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Biden’s cancel student debt plan hinges on two court cases that start this month

February could be a turning point for student loan forgiveness. Here's where Biden's cancelation plan stands and what you should do while you wait.

Fortune

Chief of staff exerts quiet power at center of White House

The White House chief of staff is at the fulcrum of the federal government as gatekeeper to the most powerful leader on Earth

The Independent UK

U.S. accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine

"We will make sure that whoever was involved in those crimes will be held accountable," Vice President Kamala Harris stressed.

Axios

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U.S. declares Russia committed 'crimes against humanity' in Ukraine

The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed "crimes against humanity" during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday.

Reuters

US calls off search for shot down UFOs as devices may be lost in murky depths FOREVER

US search teams have ended the hunt for the unidentified balloons shot down over North America. Tensions have been heightened since the high profile 'Chinese spy ballon' met a similar fate off the coast of South Carolina

Daily Mirror

Secretary of State Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi are set to meet in Munich

The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.

WEKU

Did an F-22 shoot down an Illinois hobby group's small radio balloon?

A military spokesperson tells NPR that it's their understanding that the FBI has spoken to the hobbyist group in question.

WEKU

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China blasts 'hysterical' US balloon claims

MUNICH: China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted the United States' reaction to what Washington has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd", in uncharacteristically strong remarks against the top Western power.

Bangkok Post

Top Chinese diplomat: U.S. response to balloon "absurd and hysterical"

"This incident doesn't show American strength but the opposite," Wang Yi said.

Axios

FBI lab to assess what ‘Chinese balloon was capable of,’ says White House

Four objects have now been shot down over North America

Evening Standard

Jackie Calmes: Nikki Haley calls herself the GOP's 'new generation' leader, but it's still Trump's party

"New" isn't necessarily better. Sometimes it's not even new.

Los Angeles Times

Trudy Rubin: On the first anniversary of Putin's invasion, Ukraine fights on for its independence and for the security of the West

It's not an anniversary anyone wants to celebrate.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State: Saudi Arabia Plays Pivotal Role in Promoting Regional Stability

Daniel Benaim, a deputy assistant secretary for the Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the US State Department, believes that the Iranians lost the opportunity for a swift return to the full implementation of the nuclear agreement last September. Iran, according to Benaim, had turned its back on an agreement that was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron says Russia must be defeated in Ukraine but not 'crushed'

French President Emmanuel Macron said that Russia must be defeated in Ukraine but warned against "crushing" the country in an interview with French press on Saturday. US Vice President Kamala Harris told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, that Russia has committed "crimes against humanity" in Ukraine, with its forces…

France 24

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The Guardian - AU

Sunak urges allies to ‘double down’ on military support – as it happened

In a speech to Munich security conference, UK prime minister says west must not ‘falter in its resolve’

Al Jazeera

Gunman kills ex-wife, five others in Mississippi shooting

The gunman fatally shot six people – including his ex wife – at multiple locations across a rural community.

The Independent UK

Why balloons are now in public eye — and military crosshairs

A giant Chinese balloon has changed our awareness of all the stuff floating up in the air over our heads, and how defense officials watch for it and respond to it

The Independent UK

Dominion voting case exposes post-election fear at Fox News

A court filing in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News lays bare fear at the network that it had alienated viewers and damaged its brand by not lining up with President Donald Trump's false 2020 election claims

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Bangkok Post

Man kills 6, including ex-wife, in rampage in US

A 52-year-old man armed with three guns went on a shooting rampage in a rural Mississippi county of the United States on Friday, killing six people, including his ex-wife, and shocking a community that had not seen such mass violence in more than two decades, authorities said.

Reason

Supreme Court Cancels Oral Argument in Title 42 "Public Health" Expulsion Case

The move makes it more likely that Title 42 expulsions of migrants will end in the near future.

Tribune News Service

Florida Sen. Rick Scott backtracks on GOP plan to sunset Social Security that Biden blasted at State of the Union speech

Republican Sen. Rick Scott Friday backtracked on his plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare that President Joe Biden called out during his fiery State of the Union speech.

Axios

Democrats make new push for Biden to add Asian American secretary to Cabinet

Biden has faced criticism for the lack of Asian American heritage among his cabinet secretaries.

Los Angeles Times

California lawmaker leads delegation to Taiwan amid already high US-China tensions

WASHINGTON — Despite heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over the recent spy balloon downing , a U.S. congressional delegation led by California Rep. Ro Khanna plans to visit Taiwan this weekend, a move sure to be seen by China as a provocation.

inkl Originals

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.

The Independent UK

Balloons, missiles and planes: What we know about the objects shot down by the US this month

Not since a balloon crashed in Roswell, New Mexico have inflatable unmanned craft so dominated the American discourse. Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg sum up what we learned this week

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