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Commentary: Taxpayer money shouldn’t support illegal Israeli settlements

On March 7, 2023, I was walking with another international activist near Tuba village in Masafer Yatta, a group of villages at the southernmost end of the West Bank, when we were set upon by Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal outpost of Havat Ma’on. One settler chased my companion,…

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Jackie Calmes: Why is the climate on the table in the debt ceiling fight?

Lost amid all the attention to the partisan standoff over raising the nation's debt limit is the insanity of a big part of the Republicans' bargaining position: Many of the savings they demand in return for a higher debt ceiling would come from killing the landmark clean energy initiatives President…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The Trump trap

For anyone who may have forgotten (or tried to forget), there was Donald Trump, that pied piper of the extreme right, again on full display for seventy-minutes in a town hall/campaign rally that CNN thoughtfully provided for him. Any American harboring illusions that the man had changed, even the teeniest…

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Jay Ambrose: The possible disaster of climate change fear

President Joe Biden wants to save us from climate change but who will save us from Joe Biden? The latest trick issuing from his consciously misnamed Inflation Reduction Act is a 681-page rule that could disastrously shut down 3,400 fossil-fuel power plants supplying 60% of our electric power. For them…

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Noah Feldman: Biden has no power to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling

If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, can President Joe Biden somehow borrow more money to save the United States from default? The short answer is no. But that hasn’t stopped a group of Senate Democrats from urging Biden to act unilaterally by invoking the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Martin Schram: Another master plan run amok

As President Joe Biden’s Air Force One landed in Japan Wednesday for a carefully planned G7 summit, he had a world of problems on his mind:

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Slams Ron DeSantis Over The Fallout With Disney

Disney is using the King Charles III clause in the fight for their self-governing status in the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

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Britain says Russia will ‘pay the price’ for Ukraine invasion as fresh wave of sanctions unveiled

The prime minister launched a new wave of sanctions against Vladimir Putin as he warned that Western leaders are ‘not going away’

The Independent UK

G7 countries seek to bolster front against Russia and China

G7 leaders arrived in Hiroshima, Japan, on Thursday to mull tighter sanctions on Russia and counter measures against China's "economic coercion".

Radio France Internationale

Trump news – live: Damning evidence uncovered in classified documents probe as Trump lashes out at DeSantis

The Florida governor is expected to file his official nomination for 2024 next week

The Independent UK

G7 leaders confront spectre of nuclear conflict on visit to Hiroshima memorial

At a ceremony opening the G7 summit in Japan, leaders laid wreaths and visited the museum commemorating the 1945 attack

The Guardian - AU

Most say pair debt limit increase with deficit cuts, but few following debate closely: AP-NORC poll

A new poll finds that most U.S. adults say they are highly concerned about the impact on the national economy if the U.S. debt limit is not increased and the government defaults on its loans

The Independent UK

G7 signals long-term Ukraine support to Russia, woos 'Global South'

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday drew a parallel between the destruction of Bakhmut and the horror of Hiroshima, evoking the symbolism of mass destruction as he wrapped up a surprise appearance at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Japan.

Reuters

One year in, Anthony Albanese is betting big on Australia’s better angels

The mantle of office has settled on a man who wants to enlarge Australia’s idea of itself, and is staking his prime ministership on it

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G7 leaders discuss China 'economic coercion' threat

Leaders from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expected to join the group in person on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Trump bashes ‘pro-China’ Biden even as US stance has hardened

President Joe Biden has largely stuck with his predecessor’s tough economic line against China, and even taken it a bit further. But that’s not how former President Donald Trump is telling it.

Tribune News Service

US agrees on Taiwan trade terms, clouding plans for China talks

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Taiwan agreed to boost trade ties, the first tangible results under an initiative announced last year that faces vehement opposition from Beijing and clouds the outlook for a visit to the U.S. next week by a Chinese commerce official.

The Independent UK

G7 stance on China complicated by huge stakes in economic ties, cooperation on global issues

Leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are generally united in voicing concern about China

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Chicago to work with Biden administration on plan to fight homelessness

The White House on Thursday announced a two-year, multiagency federal partnership with Chicago aimed at curbing unsheltered homelessness, placing a federal official within city government to organize response plans and help coordinate sources for additional federal funding.

Chicago Sun-Times

Amb. Rahm Emanuel crafts $150 million quantum computing research deal with U. of Chicago, U. of Tokyo

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said the deal between the universities in Chicago and Tokyo with Google and IBM “puts Chicago in the lead in the field of quantum.”

Reuters

Blinken to visit Papua New Guinea and sign defense, maritime agreements

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Papua New Guinea on May 21-22, sign bilateral defense and maritime security agreements and meet with Pacific Islands Forum leaders, the State Department said on Thursday, after President Joe Biden pulled out of a planned visit.

Axios

Democratic tensions rise as Biden narrows debt ceiling talks

"There are going to be a lot of Democrats in a really uncomfortable position."

Orlando Sentinel

As campaign launch nears, DeSantis looks to hit Trump in Iowa

ORLANDO, Fla. — With a presidential launch imminent, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ attention must turn to blunting former President Donald Trump’s momentum and courting voters in early primary states that could make or break his chances of winning, veteran political strategists say.

360info

Can the US convince India to help it contain China?

The US views the Quad as an alliance that can contain Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific, but India may not feel the same way.

The New Daily

Leaders gather in Japan for G7 amid ramped up security

Leaders from the United States, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada are arriving in Japan for the G7 summit.

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