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The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

Cuba brands U.S. rollback of curbs as light on detail, heavy on hostility

By Dave Sherwood

Reuters

White House moves to loosen remittance, flight rules on Cuba

The Biden administration says it will expand flights to Cuba and lift Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island

The Independent UK

Press secretary hopes her rise helps kids 'dream bigger'

President Joe Biden's new spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre, says she hopes kids will “dream big and dream bigger” because she's now the White House press secretary

The Independent UK

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Biden eases restrictions on Cuban travel and remittances

The White House plans to make it easier for families to visit relatives in Cuba and increase visa processing on the island, reversing some of former President Trump's policies.

WEKU

Obama, Airbnb's Brian Chesky launch $100M in scholarships

The co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, has donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation to fund scholarships for students pursuing careers in public service and includes multiple stipends for travel

The Independent UK

Karine Jean-Pierre steps into the bright White House spotlight

WASHINGTON — As a young staffer working in the Obama White House, Karine Jean-Pierre was surprised the first time she struck up a conversation with then-Vice President Joe Biden.

Los Angeles Times

GOP Senate candidate defends falsely claiming Obama was Muslim because he was taking in refugees from Syria

During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Kathy Barnette was asked about several of the offensive tweets

The Independent UK

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Brickbat: Class Discussion

In Roswell, Georgia, Centennial High School said in a statement that a substitute teacher caught on video in an expletive-filled classroom rant has been fired. The teacher, who wasn't named, told students that "When I was in high school, I was learning about Obama increasing drone strikes in my [expletive]…

Reason

Barnette deflects past comments in Pennsylvania GOP Senate race

Political commentator Kathy Barnette, who has surged into a three-way tie in Pennsylvania’s closely watched Republican U.S. Senate primary, defended most of her previous incendiary comments as taken out of context as she faces new scrutiny.

Tribune News Service

Buffalo shooting: Anti-racism experts condemn ‘great replacement’ conspiracy pushed by Tucker Carlson and GOP

Attack that killed 10 people at grocery store on Saturday was latest example of attacker espousing the far-right conspiracy theory

The Independent UK

‘A history maker’: Karine Jean-Pierre set for White House press secretary role

She will be the first Black openly gay woman to step into the role, a symbol of change after the Donald Trump era

The Guardian - US

Melania Trump accuses Vogue of bias for not giving her a cover

Former first lady Melania Trump has accused fashion magazine Vogue of bias for not putting her on the cover during her time in the White House.

The New Daily

How Democrats found God — and doomed Roe

Democrats' slide into Christian nationalism may have gotten Clinton and Obama elected. But it came at a big price

Salon

As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

A toxic cesspool

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

A toxic cesspool

Reuters

UAE's newly elected ruler sees Iran, Islamists as threat to Gulf safe haven

United Arab Emirates strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was formally elected president on Saturday, led a realignment of the Middle East that created a new anti-Iran axis with Israel and fought a rising tide of political Islam in the region.

Axios

See the Kathy Barnette tweets targeting Muslims, LGBTQ and Obama

Trump warned Republicans Thursday that Barnette's history will preclude her from winning a general election in PA.

The Independent UK

How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade

Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Who is Kathy Barnette, and can Pa. figure it out before she wins the GOP Senate nod?

For about an hour Wednesday night, the crunchy green artificial turf of the big indoor practice field at Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County offered a kind of a safe space for Kathy Barnette to revel in her new status as sudden-shock co-front-runner in Pennsylvania’s GOP U.S. Senate primary, in…

The Independent UK

Former staff at Lauren Boebert’s restaurant call her a ‘monster’ who once pointed gun at Obama supporter, report says

‘The second the restaurant blew up, her head blew up, and it became something entirely different,’ ex-waitress says

Bangkok Post

America, Asean in geostrategic drift

As Southeast Asia's renowned regional bloc, Asean has been wanting to have its cake as well as eat it. Its summit meeting with the United States in Washington this week is a testimony to trying to have it both ways. When Washington cares less about Asean, the nominally 10-member grouping…

Los Angeles Times

It's not just a meal: Inside the nation's most secretive and exclusive power lunch

WASHINGTON — Al Gore came armed with policy memos, George H.W. Bush with jokes and Dan Quayle with requests from Cabinet secretaries. Mike Pence brought plenty of patience.

Al Jazeera

ASEAN leaders head to White House for key summit

US rolls out the red carpet for Southeast Asian leaders amid increasing rivalry in the Asia Pacific.

Foreign Affairs

The War in Ukraine Will Be a Historic Turning Point

But for History to Take the Right Path, America and Europe Must Work Together

The Independent UK

‘Fiery’ Psaki ending tenure as a top White House messenger

Jen Psaki is leaving as White House press secretary on Friday after having answered reporters’ questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that President Joe Biden has been in office

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