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GOP sees Biden’s EV push as leverage for permitting

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress may not like the Biden administration’s recent proposal to squeeze greenhouse gas emissions standards in the name of advancing electric vehicle adoption, but it does provide them with leverage on one of their top priorities: an overhaul of the federal permitting process.

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Uneasy marijuana industry seeks broader trade amid vast glut

Legal marijuana growers along the West Coast are struggling with oversupply, low prices and limited outlets for selling their product

The Independent UK

Kremlin: South Korean Arms for Ukraine Would Signify Involvement in Conflict

Any decision by South Korea to supply arms to Ukraine would make Seoul a participant in the conflict, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, after President Yoon Suk-yeol opened the door to such deliveries. South Korea has denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine and supplied economic and humanitarian aid to Kyiv, but…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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IMF: Private Sector Investments Will Drive Saudi Economic Growth

Saudi Arabia’s budget will achieve more financial revenues following a production cut announced by the Kingdom with OPEC and its allies, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), thanks to higher crude prices. “The impact on the budget and on the external position relative to what we had projected is…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta to reveal fresh round of job cuts across facebook, Instagram

Facebook parent company Meta is all set to commence the companywide new job cuts on Wednesday as part of reorganising teams and management hierarchies, The Washington Post reported. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Commanders bid from Brian Davis raises questions

Much more has been revealed about Brian Davis since his alleged $7 billion bid for the Commanders.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Protection sought for uranium-rich land near Grand Canyon

WASHINGTON — Amid growing lawmaker interest in establishing domestic supplies of rare earth minerals, a coalition of tribal leaders, backed by some members of Congress, is calling on President Joe Biden to extend permanent protections to more than a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon that are home…

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Comparing Dan Snyder’s record as owner vs. Jack Kent Cooke’s time as Washington owner

What a difference a change in ownership made for Washington.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Q&A: Democrat Cartwright advises GOP to tame the ‘crazies’

WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Cartwright is a straight shooter. That much is evident upon stepping into his office, and seeing a seven-point buck’s head mounted on the wall among photos of some of the charming downtowns in his Northeastern Pennsylvania district. The Democrat shot the deer recently, on state game…

Tribune News Service

Sentencing policy sparks clash over future criminal justice bills

WASHINGTON — A federal agency has given judges a new tool to reduce unusually long sentences for some prisoners if there is a change in a law, an approach Republican senators warned will hamper, if not destroy, the possibility of future criminal justice legislation.

Tribune News Service

Leaked US assessment says China readying supersonic spy drone unit - Washington Post

A leaked U.S. military assessment says the Chinese military may soon deploy a high-altitude spy drone that travels at least three times the speed of sound, the Washington Post reported late on Tuesday.

Reuters

Xavier Becerra violated Hatch Act by supporting Sen. Alex Padilla’s election, watchdog says

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act when he expressed support for Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla’s election at an event last year, a government watchdog said Tuesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Dean Kremer gets back on track, shuts down Nationals in Orioles’ 1-0 win

WASHINGTON — The start to the third inning Tuesday was one that could have spiraled on Dean Kremer.

Tribune News Service

Biden, Harris release their 2022 tax returns

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden reported Tuesday that they paid $169,820 in combined federal and state taxes on their 2022 returns.

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DeSantis visits DC as congressional endorsements pile up against him

About a dozen protesters playing songs from Public Enemy and chanting Disney-related insults gathered in Washington, D.C., Tuesday in an attempt to heckle Ron DeSantis, who was meeting and mingling with Republican lawmakers inside a building less than a mile from the U.S. Capitol.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

McConnell goes after Democrats, Biden on first day back in Senate after fall recovery

WASHINGTON — Republican Leader Mitch McConnell returned to the U.S. Senate this week following a head injury, where he wasted little time resuming his two trademark modes: targeting Democrats and ducking Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service

GOP blocks attempt to put Feinstein substitute on Judiciary

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans objected Tuesday to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s bid to temporarily replace California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee.

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UN rebukes Washington over reports it eavesdropped on secretary general

Leaked Pentagon files appear to show US was closely monitoring António Guterres’s conversations, Washington Post reported

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US charges Russians, Americans for ‘malign’ influence campaign

Washington accuses Russian agents of trying to exert influence through small US groups and interfering in local vote.

Tribune News Service

‘Growing coalition’ open to a stock ban, lawmakers say

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers say support is growing for a full ban on members trading or owning individual stocks and stronger penalties for those who engage in insider trading.

Tribune News Service

Texas appellate judge defends Clarence Thomas’ honor over Harlan Crow-paid vacations

WASHINGTON – Appellate Judge James Ho of Dallas, a former law clerk to Clarence Thomas, defended the justice’s honor Tuesday, rejecting ethics allegations involving lavish trips provided by real estate magnate Harlan Crow.

Tribune News Service

Sen. Bob Menendez sets up legal defense fund, again

WASHINGTON — After spending more than $230,000 from his campaign account this year on lawyers and related consultants responding to what a spokesman called “an official inquiry,” Sen. Bob Menendez is setting up a legal defense fund.

Tribune News Service

House Republicans struggle for unity on debt limit package

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are divided over the best mechanism for extending the debt limit deadline and how deep to cut spending in their nascent plan.

Tribune News Service

Cornyn says Texas judge did not mislead Senate over law review article

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Tuesday he’s satisfied an Amarillo judge who tried to halt distribution of an FDA-approved abortion drug did not mislead the Senate by removing his name from an article bashing Obama administration efforts to protect those seeking abortions.

Reason

Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, and the Deeply Unserious Debate Over the Debt Ceiling

An impasse created by years of politicized, myopic decision making in Washington is pushing the federal government ever closer to a dangerous cliff.

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