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Packers to host official pre-draft visit with Washington State OT Abraham Lucas

The Packers will host an official pre-draft visit with Washington State offensive tackle Abraham Lucas this week.

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Yellen talks tough on China, warning of fallout over Russia ties

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday delivered a pointed warning to China on its alignment with Russia, suggesting potential economic consequences from the international community depending on how it approaches President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Biden border move opens rift among Senate Democrats

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s latest decision to lift border restrictions has laid bare a key disagreement in the Senate Democratic caucus, threatening to frustrate legislative efforts ahead of midterm elections where Republicans hope to flip control of Congress.

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Migrants say they took Texas governor Abbott’s bus to Washington so they could get closer to Florida

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s latest anti-immigrant stunt could end up creating more headaches for another Republican governor.

The Independent UK

Administration extends public health emergency for 90 days

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, just ahead of its April 16 expiration date, providing an extension of pandemic policies and flexibilities for the health care industry.

Tribune News Service

Russia says Biden’s Ukraine ‘genocide’ claim is unacceptable

Moscow ‘categorically disagrees’ with US president’s comment, accuses Washington of hypocrisy.

Al Jazeera

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s art, fur coat, awards in auction to benefit opera

Some 150 items from Ginsburg’s office and home at the Watergate are available in an online auction to benefit opera in Washington.

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Migrants bused from Texas begin arriving in Washington, near the US Capitol

WASHINGTON — It wasn’t quite at the steps of the U.S. Capitol, but awfully close.

Tribune News Service

The Defense Budget Keeps Ballooning To Fund Fleeting U.S. Primacy

The proposed defense budget reaches $813 billion, and politicians still can’t think critically about how to spend it.

Reason

Kremlin says Biden's 'genocide' comments are wrong and unacceptable

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it categorically disagreed with U.S. President Joe Biden's description of Russia's actions in Ukraine as "genocide", and it accused Washington of hypocrisy.

Reuters

SI:AM | The Commanders: New Name, Same Scandals

Dan Snyder’s team is in deep trouble.

Sports Illustrated

Explainer-How to prove genocide, the most serious war crime?

Washington and Kyiv are accusing Russia of genocide in Ukraine, but the ultimate war crime has a strict legal definition and has rarely been proven in court since it was cemented in humanitarian law after the Holocaust.

Reuters

Russia Says US Spreading Lies on Possible Chemical Attack in Ukraine

Russia said on Wednesday that claims by the United States and Ukraine that Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine were disinformation because Moscow destroyed its last chemical stockpiles in 2017. Ukraine's defense ministry said on Tuesday that it was checking claims that Russia may have used chemical weapons in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US prepares massive new surge of military aid to Ukraine

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is preparing a military assistance package of roughly $750 million for Ukraine in its battles against Russian invaders, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday night.

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Mexico, other Latin American countries condemned in annual US report on human rights

WASHINGTON — Countries in Latin America came under particularly harsh criticism in the U.S. State Department's annual report on human rights, with allies such as Mexico and adversaries including Nicaragua facing similar opprobrium.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Alexander Ovechkin and Capitals clobber Flyers, 9-2

WASHINGTON — Just when it seemed like the visiting Flyers were showing signs of life in their eventual 9-2 loss to the Washington Capitals, the hosts drove the dagger in deeper Tuesday night.

Sports Illustrated

NFL Releases Statement About Commanders’ Potential Financial Misconduct

Lawmakers sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission concerning the financial conduct of the Commanders and Dan Snyder.

The Independent UK

Judge won't jail men accused of impersonating federal agents

A federal judge has denied the government’s request to detain two men accused of posing as federal Homeland Security agents, tricking actual U.S. Secret Service officers and offering them free gifts and apartments at a luxury apartment building in Washington

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Biden’s team is divided over new talks about oil with Maduro in Venezuela

WASHINGTON — Divisions within the Biden administration over whether to continue talks with President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela have deepened since a senior U.S. delegation met with him in Caracas last month, U.S. and Venezuelan opposition sources familiar with the discussions told McClatchy and the Miami Herald this week.

Sports Illustrated

The NFL Can Still Turn Daniel Snyder’s Ongoing Mess Into a Positive

The league has a second chance to do the right thing in Washington ... in more ways than one.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Congress alleges Washington Commanders might have engaged in ‘unlawful’ financial conduct

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sends a letter to FTC alleging the Washington Commanders' financial improprieties regarding ticket revenue.

Los Angeles Times

Rampant inflation, anxiety stymie Biden effort to focus on strong economic growth

WASHINGTON — It’s a maxim in politics: Bad economic news trumps the good. And that is what scares President Joe Biden and the Democrats.

Glasgow Live

American actress 'begs Hollywood' to cast her as Billy Connolly

Washington-born star Rosa Pasquarella, who starred in Michael Winterbottom-directed flick The Killer Inside Me, thinks she bears a striking resemblance to the Big Yin.

Miami Herald

‘Lives are at stake’: Congressional Democrats call for Florida lawmakers to address condo safety

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats from Florida are calling for the Florida Legislature to tackle new regulations for condominiums in its upcoming special session after state lawmakers failed to pass reforms in the wake of last year’s tragic collapse in Surfside that killed 98 people.

Tribune News Service

Congress aims for next step to safeguard critical infrastructure

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are looking to boost the U.S. government’s ability to safeguard from devastating cyberattacks on vital infrastructure sectors such as water supplies, electric utilities and pipeline operators.

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