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    • Parents take issue with political talk on trans rights

      Parents take issue with political talk on trans rights

      For the parents of transgender kids, navigating a child's desire to transition from the sex of their birth comes amid a web of complex issues playing out on a national stage.

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      • After freshman's death, college fraternity shut down

        After freshman's death, college fraternity shut down

      • 9/11 families to Biden: 'Stop this travesty of justice'

        9/11 families to Biden: 'Stop this travesty of justice'

      • Biden deals with fallout of Trump's rosy COVID picture

        Biden deals with fallout of Trump's rosy COVID picture

      • CDC chief urges states not to reopen too soon

        CDC chief urges states not to reopen too soon

      • Judge: Miss USA can ban trans woman from pageant

        Judge: Miss USA can ban trans woman from pageant

    • 170 U.S. lawmakers urge Biden administration to push Turkey on rights
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      Reuters

      170 U.S. lawmakers urge Biden administration to push Turkey on rights

      One hundred seventy members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a bipartisan letter sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging President Joe Biden's administration to address "troubling" human rights issues as it formulates policy for dealings with Turkey. The letter, dated Feb. 26 and made public on Monday, notes that NATO ally Turkey has long been an important U.S. partner but says the administration of President Tayyip Erdogan has strained the relationship.

    • MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has mic muted at CPAC for spouting vaccine and election conspiracies
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      The Independent

      MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has mic muted at CPAC for spouting vaccine and election conspiracies

      MyPillow's outspoken Trump-supporting chief executive was censored during an interview at CPAC – an event branded “America Uncanceled” – after he launched into conspiracy theories linking the coronavirus vaccine with the devil. Mike Lindell was speaking on Sunday to Liz Willis, the host of conservative YouTube channel Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN), when he delivered a somewhat meandering set of conspiracy theories relating to the pandemic, the presidential election and Israel. “In Israel right now, from the prime minister on down, we don't know what happened, but obviously, he congratulated Biden, but after that, we got a little suspect,” Mr Lindell said during the segment that was edited out by RSBN on their YouTube channel.

    • 2 Americans wanted in Ghosn's escape in Japanese custody
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      Associated Press

      2 Americans wanted in Ghosn's escape in Japanese custody

      An American father and son wanted by Japan for aiding former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape from the country in a box were handed over to Japanese custody Monday, ending their months-long battle to stay in the U.S. Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, failed to convince U.S. officials and courts to block their extradition to Japan, where they will be tried on charges that they smuggled Ghosn out of the country in 2019 while the former auto titan was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. The Massachusetts men, who have been locked up at a suburban Boston jail since their arrest in May, were handed over to Japanese officials early Monday, said one of their attorneys, Paul Kelly.

    • China's electoral reform 'earthquake' set to upend Hong Kong politics
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      China's electoral reform 'earthquake' set to upend Hong Kong politics

      China's plan to dramatically reform Hong Kong's electoral system, expected to be unveiled in a parliamentary session in Beijing starting this week, will upend the territory's political scene, according to more than a dozen politicians from across the spectrum. The proposed reform will put further pressure on pro-democracy activists, who are already the subject of a crackdown on dissent, and has ruffled the feathers of some pro-Beijing loyalists, some of whom may find themselves swept aside by a new and ambitious crop of loyalists, the people said. The measures will be introduced at the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament, which starts on Friday, according to media reports.

    • Trump describes rally before deadly Capitol riot as a 'love fest'
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      The Week

      Trump describes rally before deadly Capitol riot as a 'love fest'

      Following his first post-presidency speech, former President Donald Trump described the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the deadly Capitol riot as "beautiful" a "love fest." Trump spoke with Fox News on Sunday after delivering a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, in which he continued to falsely claim he won the 2020 presidential election. In the Fox interview, Trump was asked if there's anything he would have in retrospect done differently prior to a crowd of his supporters storming the Capitol building on Jan. 6, but the former president instead spoke favorably about the rally he delivered remarks at before the deadly riot.

      • McEnany recalls day of Capitol riot: 'Everyone was expecting peace'
        McEnany recalls day of Capitol riot: 'Everyone was expecting peace'
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      • Here are the false and misleading claims Trump made in his CPAC speech
        Here are the false and misleading claims Trump made in his CPAC speech
        Business Insider
    • Don't bully Riyadh, Saudi columnists tell Biden administration
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      Reuters

      Don't bully Riyadh, Saudi columnists tell Biden administration

      Saudi Arabia's sovereignty is a red line, Saudi columnists said on Sunday, ramping up rhetoric in defense of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after a U.S. intelligence report implicated him in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Prince Mohammed, de facto ruler of the U.S.-allied Gulf powerhouse, has denied any involvement in the 2018 murder of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The U.S. administration on Friday imposed sanctions on some of those involved, but spared the prince.

      • WH Press Secretary Defends Choice Not To Punish Saudi Prince For Khashoggi Murder
        WH Press Secretary Defends Choice Not To Punish Saudi Prince For Khashoggi Murder
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      • Saudi U.N. envoy: U.S. report on Khashoggi does not prove accusations
        Saudi U.N. envoy: U.S. report on Khashoggi does not prove accusations
        Reuters
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      Trump speaks at CPAC in first post-White House appearance

      Former President Trump delivered his first post-White House address at CPAC on Sunday evening.

    • Girl dies after being caned during 'exorcism' in Sri Lanka
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      Associated Press

      Girl dies after being caned during 'exorcism' in Sri Lanka

      Police in Sri Lanka said Monday they have arrested two people in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl who was repeatedly beaten during a ritual they believed would drive away an evil spirit. The two suspects — the woman performing the exorcism and the girl's mother — appeared in court on Monday to hear charges over the girl's death, which occurred over the weekend in Delgoda, a small town about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of the capital, Colombo. According to police spokesperson Ajith Rohana, the mother believed her daughter had been possessed by a demon and took her to the home of the exorcist so a ritual could be performed to drive the spirit away.

    • Taiwan opposition chief in no rush for China meeting
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      Reuters

      Taiwan opposition chief in no rush for China meeting

      The leader of Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) said on Tuesday he is in no rush to travel to China to meet President Xi Jinping, and that Beijing's proposals to get Taiwan to accept Communist rule had "no market" on the island. The KMT ruled China before retreating to Taiwan at the end of a civil war with the Communists in 1949. While ties across the Taiwan Strait have improved dramatically in the last three decades, Beijing continues to claim Taiwan as its own territory.

    • Letters to the Editor: Trump's CPAC speech was just about the only thing that could make me thankful for Twitter
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      Los Angeles Times Opinion

      Letters to the Editor: Trump's CPAC speech was just about the only thing that could make me thankful for Twitter

      To the editor: Can we all acknowledge what a great gift Twitter has given those American people who still cherish and adhere to democratic principles? Former President Trump's 90-minute speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando this weekend was entirely predictable: perpetuating the Big Lie about the 2020 election; excoriating the 17 Republican lawmakers who voted with the Democrats to impeach him; bitterly criticizing and ridiculing President Biden's actions; demonizing Democrats in general; boasting about his "great" accomplishments while in office. If it were not for Twitter's ban on him we would be getting a daily dose of these juvenile, bitter and toxic tirades.

    • Philippine president fires ambassador seen assaulting staff
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      Associated Press

      Philippine president fires ambassador seen assaulting staff

      Duterte, whose six-year term ends next year, has been reading the names of government employees and officers implicated in graft and corruption in his TV appearances to highlight his campaign against abuses and irregularities. But Duterte, a former government prosecutor who has threatened drug suspects with death and is known for his expletives-laden outbursts, has faced criticisms for abusive behavior himself. In his televised remarks Monday night, Duterte lashed out at Vice President Leni Robredo for criticizing the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak and vaccination campaign.

    • Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above
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      Reuters

      Canada vaccine committee advises against use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots for 65 years and above

      Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization released new guidelines on Monday that advise against vaccinating people who are 65 years and older with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, citing lack of information about efficacy in that age group. The vaccine was authorized for people who are 18 and older by drug regulator Health Canada on Friday. Health Canada's decision noted that available clinical trial data was too limited to reliably estimate how well the vaccine worked in people 65 and older.

      • UK rollout data on AstraZeneca shot should guide other countries - vaccine chief
        UK rollout data on AstraZeneca shot should guide other countries - vaccine chief
        Reuters
      • Exclusive: Six-week sprint got Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine approved in Canada
        Exclusive: Six-week sprint got Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine approved in Canada
        Reuters
    • Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns
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      Associated Press

      Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns

      The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago's airport in late January, and Chile's president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. The source of that hope: China – a country that Chile and dozens of other nations are depending on to help rescue them from the COVID-19 pandemic. China's vaccine diplomacy campaign has been a surprising success: It has pledged roughly half a billion doses of its vaccine to more than 45 countries, according to a country-by-country tally by The Associated Press.

      • Chinese vaccines sweep world, despite concerns
        Chinese vaccines sweep world, despite concerns
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      • Vaccine Watch: Nations engage in vaccine diplomacy
        Vaccine Watch: Nations engage in vaccine diplomacy
        ABC News Videos
    • Trump proposes new voting limits, rails against "monster" voting rights bill
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      Reuters

      Trump proposes new voting limits, rails against "monster" voting rights bill

      Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday laid out a variety of election proposals, such as limiting absentee voting and days when Americans can vote, in his first public speech after his stinging Nov. 3 election loss. Democrats' nationwide push to register new voters, including Black voters and young people, and Trump's refusal to urge his Republican supporters to vote by absentee ballot are believed to have been factors in his 7 million vote loss to Joe Biden. At a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Trump said Election Day should be only one day, not a number of days leading up to the actual voting day.

      • Georgia House passes GOP voting restrictions bill
        Georgia House passes GOP voting restrictions bill
        The Week
      • Here are the false and misleading claims Trump made in his CPAC speech
        Here are the false and misleading claims Trump made in his CPAC speech
        Business Insider
    • House Call: Cue the Waterworks and Welcome to March
      Politics
      Architectural Digest

      House Call: Cue the Waterworks and Welcome to March

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

    • 300 activists rally in Bangladesh to denounce prison death
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      Associated Press

      300 activists rally in Bangladesh to denounce prison death

      About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Monday to denounce the death in prison of a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. The protesters marched through the Dhaka University campus and Dhaka's streets toward the country's Home Ministry to also demand the annulment of the digital security law and the release of seven student activists arrested during recent protests denouncing the death of 53-year-old Mushtaq Ahmed.

    • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shoots back at Ted Cruz, saying he treated storm-hit Texas as a 'layover' between trips to Cancun and CPAC
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shoots back at Ted Cruz, saying he treated storm-hit Texas as a 'layover' between trips to Cancun and CPAC

      Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at Sen. Ted Cruz after he mocked her during his CPAC speech. Ocasio-Cortez again criticized Cruz for fleeing Texas during the recent electrical-grid collapse. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at Sen. Ted Cruz after the Texas Republican mocked her in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Friday.

      • 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 mocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at CPAC after the congresswoman raised millions for his Texan constituents
        Ted Cruz mocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at CPAC after the congresswoman raised millions for his Texan constituents
        Business Insider
    • New WTO chief calls for tripling of vaccine production
      World
      Reuters

      New WTO chief calls for tripling of vaccine production

      The new chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) urged its member states on Monday to work with pharmaceutical companies to license more COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in developing countries in order to triple global production. "People are dying in poor countries," Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on her first day in office. Her call comes as a group of developing countries led by South Africa and India seek to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 drugs and vaccines, a move opposed by the United States, the European Union and other wealthy nations.

      • New WTO chief pushes for vaccine access, fisheries deal
        New WTO chief pushes for vaccine access, fisheries deal
        Associated Press
      • New WTO chief is 'ready to go' on day one
        New WTO chief is 'ready to go' on day one
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    • Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access
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      Associated Press

      Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access

      Republican lawmakers in Georgia muscled legislation through the state House on Monday that would roll back voting access, over the objection of Democrats and civil rights groups gathered at the Capitol to protest. The bill comes after record turnout led to Democratic wins in Georgia's presidential election and two U.S. Senate runoffs. House Bill 531 passed the lower legislative chamber by a vote of 97-72.

      • Georgians protest GOP bill limiting voting access
        Georgians protest GOP bill limiting voting access
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      • Georgia House passes GOP voting restrictions bill
        Georgia House passes GOP voting restrictions bill
        The Week
    • FBI chief to face questions on extremism, Capitol riot
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      FBI chief to face questions on extremism, Capitol riot

      FBI Director Chris Wray is set to testify for the first time since the deadly Jan. 6 deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, with lawmakers likely to press him on whether the bureau adequately communicated with other law enforcement agencies about the potential for violence that day. Questions about the FBI's preparations for the riot, and investigations into it, are expected to dominate Wray's appearance Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The violence at the Capitol made clear that a law enforcement agency that revolutionized itself after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to deal with international terrorism is now scrambling to address homegrown violence from white Americans.

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      Iranian lawmakers visit restive southeast area after unrest

      Iranian lawmakers on Monday visited an impoverished southeastern province that has been roiled by recent unrest, state-run media reported, the government's most visible step yet to address rising popular resentment in the region. Five members of parliament, including from the influential committee for national security and foreign policy, arrived in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan to investigate the turmoil, state-run IRNA news agency reported. Last week, border guards shot at fuel smugglers trying to cross into Iran from Pakistan, killing at least two and sparking protests across the city of Saravan.

    • Israel's high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews
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      Associated Press

      Israel's high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews

      Israel's Supreme Court on Monday dealt a major blow to the country's powerful Orthodox establishment, ruling that people who convert to Judaism through the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel are also Jewish and entitled to become citizens. The landmark ruling, 15 years in the making, centered around the combustible question of who is Jewish and marked an important victory for the Reform and Conservative movements. These liberal streams of Judaism, which represent the vast majority of affiliated American Jews, have long been marginalized in Israel.

      • Israel's High Court Recognizes Religious Conversions Of Liberal-Leaning Groups
        Israel's High Court Recognizes Religious Conversions Of Liberal-Leaning Groups
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      • Israel Supreme Court: more non-Orthodox Jewish converts can become citizens
        Israel Supreme Court: more non-Orthodox Jewish converts can become citizens
        Reuters
    • CPAC Speaker Angela Stanton King Promotes QAnon From Stage
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      The Daily Beast

      CPAC Speaker Angela Stanton King Promotes QAnon From Stage

      A speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory from the event's main stage on Sunday, shortly before Donald Trump was scheduled to appear at the conservative movement's premiere annual event. Former congressional candidate Angela Stanton King, who has frequently boosted the conspiracy theory on social media, called for an investigation into whether QAnon's bizarre claims about a cabal of cannibal-pedophiles controlling the world and a mysterious figure named Q giving hidden messages to Trump supporters are real. “Let's address it,” King said.

    • Report: US wasted billions on cars, buildings in Afghanistan
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      Associated Press

      Report: US wasted billions on cars, buildings in Afghanistan

      The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a report released Monday by a U.S. government watchdog. The agency said it reviewed $7.8 billion spent since 2008 on buildings and vehicles. Only $343.2 million worth of buildings and vehicles “were maintained in good condition,” said the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, which oversees American taxpayer money spent on the protracted conflict.

    • 23 progressive Democrats including AOC urge Biden to overrule top Senate official and keep a $15 minimum wage in the stimulus package
      Politics
      Business Insider

      23 progressive Democrats including AOC urge Biden to overrule top Senate official and keep a $15 minimum wage in the stimulus package

      House progressives are urging Biden to overrule a Senate official and keep a $15 minimum wage in the stimulus plan. The effort is led by Rep. Ro Khanna, but signatories include Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "If we don't overrule the Senate parliamentarian, we are condoning poverty wages for millions of Americans," Khanna said.

      • Progressive Democrats call for Biden to overrule Senate parliamentarian on minimum wage
        Progressive Democrats call for Biden to overrule Senate parliamentarian on minimum wage
        Yahoo Money
      • Push To Raise The Minimum Wage Is Dead For Now
        Push To Raise The Minimum Wage Is Dead For Now
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    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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