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Truckers protesting mask orders get sick

"People's Convoy" truckers protesting Covid-19 safety measures around Washington D.C. are getting sick

Salon

Venezuela's opposition presses U.S. to hold off its consideration of oil imports

Sidelined in high-level talks between the United States and Venezuela, the South American country's opposition is pressing Washington to condition any easing of oil sanctions on political concessions, three people involved in the matter said, adding new hurdles to oil companies hoping to resume operations there.

Reuters

Commanders Lose Anheuser-Busch Sponsorship Ahead of 2022 Season

Washington has been embroiled in controversy since 2020, when employees told the Washington Post they had experienced workplace sexual harassment.

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Ukrainians go on counteroffensive near capital even as Russia moves into strategic port

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces defending the capital, Kyiv, managed to wrest back control of a strategic outlying town that Russian troops had earlier captured, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, but invading troops were reported to have breached the besieged port city of Mariupol, scene of some of the war’s most…

Los Angeles Times

GOP midterm gains could augur market-rattling debt limit fight

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are girding for battle over raising the nation’s borrowing cap next year if they retake the majority in the November elections.

Tribune News Service

ICE claims detainees had ‘unabated’ legal access during pandemic

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement claimed in a new report to congressional appropriators about detention that immigrants had “unabated” access to lawyers during the pandemic — though the agency admitted it does not track legal visits or access violations at its facilities.

Tribune News Service

Convicted Cowboys for Trump founder complains Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t attend his Capitol riot trial

Couy Griffin, facing up to a year in prison, rues a lack of far right solidarity in Washington

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India tries diplomatic dance on Ukraine, but Russia is an awkward partner

India’s failure to condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine at all costs reflects its longstanding relations with Moscow. But as the war enters a more brutal phase, it’s a price that might be too high to pay, even for cheap Russian oil and arms, if it draws New Delhi’s archrivals closer…

France 24

Pence spent Jan 6 at underground Senate loading dock, Secret Service confirms

‘It is wild to see that he was in a loading dock in an underground parking garage beneath the Capitol complex,’ journalist Jonathan Karl says

The Independent UK

States often first in crypto enforcement, leaving feds to follow

WASHINGTON — State regulators are taking the lead on cryptocurrency enforcement in the absence of a national approach to regulation, in some cases acting years before companies faced federal charges.

Tribune News Service

Man accused in shootings of homeless men in New York and DC worked at venue with locations in both cities, police say

The court document does not describe an apparent motive for attacks that police said targeted homeless men, some of them as they slept

The Independent UK

Cue Health Offers COVID-19 Tests At Albertsons Pharmacies

Cue Health Inc (NASDAQ:HLTH) has partnered with Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) for COVID-19 test kits. The partnership will provide Cue’s molecular COVID-19 tests at participating Albertsons pharmacies across the country. Customers will get their test results delivered to their email in 20 minutes. The companies piloted this in-pharmacy COVID-19 testing program last fall in 40…

Benzinga

Riyadh gets U.S. military help as Washington seeks better ties

The United States has stepped up its military support for Saudi Arabia over the past few months following missile strikes on the kingdom by the Yemeni Houthi group, Western diplomats said, an indication that Washington is trying to mend its strained ties with traditional Gulf allies.

Reuters

Washington's 'Trigger-Happy' Sanctions Could Drive Countries Away From Dollar: CNBC

The co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security states The U.S. has been “extremely trigger-happy” with stinging economic measures, and central banks may decide to diversify their portfolio of foreign reserves instead of relying heavily on the U.S.

Benzinga

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The Times of India

Oil thirst is forcing Joe Biden to pivot US back to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has been reluctantly drawn into closer ties with Saudi Arabia's king-in-waiting, forced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine to rethink a standoffish approach as the US struggles to curb soaring oil prices.

Salon

Is the right coming for Ukraine's kids?

A far-right Christian pastor just showed up in Poland with 63 Ukrainian kids. That may be just the beginning

Asharq Al-Awsat

Oil Extends Rally on Russia Embargo Talk, Stocks Rise

Oil prices extended their rally Tuesday on supply worries as European leaders debated banning imports from Russia, though equities stood their ground despite a tepid Wall Street lead and the prospect of a sharper hike in US interest rates. Both main crude contracts started the week by soaring more than…

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war shows cracks in US ties to Middle East allies

UAE and Saudi Arabia are pursuing their own interests, analysts say, as US urges united front against Russia’s Putin.

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Bangkok Post

Musk's Business Ties to China Create Unease in Washington

Elon Musk's ties to China are causing unease in Washington, including among some Republican lawmakers who have been among the billionaire entrepreneur's ardent supporters.

Reuters

Albanian opposition leader resigns after party split

The leader of the Albanian opposition Democratic Party Lulzim Basha resigned on Monday following months of stalemate between him and former head of party over leadership.Former president and prime minister Sali Berisha has been challenging Basha for months since he was thrown out of the party last year after Washington…

The Independent UK

High court: hospitalized Justice Thomas doesn't have COVID

Justice Clarence Thomas, who remains hospitalized in Washington, does not have COVID-19, the Supreme Court said Monday

The Independent UK

Cowboys for Trump founder abandons plan to ride horse to Capitol riot trial to avoid ‘spectacle’

An elected official from New Mexico is set to be the second person tried on charges stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court confirmation hearing starts with historic mark

WASHINGTON — The weeklong Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson starts Monday heavy on history and relatively light on political drama.

Caixin Global

China Warns of ‘Unimaginable’ Fallout if Ukraine-Like Crisis Happened in Asia

Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng says that region could be pushed into ‘an abyss’ resulting from Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy that is ‘as dangerous as the NATO strategy of eastward expansion in Europe’

Al Jazeera

US sends Patriot interceptors to Saudi to ease tensions: Reports

The transfer fulfils an urgent Saudi request that has become a point of tension between Riyadh and Washington.

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