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US House Speaker Pelosi Begins Asia Tour, No Mention of Taiwan

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi starts a tour of four Asian countries on Sunday, her office said, without mentioning Taiwan amid intense speculation she might visit the self-ruled island claimed by China. "Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific region, including visits to Singapore,…

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Tasked with stretching to cover innings, Cardinals bullpen bursts in 7-6 loss to Nationals

WASHINGTON — The trend the Cardinals are trying to stem by trading for at least one reinforcement is the one that continues to tax the bullpen.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Biden’s COVID ‘rebound’ keeps him in Washington again

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tested positive again for COVID-19 in a so-called “rebound” case seen in people who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.

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Commentary: Iran is trying to play the Saudis against the US. It won’t work

With President Joe Biden having departed the Middle East, the region’s two prime antagonists are thinking about just getting along. Iran and Saudi Arabia, having completed five rounds of talks in Iraq over the past year, both said recently that they were moving toward higher-level negotiations on reconciliation. Paradoxically, this…

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Biden tests positive in COVID ‘rebound’ case, cancels trip

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tested positive again for COVID-19 in a so-called “rebound” case seen in people who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.

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Pakistan military chief seeks US help on release of IMF loan

Pakistani officials say the country's powerful army chief has contacted Washington, seeking U.S. help in securing an early release of a crucial $1.7 billion installment from the International Monetary Fund to Pakistan

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz fist bump upsets backers of bill to help veterans sickened by burn pits

WASHINGTON — As the Senate voted this week on a bill that would help veterans sickened by toxic fumes from burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was standing near the front of the room chatting with colleagues.

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Possible Pelosi visit elicits shrugs in Taiwan, long the focal point of geopolitical standoff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — On the top of Iris Hsueh’s list of concerns living in Taipei are COVID-19 restrictions, electricity prices and, if she’s being honest, the latest news on Taiwanese pop stars. Nowhere on that list is the proposed visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the potential Chinese backlash.

Los Angeles Times

LeBron James’ top 10 games of the 2021-22 season: No. 3

For the second time in less than a week, LeBron James went off for 50 points to lead the Lakers to a win over the Washington Wizards.

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Secret Service’s own secrets come under scrutiny in Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON — The name expresses it all — the Secret Service is supposed to operate in the shadows as an apolitical agency protecting U.S. officials and their families. Like oxygen, it should be vital but largely invisible.

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Shadowy arms dealer Viktor Bout may be key to Russia's release of WNBA star Brittney Griner

WASHINGTON — Viktor Bout has long been the type of shadowy figure who inhabits spy novels, a convicted arms dealer who commanded a billion-dollar operation of aircraft fleets to supply weapons to notorious dictators, drug lords and armies fighting wars — and sometimes one another.

Los Angeles Times

Tehran Insists on Keeping Nuclear Talks, Washington Ready for All Scenarios

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is insisting on Tehran’s demand to maintain the talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement, while the United States questioned the Iranian authorities’ will to accept a draft agreement recently amended by European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, who has been leading…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Homeland Security watchdog halted text retrieval effort

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s chief watchdog halted efforts to try to retrieve lost Secret Service text messages from other department phones, The Washington Post reported.

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Miles Mikolas sets a steady pace before power launches Cardinals past Nationals

WASHINGTON — The Cardinals' final series before the trade deadline against one of the most intriguing players at the trade deadline began with a glimpse of the team they hope to be once those trade winds stop Tuesday.

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Staying ‘home’ with Seahawks was important for DK Metcalf during contract talks

RENTON, Wash. — Maybe it was as simple as this.

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House passes assault weapons ban in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Friday that would ban the sale of assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines, for the first time since a similar ban lapsed in 2004.

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Larry Stone: DK Metcalf gets paid, and the Seahawks keep a star in the fold

RENTON, Wash. — There will be no drawn-out DK drama, disrupting the runway to a season already fraught with enough problematic issues for the Seahawks.

Reason

"Black Women Who Once Hated Guns Are Embracing Them as Crime Soars"

From today's article in the Washington Post (Peter Jamison) (reprinted, without a paywall, in the Philadelphia Tribune), documenting a trend that I generally very much favor: Like many Black women in [the D.C. area] …, [Patrice Parker had] viewed guns for most of her life as the root of the…

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Democrats unite on challenger to Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson

WASHINGTON — Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski dropped out of the state’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary Friday and endorsed Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, clearing his path to victory in the Aug. 9 contest that will set Barnes up to challenge GOP Sen. Ron Johnson in November.

Reuters

Japan's Hayashi says 'logic of brute force' gaining traction in Indo-Pacific

Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi sounded the alarm about China's behavior in the Indo-Pacific during a visit to Washington on Friday, saying the "logic of brute force" was gaining more traction over the rule of law in the region.

Reuters

Lavrov tells Blinken the U.S. is breaking promises about food sanctions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Washington was not living up to promises regarding the exemption from sanctions for the supply of food from Russia, Moscow said.

The Guardian - UK

Sir Christopher Meyer obituary

British ambassador to the US in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq who later served as chair of the Press Complaints Commission

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Clean energy tax package undergoes substantial shifts

WASHINGTON — Democrats made concessions to get Sen. Joe Manchin III on board with spending hundreds of billions of dollars on clean energy incentives in the revamped budget package unveiled late Wednesday, but they were able to preserve versions of key pieces that he’d targeted as concerns.

Al Jazeera

Blinken says he ‘pressed’ Lavrov on release of US prisoners

The US is trying to secure release of basketball star Brittney Griner and ex-marine Paul Whelan, both held in Russia.

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Heat wave serves Washington state a lesson in climate adaptation, mitigation

SEATTLE — For better or worse, this heat wave is forcing Washington to recognize and confront the impacts of climate change.

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