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This time McConnell holds few cards to stop Biden’s supreme court pick

Ketanji Brown Jackson can expect little support from across the aisle but Republicans are wary of overreach before midterms

The Guardian - US

Tony Norman: The phrenologist and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

If this were the 19th century, Fox News' reigning talking head Tucker Carlson would be an old-school phrenologist. For those who don't keep track of racist pseudoscience or other tropes of social Darwinism, phrenology was the discipline of measuring the contour of human heads to predict mental capacity and predisposition…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: US must tread carefully as it increases sanctions on Russia for Ukraine invasion

A little more than a week into Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine, Russia is isolated at the United Nations, hobbled by unprecedented economic sanctions and stalled in its conquest by the inspiring resistance of Ukrainians.

Los Angeles Times

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Editorial: It’s Afghan money: President Biden shouldn’t reserve $3.5 billion for a subset of terrorism victims

In an executive order last month, President Joe Biden moved to divide and release $7 billion from Afghanistan’s central bank — funds frozen after the Taliban takeover of the country. Half would go to meet urgent Afghan humanitarian needs, and half would apparently be disbursed to a subset of U.S.…

Tribune News Service

The International Monetary Fund announced it could approve $1.4b emergency funding – as it happened

Biden says US and allies have ‘raised the costs’ on Russia over its aggression, as credit card giants Visa and Mastercard halt Russian business operations

The Guardian - AU

Finland’s leader leverages Biden face time to boost ties

WASHINGTON — Finnish President Sauli Niinisto met with President Joe Biden in the White House, signaling that he’s looking for a closer relationship with the superpower after Finland’s neighbor Russia invaded Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

China’s defense budget climbs 7.1%, fastest pace in three years

China projected defense spending growth of 7.1% this year, the fastest pace in three years as President Joe Biden moves to strengthen the U.S.’s position in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Finland’s leader leverages Biden face time to boost ties

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Courts give conflicting orders on asylum limits at border

A federal appeals court has upheld sweeping asylum restrictions to prevent spread of COVID-19 but restored protections to keep migrant families from being expelled to their home countries without a chance to plead their cases

The Independent UK

Ukrainians in US consider taking advantage of new status

Ukrainians in the U.S. are reacting to a move by President Biden to grant them humanitarian relief known as Temporary Protected Status after Russia invaded their country

The Independent UK

Appeals court: US can’t send migrant families to danger, but can expel them without hearing

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday said the Biden administration may expel migrant families from the U.S. without hearing their asylum claims, but barred the government from sending them to countries where they would likely be persecuted or tortured.

Tribune News Service

‘Well, we usually don’t start wars’: Finnish president quips as Biden suggests ‘everything should be left to Nordic countries’

While traditionally seen as a neutral party between Russian and the West, Finland is now actively considering joining Nato in defiance of threats from Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

Finland's Niinisto says he and Biden agreed to step up defense cooperation

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto said after a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday that they agreed to step up their defense cooperation.

Reuters

Meet Russia’s oligarchs, a group of men who won't be toppling Putin anytime soon

U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders are setting their sights on Russia’s oligarchs as they seek new ways to punish Vladimir Putin – and those who have enabled him and profited from his reign – for waging war in Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

‘Lower than snakes***’: Lauren Boebert’s State of the Union antics are catching up with her right on her doorstep

The Colorado Congresswoman stepped up her knack for controversy this week while shouting at Joe Biden and turning her back on the Cabinet. But her antics are dividing her constituents along with the rest of the country, Western Coloradans tell Sheila Flynn

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Moscow resumes offensive on Mariupol

Ukraine-Russia news from March 5: Ceasefire fails in the key city, allegations of violations by both Russia and Ukraine.

Ballotpedia

ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Texas voters decided a raft of federal, state, and local Republican and Democratic primaries, and our team worked late into the night to collect those results and monitor the most significant developments. Check out our March 1 election hub to see all the latest results.

The Independent UK

Finnish leader meets Biden, weighs NATO as war deepens

President Joe Biden has met with Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto with the Fins at a crossroads: Should they move closer to the rest of Europe and the West by trying to join NATO as Russia pummels Ukraine

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Reuters

Exclusive-Americans broadly support Ukraine no-fly zone, Russia oil ban -poll

A broad bipartisan majority of Americans think the United States should stop buying Russian oil and gas and work with NATO to set up "no-fly zones" to protect Ukraine from Russian air strikes, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Friday.

Reuters

White House says it is not advocating for regime change in Russia

The White House is not advocating for regime change in Russia, President Joe Biden's spokesperson said on Friday after a U.S. senator advocated for Russians to assassinate President Vladimir Putin.

Benzinga

Cleveland-Cliffs Rallies 20% In A Week: Here's Why The Stock Might Be Headed Even Higher

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE: CLF) is up nearly 40% over the last month amid geopolitical tensions and the "buy American" push from U.S. President Joe Biden.

Ballotpedia

A look at changes in state legislative seats during a president’s first midterm election

The 2022 election cycle is the first midterm election during Joe Biden’s (D) presidency. Since 1922, Democratic presidents have seen their party lose an average of 388 state legislative seats in their first midterm elections. Republican presidents have seen their party lose an average of 345 seats.

Al Jazeera

US court rules Biden can continue expulsions at US-Mexico border

Judges ruled that the arrivals ‘have no right to be in the United States’ and can be immediately expelled.

Reason

Biden Administration To Protect Ukrainians in the U.S. From Deportation

But more still needs to be done to address the refugee crisis mounting in Eastern Europe.

Tribune News Service

Biden finalizes increase in Buy American requirement to 75% by 2029

WASHINGTON — It will soon take more U.S.-made parts to label something "Made in America," under final rules to be released by the Biden administration Friday.

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