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United States to invite Pacific leaders to White House, ramp up diplomatic ties

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration plans to step up diplomatic engagement with Pacific Island countries, Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Monday, including inviting Pacific leaders to the White House later this year.

Reuters · May 2, 2022

Leaders, family, friends remember Mondale

MINNEAPOLIS — A preacher's son guided by a quiet faith, Walter "Fritz" Mondale ascended from humble beginnings in southern Minnesota all the way to the White House, forever changing the role of the vice president and acting as a "guiding light" to a generation of politicians who followed him.

Tribune News Service · May 2, 2022

Kim Kardashian fans react as star trips over gown at White House correspondents’ dinner

Kim Kardashian was attending the event with Pete Davidson and had to grab her beau's hand to compose herself after taking a stumble

Daily Mirror · May 2, 2022

Kim Kardashian dazzles as she makes red carpet debut with boyfriend Pete Davidson

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson made their red carpet debut as they arrived at the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, DC.

Evening Standard · May 1, 2022

Starbucks workers drive nationwide surge in union organizing

Starbucks workers have driven a surge in union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Unionizing has also picked up at colleges, non-profits and pot dispensaries.

WEKU · May 1, 2022

Republicans return to politics of immigration as midterm strategy

Hearings with homeland security secretary about the US-Mexico border also revealed rifts within Democrat ranks

The Guardian - US · May 1, 2022

‘A horrible plague, then Covid’: Biden and correspondents joke in post-Trump return to normality

White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is first attended by a sitting president in six years after Donald Trump’s snubs, then pandemic

The Guardian - US · May 1, 2022

Biden attends Correspondents’ Dinner as virus stalks Washington

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden attended the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner for the first time as commander-in-chief, even as the coronavirus continues to infect those around him.

Tribune News Service · May 1, 2022

It’s OK to be quiet in meetings

Some of the smartest people rarely speak in work gatherings but everyone listens when they do

Financial Times · May 1, 2022

5 takeaways from the White House Correspondents Dinner

From Biden’s jokes about his own approval rating to pandemic anxieties, here were the top moments

The Independent UK · May 1, 2022