels seized the capital of Sanaa and much of the country's north.

    • Lauren Boebert hints she’s still taking gun to Congress in spite of Pelosi rules
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Lauren Boebert hints she’s still taking gun to Congress in spite of Pelosi rules

      Freshman representative Lauren Boebert on Thursday hinted that she still brings a firearm “to work” at Congress, even though members are forbidden from carrying guns inside the House floor under new rules following the Capitol insurrection on 6 January. In an interview with TMZ on Thursday, Ms Boebert, who was on her way to the Congress when she spoke to a reporter, was asked if at some point she feels she'd be able to carry a gun to work. This is not the first time that Ms Boebert made such a suggestion.

    • McConnell to support Trump if party picks him as its 2024 nominee
      Politics
      Reuters

      McConnell to support Trump if party picks him as its 2024 nominee

      Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who excoriated former President Donald Trump over the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot less than two weeks ago, said on Thursday that he would "absolutely" vote for Trump if he became the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. McConnell, who Trump blasted last week as "a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack," said he expects to see an open contest for the Republican White House nomination in 2024 but showed no hesitation in backing Trump when asked whether he would vote for him as nominee. Trump is expected to talk about the possibility of a 2024 run when he speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, nearly two months after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn his defeat in November's election by Democrat Joe Biden.

      • McConnell: I'd support Trump if he won 2024 nomination
        McConnell: I'd support Trump if he won 2024 nomination
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      • Mitch McConnell Says He'd 'Absolutely' Back Donald Trump In 2024 Presidential Race
        Mitch McConnell Says He'd 'Absolutely' Back Donald Trump In 2024 Presidential Race
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    • Ties with Saudis at stake as US releases findings on killing
      World
      Associated Press

      Ties with Saudis at stake as US releases findings on killing

      The United States has pledged to tell the world its conclusions on what role Saudi Arabia's crown prince played in the brutal killing and dismembering of a U.S.-based journalist, but as important is what comes next — what the Biden administration plans to do about it. Ahead of the release of the declassified U.S. intelligence report, and announcement of any U.S. punitive measures, President Joe Biden spoke to Saudi King Salman on Thursday for the first time since taking office more than a month ago. It was a later-than-usual courtesy call to the Middle East ally, timing seen as reflecting Biden's displeasure.

      • 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
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      • Biden, Saudi king talk ahead of Khashoggi report release
        Biden, Saudi king talk ahead of Khashoggi report release
        Reuters Videos
    • 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.

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      Reuters Videos

      Myanmar riot police fire to break up protests

      There were no immediate reports of injuries. The Southeast Asian nation has been in crisis since the army seized power on Feb. 1 and detained civilian government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership after the military complained of fraud in a November election. There have been daily protests and strikes by democracy supporters for about three weeks, often drawing hundreds of thousands of people across the diverse country.

    • Merkel says she won't take AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine because she's too old, as 1.4 million jabs are left unused
      World
      Business Insider

      Merkel says she won't take AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine because she's too old, as 1.4 million jabs are left unused

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she won't take AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine has been approved for only people under 65 in Germany, and Merkel is 66. Recent trials have linked AstraZeneca's vaccine with a dramatic drop in hospitalization risk.

      • Merkel won’t take AstraZeneca vaccine, says she's too old
        Merkel won’t take AstraZeneca vaccine, says she's too old
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      • Take AstraZeneca's 'fantastic' vaccine, Germany tells sceptical public
        Take AstraZeneca's 'fantastic' vaccine, Germany tells sceptical public
        Reuters
    • 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
    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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