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

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

Axios

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

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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.

Tribune News Service

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 Independent UK

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.

The Denver Post

Biden promotes partnerships with Africa at leadership summit

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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

France 24

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’

The Independent UK

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…

France 24

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.

Reason

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.

Axios

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"

Reuters

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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.

Miami Herald

US is considering program that would limit entry for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering whether to limit the number of Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans who can claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border while opening other avenues for immigration, but have yet to make any final decisions, several sources told McClatchy and the Miami Herald.

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden says US should have ‘societal guilt’ 10 years after Sandy Hook

President commemorates 2012 shooting, in which 20 children and six adults were killed in Newtown, Connecticut

Evening Standard

Sam Bankman-Fried: the crypto pioneer behind one of the largest financial frauds in history

The 30-year-old is facing decades in jail after being found guilty of fraud. So how did the FTX founder end up here? Amy Francombe reports

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Tillis, Sinema work toward immigration overhaul to help border crisis, Dreamers

WASHINGTON — Sens. Thom Tillis and Kyrsten Sinema saw the writing on the wall.

The Independent UK

White House casts doubt on claims that Trump administration tried to free Paul Whelan

A National Security Council spokesperson says Russia has never indicated a willingness to free Paul Whelan in exchange for the arms dealer who was released as part of a prisoner swap last week

Axios

Dobbs decision is "devastating" U.S. maternal health, Biden administration says

Maternal death rates in 2020 were 62% higher in states that ban abortion than in states where it is still accessible.

Al Jazeera

US marks 10-year anniversary of Sandy Hook school shooting

The attack was one of the deadliest school shootings in modern US history, leaving 20 children and six educators dead.

The Independent UK

Club Q shooting survivors press Congress to act on guns

Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub have testified to Congress about the onslaught of threats and violence against members of the LGBTQ community as they urged lawmakers to pass a law banning some semiautomatic weapons

The Independent UK

From self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics?

The Tesla and Twitter tycoon has donated to both parties and proclaims himself ‘neither left nor right’. But his escalating interventions in America’s culture wars tell a different story, writes Io Dodds

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. to remove some Chinese entities from red flag list soon, U.S. official says

The Biden administration plans to remove some Chinese entities from a red flag trade list, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday amid closer cooperation with Beijing.

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