Analysis: Biden’s non-gaffe on Putin suggests a president steeped in foreign policy resisting his instincts WASHINGTON — It was historic. It was forceful. It was bold. It was presidential. Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022
White House looking into allegations of harm against Russian billionaire Abramovich The Biden administration is looking into allegations Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was poisoned earlier this month during peace negotiations aimed at ending the Ukrainian conflict, White House spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield said on Tuesday. Reuters · Mar 29, 2022
Burner phones and a seven-hour gap: What we still don’t know about the Trump White House call logs from Jan 6 Watergate-esque gap in logs raises serious questions about what Trump was doing The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
CBS under fire for hiring ex-Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney The former acting White House Chief of Staff was involved in Donald Trump’s plot to withhold military aid to Ukraine The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
Dems press Thomas on recusal The call for removal was prompted by Ginni Thomas's involvement in aiding attempts to overturn the election Salon · Mar 29, 2022
Trump denies use of burner phone on Jan. 6 after White House logs show 7-hour gap in phone records: report Former President Donald Trump is suspected of using disposable so-called “burner” phones as the Jan. 6 attack unfolded after official White House logs reportedly show a shocking more than a seven-hour gap in his official communications that day. Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022
Trump Jan. 6 phone logs have 7-hour gap Trump's gap makes Nixon's infamous 18 minutes "look like nothing in comparison," says law professor Laurence Tribe Salon · Mar 29, 2022
Bomb threat made at Jill Biden’s community college campus, classes cancelled The First Lady has been teaching at the college since 2009 The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
Republicans seize on Biden’s cheat notes as sign of cognitive decline despite Trump doing the same ‘When you’re around somebody who’s in cognitive decline, you find yourself trying to help them with a sentence, trying to help them complete it’ The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
AOC says Clarence Thomas should resign or be impeached over wife’s Jan 6 texts Idea has seen little support so far from party leaders The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
Records show long gap in Trump phone logs as January 6 violence unfolded Panel reportedly investigating ‘possible coverup’ of records, with unexplained gap of seven hours as Capitol insurrection took place The Guardian - US · Mar 29, 2022
Biden's non-gaffe on Putin suggests a foreign policy-steeped president resisting his instincts - Roll Call President Biden again signaled he wants Vladimir Putin to no longer rule Russia amid his war in Ukraine – but not via US-led regime change. Roll Call · Mar 29, 2022
Biden and allies vow to keep up Russia punishment for ‘brutal attacks in Ukraine’ – as it happened US and European leaders pledge assistance for people inside Ukraine and for those fleeing country The Guardian - US · Mar 29, 2022
Jonathan Bernstein: Democrats need to break the COVID-funding stalemate. Now Democrats should be pushing hard this week — not next week! — to break the logjam preventing full funding for pandemic prevention and treatment. There’s no excuse not to get it done. Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022 First Thing: Ukrainians paying for ‘weak’ sanctions with their lives, says Zelenskiy ‘Fear makes you an accomplice,’ Zelenskiy tells world leaders before peace talks. Plus, bunker sales soar as anxiety over Russia rises
Salon · Mar 29, 2022 Biden's big mistake: Taking it back Biden spoke from the heart, and people around the world were grateful. Only pundits and politicos were horrified
Roll Call · Mar 29, 2022 What plays in Peoria? Rep. Cheri Bustos would know - Roll Call “I look at diversity in a much broader way … it’s not just racial or gender, but it’s geographical,” Illinois Democrat says.
The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022 Biden to host Singapore's prime minister at White House Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is preparing to visit President Joe Biden at the White House
The Guardian - US · Mar 29, 2022 Progressives push Biden to act with Democrats’ midterm hopes in balance Congressional groups have drawn up lists of executive actions to further the Biden agenda while not giving up on legislation
Chicago Tribune · Mar 29, 2022 Editorial: Biden slipped up, but he was right. The world isn’t safe with Putin in power President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw on Saturday movingly framed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a battle “between liberty and repression, between a rules-based order and one governed by brute force.” Then Biden ad-libbed, putting an unexpected, provocative capstone on what was otherwise a meticulously crafted message of resolve…
Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022 Democrats, Republicans crafting messages for November’s crucial midterm elections As the coronavirus pandemic eases and Americans anxiously watch the war in Ukraine, Democrats and Republicans are honing their pitches to voters in this year’s critical midterm elections.
The Times of India · Mar 29, 2022 Pentagon's $773 billion budget focuses on nuclear arms, R&D WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's proposed $773 billion budget for the Defense Department would increase spending on nuclear modernization as well as research and development, while provoking likely opposition in Congress through proposals to cut back on army troops and retire aging Navy ships and Air Force planes.
The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022 Biden’s super-rich tax could cost Elon Musk $50bn and Jeff Bezos $35bn Biden says one-hundredth of 1 per cent of Americans would be subject to tax
France 24 · Mar 29, 2022 Western officials urge caution over Russian vows to scale back military operations Ukraine proposed adopting neutral status and a 15-year consultation period on the future of Russian-occupied Crimea as long as a complete ceasefire with Russian forces is agreed, negotiators said at the conclusion of peace talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. Despite Russian vows to "radically" reduce military operations near Kyiv and…
Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022 Ginni Thomas faces possible House interview over Jan. 6 texts WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is likely to seek an interview with Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, concerning her text messages with a top White House official about overturning the 2020 election, officials familiar with the matter…