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Analysis: Unexplained tax revenue growth vexes budget scorekeepers

WASHINGTON — The term “unexplained” doesn’t appear too often in official government documents, unless they are dealing with possible paranormal events, like UFOs. Yet the reference is sprinkled throughout the Congressional Budget Office’s latest budget and economic outlook to describe the recent strength in federal tax receipts that’s blown away…

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Jan. 6 panel won’t get all it seeks for public hearings this month

WASHINGTON — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will have a list of subpoenas that it may never get to fully enforce before it moves forward with a series of public hearings in the next few weeks.

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Washington's U.N. envoy visits Syria aid operation as Russia showdown looms

Washington's U.N. envoy visited southern Turkey on Wednesday to assess aid deliveries across the border into Syria as the Biden administration gears up for a likely showdown with Russia at the U.N. Security Council over the operation's renewal.

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Biden announces new $700 million in military aid for Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday a new $700 million weapons package for Ukraine that will include high mobility artillery rocket systems, which can accurately hit targets as far away as 80 km (50 miles).

Reuters

What is HIMARS? The advanced rocket system US is sending Ukraine

US to send rocket systems to Kyiv drawing criticism from the Kremlin which accused Washington of adding ‘fuel to fire’.

Al Jazeera

Girl, 9, mauled by cougar while playing hide-and-seek with friends in the woods

Lily Kryzhanivskyy, 9, was in the woods with two friends while attending a camp in Fruitland, Washington State in the US at the time of the attack on Saturday

Daily Mirror

China's Russia dealings irk US, but don't breach sanctions

China’s support for Russia through oil and gas purchases is irking Washington and raising the risk of U.S. retaliation

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Hinckley nears full freedom 41 years after shooting Reagan

A federal judge in Washington is set to preside over an important hearing for the man who shot President Ronald Reagan more than 40 years ago

The Independent UK

9-year-old girl recovering after cougar attack in Washington state

SEATTLE — A 9-year-old Stevens County girl hospitalized Saturday after being attacked by a cougar is in stable condition, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Her mother said her recovery so far has been “amazing.”

Tribune News Service

‘Substantial reason to believe’ Reps. Fallon and Rutherford violated STOCK Act, ethics office finds

WASHINGTON — There is “substantial reason to believe” Reps. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, and John Rutherford, R-Fla., both violated the STOCK Act by failing to properly report their stock trades, according to reports by the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Tribune News Service

Biden pledges gun meeting with Congress, eyeing executive actions

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to meet with lawmakers about gun control legislation, while aides said the administration is currently researching additional executive actions he might take in the aftermath of last week’s deadly massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

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House Judiciary Committee plans Thursday vote on gun control proposals

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee announced a rare recess week markup for Thursday, with Democrats intent on advancing a bill with a suite of gun control proposals that they have floated in recent years.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court blocks Texas law that seeks to protect conservatives on Facebook and Twitter

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Tuesday put on hold a Texas law that targets “Big Tech” and authorizes the state to sue Facebook, Twitter and other popular social media websites if they “censor” or “discriminate against” conservatives.

Los Angeles Times

Agenda for next week’s Summit of Americas in LA has firmed up — but not its guest list

WASHINGTON — With just a week until the Biden administration hosts the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, the agenda is set but the guest list remains shrouded in mystery.

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U.S. won't send long-range rockets for use beyond Ukraine, White House says

Sending rocket systems to Kyiv is still under consideration by the Biden administration, but Washington will not send long-range rockets for use beyond the battlefield in Ukraine, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Nine-year-old girl survives standing up to cougar as friends ran for their lives in rare attack in Washington

The girl is recovering in the hospital

McClatchy Washington Bureau

The perfect conservative? This California Republican congressman gets the highest rating

WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom McClintock is officially the perfect conservative.

Los Angeles Times

Biden, Democrats need Black voters to show up this fall. Will they?

WASHINGTON — Marking the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, President Joe Biden last week signed an executive order to reform federal policing practices as Floyd's relatives, reform advocates and civil rights leaders looked on.

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Supreme Court decisions due soon on abortion, guns, religion and climate change

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is heading into the final weeks of a term that may reveal the full impact of its newly dominant conservative bloc.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Exclusive: Local law enforcement officials urge Senate to confirm Biden’s ATF director

WASHINGTON — A group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders on Tuesday endorsed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said, bolstering the nominee less than a week after his Senate confirmation hearing.

Bangkok Post

Boosting Thai-US ties in an age of crisis

The Thailand-US alliance is still alive and well but in order to move forward, both sides have to ramp up dialogues, sharpen their focus and enhance their cooperation. That was the conclusion from the nine hours of discussions from May 9-10 in Washington between their senior foreign affairs and defence…

Tribune News Service

Biden to meet with Powell to discuss economy as inflation bites

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will hold a rare Oval Office meeting on Tuesday with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid the highest inflation in decades, which has angered Americans and hurt his standing with voters.

Daily Mirror

Russia's security boss issues chilling warning to US about 'fulfilling threat' to attack

President Joe Biden said today the United States will not send Ukraine missiles that can reach into Russia, after it was reported Washington was preparing to send advanced rocket systems to Kyiv

Reuters

Russia's Medvedev calls Biden announcement on Ukraine rocket systems 'rational'

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Washington's decision not to send Ukraine rocket systems that could reach into Russia was 'rational'.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Washington Dissatisfied with Israel’s Ties with Sudan

The US administration informed Israel that it is dissatisfied with the progress in relations with the Sudanese leadership and urged it not to normalize ties with the military-led government. The leaked information followed news on the visit of a high-ranking delegation from Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council to Tel Aviv last…

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