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Biden’s “race-neutral” approach to environmental justice is a mistake

The White House argues it’ll make the same progress but without legal trouble. Activists say it’s a cop-out.

Mic · Feb 18, 2022

Joe Biden to urge ‘deterrence and diplomacy’ in Ukraine crisis – as it happened

President to talk publicly after hosting call with Nato allies – follow all the day’s politics news

The Guardian - US · Feb 18, 2022

Trudy Rubin: Russian grab of Belarus is the role model for Putin’s plans for Ukraine

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Three cheers to the White House and NATO for calling out Kremlin lies this week about withdrawing troops from Ukraine’s borders — along with falsehoods meant to justify a possible new attack on eastern Ukraine.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 18, 2022

Biden says diplomacy still possible; OSCE reports more attacks in east – as it happened

Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents

The Guardian - US · Feb 18, 2022

Pelosi opens Biden State of the Union speech to full House

Despite the pandemic, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that all members of Congress are invited to attend President Joe Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address in the House chamber

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Trump news: Judge says ‘plausible’ ex-president incited Jan 6 riot as Mar-a-Lago docs referred to DoJ

Follow the latest on Donald Trump and the White House

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Harris stepping on world stage amid tensions over Ukraine

Vice President Kamala Harris will face her highest-stakes foreign policy assignment yet this weekend in Germany, where she will try to keep European allies unified amid growing concern over the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Is America cracking up? That's not new

We've been a divided country for most of my lifetime. But the intense misinformation has made things much worse

Salon · Feb 17, 2022

Commentary: Another case where Trump’s flagrant misconduct won’t end in charges

The last two weeks have produced a torrent of evidence of then-President Donald Trump’s brazen and systematic violations of the Presidential Records Act. Between his habitual, illegal destruction of documents, and his shepherding out of the White House, and down to Mar-a-Lago, at least 15 boxes of public records —…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2022

Dr Anthony Fauci says it is time for US to start ‘inching’ back towards normality

The United States should start “inching” back towards normality after the coronavirus pandemic, White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci has said.

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2022