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White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield steps down

Ms Bedingfield, who previously announced – and retracted – plans to resign last year, will be replaced by Ben LaBolt

The Independent UK

Biden asked for immigration reform in the State of the Union. Can it pass a split Congress?

President Joe Biden made a wistful comment at his State of the Union Tuesday that there was a time when Congress found common ground on immigration reform.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Anna Paulina Luna is "new George Santos"

Relatives dispute newly-elected Florida congresswoman's claims about her father and her family background

Salon

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Make Russia Pay

What the West can learn from its mistakes in Georgia.

Foreign Affairs

Biden administration’s rule for federal scientists is a ‘gag order’, critics say

Federal scientists would largely be barred from publicly discussing research, which could have a ‘chilling effect’, experts say

The Guardian - US

Nicholas Goldberg: Why won’t Nancy Pelosi stop emailing me?

Somehow I thought that when the midterm elections were over, when Nov. 8 came and went, the barrage of political fundraising emails would stop.

Los Angeles Times

Paul Sullivan: Why do we cling to Michael Jordan’s mythical title as the greatest player of all time?

CHICAGO — Chicago still is known as the Second City, though it dropped behind Los Angeles to No. 3 in U.S. population back in 1982.

Chicago Tribune

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Commentary: Workers’ voices just got stronger — thanks to DHS

Workers across this country just got a big boost, and from an unlikely source: the Department of Homeland Security. How’s that?

Tribune News Service

Roseanne Barr accuses Hollywood of double standards

‘I’m the only person whose life’s work was stolen by people I thought loved me,’ actor says

The Independent UK

Queen's hilarious joke about Donald Trump after awkward moment at Buckingham Palace

The late Queen was walking through the gardens of Buckingham Palace with environmentalist Sir David Attenborough when she cracked the joke about the former U.S President and his helicopter

Daily Mirror

Mitt Romney to mull Republicans’ ‘slide toward authoritarianism’ in biography

Biographer of Utah senator and former presidential nominee ‘astonished by his level of candor’ in cooperating with new book

The Guardian - US

In Florida, Biden aims at seniors with Social Security message

U.S. President Joe Biden traveled on Thursday to Florida and positioned his Democratic party as the sole protector of Social Security and Medicare in an aim to reclaim the state, which has a large population of retirees who rely on the programs.

Reuters

Biden wants to talk with Sen. Menendez about Cuba. Are policy changes coming?

WASHINGTON — A brief exchange after President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night has sparked interest in what the White House might be considering doing regarding its policies toward Cuba.

Miami Herald

Biden warns of GOP plans for Medicare, Social Security cuts

When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security it brought howls of protests from the GOP side of the aisle during the State of the Union address

The Independent UK

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Reason

The State of Our Union Sucks

The bipartisan (if shouty!) embrace of big-government nationalism ensures our populist moment won't end any time soon.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayoral challenger Ald. Sophia King airs first campaign commercial

King entered the race with high hopes and a formidable reputation for fundraising for her City Council campaigns. But her fundraising for mayor has not gone well. Out of $500,000 raised, $350,000 is from her own household.

Ballotpedia

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Black History Month is a century-old relic — one we still desperately need

During the first term of Barack Obama’s presidency, my then 8-year-old daughter asked a simple question. “Why do Black people have a special month?”

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Miami Herald

‘Living legends.’ Fla. man, 101, honored for service as a first Black US Marine

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- George J. Johnson proudly served as a U.S. Marine Corps military policeman during World War II in the early to mid 1940s.

The Independent UK

Who’s who in Joe Biden’s family?

Mr Biden lost his first wife Neilia and one-year-old daughter Naomi in a car accident

WEKU

A speechwriter's guide to watching the State of the Union address

The State of The Union serves as a check-in with the President. But what can you learn from reading between the lines?

The Independent UK

Who is skipping the State of the Union address?

At least one Republican congresswomen will not be in attendance on Tuesday night

The Guardian - US

Seth Meyers on Chinese balloon: ‘Are they trying to scare us or cheer us up?’

Late-night hosts react to the suspected Chinese spy balloon that inflamed Fox News over the weekend and discuss Beyoncé’s historic Grammy awards

Ballotpedia

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for February

Welcome to the February 7 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Here's why Joe Biden won't be dumping Kamala Harris as his running mate

Being vice president of the United States is sort of like working for Donald Trump or watching reality TV. It requires a high degree of tolerance for indignity and abuse.

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