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Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout

The Independent UK

After 8 years, Baltimore hoping to have a reliable ally in Annapolis with Democrat Wes Moore as governor

BALTIMORE — Since the start of his campaign, Maryland Gov.-elect Wes Moore has stood firm in his call to be a partner to Baltimore as he prepares to move from his adopted home to the state capital early next year.

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3 historic sites in southeastern Colorado spotlight hard truths, offer 'a chance to tell that fuller story'

LA JUNTA, Colo. — Three historical sites clustered on the bone-dry plains of southeastern Colorado have drawn new attention to hard truths around century-old massacres and a wartime prison, an opportunity local leaders are seizing to expand tourism that explores the lessons of the past.

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Sommet Etats Unis-Afrique : les discussions sur l'espace sur la table des dirigeants

Le président Joe Biden accueillera le deuxième sommet des leaders Etats-Unis-Afrique à la mi-décembre 2022.

The Conversation

Xi Jinping’s grand welcome in Saudi Arabia compared to Joe Biden’s ‘cold fist bump’

Analysts say contrast highlights how Saudi Arabia sees itself as having more in common with China than the US

The Independent UK

Emboldened House Republicans to bring ESG scrutiny, experts say - Roll Call

House Republicans are expected to give lots of scrutiny to ESG investing, particularly the financial institutions that use it and the SEC.

Roll Call

Congress sends same-sex marriage protection bill to Biden - Roll Call

Congress passed a bill to codify federal recognition of same-sex marriages Thursday with some protections for religious freedom.

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On the money: Yellen's next milestone is name on US currency

Janet Yellen is set to unveil the first U.S. currency bearing her signature, marking the first time that U.S. bank notes will bear the name of a female treasury secretary

The Independent UK

"Trump would prevail": Dems alarmed by 2024 bipartisan spoilers

The so-called spoiler candidates threaten President Biden's future.

Axios

Saudi Arabia signs Huawei deal, deepening China ties on Xi visit

Saudi Arabia and China showcased deepening ties with a series of strategic deals on Thursday during a visit by President Xi Jinping, including one with tech giant Huawei, whose growing foray into the Gulf region has raised U.S. security concerns.

Reuters

Biden releasing nearly $36B to aid pensions of union workers

President Joe Biden is announcing the infusion of nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union pension plan

The Independent UK

House passes defense bill that includes proposal to combat sexual assault in military

The defense bill provision could move military one step closer to historic changes that will impact how its sexual assault cases are prosecuted. On Thursday, the House passed the bill, 350-80.

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China's Xi Jinping visits Saudi Arabia to assert power and rival U.S. influence

China is looking to deepen ties with Saudi Arabia and meeting other Arab leaders months after President Biden visited the kingdom — and had rocky results.

WEKU

The White House unveils a new system to track and better prevent opioid overdoses

The Biden administration will use data from EMS first responders to track overdoses. The focus will be on improving response to a public health crisis that kills more than 100,000 Americans annually.

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Michael Hiltzik: Rescinding the military's COVID vaccine rule is the Democrats' dumbest compromise in the lame-duck session

If you need evidence that Congress is dominated by its stupidest members, look no further than the apparent agreement in the House to lift the requirement that members of the military be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Tribune News Service

POINT: Privately run immigration detention is a safe and cost-effective alternative

On his campaign website, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed to “end for-profit detention centers,” asserting tendentiously that “no business should profit from the suffering of desperate people fleeing violence.”

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Warnock won and Walker lost because voters judged on character

Even in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream — "one day, on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood" — the civil rights martyr didn't foresee that in…

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Republicans haven’t solved their Herschel Walker problem

For a non-negligible minority of Americans, the biggest political story of the moment isn’t who won this week's runoff in Georgia. It’s the supposed conspiracy to suppress the truth about corrupt business dealings by President Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

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COUNTERPOINT: Immigration detention system is driven by profits

President Joe Biden vowed to end the federal government’s use of private prisons on the campaign trail. His campaign platform further stated that “the federal government should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of undocumented immigrants.” And in 2021, Biden stepped into office continuing to promise that…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Biden administration helps Haitian nationals remain in the US. How about helping Haiti?

The Biden administration looked toward the unraveling and desperate situation in Haiti this week and recognized the suffering of a beleaguered people.

Al Jazeera

As US watches on, China-Saudi relations grow in importance

Chinese President Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia to much fanfare, unlike the low-key welcome afforded to US President Biden.

The Guardian - US

‘Huge flip of circumstances’: end of US child tax credit pushing kids into poverty

Nearly 4 million more children in poverty in January 2022 compared with December 2021, say experts

The Independent UK

AP News Digest 3:20 am

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

The Independent UK

Georgia vote gives Harris reprieve as Senate tiebreaker

Vice President Kamala Harris has outpaced all her predecessors for the number of tiebreaking votes cast in the Senate

The Independent UK

Biden approval, views of economy steady, sour: AP-NORC poll

President Joe Biden is facing consistent but critical assessments of his leadership and the national economy as his second year in the White House comes to a close

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