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While Europeans learn energy frugality, Americans stick to petrol-guzzling

Telling Americans to cut back has not been properly tested since Jimmy Carter’s failed re-election

Financial Times

Pelosi Taiwan trip in limbo as officials plan east Asia stops

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Asia in early August is set to include stops in Japan, Indonesia and Singapore, but a potential Taiwan visit that has already exacerbated U.S.-China tensions remains off the official itinerary, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Tribune News Service

Gov. McMaster says SC’s abortion ban exceptions ‘reasonable,’ marriage debate a ‘distraction’

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster on Wednesday called exceptions to South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban a “reasonable” approach, clarifying earlier remarks he gave to reporters when asked whether he’d sign more restrictive legislation without exceptions.

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Sen. Manchin backs $369 billion energy-climate plan, rejects SALT

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have struck a deal on a tax, energy and climate bill, breaking a deadlock on the Democrats’ long-sought legislation to enact major parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Tribune News Service

Washington waits for Sinema's verdict on shock Manchin spending deal

Solving the Democrats' tax and spending puzzle in the Senate has always involved two key pieces: Sinema and Manchin.

Axios

Schumer, Manchin Strike Deal To Raise Taxes, Cut the Deficit, Spend Billions on Climate Change

The proposal reportedly hikes taxes by over $730 billion, with $300 billion of that money to be used for reducing the federal budget deficit.

Reason

Pelosi to Taiwan would be career capstone, despite warnings

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a political career being tough on China

The Independent UK

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From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps

The former Cold War adversaries are in talks to off pull off yet another historic exchange

The Independent UK

Don't pull a Biden and work while sick

The president has advertised how he's hard at work while recovering from COVID; docs say that sets a bad precedent

Salon

Risk of nuclear war from cutting off China and Russia, says security tsar

Sir Stephen Lovegrove, the UK’s national security adviser, says backdoor channels have deteriorated

The Guardian - UK

Funding for school lunches in jeopardy as GOP officials sue over anti-discrimination rule

More than 20 Republican attorneys general are suing the federal government over a Department of Agriculture programme

The Independent UK

Sen. Manchin backs $369 billion energy-climate plan, rejects SALT

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have struck a deal on a tax, energy and climate policy bill, breaking a deadlock on the Democrats’ long-sought legislation to enact major parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Tribune News Service

Manchin, Schumer report abrupt deal on health, energy, taxes

In an unexpected turnabout, Sen. Joe Manchin has announced that he has reached an expansive agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on health care costs, energy and climate issues, taxing higher earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt

The Independent UK

Sen. Manchin backs Democrats' $369 billion energy plan, rejects SALT expansion

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stuck a deal on a tax and energy policy bill, breaking a deadlock on the Democrats’ long-sought legislation to enact major parts of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Tribune News Service

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After spiking earlier talks, Manchin agrees to a new deal on climate and taxes

The agreement is a major reversal for Democrats who had narrowed their ambitions for the package to addressing looming lapses in the Affordable Care Act and changes to prescription drug prices.

Axios

Manchin announces support for climate, tax, health care deal

It's a stunning reversal that could revive part of Biden's agenda.

The Independent UK

Slain journalist's family: No help from US for a full probe

A relative of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh says the Biden administration’s top diplomat has refused her face-to-face appeal to push for a full U.S. investigation into the killing of the veteran television correspondent

The Texas Tribune

U.S. reportedly offering prisoner trade with Russia in exchange for Texan Brittney Griner

CNN reported Wednesday that the U.S. has offered a prisoner exchange in order to bring the WNBA player and Paul Whelan home. Biden reportedly backs such a deal.

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The Independent UK

Jared Kushner called Rupert Murdoch when Fox called Arizona for Biden: ‘Sorry Jared, there’s nothing I can do’

“The shocking projection brought our momentum to a screeching halt,” writes Kushner in his new book

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Did Pa. gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano play a role in Trump’s fake elector plot? Campaign remains silent

PHILADELPHIA — Two competing versions of state Sen. Doug Mastriano’s role in Donald Trump’s fake elector scheme emerged this week. Mastriano, now the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, has yet to clear it up.

Reason

With Deception and Misdirection, House Democrats Vainly Try To Make the Case for Banning 'Assault Weapons'

No, these rifles are not "the weapon of choice in most mass murders."

Tribune News Service

Semiconductor, science bill passes Senate, heads to House

WASHINGTON — A bill to bolster chip manufacturing and scientific research won Senate approval, setting Congress up to clear a trimmed economic competitiveness package after a yearlong-plus push.

The Independent UK

Biden ‘offers convicted Russian arms dealer’ in exchange for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan

America’s top diplomat also expects to talk with Russian counterpart for first time since Ukraine invasion

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. offers deal to Russia for release of Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

The statement marked the first time the U.S. government has publicly revealed any concrete action it has taken to secure the release of Griner.

The Independent UK

In rare contact, US offers Russia deal for Griner, Whelan

The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan

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