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‘A second job covered in glitter’: Meet the irreverent order of LGBT+ drag nuns that beat the LA Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers buckled under anti-LGBT+ pressure to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from the team’s annual Pride Night celebration. Within days, the team reversed course amid a groundswell of support for the drag artists. Io Dodds explores who the Sisters are and what they stand for

The Independent UK

Can Ron DeSantis beat Donald Trump? These Florida political veterans aren’t so sure

The Florida governor has launched a presidential campaign, but many Sunshine State veterans tell Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia they aren’t sure he can best Donald Trump

The Independent UK

COUNTERPOINT: Republicans falling into the same 2016 Trump trap

A large field of qualified candidates is setting up the Republican primaries for a repeat of 2016.

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Can Ron DeSantis beat Donald Trump? These Florida political veterans aren’t so sure

The Florida governor is poised to launch a presidential campaign, but many Sunshine State veterans tell Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia they aren’t sure he can best Donald Trump

The Independent UK

China 'tried to keep Covid outbreak a secret' and first death earlier than believed

A Senate investigation into the origins of Covid-19 has presented further circumstantial evidence linking the Wuhan Institute of Virology to the leak - though admits there's no "smoking gun"

Daily Mirror

Republicans leery of Democrats' China competition plan - Roll Call

Senate Republicans are open to working with Democrats on another China competition package but worry the majority may try to add new spending.

Roll Call

Briefings on UAE-China ties revive lawmakers' worry about Mideast ally - Roll Call

Lawmakers sound alarm bells about signs that the UAE, home to a U.S. Air Force base, is deepening its ties with China.

Roll Call

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Navy boss shames GOP lawmakers for attacks on non-binary sailor over poetry reading

One Republican senator complained that he did not want another ‘Bud Light moment’

The Independent UK

As Petro visits, White House threatens new pressure on Maduro without democratic progress

President Joe Biden is open to increasing pressure on Venezuela if Nicolás Maduro fails to take concrete steps toward democratic elections, the Biden administration said on Thursday, as Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro visited the White House.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Biden, Colombia's Petro to meet amid deep policy differences

President Joe Biden is set to host Colombian President Gustavo Petro for talks at the White House later Thursday

The Independent UK

Gillibrand looks to bolster UFO office budget

WASHINGTON — In a rare open hearing Wednesday on the Pentagon’s so-called UFO office, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., panned the Biden administration for not sufficiently funding the outfit’s research.

Tribune News Service

Gillibrand looks to bolster UFO office budget - Roll Call

Pentagon office tasked with monitoring UFOs should have a bigger budget, key senator argues following Chinese surveillance balloon incursion.

Roll Call

Chris Christie derides Ron DeSantis for being outfoxed by Disney

Florida governor’s campaign against entertainment giant shows he is no conservative, says former New Jersey governor

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court to hear arguments on workplace religious protections - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could expand religious protections for workers under a law changed in 1972.

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The Texas Tribune

Texas House votes to permanently stay on daylight saving time. But Congress won’t allow it — yet.

The chamber voted 138-5 on Wednesday to approve a bill that seeks to end the practice of changing clocks twice a year. But that doesn’t mean the measure has an easy path to reality.

Bangkok Post

Macron stirs confusion with Taiwan comments

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron risks creating fresh confusion among his Western allies and encouraging China with his latest headline-grabbing foreign policy comments, this time on Taiwan, analysts say.

The Guardian - UK

Macron sparks anger by saying Europe should not be ‘vassal’ in US-China clash

Alarm on both sides of Atlantic as French president warns against being drawn into any Taiwan conflict

Salon

GOP pushes back: Deny, reverse, attack

In a blizzard of nearly identical tweets, Republicans accuse and threaten Alvin Bragg — though a few go rogue

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Al Jazeera

Republicans and Democrats react to Trump’s New York arraignment

Figures from across political spectrum weigh in on the criminal charges against former US President Donald Trump.

The Independent UK

Christie: GOP needs someone who can quickly take down Trump

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is mulling another presidential run, says Republicans need a candidate who can execute a quick takedown of Donald Trump

Orlando Sentinel

Trump’s 2016 targets say DeSantis faces dilemma of when to fight back

ORLANDO, Fla. — Veterans of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries remember how Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio attempted to remain above the fray when it came to taking on Donald Trump directly, only to respond too little, too late to stave off defeat.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis’ bad week shows beating Trump will be a difficult task

Ron DeSantis isn’t officially running for president yet, but he just suffered through the kind of week a candidate for the highest office in the U.S. would love to forget.

Reason

After the East Palestine Derailment, Congress Is Trying To Force Unrelated, Costly Regulations on Railroads

A bipartisan bill backed by J.D. Vance and Sherrod Brown would include a two-member crew mandate that unions have long sought—and that wouldn't have prevented the Ohio disaster.

Kiplinger

Biden Wants a Higher Child Tax Credit and So Do Some Republicans

President Biden wants to revive the higher child tax credit and monthly advance payments, while some Republican senators have their own ideas for the popular tax break.

Miami Herald

Illicit guns and drugs are a problem in the Caribbean. This legislation is offering help

U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Kaine of Virginia are putting their weight behind an initiative to reduce illicit arms trafficking and strengthen security and stability in the Caribbean basin, where an uptick in guns and migration trafficking are endangering small island communities and raising national security concerns…

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