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Tehran Announces Prisoner Swap Deal, Washington Denies

The 9th session of the Strategic Consultation Committee between the Sultanate of Oman and Iran was held in Muscat on Sunday in light of reports saying Tehran is exerting efforts to activate contacts with Washington for the return of indirect negotiations on the nuclear file. Also on Sunday, Iran announced…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 13, 2023

Washington Commanders star becomes second-highest paid defensive tackle in NFL history

Washington Commanders stud Daron Payne has become the highest-paid defensive tackle not named Aaron Donald after agreeing a deal with the team while under the franchise tag

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2023

Biden unlikely to bail out Silicon Valley Bank, as right claims it failed because it was ‘woke’

Second-largest bank collapse in US history met with eyerolls in Washington

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2023

‘Very intimate knowledge’: What Ron DeSantis saw while serving at Guantánamo

WASHINGTON — As a young military officer at the height of the war on terror, Lt. Ron DeSantis was often seen running on the beach of Guantánamo Bay and along its ridgeline, encircling Camp America. It was a chaotic time at the U.S. military detention facility in Cuba, and as…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Mar 12, 2023

Egypt, US Discuss Energy Security

Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek el-Molla held several meetings in Washington with some businessmen, research and academic institutions, officials of the Ministry of Energy, and members of the US Congress. The Minister said that his visit to the US aimed to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 12, 2023

A crime bill was supposed to fix Washington DC’s problems. Instead, it polarized a city

The new code revised 120-year-old criminal laws, but the effort was stymied by Joe Biden and an unlikely alliance of Republicans and Democrats

The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2023

Pence slams Trump over Jan. 6 attack as he weighs 2024 bid

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence offered his sharpest criticism to date of Donald Trump, holding his former boss responsible for the Capitol insurrection in early 2021 as he teased his own White House ambitions for 2024.

Tribune News Service · Mar 12, 2023

David Pratt: It's a sensitive time for US-Sino relations

CHINA’S foreign minister Qin Gang is not a man to mince his words. At a news conference last week during the annual session of what’s been…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 12, 2023

DeSantis eyes hiring Iowa staff in step toward possible 2024 bid

WASHINGTON — Advisers to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are talking to Republican operatives about joining his team to work in Iowa, the latest sign of preparation for his expected presidential bid.

Tribune News Service · Mar 12, 2023

Biden scraps Trump’s Air Force One update, keeps its iconic look

WASHINGTON — The U.S. president’s plane is getting a paint job — and it looks a lot like the old one.

Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2023