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States sue HHS to overturn public health emergency rule

Texas and Oklahoma filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on January 18, 2023, arguing that an Obama-era federal regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granting the World Health Organization (WHO) authority to define what constitutes a public…

Ballotpedia · Feb 3, 2023

Michael Pascoe: Why the fearmongering about a China-US war is over the top

General Mike Minihan put in writing to his commanders the US and China would likely be at war in 2025 – a memo “leaked” to American media.

The New Daily · Feb 3, 2023

Essay: The mother of Tyre Nichols couldn't hear his cries. Can you?

I have a vivid imagination, but I don't need one to visualize screaming for my mother in my last breaths, and her not hearing me.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 2, 2023

Biden and McCarthy's debt-ceiling talk is a clash of strategies

Biden called McCarthy a “decent man."

Axios · Feb 1, 2023

Biden has bolstered 9th Circuit’s liberal flank, but has yet to match Trump’s impact

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden is leaving a distinct mark on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, adding relatively young jurists of color who have bolstered the influential court’s liberal flank.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

McCarthy, Biden to meet in hopes of avoiding debt limit debacle - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden could actually have a chance to avoid a fiscal crisis this summer.

Roll Call · Feb 1, 2023

Biden reveals his cat sleeps on his head

‘She has no limits,’ the US president says about his cat, Willow

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Biden, McCarthy, once breakfast mates, wrangle over US debt

Not long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to have breakfast together in the then-vice president’s home

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

State of the Union address: The seven most bizarre moments over the years

From a congressman shouting ‘you lie!’ to the Speaker of the House tearing the speech to pieces, here are some of the most memorable and regrettable SOTU moments

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

'It really disturbs me to say this, but I think I agree with Larry.' Paul Krugman sides with frenemy Larry Summers on inflation fight.

Both economists think the U.S. Federal Reserve is just as likely to overestimate inflation as underestimate it.

Fortune · Jan 31, 2023