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Biden aide speaks with China counterpart as tension spikes

WASHINGTON — White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday, people familiar with the matter said, as the two sides look to ease tensions that have continued to build in recent months.

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Taiwan President Tsai’s controversial trip to Central America

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to depart on a 10-day tour of Central America with stopovers in the US.

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McCarthy to Biden on debt limit: ‘You are on the clock’

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday wrote to President Joe Biden asking him to set a date for their next negotiating meeting on the debt limit by the end of the week.

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McCarthy calls on Biden to schedule meeting on debt ceiling

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’s growing increasingly concerned about President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to negotiate on lifting the nation’s borrowing authority

The Independent UK

McCarthy to Biden on debt limit: 'You are on the clock' - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy wrote to President Joe Biden Tuesday asking him to set a date for their next meeting on the debt limit.

Roll Call

Taiwan caught between superpowers as rival leaders visit China and US

Ma Ying-jeou’s ‘we are all Chinese’ message starkly at odds with vision of Tsai Ing-wen, who seeks support from Washington

The Guardian - UK

US moves forward plan to ban TikTok as AOC joins protests supporting app

Lawmakers, unconvinced after five hours of testimony from company chief Shou Zi Chew, are set on restricting the platform

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Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over National Emergency Library, Will Appeal

Plus: "Sensitivity readers" rewrite Agatha Christie, a Little Free Library battle, and more...

Reason

Video shows 3 police officers apparently join Jan. 6 protests, filing in Kansas case says

Three police officers appear to be among those chanting “drain the swamp” and “Whose house? Our house!” as protesters invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, the government said in a federal court document filed Friday.

Tribune News Service

Trump Warns Of ‘Death And Destruction’ If Charged In Hush Money Probe

Former President Donald Trump has warned of potential "death & destruction" if he faces criminal charges in the hush money payment probe

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Greene's DC jail visit pulls GOP closer to Jan. 6 rioters

Rep_ Marjorie Taylor Greene swept into the District of Columbia jail to check on conditions for the Jan_ 6 detainees, who chanted “Let’s Go Brandon!”

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens to impeach Jan 6 judges as Democrats shadow her on jail visit

A shouting protester, a truck playing footage from the January 6 riot and two Democrats accompany the spectacle. Eric Garcia reports

The Independent UK

What a House GOP messaging bill could spell for 2024 culture war campaign

Although the GOP-led "Parents Bill of Rights" likely won't advance in the Democratic-controlled Senate, the messaging bill highlights Republican priorities as lawmakers eye the 2024 election cycle.

WEKU

Spending cuts standoff - Roll Call

President Joe Biden wants to see a Republican budget before resuming fiscal talks with Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But Republicans say their budget will be delayed as they urge negotiations over raising the debt limit. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley outline the debt limit standoff and…

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House passes parental school oversight measure

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Friday passed a bill that would mandate local school systems give parents greater oversight over education, making good on a 2022 campaign pledge by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and providing fodder for a 2024 campaign battle over public schools.

Salon

Trump threatens "death & destruction"

"Trump got his supporters to attack the government once," watchdog group warns. "He's going to try to do it again"

Roll Call

Photos of the week ending March 24, 2023 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: Congress returned to Washington for a shortened work week this week.

Roll Call

House passes parental school oversight measure - Roll Call

Republicans and Democrats in the House sparred over a parental oversight bill, setting up a 2024 election battle over public education.

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GOP sets vote on 'parents rights' in clash over schools

House Republicans are pressing forward with a vote on a midterm campaign promise

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Hostile TikTok hearing likely to deepen push for U.S. ban

"If this committee gets its way, TikTok's time is up."

Los Angeles Times

2 decades after start of Iraq conflict, Congress poised to repeal war authorization

WASHINGTON — Matthew Hoh was a 28-year-old Marine captain assigned to the Pentagon in late 2002, just as then-President George W. Bush was laying the groundwork for war in Iraq. Like many of his generation, Hoh was steeled in his patriotism by the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, and he…

The Independent UK

Senate votes to keep 2001 authorization for war on terror

The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to repeal the 2001 measure

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans have a clear stance on Trump’s alleged crimes: They support them

Just after last fall’s midterm elections, congressional Republicans fumed at their historic underperformance and seemed ready to dump Trump.

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: As a Trump indictment looms, Republicans are throwing the rule of law under the bus

A normal political party would have thrown a loser like Donald Trump under the bus by now. The Republicans are choosing to chuck the rule of law instead.

The Conversation

In Congress, breaking unwritten rules that encouraged civility and enabled things to get done is becoming the new normal

When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President Donald Trump, he broke with House practices and norms.

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