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Barbara Bryant, first woman to lead Census Bureau, has died

Barbara Everitt Bryant, the first woman to lead the U.S. Census Bureau, overseeing the 1990 count of every U.S. resident, has died

The Independent UK

What is the US national debt and how has it grown over time?

The national debt grew by more than $4 trillion in 2020 alone.

USAFacts

Right-wingers still can't get over Waco

Alec Jones, Gavin McInnes and Proud Boys still cite Waco to fuel anti-government attacks

Salon

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30 years later, Waco siege still resonates – especially among anti-government extremists

Feb. 28, 2023, marks 30 years since the beginning of the Waco siege, the confrontation at a Texas compound that killed around 80 members of the Branch Davidian religious community and four federal agents.

The Conversation

Has Bernie Sanders really helped Joe Biden move further left?

The senator’s relationship with Biden has proven constructive, with an ambitious agenda – but some Sanders aides and supporters offer a mixed verdict

The Guardian - US

Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll fights to have other women testify in rape case

Donald Trump will find himself facing three sexual assault accusers instead of one if the writer who claims he raped her in the 1990s persuades a judge to let two other women testify at trial.

Tribune News Service

I assisted Carter’s work encouraging democracy – and saw how his experience, persistence and engineer’s mindset helped build a freer Latin America over decades

When former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter founded the nonprofit Carter Center in 1982, one of their goals was to help Latin American countries – many of which were emerging from decades of military dictatorship – transition to democracies.

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Jimmy Carter: White House rise depended on twists before '76

Jimmy Carter’s path to the presidency is an oft-told story, especially by aspiring presidents trying to be the next politician to defy Washington expectations

The Independent UK

Jill Biden makes 6th visit to Africa, her 1st as first lady

Jill Biden is not a newcomer to Africa

The Independent UK

These Democrats hoping to replace Feinstein largely agree on policy. So how do they differ?

LOS ANGELES — The biggest names vying to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein largely agree on many issues dearest to Democratic voters, so their differing political passions, generational perspectives and life stories will likely be front and center in the first hotly contested Senate race in California in more than…

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: Biden's 2024 presidential campaign harks back to past Democratic triumphs

WASHINGTON — When the 1996 presidential campaign approached, Bill Clinton faced an uphill struggle to win a second term. His biggest legislative proposal, a sweeping health care bill, had failed. His party had lost the House of Representatives to Republicans led by a fiery conservative, Newt Gingrich. Clinton's poll ratings…

Los Angeles Times

Gerontocracy: the exceptionally old political class that governs the US

Joe Biden and members of Congress are increasingly long in the tooth – and more and more out of step with a much younger US public

The Guardian - US

Chief of staff exerts quiet power at center of White House

The White House chief of staff is at the fulcrum of the federal government as gatekeeper to the most powerful leader on Earth

The Independent UK

Bill Clinton's Childhood Home Is Selling for a Ridiculously Low Price

Buying a home on the National Register of Historic Places can be both a challenge and an investment opportunity.

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Foreign Policy

Washington’s China Hawks Take Flight

The story of how decades of U.S. engagement with China gave way to estrangement.

Los Angeles Times

Senators fault Department of Justice for 'appalling' conditions in jails

LOS ANGELES — The federal government started investigating Los Angeles jails in 1996 — back when Bill Clinton was president, the Spice Girls were all the rage, and Tupac Shakur's killing dominated the news.

The Independent UK

How long was Biden’s State of the Union address? Here’s how the address compares to past speeches

Mr Biden gives one of the ten-longest running State of the Union addresses in the last 60 years

The Guardian - US

Elián González poised to be top Cuban lawmaker decades after Florida deportation

Boy at center of Clinton-era US-Cuba feud called ‘most worthy of Cuban youth’ by government newspaper

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Ballotpedia

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for February

Welcome to the February 7 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

AFP

State of the Union speeches: five memorable moments

Washington (AFP) - The State of the Union is a highly scripted affair, but as a piece of political theatre -- played in front of a national audience -- it has often managed to surprise and even shock.Here are five standout moments.

Fortune

30 years after the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, there's still so much more to do to secure paid leave for all

The FMLA has been used 460 million times over 30 years.

WEKU

What Biden needs to do in this year's State of the Union speech

On Tuesday, Biden will deliver his State of the Union speech to a divided Congress — and a big audience at home. It's seen as an unofficial kick-off to his expected re-election campaign.

The Guardian - US

The Aftermath review: a younger, more liberal America? OK, Boomer

Philip Bump of the Washington Post has produced a fascinating account of demographic change and future possibilities

WEKU

As the nation has changed, so has the State of the Union speech

In the era of primetime coverage, the State of the Union offers a rare opportunity for a president to address — and for members to be seen by — a truly national television audience.

Tribune News Service

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