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Former French Ambassador to Asharq Al-Awsat: Washington Accused Us of Lying about WMD in Iraq

Former French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, who recently published a remarkable book entitled "The Others Don't Think Like Us," experienced the US invasion of Iraq "first hand." Gourdault-Montagne served as the diplomatic adviser to late French President Jacques Chirac and his representative at the G7 and G20 in the summer of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Compare Iraq with Ukraine. It’s clear the era of US global supremacy is over

Washington’s power is suddenly threatened by a newly confident China and disquiet among leaders in the global south, says former Guardian chief foreign correspondent Jonathan Steele

The Guardian - UK

China's Xi meeting Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Biden urges Netanyahu to seek compromise on judicial overhaul

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden expressed concern to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a planned judicial overhaul and appealed for compromise after the overhaul sent Israelis into the streets to protest.

Tribune News Service

Warren says she favors increasing FDIC’s deposit insurance cap

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for more U.S. deposits to be covered by federal insurance and demanding government probes into whether lax regulation fueled this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

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How the Iraq war unfolded – as reported by The Independent

The conflict cost hundreds of thousands of lives, ruined millions more and shook an entire region – and The Independent was one of the few to oppose invasion from the very beginning. From WMDs and ‘sexed-up’ dossiers to whitewashing and ‘we got him’, here’s how Bush and Blair’s doomed war…

The Independent UK

US lawmakers resume globe trotting paid by special interests

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and their staffers rebounded from pandemic travel anxiety in 2022, accepting more than $6.6 million worth of airline tickets, hotel rooms and meals paid for by special interest groups.

Tribune News Service

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Barzani to Asharq Al-Awsat: At Secret Meeting, Americans Informed us of Decision to Oust Saddam

Saddam Hussein’s shadow often looms large over my meetings with Masoud Barzani. My career has allowed me to follow the thrilling and painful tales of both these officials. Both have an iron will and lived on a hot tin plate called Iraq. Saddam believed that the spirit of the nation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Warren Buffett in contact with Biden officials on banking crisis

WASHINGTON — Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Warren Buffett has been in touch with senior officials in President Joe Biden’s administration in recent days as the regional banking crisis unfolds.

Tribune News Service

Sanders urges banning bank CEOs on Fed boards in wake of SVB

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he plans to introduce a measure that would prevent big bank executives from serving on the boards of the regional Federal Reserve banks that oversee them.

Tribune News Service

Frozen strawberries sold at Costco, Trader Joe's, recalled after hepatitis A outbreak

Five people in Washington state got sick after eating frozen strawberries from the same supplier, federal regulatory investigators said. The FDA is urging people to stop eating certain products.

WEKU

The US was prepared to bomb the Middle East into shape. In Ukraine, it seems no less self-serving

Washington split with old allies in order to pursue its own interests in Iraq, says Guardian chief leader writer Randeep Ramesh

The Guardian - UK

With Joel Hofer in goal, Blues turn back Capitals, 5-2

WASHINGTON – You’re going to see a lot more of Joel Hofer next season and in the future. The 22-year-old from Winnipeg has been grooming his game for the past couple of years with the Springfield Thunderbirds.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

US probes TikTok Chinese owner for possible spying on reporters

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating whether the Chinese owner of TikTok has been conducting improper surveillance on American citizens and journalists in particular, as the company deals with significant opposition in its efforts to continue operating the popular video-sharing app in the U.S.

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Mother cries out in court after second-youngest defendant in Jan. 6 riot gets 3 1/2 years

A North Carolina man, the second youngest defendant in more than 1,000 arrests linked to the deadly riot at U.S. Capitol, will spend the next three years of his early adulthood behind bars.

Tribune News Service

Convicted Jan. 6 defendant wants to sell his guns

ATLANTA — A Georgia man who was arrested in Washington, D.C., for threatening to shoot former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot has asked a federal judge for permission to sell a cache of firearms seized in his arrest.

Tribune News Service

Hunter Biden sues repair shop owner over handling of laptop

WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden is suing the owner of a computer repair shop where he allegedly dropped off his infamous laptop, claiming the man improperly copied and helped disseminate his personal data.

Tribune News Service

Biden, McCarthy unite on Ireland at St. Patrick’s Day lunch

WASHINGTON — A very Irish American president finally got to experience the most Irish presidential tradition after years of pandemic restrictions canceled the annual St. Patrick’s Day toast in the Capitol with Irish leadership.

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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’

WASHINGTON — New Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., knows that returning the chamber’s appropriations process to regular order “won’t be a walk in the park,” as she said during a news conference last week.

Tribune News Service

Republicans take aim at Biden student loan forgiveness

WASHINGTON — Republicans are employing a new strategy to thwart President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.

The Independent UK

Trump lawyer must give evidence on conversations with ex-president in Mar-a-Lago probe, judge rules

The ruling is a major victory for special counsel Jack Smith

Reuters

Biden, Irish leader Varadkar affirm support for UK-EU deal on post-Brexit terms

U.S. President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar expressed support for a UK-EU deal on post-Brexit trade rules as the two leaders met to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Friday.

Tribune News Service

Biden seeks FDIC authority to claw back bankers’ compensation

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass legislation that would give the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation authority to “claw back” executive pay at failed banks and to bar the executives from jobs in the banking industry.

Tribune News Service

BNSF trains derail in Washington, Arizona

DALLAS — Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway experienced two derailments this week, one in Arizona and another in Washington state, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along the Puget Sound.

Irish Mirror

Leo Varadkar and partner have Washington DC breakfast with Kamala Harris as Taoiseach praises 'strong ally'

Taoiseach Leo Varakdar and his partner Matt Barrett were attending a breakfast held in the Vice President’s Residence in Washington DC on St Patrick’s Day morning.

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