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Emhoff heads to Holocaust sites to fight rising antisemitism

Over a century after his great-grandparents fled Europe to escape religious persecution, second gentleman Doug Emhoff is returning to the sites of some of the Holocaust’s greatest atrocities.

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Eric Burlison led effort to expand gun rights in Missouri. Now, as congressman, he wants to repeal key federal gun law

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison, who led the effort to expand gun rights in Missouri when he was a member of the state Senate, is now going after a cornerstone federal gun law used by the Department of Justice to reduce gun violence.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Biden has never been under more pressure from Congress to ban TikTok

The growing clamor in Congress to completely ban the popular social media platform TikTok in the U.S. raises the stakes for the Biden administration, which is in the late stages of reviewing the security risks of the app.

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Ukraine says US and German tank pledges ‘only the beginning’ and calls for fighter jets

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised the decision by western allies but urged speed in the delivery of new weaponry

The Guardian - AU

SC governor renews push for abortion ban in State of State

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is pressing forward with efforts to further restrict abortion

The Independent UK

Biden's second-year turnover problem

Biden had a cumulative turnover rate of 40% among his most senior advisers.

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Lake Mead’s decline may slow, thanks to winter’s wet start

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Senators: Officials blocking access to mishandled documents

Members of the Senate intelligence committee say they should have access to classified documents that were discovered in the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence

The Independent UK

Russia unleashes missiles, drones at Ukraine after Kyiv secures tanks, 11 dead

Ukrainian civilians raced for cover on Thursday as Russia fired a barrage of missiles and drones across the country, killing at least 11 people, according to officials, a day after Kyiv won Western pledges of battlefield tanks to combat Moscow's invasion.

Reuters

GOP strategists: Biden and Pence classified document revelations a "gift for Trump"

"In terms of the political perception, this is a gift for Trump 1,000%," one GOP strategist said.

Axios

Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans

The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a public health order

The Independent UK

World united against evil as UK, US and Germany throw military might behind Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked nations including Germany and the UK for their military help, after they pledged to support Ukraine in its fight against Vladimir Putin's Russia

Daily Mirror

The U.S. reinstates road and logging restrictions on the largest national forest

A federal agency said it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. USDA's move repeals a Trump administration-era decision.

WEKU

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he’ll use debt ceiling threat to push through his border security plan

The debt ceiling has long been a political tool to force partisan agenda items across. But Roy is facing some resistance within his own party on his border plan.

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DHS sees huge drop in Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan arrivals at southern border

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security recorded a precipitous drop in encounters with migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally this month, the department said on Wednesday, putting January on track to see the lowest level of monthly border encounters since the beginning of the Biden administration.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why the US flipped on sending tanks to Ukraine

U.S. officials balked for months at sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, insisting they were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair

The Conversation

US will give military tanks to Ukraine, signaling Western powers' long-term commitment to thwarting Russia

President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 25, 2023, that the U.S. would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine – following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s repeated requests for more military tanks to help wage its war against Russia.

Tribune News Service

Manchin pushes stricter electric vehicle credit rules

Sen. Joe Manchin III and the auto industry are pushing for diverging interpretations of tax breaks in Democrats’ climate and health care budget package enacted last year that defray the cost of buying electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

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The Independent UK

Agency delays protections for imperiled bat, prairie chicken

The Biden administration is temporarily delaying legal protections for two imperiled species after getting pushback from congressional Republicans

Al Jazeera

US bars entry for those who ‘undermine’ Nigeria’s upcoming polls

February 25 elections, which will determine Nigeria’s president, come amid inflation and widespread insecurity.

Reason

Twenty Red States File Badly Flawed Lawsuit Seeking to Terminate Private Sponsorship Program for People Fleeing Socialism and Oppression in Four Latin American Nations

The flaws in the states' position are revealed by their own governors' statements about the evils of socialism and the crisis at the border.

Chicago Sun-Times

ShotSpotter helps police do their job better in high-crime neighborhoods

In high-crime communities, citizens stop calling 911 for every shooting. ShotSpotter lets officers respond quickly and possibly stop active shooters, help victims and apprehend suspects faster than if they had to wait for 911 calls.

The Independent UK

He’s a corporate executive worth $150m. Can Jeff Zients keep progressives happy and Biden White House on track?

Jeff Zients made a fortune in the private sector before leading the government’s Covid response. Andrew Feinberg reports on the former management consultant’s next big assignment: White House chief of staff

The Independent UK

US reinstates road, logging restrictions on Alaska forest

The federal government is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the country’s largest national forest in southeast Alaska

Reason

No Matter the 'Details on These Shootings,' Biden Says, Congress Should Respond by Banning 'Assault Weapons'

The president seems to have forgotten his concession that such laws leave murderers with plenty of options that are "just as deadly."

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