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House centrists could derail Manchin reconciliation deal with demand for no new taxes

Trying to modify the potential deal could scuttle the entire package.

Axios

After snubbing Biden at summit, Mexico’s president pokes him at the White House

WASHINGTON — A month after he boycotted a major regional summit in Los Angeles and snubbed the Biden administration, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador came to Washington on Tuesday for wide-ranging talks with his U.S. counterpart.

Los Angeles Times

Biden fondly recalls less polarized era while hosting picnic

President Joe Biden hosted hundreds of lawmakers, their families and aides for the first congressional picnic at the White House in three years

The Independent UK

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Mexico to purchase U.S. milk and fertilizer, U.S. and Mexican presidents say

Mexico plans to purchase up to 20,000 tons of milk powder and up to one million tons of ammonium sulfate fertilizer from the United States, the presidents of Mexico and the United States announced on Tuesday.

Reuters

Two Texas congressmen attended White House meeting about overturning 2020 election results, Jan. 6 committee reveals

It’s not clear what roles Brian Babin and Louie Gohmert played in the December 2020 meeting preceding the U.S. Capitol attack that interrupted Congress’ certification of the vote.

The Texas Tribune

Trump knowingly incited Capitol mob after ‘unhinged’ meeting, committee hears

US lawmakers on Tuesday accused former president Donald Trump of inciting a mob of followers to attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a last-ditch bid to remain in power fuelled by a chaotic meeting with some of his most ardent supporters.

France 24

First lady Jill Biden apologizes for comparing Hispanics to tacos during Texas visit

WASHINGTON — First lady Jill Biden apologized Tuesday for comparing the diversity of Hispanics to that of breakfast tacos, a comment that drew widespread ridicule, and not just from Republicans eager to embarrass the White House.

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Trump sought to mount ‘armed revolution’, militia ex-spokesman says

Witness Jason van Tatenhove testifies at seventh public hearing, ‘This could have been the spark that started a new civil war’

The Guardian - US

'Unhinged': The 'crazy' foul-mouthed Oval Office meeting where baffled lawyers battled conspiracy theorists for Trump's attention

A team of lawyers assembled by Donald Trump to challenge the results of the 2020 election arrived at the White House with a binder full of conspiracy theories and a draft executive order to seize voting machines, writes Richard Hall

The Independent UK

Biden’s woes at home loom over Mideast trip that’s all about oil

President Joe Biden will seek to salvage relations with Saudi Arabia and boost Israel’s beleaguered government in a Mideast trip that risks political embarrassment unless near-record U.S.. gasoline prices swiftly come back to Earth.

Tribune News Service

Israel-Palestine US policy: What changed under Biden, what didn’t

As Joe Biden visits Israel and Palestine, Al Jazeera examines how his policies compare to Donald Trump’s approach.

Al Jazeera

Senate confirms former prosecutor to run agency overseeing gun laws

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will have its first permanent leader in seven years after a bipartisan Senate vote Tuesday confirmed former federal prosecutor Steven Dettelbach for the role.

Tribune News Service

LeBron James criticizes U.S. efforts to free Brittney Griner

“Now, how can she feel like America has her back?” James said in a trailer for the new episode of his HBO program “The Shop: Uninterrupted.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump’s ‘legacy of American carnage’: Damning Jan 6 hearing reveals president’s role in secret plot to bring mob to Capitol

Panel hears former president had no reason to believe election was unfair: ‘President Trump is a 76-year-old man. He is not an impressionable child’

The Independent UK

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An ‘unhinged’ White House and ‘a call to arms’: Here are the key takeaways from the latest January 6 committee hearing

The hearing focused on the role of extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in the attack on the US Capitol

The Independent UK

Dettelbach becomes head of ATF, 1st confirmed chief in years

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Steve Dettelbach to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

The Independent UK

LeBron critical on his show of US efforts to get Griner home

LeBron James criticizes the United States’ efforts to bring Brittney Griner home in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.”

The Guardian - US

Trump allies ‘screamed’ at aides who resisted seizing voting machines, January 6 panel hears

‘Unhinged’ December 2020 meeting saw outside advisers to Trump shouting insults at officials, according to testimony

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Senate confirms Dettelbach to head firearms agency as gun violence grows

This is the first time in seven years that the Senate has confirmed a director for the ATF.

Axios

Steven Dettelbach confirmed as ATF director

Dettelbach's confirmation makes him the first Senate-confirmed ATF director since 2015.

WEKU

Biden's Middle East trip aims to shore up a relatively calm moment in the region

In his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, President Biden will aim to keep the oil flowing and lock in progress on the Middle East's simmering conflicts.

Tribune News Service

Elon Musk says Donald Trump should quit politics

Days after expressing his intention to pull out of his attempted acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk is telling Donald Trump to quit politics.

Texas Observer

Dear Biden: Protect Our Poppies

Home to vibrant flowers, orioles, mountain lions and more, advocates seek to protect the acres around a former El Paso firing range.

WEKU

Inside the 'unhinged' West Wing meeting on Dec. 18

The White House meeting took place four days afterelectors met to make Joe Biden the president-elect. A faction that pushed the former president to fight that outcome clashed with Trump's advisers.

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 takeaways: Extremists and 'screaming' in Trump meet

House investigators are laying out the origins of the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

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