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Brickbat: Where There's a Will, There's a Way

The Federal Way, Washington, police department suspended Officer Breanna Straus without pay for one shift for violating department social media policy. Straus posted a TikTok video showing her in uniform in which she said, "If we're driving on the freeway in our police car, get the f—- out of the…

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Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat: A guide to how Joe Biden might decide to respond

WASHINGTON: Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't want to use nuclear weapons, just as he doesn't want to still fight his "special military operation" against Ukraine. But he is still fighting — because he's unable to win. That also means he might yet drop a nuke, as he once again threatened…

The Times of India

Russia is left an outlier among world leaders gathered at the UN

WASHINGTON: The US and its allies got a new chance to cast Vladimir Putin as a pariah isolated on the global stage with this week's gathering of world leaders in New York, even as the United Nations has failed to stop or even curb Russia's war in Ukraine.

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N Korea denies sending weapons to Russia, tells US to ‘shut up’

Pyongyang denies US claims of weapons sales to Russia amid war in Ukraine, condemns Washington’s ‘reckless remarks’.

Al Jazeera

Liz Truss news – live: Fracking U-turn means communities ‘treated like guinea pigs’

Labour calls policy a ‘dangerous experiment’

The Independent UK

Ginni Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 House panel

WASHINGTON — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreed to sit down for an interview by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to her lawyer.

Tribune News Service

Schumer mulls filing cloture on shell for stopgap funding bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps beginning Thursday to set up a final vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

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Schumer mulls filing cloture for stopgap funding bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer may take procedural steps beginning Thursday to set up a final vote next week on stopgap spending legislation running through Dec. 16.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee, racing year-end clock, expects final hearing next week

WASHINGTON — A House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack is seeking to reclaim some of the spotlight lost to other blockbuster legal developments around Donald Trump with what could be its final hearing next week.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Nanette Barragan seeks to lead the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

WASHINGTON — Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan, D-Calif., has been privately talking to members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus about becoming its next chair.

Los Angeles Times

Senators to seek action on Democratic political disclosure bill

WASHINGTON — As outside groups from both sides of the political aisle invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the midterm elections, senators planned to try Thursday to start a debate on a measure to unmask more donors. They are not likely to succeed.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee-led elections bill passes House, but has an uncertain Senate future

WASHINGTON — The House quickly took up and passed its response to a Senate proposal on how to overhaul a 135-year-old law governing the counting of presidential electoral votes, sending the hot-button issue back to the other side of the Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Greg Norman visits Washington, D.C., to pitch LIV Golf; Tennessee congressman walks out of meeting

CEO Greg Norman was in Washington, D.C., to lobby for LIV Golf.

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How did the COVID-19 pandemic change America, according to new Census data?

The percentage of people working from home tripled between 2019 and 2021, while housing got more expensive relative to income.

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EPA approves Ultium Cells battery components for Michigan plant

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Ultium Cells LLC to build an electric vehicle battery component at the request of a bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers.

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Haason Reddick among 3 listed on Eagles injury report ahead of matchup vs. Commanders

The Philadelphia Eagles had three players listed as limited participants in a walkthrough ahead of Sunday's matchup at Washington Commanders

Al Jazeera

Five key takeaways from Joe Biden’s UNGA speech

In wide-reaching UN address, US president slams Russia and says Washington not seeking ‘cold war’ with Beijing.

France 24

Mobilisation and nuclear threat: Putin's Ukraine invasion stokes superpower rivalries

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, it deployed 160,000 troops. Vladimir Putin has now called up 300,000 after major setbacks in Ukraine, while coupling his announcement with his most overt nuclear threat to the West. Our panel analyses Biden's answer to Putin and the world at the UN General Assembly.…

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Reuters

U.S. to resume full immigrant visa processing in Havana in early 2023

The United States plans to resume full immigrant visa processing in Havana for the first time since 2017, a move that follows high-level talks earlier this year between the two countries, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Donald Trump, his company sued for business fraud by NY attorney general

New York’s attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Tribune News Service

US mining advocates look north and like what they see

WASHINGTON — When members of Congress speak glowingly of Canada, it is most typically progressive members envious of the nation’s gun laws or single-payer health care system. But many members who have expressed their frustrations with the U.S. mining permitting system have pointed to the Great White North as a…

The Independent UK

NY attorney general sues Donald Trump and his company

Chronicle Live

Washington pervert caught with sickening child abuse images claimed it was an accident

Christopher Gilby, of Washington, admitted three counts of making indecent images of children

Tribune News Service

Food industry wary of mandates ahead of hunger conference

WASHINGTON — The food industry is hoping that changes in its market in the past five decades will persuade the Biden administration and Congress to tread lightly as they consider new mandates on the sector.

Tribune News Service

Source of loan for GOP challenger in Arizona's 4th District race is unclear

WASHINGTON — Kelly Cooper, the Republican challenging Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton in Arizona’s 4th District, amended his personal financial disclosure this month after an inquiry from CQ Roll Call, disclosing more assets and recent salary.

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