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Google accused of ‘deceptive’ location tracking in fresh round of lawsuits

Texas, Indiana, Washington state and DC condemn what they call invasions of users’ privacy

The Guardian - US

Pentagon readies troops for possible deployment to Europe

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department placed thousands of U.S.-based troops on a heightened alert level Monday, preparing them for a quick deployment to Eastern Europe amid a buildup of Russian forces on Ukraine’s border and stalled diplomatic talks to defuse the crisis.

Tribune News Service

New campaign finance data reveal Texas Democrats raised, spent $1 million on Washington trip

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Democrats spent more than $1 million from various campaign coffers to fund their quorum break in July, when nearly 60 lawmakers left the state for Washington in an effort to kill a GOP-backed elections bill.

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US ‘prepared to meet directly’ with Iran as nuclear talks reach critical phase

The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, the State Department reaffirmed Monday, after Tehran said it would consider such an option.

France 24

Google Faces Lawsuits over Location-Tracking Practices from US States

Texas, Indiana and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users´ privacy. "Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Supreme Court turns away GOP appeal of House rule that permits proxy votes

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday said it turned down an appeal from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy seeking to strike down a rule set by House Democrats that allows members to cast proxy votes during the pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

WATCH: Boston’s Jayson Tatum hangs 51 points on the Washington Wizards

Check out the St. Louis native's historic performance in this highlight video.

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Supreme Court signals it may outlaw most affirmative action at universities

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major challenge to race-based affirmative action in the nation’s college and universities, setting the stage for another long-sought win for conservatives.

Los Angeles Times

Republicans who voted against Biden’s infrastructure bill are touting its projects anyway

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, last year left little doubt why she was voting against a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure measure, calling it nothing more than a “socialist plan full of crushing taxes and radical spending.”

Los Angeles Times

How could the US aid Ukraine if Russia invades?

Washington is said to be considering sending thousands of US troops to Nato allies in Eastern Europe

The Independent UK

US Rep. Angie Craig faces midterm headwinds in Minnesota district

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is heading into her most difficult reelection fight yet, defending a suburban battleground district amid a formidable series of challenges burdening Democrats across the country

Tribune News Service

With U.S. support in doubt, WHO chief praises top donor Germany

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that Germany had become its largest donor as data from the U.N. agency showed it looked set to surpass former top contributor Washington for the latest funding period.

Reuters

Retired lawyer wrote the book, literally, on corporations entertaining politicians - Roll Call

Along with representing candidates of both parties, K Street attorney Ken Gross helped corporations navigate Washington.

Roll Call

NATO sends reinforcements and U.S. puts troops on alert as Ukraine tensions rise

NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia denounced as Western "hysteria" in response to its build-up of troops on the Ukraine border.

Reuters

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US orders families of Ukraine diplomats home on fears of Russian invasion

Against a background of rising fears of a Russian invasion of former soviet satellite Ukraine, Western officials will meet Monday in a bid to coordinate their response and compile a battery of sanctions against Moscow.

The Times of India

Comedian Jon Stewart to be awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Named after essayist and novelist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who is better known by his pen name Mark Twain, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was first given in 1998. And this year, the 23rd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor will be awarded to comedian Jon Stewart on April…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Malley: Iran Nuclear Agreement Unlikely without Release of US Prisoners

The United States is unlikely to strike an agreement with Iran to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal unless Tehran releases four US citizens Washington says it is holding hostage, the lead US nuclear negotiator told Reuters on Sunday. The official, US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley, repeated the…

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Suspected drug driver arrested and vehicle seized in Washington

The suspect was found to be without motor insurance

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US orders its diplomats' families and embassy staff to leave Ukraine

The United States has ordered the families of its diplomats in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to leave the country "due to the continued threat" of a Russian invasion, the State Department said Sunday.

Reuters

Exclusive-Iran nuclear agreement unlikely without release of U.S. prisoners -Malley

The United States is unlikely to strike an agreement with Iran to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal unless Tehran releases four U.S. citizens Washington says it is holding hostage, the lead U.S. nuclear negotiator told Reuters on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel investigates draft plan to seize 2020 ballots

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators have spoken with former Attorney General William Barr about a reported draft executive order to use the National Guard to seize ballot boxes after the 2020 election, according to the chairman of a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Fauci says US omicron outbreak ‘going in the right direction’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser expressed optimism that the omicron surge that has pushed COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations to records will soon peak, though that decline won’t be uniform throughout the U.S.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Forget Working from Home -- Why Not Live in an Old Office?

Blocks from the White House, an unassuming edifice in downtown Washington that once held offices used by the US Department of Justice is set to be converted into homes for hundreds of people. The transformation of the vacant office space is among a surge of "adaptive reuse" projects that swept…

Tribune News Service

Washington state's at-home COVID-19 tests out of stock shortly after website launch

SEATTLE — Less than a day after the Washington State Department of Health launched a website where residents could order free, rapid coronavirus tests to be sent to their homes, those tests were out of stock.

Tribune News Service

In Biden’s start, Democrats see a troubling repeat of Obama’s presidential pattern

WASHINGTON — One was a new Democratic president who inherited an intractable crisis while pushing a stalled legislative agenda marked by contentious debate.

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