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A president who once had too much voice turns to Hollywood, suddenly lacking an effective one

President Biden spent the week in Los Angeles, which was fitting as he turns to celebrities to speak for him on guns and other matters.

Roll Call

White House lays out new migration commitments - Roll Call

The White House on Friday announced a slate of new initiatives to address irregular migration in the Western Hemisphere.

Roll Call

Biden just declared heat pumps and solar panels essential to national defense – here's why and the challenges ahead

Solar panels, heat pumps and hydrogen are all building blocks of a clean energy economy. But are they truly “essential to the national defense”?

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Majority support abortion staying legal

While 61% of Americans support access to abortion, that will likely not matter when it comes to the Supreme Court

Salon

Democrats seek national plan for protecting abortion

WASHINGTON — Democrats and abortion rights advocates are seeking clarity on federal restrictions and challenges ahead of the Supreme Court releasing a decision expected to reverse the 50-year-old precedent set by Roe v. Wade.

Tribune News Service

U.S. pledges more visas for Cubans, Haitians at Summit of the Americas

The Biden administration will spend $314 million to support Venezuelan migrants across the Western Hemisphere and restart programs allowing some Cubans and Haitians to reunite with family members in the United States, U.S. agencies announced on Friday.

Reuters

Feel the benefit: union workers receive far better pay and rights, Congress finds

Study shows unionized workers earn 10.2% more than non-union peers, amid wave of organizing at some of largest US employers

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Tesla And Others Ask For Government Support For Heavy-Duty EV Charging

President Biden's infrastructure bill includes money for EV charging, but it's not clear if it will help commercial EVs as much as is needed.

InsideEVs

Political Pulse / Concerned public, not gaiatsu, now drives strong security policies

Japan has been both cautious and passive about evolving its security policy for a long time. Japan has a well-known history of being forced to change its policies by gaiatsu (foreign pressure) from the United States. Even though gaiatsu hasn't disappeared, we are now heading into a new era in…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

US Top Court To Decide On Bayer's Roundup Weedkiller Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court will likely reveal its decision over offering a clean chit to Bayer A.G.'s (OTC:BAYZF) Roundup weedkiller, Reuters reports. Bayer sought the review of an appeals court that sustained $25 million in damages awarded to a user of glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup, who blamed his cancer on the product. Bayer urged…

Benzinga

US official says diplomatic push in Asia paying dividends

A top State Department official says the American diplomatic push aimed at countering China’s increasing influence in the Asia-Pacific region appears to be paying dividends, with many nations showing a willingness to partner with the United States

The Independent UK

First Thing: Trump supported chants for Pence to be hanged, Capitol panel hears

House select committee hears evidence that then-president expressed approval of rioters calling for his VP to be punished. Plus, how average summer temperatures are rising across the US

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Impeachment didn’t work. Here’s why the January 6 hearings probably will

Democrats are getting a big leg-up from their Republican counterparts this time

The Independent UK

Donald Trump accused of 'attempted coup' in US Capitol riots as new footage emerges

The former president Donald Trump is accused of encouraging his supporters to attack the Capitol building in Washington DC, the heart of US democracy, after he lost the election to Joe Biden

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Mortality gap between red, blue counties

Curiously, the "mortality gap" between red and blue counties was evident long before the pandemic began

Roll Call

Democrats seek national plan for protecting abortion - Roll Call

With a Supreme Court decision on abortion looming, Democrats urge President Joe Biden to make moves to protect some types of abortion access.

Reuters

U.S., Chinese defence ministers meet face-to-face, seeking to avoid misunderstandings

U.S. and Chinese defence ministers met on Friday for their first in-person talks since the start of President Joe Biden's administration, trying to ensure that broader tensions between the two countries do not spill over into military misunderstandings or miscommunication, officials said.

Evening Standard

Ulvade, Matthew McConaughey and the battle for stronger gun control

A country in mourning, desperate gun control negotiations and the tearful plea of a Hollywood star. Guns are at the front of the agenda, but will anything change this time and what does the divisive issue mean for Biden’s presidency? Oliver Wiseman reports

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The Independent UK

Biden, leaders reach migration pact despite attendance flap

President Joe Biden and other Western Hemisphere leaders are set to announce what is being billed as a roadmap for countries to host large numbers of migrants and refugees

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: ‘The most relief to the most people’: Sen. Warren’s plea for wiping out $50,000 in student debt

Sen. Elizabeth Warren may have entered politics as a Harvard Law professor, but her case for a massive elimination of up to $50,000 in debt for America’s 45 million student-loan holders is deeply rooted in a different discipline: math.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Latin American dictators get zero tolerance, but Biden gives the Saudis a pass

For the United States to have any hope of restoring itself as a global beacon of democracy, the Biden administration must take a firm and consistent stand when dealing with dictators. If other nations’ leaders can’t embrace the fundamentals of democracy, they don’t deserve to be welcomed on these shores.…

The Independent UK

Biden visiting LA port as high prices persist as threat

President Joe Biden is set to speak at America’s busiest port without having vanquished high inflation

Asharq Al-Awsat

Capitol Riot Panel Blames Trump for 1/6 ‘Attempted Coup’

The House panel investigating the Jan.

Irish Mirror

Capitol riots: Panel investigating insurrection blame Donald Trump for ‘attempted coup’

Riots at the Capitol building were 'the culmination of an attempted coup, a brazen attempt, as one rioter put it shortly after January 6, to overthrow the government'

The Independent UK

It changed the course of US history. But what really happened on Jan 6 2021?

Botched assault on cradle of American democracy by misguided Donald Trump supporters remembered as deeply shameful climax to his chaotic and divisive reign

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