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The Latest Breaking News from Joe Biden

Why America's elites love war

Almost no one in D.C. is eager for war with Russia — but they're eager to justify the bloated military budget

Salon

If Putin invades Ukraine, the whole world will feel it

From gas prices, to sanctions, to the international order.

Axios

Commentary: Why Biden should look beyond the judiciary for his Supreme Court nominee

When Earl Warren became chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1953, only one of the nine justices had served as a judge before joining the court. After the landmark court ruling the next year that ended segregation, court detractors masked their resentment of Brown v. Board of Education with…

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China Says US Is Exaggerating Russian Threat to Ukraine

China accused the United States of "playing up the threat of warfare and creating tension", as US President Joe Biden warned that more than 150,000 Russian troops were still massed near Ukraine's borders following Moscow's announcement of a partial pullback. Western nations have suggested arms control and confidence-building steps to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Masking battles show how issue that buoyed Biden won’t help party in ’22

Attacks tying Democrats to unpopular mask mandates show how Republicans plan to try to tap pandemic fatigue in the midterms.

Roll Call

China says U.S. is exaggerating Russian threat to Ukraine

China accused the United States of "playing up the threat of warfare and creating tension", as U.S. President Joe Biden warned that more than 150,000 Russian troops were still massed near Ukraine's borders following Moscow's announcement of a partial pullback.

Reuters

Kremlin, welcoming Biden's willingness to talk, says Putin wants to negotiate

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in favour of negotiations and diplomacy over tensions around Ukraine and that Moscow views U.S. President Joe Biden's willingness to talk as a positive sign.

Reuters

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US scientific research agencies tighten foreign affiliation rules

WASHINGTON — U.S. research institutions and universities are gearing up to implement steps announced last month by the Biden administration to ensure that scientists seeking federal grants are not beholden to foreign governments or interests.

Tribune News Service

Human cost of war in Ukraine would be ‘immense’, says Joe Biden

A Russian attack on Ukraine is “still very much a possibility”, US President Joe Biden has said.

Evening Standard

Latest Ukraine Updates: NATO says no sign of Russia de-escalation

Ukraine news from February 16: NATO says no sign of Russian de-escalation, considers reinforcing southeastern flank.

Al Jazeera

France and US want proof of Russian troop withdrawal from Ukraine borders

French President Emmanuel Macron and his American counterpart Joe Biden agreed Tuesday on the need to verify Russian claims that it was pulling back some of the troops deployed on its borders with Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Russia makes moves to ease Ukraine tensions; West skeptical

Russia has made two overtures to ease tensions around Ukraine

The Independent UK

Risk of a Ukraine war spreading in Europe rests on unknowns

A Russian invasion and takeover of Ukraine would deliver a blow to European order like none since World War II

The Independent UK

Once celebrated by American leaders, former Honduran president now sought on US drug charges

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For years, U.S. officials faced an uncomfortable dilemma: The president of Honduras was one of Washington’s top allies in Central America — but evidence was mounting that he was also a drug trafficker.

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Tribune News Service

Biden readies $30 billion request for new COVID funding

Biden administration officials told lawmakers on Tuesday that they plan to seek $30 billion in new spending to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in conjunction with a $1.5 trillion government funding package lawmakers want to complete by March 11.

Los Angeles Times

Amid Russia’s claims of troop pullback, Biden warns Ukraine invasion ‘distinctly possible’

KYIV, Ukraine — Even as Moscow claimed it was withdrawing troops near Ukraine on Tuesday, signaling a possible easing of tensions with the West, President Joe Biden warned that an invasion by Russian forces was “distinctly possible” in a standoff that has ignited concerns over a new and dangerous Cold…

Tribune News Service

Veteran who drove to DC to kill ‘Antichrist’ Biden claims PTSD from killing child: report

A lawyer for the Kansas man who allegedly drove to the nation’s capital after threatening to kill President Biden — whom he believed was the Antichrist — says his client is a war hero who inadvertently killed an Afghan child in a firefight and is suffering from severe PTSD.

The Times of India

Ukraine Crisis: Russian attack on Ukraine 'still very much a possibility' says Joe Biden

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said Tuesday that a Russian attack on Ukraine remains "very much" a possibility, but that a diplomatic solution to the crisis could yet be reached.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

McConnell: Abrupt Afghanistan withdrawal led to Russian march on Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell on Tuesday linked the Biden administration’s highly controversial pullout from Afghanistan six months ago to Russia’s current menacing troop build-up around Ukraine.

Axios

Biden's new power player on broadband and Big Tech

The new head of NTIA leads a big push on broadband access — and has his eyes on app stores and privacy, too.

The Guardian - US

You’re going to feel this, Biden tells Americans, as Ukraine war looms

Analysis: US president gives the kind of speech normally delivered on the eve of momentous action, while speaking over Putin’s head to the Russian people

Axios

Biden's inflation Catch-22

The president remains committed to the core elements of his economic program, even as price hikes threaten Democrats in November's midterms.

Miami Herald

The US urges Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro to defend democracy in meeting with Putin

After Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro disregarded a U.S. request to call off his upcoming meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Biden administration still hopes the right-wing South American leader takes the opportunity to defend “democratic principles” in Moscow.

Inverse

Study reveals a massive clean energy flaw in Biden's 2030 EV plan

In a new study, scientists estimate increased electricity from electric vehicles will offset more than half of the emissions reductions from having fewer gas-powered cars.

The Independent UK

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle

The Biden administration is telling Congress it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19

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