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COUNTERPOINT: Select panel wastes $4 million

The House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack has spent $4 million in taxpayer money on its investigation of the riot at the Capitol. The American people are due to receive a final report Dec. 21.

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Commentary: Blaming consumers for inflation makes no sense — here’s the real culprit

If you want to know what it means to add insult to injury, look no further than Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. In a recent late-night interview, she blamed inflation on consumers spending too much. Not only was Yellen complicit in creating inflation, but now she has the impudence to blame…

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Commentary: US-Africa Leaders Summit is an opportunity we all must seize

African leaders are meeting this week with President Joe Biden for the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit of his administration. The gathering comes at a very important time, for this is an inflection point as much for the U.S. as it is for Africa. The U.S. has always loomed large in…

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Editorial: Hostage-trading rarely ends well for US administrations, but it's a sad fact of life

The kidnapping sprees that made international travel perilous for Americans back in the 1980s and 1990s have returned in force. Only this time, other governments are joining in taking American civilians prisoner on trumped-up charges and effectively holding them hostage for use in trades with Washington. This rarely ends well…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

US Efforts to Restore African Confidence, Confront Russian Influence

US President Joe Biden and administration officials in Washington pledged to recognize Africa as a major geopolitical player in the international arena and announced Washington’s support for the African Union to join the G20 as a permanent member. The Biden administration’s biggest challenge is convincing the leaders of Africa that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Deterrence Across the Taiwan Strait Demands a Diplomatic Touch

A survey in 2022 showed that simply informing citizens in Taiwan that the U.S. would come to help them in a war created a significant boost in their willingness to defend themselves.

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US government sues Arizona governor for using shipping containers as barrier on Mexico border

Biden administration said Arizona ‘is trespassing on federal lands’

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US Senate votes to ban TikTok app on government-owned phones

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted to ban the hugely popular TikTok video-sharing app from all government-issued phones and other devices as the Biden administration considers restrictions on the Chinese-owned platform.

Tribune News Service

US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end

The Department of Homeland Security says more migrants may be released into the United States to pursue immigration cases when Trump-era asylum restrictions end next week

The Independent UK

Biden meets with African leaders to encourage fair elections

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden met with leaders of six African nations facing elections in 2023 and urged them to ensure that balloting is free and fair.

Tribune News Service

Biden administration sues Arizona governor over attempt to fill in border wall

Arizona "is trespassing on federal lands," the complaint alleges.

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House passes bill to extend government funding for 1 week

The Democratic-led House has passed a short-term spending bill to keep government agencies funded at current levels through Dec. 23

The Independent UK

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Election deniers get fresh cash from tech firms as they end bans

Tribune News Service

Texts show Georgia Republicans sharing election conspiracy theories to aid Trump

Some Georgia Republicans shared wild conspiracy theories with the White House as former President Donald Trump tried to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory here, newly uncovered text messages show.

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Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site

U.S. wildlife officials have declared a Nevada wildflower endangered at the only place it’s known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries

The Denver Post

Club Q shooting survivors tell Congress that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric encourages violence

James Slaugh barely lifted his right arm when he swore to tell the truth Wednesday morning. He’d been shot in the Club Q attack in Colorado, and his left hand helped prop up his right as he prepared to testify about the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that had proliferated before the shooting.

Al Jazeera

Biden promotes partnerships with Africa at leadership summit

US president announces new investments, trade deals in Africa, highlighting sustainable energy and infrastructure.

The Independent UK

Nine million people were mistakenly told their student loans had been forgiven

Emails from the Department of Education reportedly went out to people who had applied for Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness

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Biden pushes closer ties with US to African leaders

President Joe Biden is making his case to African leaders gathered in Washington that the United States can be a critical catalyst to their growing continent in the years ahead.

The Independent UK

Biden says US has ‘moral obligation’ to tighten gun laws in statement commemorating Sandy Hook shooting massacre

‘We have a moral obligation to pass and enforce laws that can prevent these things from happening again’

France 24

Charm offensive: Biden courts continent at US-Africa summit

We've seen African summits in Paris, Brussels, Beijing and Ankara. For the second time ever, after 2014, Washington is hosting an African leaders' summit. With superpower rivalries heating up, no long lectures are planned on human rights and corruption. Instead, the Biden administration is bowing to the African Union’s own…

Reason

Bernie Sanders Abandons Plan To Force Vote on Yemen War

Faced with White House opposition, Sanders withdrew a resolution that would've challenged U.S. involvement in the Yemeni Civil War.

Axios

How the UAE helped the U.S. with Brittney Griner's release

UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed brought up Griner during his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Russia in October.

Reuters

Rwanda's Kagame criticizes U.S. over concerns about 'Hotel Rwanda' hero's detention

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday criticized the United States over the concerns it has raised in the case of Paul Rusesabagina, a U.S. permanent resident jailed in Rwanda who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda"

Reason

Why In the World Is the FTC Trying to Block Microsoft From Buying Call of Duty?

Antitrust regulators don't seem to understand how the video game industry works.

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