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Dueling presidential visits to US and China show opposing visions for Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan — In Los Angeles, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is preparing to meet with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in a show of the strength of relations between Taipei and Washington.

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco 49ers have Kirk Cousins plan that could hint at Brock Purdy fears

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has been linked to a reunion with San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan for some time after the pair worked well together in Washington

Daily Mirror

US, Taiwan seen powerless to stem island’s diplomatic losses in Latin America

As China seeks to further whittle down the list of seven countries in the Americas that still recognize Taiwan, U.S. officials increasingly believe Paraguay may be the island’s next diplomatic ally to flip loyalties to Beijing.

Reuters

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Commentary: Will Kevin McCarthy’s meeting with Taiwan’s president provoke more conflict with China?

The last time a U.S. speaker of the house met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, the visit prompted extensive blowback in China. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), as China’s military is formally called, responded briskly, conducting days of military exercises around the self-governed island. These were no normal military exercises either.…

Chicago Tribune

Health research focus could give NIH competition for funding

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are more interested in biomedical research than ever, but with limited funds for nondefense spending, experts worry the National Institutes of Health could end up in competition with the new agency the Biden administration wants to build to confront the toughest problems.

Tribune News Service

U.S. Speaker meets Taiwan leader and stresses need to speed up arms deliveries

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil in decades and stressed the need to accelerate arms deliveries to Taiwan in the face of rising threats from China.

Reuters

Amid Trump 24/7, Biden focuses on business as usual

WASHINGTON — Amid the frenzy over former President Donald Trump’s arraignment, the White House was trying to continue with business as usual, even if no one watching cable or network news was paying attention Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

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Who is Karen McDougal, the Playboy model in the Donald Trump case?

WASHINGTON: The criminal case against former President Donald Trump, unveiled on Tuesday, rests not just on his high-profile alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels but also on a separate liaison with Playboy model Karen McDougal.

The Times of India

Rays rally in ninth to run season-opening win streak to five

WASHINGTON — Josh Fleming left the Rays in a hole Tuesday, his renewed confidence not leading to the improved results he expected in the first start of his latest chance in the rotation.

Tribune News Service

Washington stocks up on abortion pills ahead of court ruling

Washington state officials have purchased a three-year supply of a leading abortion medication in anticipation of a court ruling that could limit its availability

The Independent UK

Mississippi senator plans to block Biden judicial nominee

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said Tuesday she will formally block a judicial nominee from Mississippi, leaning on a contentious committee tradition that gives senators a de facto veto over appointments to district court seats in their home states.

Tribune News Service

Go Biggs or go home: Arizona Republican sponsors 521 bills in a day

WASHINGTON — Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs introduced more than 500 bills last Wednesday. Five hundred twenty-one to be exact: HR 1844 to HR 2364.

Tribune News Service

Washington state stockpiles abortion pills ahead of federal court ruling

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington has stockpiled thousands of doses of an abortion pill in anticipation of a federal court ruling in Texas that could limit its availability, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Analysis-China, Taiwan, US share interest in avoiding crisis over California visit

China, Taiwan and the United States all share a common interest in ensuring this week's California stopover by Taiwan's president gets the focus each thinks it deserves, but without setting off a new crisis.

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WEKU

Washington state stockpiles thousands of abortion pills

Democratic state officials say they're ready to dispense thousands of mifepristone doses if access to the pill becomes difficult as a result of a pending federal lawsuit.

Reuters

Ally of Mexico's 'El Chapo' extradited to US over drug charges

A top member of the powerful Mexican drug cartel formerly led by notorious kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is facing international drug trafficking and firearms charges after being extradited to the U.S., the Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Energy loan program for tribal lands remains untapped

WASHINGTON — A federal tribal energy loan program that has never been used is getting bipartisan attention from the leaders of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

Tribune News Service

Treasury tops up tax credits where fossil fuel jobs were lost

WASHINGTON — The administration plans to deploy federal money in former coal towns and communities losing fossil fuel jobs from two of President Joe Biden’s signature legislative packages.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

White House or jail? Historians see Trump arraignment as start of an uncertain chapter

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump will make history on Tuesday when he is booked and arraigned in a Manhattan courthouse as the first former president ever to face criminal charges. But historians are looking beyond his indictment with anxiety over what might follow.

Los Angeles Times

Trump to be arraigned in Manhattan in alleged hush money case

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump will be arraigned Tuesday in New York, with new details expected about charges he faces stemming from an alleged 2016 hush money scheme and potentially other matters.

Daily Record

Coleen Rooney thanks Lewis Capaldi for 'amazing birthday' after enjoying Washington DC show

The WAG celebrated her 37th birthday on Monday night at Lewis Capaldi's sold out Washington, DC show.

Daily Record

Lewis Capaldi reckons it's 'mad' having fans so far from Scotland as he plays sold-out Washington DC gig

The star embarked on his North America and Canada tour last week.

France 24

Ukraine unveils plan for recaptured Crimea – but West ‘reluctant’ to help

Ukraine unveiled on Sunday a 12-point plan outlining how it would reintegrate Crimea back into the country if it regained the territory militarily. Kyiv has repeatedly said that seizing the peninsula back from Russia is one of its key war aims. But Washington is tacitly sceptical.

Bangkok Post

China decries Philippine-US base deal

BEIJING: China warned on Tuesday that Washington was “endangering regional peace” in a new deal with the Philippines that will result in four additional bases being used by US troops, including one near the disputed South China Sea and another not far from Taiwan.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

How Xavier Becerra went from working construction in Sacramento to launching Obamacare

WASHINGTON — “Ex-zavey-err Becerra,” an elementary school teacher called out in 1960s Sacramento.

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