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    • 'This is not OK': AOC lashes out at Biden administration

      'This is not OK': AOC lashes out at Biden administration

      Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the Biden administration after recent reports about the reopening of a child migration detention facility in Texas.

      'DHS shouldn't exist' »
      • Poll reveals troubling trend in vaccine acceptance

        Poll reveals troubling trend in vaccine acceptance

      • Mars rover's parachute contained coded message

        Mars rover's parachute contained coded message

      • Former Cuomo aide says she resigned after forcible kiss

        Former Cuomo aide says she resigned after forcible kiss

      • Afghanistan deals with coronavirus skepticism

        Afghanistan deals with coronavirus skepticism

      • New details about the Nashville bombing

        New details about the Nashville bombing

    • A deadly storm on top of a pandemic devastates vulnerable Texans: 'We've been living in a nightmare'
      U.S.
      Yahoo News

      A deadly storm on top of a pandemic devastates vulnerable Texans: 'We've been living in a nightmare'

      Just as José Loera and his family were beginning to assess the damage to his mother's home in Houston — a caved-in roof, a living room ruined by burst pipes, flooding throughout the house — the family received more devastating news. Loera's father, José Emilio, who had already been in the hospital for three weeks recovering from COVID-19 when last week's devastating winter storm hit Texas, had lost the ability to breathe on his own. “We got hit pretty hard, not only the winter storm that affected my mom's household but also with my dad,” Loera, 28, told Yahoo News on Monday.

    • Federal Judge Indefinitely Blocks Biden Administration’s 100-Day Deportation Moratorium
      U.S.
      National Review

      Federal Judge Indefinitely Blocks Biden Administration’s 100-Day Deportation Moratorium

      A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely banned the Biden administration from enforcing a 100-day pause on deportations of most illegal immigrants in response to a lawsuit from Texas, which argued that the moratorium violated federal law and could saddle the state with additional costs. U.S. district judge Drew Tipton issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Biden's efforts to follow through on his campaign promise to pause most deportations. Tipton first ruled on January 26 that the pause violated federal law on administrative procedure and that the U.S. failed to show why a deportation pause was justified.

      • Judge rules against Biden, bans enforcement of 100-day deportation pause
        Judge rules against Biden, bans enforcement of 100-day deportation pause
        Yahoo News Video
      • Judge bans enforcement of Biden's 100-day deportation pause
        Judge bans enforcement of Biden's 100-day deportation pause
        Associated Press
    • Special prosecutor picked for case against St. Louis couple
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Special prosecutor picked for case against St. Louis couple

      A former U.S. attorney and circuit judge was appointed Wednesday as special prosecutor in the case against a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters last summer. Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer chose Richard Callahan to prosecute Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who have pleaded not guilty to unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering. Callahan was the U.S. attorney in St. Louis from 2010 to 2017, and was a circuit judge and a prosecutor in Cole County.

    • Ukraine says Russian hackers attack web-based state document system
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      Reuters

      Ukraine says Russian hackers attack web-based state document system

      Ukraine accused an unnamed group of Russian hackers on Wednesday of trying to disseminate malicious documents through a web-based system on which government documents are circulated, but did not say whether any damage was caused. Kyiv has previously accused Moscow of orchestrating large cyber attacks as part of a "hybrid war" against Ukraine, which Russia denies. The aim of the attack was to contaminate information resources on the System of Electronic Interaction of Executive Bodies, Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council said in a statement.

    • ‘Zero respect’: Ted Cruz pictured scrolling through phone during harrowing opening testimony into Capitol riot
      Politics
      The Independent

      ‘Zero respect’: Ted Cruz pictured scrolling through phone during harrowing opening testimony into Capitol riot

      Texas senator Ted Cruz has been filmed scrolling through his phone during the harrowing opening testimony at the Senate hearing into the Capitol riots, less than a week after his controversial trip to Mexico. The US Capitol's three former top security officials have been testifying on Tuesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Rules committees about how Congress was breached during the riots on 6 January. Steven Sund, who was serving as the chief of the Capitol Police at the time of the insurrection, gave a harrowing account of the actions of that day in front of the committees on Tuesday.

      • Ted Cruz Scorned For Fiddling With His Cellphone During Capitol Riot Testimony
        Ted Cruz Scorned For Fiddling With His Cellphone During Capitol Riot Testimony
        HuffPost
      • Top Capitol Police officials did not receive FBI warning about plans for 'war'
        Top Capitol Police officials did not receive FBI warning about plans for 'war'
        Yahoo News
    • The Best Dishwasher Models, According to Interior Designers
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      Architectural Digest

      The Best Dishwasher Models, According to Interior Designers

      The designer-approved dishwashers look good—and perform even better Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Republican leaders want to avoid a party civil war. Trump might have other ideas.
      Politics
      The Week

      Republican leaders want to avoid a party civil war. Trump might have other ideas.

      In a two-page memo addressed to GOP donors, voters, leaders, and activists, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) declared: "The Republican Civil War is now canceled." It isn't clear if his fellow Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, are listening. Scott is chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and in the memo, first obtained by Fox News, he writes that Democrats control the White House, Senate, and House, but Republicans have a path to victory in 2022.

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      Associated Press

      China says Iran nuclear issue at 'critical point'

      Developments surrounding Iran's nuclear program are at a “critical point” and lifting sanctions on the country is key to breaking the deadlock, China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's comments came a day after Iran officially began restricting international inspections of its nuclear facilities in a bid to pressure European countries and the U.S. into lifting crippling economic sanctions and restoring the 2015 nuclear deal. As a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, China is a party to the agreement known as the JCPOA, while also maintaining friendly relations and close economic ties with Tehran.

    • Philippines' Duterte says still undecided on future of U.S. troop deal
      World
      Reuters

      Philippines' Duterte says still undecided on future of U.S. troop deal

      Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he has not made a decision yet on the future of the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, leaving the fate of the pact hanging in the balance. Duterte has said the United States should pay more if it wants to maintain the VFA, which he unilaterally cancelled last year in an angry response to an ally being denied a U.S. visa. The withdrawal period has been twice extended, however, to create what Philippine officials say is a window for better terms to be agreed.

    • Hyundai to replace 82,000 electric-vehicle batteries over fire risk
      Business
      BBC

      Hyundai to replace 82,000 electric-vehicle batteries over fire risk

      Hyundai is to replace the electric batteries in nearly 82,000 of its electric vehicles worldwide because of a fire risk. Most of the affected vehicles are Kona cars built between 2018 and 2020, tens of thousands of which have been sold in the UK, vehicle-registration data suggests. The recall is expected to cost Hyundai about £640m ($900m).

      • Hyundai will use SK Innovation battery cells for the Ioniq 5
        Hyundai will use SK Innovation battery cells for the Ioniq 5
        Autoblog
      • Hyundai will replace 75,680 Kona EV batteries over potential fire risks
        Hyundai will replace 75,680 Kona EV batteries over potential fire risks
        Engadget
    • The 'most encouraging' aspect of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine may be its effectiveness in South Africa, Brazil
      Health
      The Week

      The 'most encouraging' aspect of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine may be its effectiveness in South Africa, Brazil

      The Food and Drug Administration appears to be closing in on an emergency use authorization for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which a large clinical trial has shown to be safe and effective. And the "most encouraging" aspect in the FDA's analysis may be the data that suggest the shot works in areas where highly contagious variants are spreading, like Brazil and South Africa. The overall efficacy rate — that is, protection against any symptomatic infection — in the South African trial was lower than it was in the United States initially, but the numbers did start to even out over time, and after a month, the shot's efficacy rate against severe infections was 82 percent.

      • J&J’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, says FDA
        J&J’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, says FDA
        Yahoo Finance Video
      • FDA says single-dose shot from J&J prevents severe COVID
        FDA says single-dose shot from J&J prevents severe COVID
        Associated Press
    • Biden moves to reengage with Palestinians after Israel focus
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Biden moves to reengage with Palestinians after Israel focus

      The Biden administration is moving slowly but surely toward reengaging with the Palestinians after a near total absence of official contact during former President Donald Trump's four years in office. As American officials plan steps to restore direct ties with the Palestinian leadership, Biden's national security team is taking steps to restore relations that had been severed while Trump pursued a Mideast policy focused largely around Israel, America's closest partner in the region. On Tuesday, for the second time in two days, Biden's administration categorically embraced a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, something that Trump had been purposefully vague about while slashing aid to the Palestinians and taking steps to support Israel's claims to land that the Palestinians want for an independent state.

    • Philippines to probe use of illegal COVID-19 vaccines
      World
      Reuters

      Philippines to probe use of illegal COVID-19 vaccines

      The Philippines health ministry said on Wednesday it will investigate the illegal use of unauthorised COVID-19 vaccines, after a presidential advisor admitted to receiving shots of a Sinopharm vaccine smuggled into the country. Ramon Tulfo, a celebrity radio and television host and special envoy to China, revealed in his newspaper column on Feb. 20 and again in an interview with One News that he received a dose in October from a batch that was also used by President Rodrigo Duterte's security detail. "I got hold of vaccines from a friend who smuggled it into the country," Tulfo told One News.

    • Texas Attorney General left the state on the same day as Ted Cruz amid historic winter storm
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Texas Attorney General left the state on the same day as Ted Cruz amid historic winter storm

      Texas attorney general Ken Paxton left the state while a brutal winter storm caused millions of residents to be without power and clean water, on the same day senator Ted Cruz travelled from the state on a controversial trip to Mexico. Mr Paxton's spokesman Ian Prior told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that the attorney general and his wife, Texas state senator Angela Paxton, travelled to Utah last Wednesday. The spokesperson said that Mr Paxton left Texas to speak with Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, for a “previously planned” meeting to discuss a myriad of topics, including an antitrust lawsuit against Google.

      • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Also Left The State During Deadly Winter Storm
        Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Also Left The State During Deadly Winter Storm
        HuffPost
      • Texas AG was in Utah after historic freeze back home
        Texas AG was in Utah after historic freeze back home
        Associated Press
    • Nissan ex-CEO tells Japanese court Ghosn's pay was too low
      Business
      Associated Press

      Nissan ex-CEO tells Japanese court Ghosn's pay was too low

      Former Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa told a Japanese court Wednesday he believed the compensation for his predecessor Carlos Ghosn was too low “by international standards,” and so he supported Ghosn's retirement packages to prevent him from leaving. “Mr. Ghosn had outstanding abilities and achievements,” Saikawa said, testifying in Tokyo District Court in the criminal trial of Greg Kelly, a former senior executive at Nissan Motor Co. “We needed to prepare for Mr. Ghosn's eventual retirement to keep him motivated and to have him continue to work for Nissan,” he said in answer to a prosecutor's questioning.

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      Trump could face woman who accuses him of raping her in court

      During a December visit to New York City, writer E. Jean Carroll says she went shopping with a fashion consultant to find the “best outfit” for one of the most important days of her life —when she'll sit face-to-face with the man she has accused of raping her decades ago, former President Donald Trump.

    • Michael Cohen predicts Trump tax investigation will end with jail time
      Politics
      The Week

      Michael Cohen predicts Trump tax investigation will end with jail time

      Former President Donald Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen told MSNBC's Katy Tur that he thinks his old client ought to start looking into getting a "custom made jumpsuit." Cohen's prediction that Trump could wind up in jail came a few hours after the Supreme Court ruled that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance can obtain Trump's tax returns as part of New York prosecutors' investigation into his past business dealings. @MichaelCohen212 says Trump should look into getting a "custom made jumpsuit, because it does not look good for him."@JoyceWhiteVance says Cy Vance has "sent signals that this is a serious investigation."

      • Michael Cohen: Donald Trump Should Look Into Getting A ‘Custom-Made Jumpsuit’
        Michael Cohen: Donald Trump Should Look Into Getting A ‘Custom-Made Jumpsuit’
        HuffPost
      • Trump Condemns Investigation into Tax Records: ‘Fascism, not Justice’
        Trump Condemns Investigation into Tax Records: ‘Fascism, not Justice’
        National Review
    • Defying court order, Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals
      World
      Reuters

      Defying court order, Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals

      Malaysia sent more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals back to their strife-torn homeland on Tuesday despite a court order to halt the deportation, a move rights groups said could endanger the deportees' lives. The 1,086 Myanmar citizens were sent back on three navy ships sent by Myanmar's military, which seized power in a Feb. 1 coup, sparking weeks of protests from pro-democracy activists. Malaysia had initially said it would deport 1,200.

      • Defying court, Malaysia deports Myanmar nationals
        Defying court, Malaysia deports Myanmar nationals
        Reuters Videos
      • Lawmakers, rights groups ask Malaysia to explain deportation
        Lawmakers, rights groups ask Malaysia to explain deportation
        Associated Press
    • Instagram Influencer Sparks Outrage After Posing Naked on Top of Endangered Elephant in Bali
      World
      NextShark

      Instagram Influencer Sparks Outrage After Posing Naked on Top of Endangered Elephant in Bali

      A 22-year-old Russian social media influencer is facing heavy criticism online for posing naked on top of an endangered elephant in Bali, Indonesia for her 553,000 Instagram followers. Alesya Kafelnikova received backlash for the short video she posted on Feb. 13, where she was filmed lying naked on top of a “critically endangered” Sumatran elephant, according to The Sun. In a follow-up post, Kafelnikova shared an image presumably with the same elephant and said in the caption, “To love nature is human nature.”

    • Imran Khan invites Sri Lankan Buddhists to visit Pakistan
      World
      Associated Press

      Imran Khan invites Sri Lankan Buddhists to visit Pakistan

      Visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has proclaimed his Muslim-majority nation a choice destination for religious tourism by Sri Lankans, most of whom are Buddhists. In talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday, Khan highlighted Buddhist heritage sites in Pakistan and stressed the building of cultural ties, the Pakistan Embassy said in a statement. “Pakistan probably has one of the greatest Buddhist heritages in the world and we invite people from Sri Lanka to visit them,” Khan said a day earlier after meeting with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

    • Egg supply tightens in Poland as EU bird flu crisis hits industry
      World
      Reuters

      Egg supply tightens in Poland as EU bird flu crisis hits industry

      Avian influenza in Europe is now approaching levels last seen in 2016 with egg supply shrinking in Poland, one of the hardest hit countries due to the loss of laying hens, in a sign that the virus is starting to strain the poultry industry. The disease, commonly called bird flu, has been found in several European countries, decimating flocks with bruising losses for farmers already hit hard by Covid-19. Asia is also experiencing outbreaks of the same highly pathogenic H5N8 strain as the livestock sector also reels from the deadly African Swine Fever epidemic.

    • 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.

    • Perdue ditches Senate run after Trump Mar-a-Lago meeting
      Politics
      The Independent

      Perdue ditches Senate run after Trump Mar-a-Lago meeting

      Former GOP senator David Perdue has decided against running for the Senate in 2022, in an apparent about-face that followed a meeting with former president Donald Trump in recent days. A source close to Mr Perude denied that the meeting between the pair was related to his decision not to run again, but said the meeting at Mar-a-Lago “did not go well”, according to the New York Times. Maggie Haberman, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, wrote on Tuesday that “Perdue had dinner with and played a long round of golf with Trump last week.

    • 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
      • Markforged to Go Public in $2.1 Billion Blank-Check Deal
        Markforged to Go Public in $2.1 Billion Blank-Check Deal
        Bloomberg
    • Bust of Black hero of Lewis & Clark trip goes up in Portland
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Bust of Black hero of Lewis & Clark trip goes up in Portland

      Now, one of the first works of art to emerge in their place depicts an unsung hero of the Lewis and Clark expedition. A huge bust of York, a Black man who was enslaved by William Clark and who was the first African-American to cross the continent and reach the Pacific Ocean, is sitting atop a pedestal amid a lushly forested park in Portland, Oregon. The artist's depiction of York shows him seemingly deep in thought or even sad, his eyes cast downward.

    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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