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Thailand hosts war games with biggest US attendance in a decade

Thailand kicked off an international military exercise with the biggest U.S. attendance in a decade as Washington seeks to build on ties with a key security partner at a time of rising global geopolitical competition with Beijing.

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Mexico’s president hits out at implicit criticism from US

‘There’s currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,’ Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

Al Jazeera

Pfizer’s RSV vaccine wins US panel’s backing for safety in older people

WASHINGTON — Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus received endorsement from a key panel of U.S. advisers for its safety in people 60 and older, a key endorsement for the drugmaker’s potential product.

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Biden taps Julie Su, who led California unemployment agency amid wave of fraud, as labor secretary

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Julie Su to be his next labor secretary, setting up the Californian to become the first Asian American he has appointed to run a Cabinet-level department.

Los Angeles Times

Biden taps Julie Su to lead Labor Department

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he would nominate Julie Su, the deputy secretary of labor and the preferred choice of the Congressional Black Caucus, to become secretary of the Department of Labor.

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Biden administration launches push to renew key foreign surveillance tool

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday called on Congress to reauthorize a key surveillance law before it expires at the end of the year, touting it as a cornerstone of national security even as officials work to address past criticisms that it has information on Americans as well.

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Supreme Court casts more doubt on Biden’s plan to forgive student loans

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives gave a sharply critical hearing Tuesday to President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loans, arguing that only Congress could approve such a large amount of federal spending.

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Billions to spur US semiconductor manufacturing comes with strings attached

WASHINGTON – The Commerce Department is preparing to dole out $39 billion in semiconductor manufacturing incentives, an initiative expected to bring more factories – and jobs – to the U.S.

Tribune News Service

Microsoft Adds New Bing to Windows Computers in Effort to Roll out AI

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday started adding its recently upgraded Bing search engine to its Windows computer software, aiming to put artificial intelligence (AI) at the fingertips of hundreds of millions of people. The Windows 11 update, Microsoft's latest in a flurry of product revamps this month, shows how the Redmond,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

George W. Bush's anti-HIV program is hailed as 'amazing' — and still crucial at 20

PEPFAR is the "most amazing thing in the history of HIV," says Dr. Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society. Bush himself came to Washington this month to urge reauthorization..

WEKU

‘Views and estimates’ markup becomes political fodder

WASHINGTON — Budget season is coming, and so are “views and estimates” markups. Well, for some committees, that is.

Tribune News Service

FCC’s spectrum auction authority nears March expiration

WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are working to avert a lapse next month in the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction spectrum as Congress seeks a more lasting plan that could pay for a number of telecommunications priorities.

Tribune News Service

Missouri legalized recreational marijuana. Will its federal lawmakers represent weed shops?

WASHINGTON — If you sell marijuana in Missouri, even legally, there’s always the worry of getting robbed.

Tribune News Service

Original pit wheel to be installed in Washington as 'proud reminder' of coal mining past

The large heritage wheel which was recovered from Washington’s F Pit Museum, is currently in the early stages of restoration

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The Independent UK

Linda Kasabian: Manson family member dies at 73

Gang’s getaway driver passed away in hospital in January and has since been cremated

The Independent UK

China hits out at US TikTok ban: ‘How unsure of itself can a superpower be?’

China says US government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reflect Washington's own insecurities and are an abuse of state power

The Independent UK

John Fetterman’s wife Giselle says family fled to Canada to avoid ‘media circus’ over depression

Democrat Mr Fetterman checked himself into the Walter Reed Medical Center near Washington DC earlier this month

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Remembering — and maybe rethinking — Carter’s presidency

As Jimmy Carter began his hospice care at home in his rural Plains, Georgia, precisely where he wanted to be for his final transition, well-wishers from politics and the media began reflecting about how our 39th president’s greatest contributions came after he left Washington.

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The Independent UK

China says TikTok ban reflects US insecurities

China says U.S. government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reflect Washington's own insecurities and are an abuse of state power

WEKU

A surprise-billing law loophole? Her pregnancy led to a six-figure hospital bill

Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers get around new consumer protections, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Will Not Resume START Nuclear Talks until Washington Listens to Moscow

Russia will not resume participation in the START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States until Washington listens to Moscow's position, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in remarks published on Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin last week delivered a warning to the West over the war in Ukraine and announced…

Zenger

Israeli Foreign Minister Calls On The United States To Present A Military Action Towards Iran

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen called on Washington to take steps to convince Tehran that the United States is not bluffing.

Bangkok Post

Cobra Gold kicks off in Rayong

Cobra Gold, the biggest international military exercise in mainland Asia, is under way in Rayong, with the biggest US attendance in a decade as Washington strengthens ties with a key security partner at a time of rising geopolitical competition with Beijing.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chirac Warned Bush against Overthrowing Saddam

French Diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's memoirs are unlike those of any regular ambassador that fill French libraries year after year. The author of “The Others Don’t Think Like Us” is no ordinary ambassador. Now retired, his long diplomatic career took him to Tokyo, Beijing, Berlin and London. He was France’s sherpa…

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America remains trapped by false dreams of hegemony.

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