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The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 18 February 2023

East Palestine, Ohio is choking, red-eyed, and scared for its long-term health. Thanks, Obama. And, Trump. And, Biden.

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US criticism of Israeli settlements is ‘meaningless’: Analysts

Washington says it is ‘deeply troubled’ by settlement expansion but rejects UN efforts to denounce Israeli policies.

Al Jazeera

EPA moves to restore rule on mercury from power plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reaffirming the basis for a rule that requires “significant reductions” in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants

The Independent UK

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Biden administration open to legislation after Ohio derailment - Roll Call

The Biden administration said it would welcome congressional action on safety measures for trains carrying highly hazardous materials.

Roll Call

Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama

Spain's High Court on Friday agreed to a U.S. extradition request for a British citizen wanted by the United States over a Twitter hack in 2020 that compromised the accounts of several U.S. politicians including Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

Reuters

Cuba: why record numbers of people are leaving as the most severe economic crisis since the 1990s hits -- a photo essay

Record numbers of Cubans are fleeing their country as the island suffers its worst socio-economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Conversation

Biden's Trump-focused campaign could be risky if GOP shifts

In 2020, Joe Biden built his White House run around promises to beat Donald Trump “like a drum.”

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Free after 14 years in prison for selling medical weed, California man aims to change US law

It’s the little things — going to the grocery store, cleaning the house, finishing yardwork — that Luke Scarmazzo is grateful for after being imprisoned for something that very likely wouldn’t land him there now.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Gene Collier: A fly on the Super Suite wall

Though it’s been only about 48 hours, I honestly can’t recall my first thought when Fox showed Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch confabulating in a Super Bowl luxury suite.

Tribune News Service

Haley's candidacy shows balancing act for women in politics

Nikki Haley made a subtle reference to the historic nature of her candidacy as she announced her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination

The Independent UK

Ohio train disaster follows deregulation

The East Palestine derailment is the "latest in a long string of corporate malfeasance"

Salon

Trump preps for more American carnage

In order to run to Ron DeSantis' right, Trump to paint a picture so grim of America he'll bring back firing squads

Salon

10 times Gov. Ron DeSantis changed Florida education

TAMPA, Fla. — Every week, Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to make national education news.

Tribune News Service

Washington’s China Hawks Take Flight

The story of how decades of U.S. engagement with China gave way to estrangement.

Foreign Policy

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Chicago’s south side residents fear Obama Center will displace them

Black longtime residents fear the economic boost from the $500m project will not reach them and that it could make their communities unaffordable

AFP

Biden names Fed vice chair as top economic advisor

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden has chosen Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard to be his top economic advisor, ahead of a potential reelection campaign and as the administration battles stubbornly high inflation.

The Independent UK

IRS nominee faces herculean challenge of modernizing agency

A familiar face is positioned to take on the monumental task of rebuilding the understaffed and underappreciated IRS

Evening Standard

Valentine’s Day: Celebrities share the love on social media

From Cristiano Ronaldo to Barack Obama, read these celebrity Valentine’s Day messages

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The Independent UK

AP source: Biden to name Brainard to head Economic Council

President Joe Biden plans to name Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as the new director of his National Economic Council

The Independent UK

Who should lead? Democrats, Republicans struggle to decide

President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, are preparing for a possible rematch in 2024

AFP

How Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed geopolitics

Paris (AFP) - Beyond Ukraine's borders, Russia's invasion of its neighbour has upended parts of the world order, including the forming of new blocs not seen since the Cold War.

Tribune News Service

Michigan man convicted of threatening to kill Biden

DETROIT — A Northern Michigan man with a history of threatening Democratic politicians pleaded guilty Monday to threatening to kill President Joe Biden by bombing the White House.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: I almost wrote off Joe Biden in 2020. Boy, was I wrong then. What about now?

Was I the only journalist in America who thought President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech Tuesday was hard to watch? At least until he departed from his script and began sparring with the nation's rudest Republicans?

Salon

Diversity, "wokeness" and oppression

Diversity is an important value — but militarists, corporatists and oligarchs have turned into a marketing gimmick

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: A hot mic is latest sign that Biden may make big changes in U.S.-Cuba relations, but . . .

Joe was here — in Florida — again.

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