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Minnesota congresswoman used hot coffee to fend off man who attacked her in elevator of DC apartment building

Attacker ‘punched her on the chin area of her face, and later grabbed her neck,’ police report states

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

More than 200 freed Nicaraguan anti-government protesters, opposition leaders en route to US

Some 222 inmates considered by many to be political prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega flew to Washington on Thursday, a senior Biden administration official confirmed.

France 24 · Feb 9, 2023

Brazil's Lula to meet Biden on Friday at White House

Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traveled to Washington on Thursday, invited to the White House by President Joe Biden in a visit that will focus on support for Brazilian democracy and shared environmental commitments.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2023

Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden reiterated a call to “finish the job” on insulin prices, address the mental health crisis and “end cancer as we know it” in his address to Congress on Tuesday — initiatives that could have bipartisan support from lawmakers.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023

Wait, layoffs and job growth? What's going on with the economy and is recession still coming?

WASHINGTON — Only a few months ago many economists warned that a recession was not just inevitable, it was around the corner. Inflation would take years to curb. Surging unemployment was on its way.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023

Q&A: Why Bernie Sanders says his ‘Medicare for All’ dream must wait

After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care for decades, Sen. Bernie Sanders in January became the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. The job gives the health care industry’s biggest Washington nemesis an unprecedented opportunity to shape health care reform in Congress. But…

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023

Lula goes to Washington eyeing a ‘new era’ in US-Brazil relations

Brazil’s president will join Joe Biden for talks in US capital Friday amid political turmoil, deep divisions at home.

Al Jazeera · Feb 9, 2023

Don’t sleep on Rep. Mike Lawler - Roll Call

He toppled DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney in one of the most shocking upsets of the midterms. Now the Republican is settling into Washington.

Roll Call · Feb 9, 2023

With eye on China, U.S. Democrats want more resources for Indo-Pacific

Washington must commit more diplomatic and security resources to the Indo-Pacific to push back against China as Beijing seeks to create a regional sphere of influence and become the world's most influential power, U.S. Senate Democrats said on Thursday.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2023

Brickbat: Rough Landing

A group of students from a Catholic school in South Carolina and their chaperones were kicked out of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., in January because they were wearing hats that said "pro-life." The group had just attended a pro-life rally. When a South Carolina…

Reason · Feb 9, 2023