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US seeks to quell risk of a bank run as Yellen pledges protections

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators are racing against the clock to find solutions for failed Silicon Valley Bank while Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said officials are focusing on protecting depositors, as officials seek to avoid a wider bank run.

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FDIC working on finding buyer for Silicon Valley Bank, California Rep. Khanna says

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is working to find a buyer for Silicon Valley Bank and urged the U.S. government to step in and guarantee all of the bank’s deposits.

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Can the chaos from Silicon Valley Bank's fall be contained?

Can Washington come to the rescue of Silicon Valley Bank's depositors

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‘Very intimate knowledge’: What Ron DeSantis saw while serving at Guantánamo

WASHINGTON — As a young military officer at the height of the war on terror, Lt. Ron DeSantis was often seen running on the beach of Guantánamo Bay and along its ridgeline, encircling Camp America. It was a chaotic time at the U.S. military detention facility in Cuba, and as…

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Egypt, US Discuss Energy Security

Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek el-Molla held several meetings in Washington with some businessmen, research and academic institutions, officials of the Ministry of Energy, and members of the US Congress. The Minister said that his visit to the US aimed to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A crime bill was supposed to fix Washington DC’s problems. Instead, it polarized a city

The new code revised 120-year-old criminal laws, but the effort was stymied by Joe Biden and an unlikely alliance of Republicans and Democrats

The Guardian - US

Pence slams Trump over Jan. 6 attack as he weighs 2024 bid

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence offered his sharpest criticism to date of Donald Trump, holding his former boss responsible for the Capitol insurrection in early 2021 as he teased his own White House ambitions for 2024.

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David Pratt: It's a sensitive time for US-Sino relations

CHINA’S foreign minister Qin Gang is not a man to mince his words. At a news conference last week during the annual session of what’s been…

The National (Scotland)

DeSantis eyes hiring Iowa staff in step toward possible 2024 bid

WASHINGTON — Advisers to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are talking to Republican operatives about joining his team to work in Iowa, the latest sign of preparation for his expected presidential bid.

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Biden scraps Trump’s Air Force One update, keeps its iconic look

WASHINGTON — The U.S. president’s plane is getting a paint job — and it looks a lot like the old one.

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Pentagon puts priority on replacing munitions in 2024 budget

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s $170 billion procurement request for the new fiscal year focuses on replacing munitions supplied to Ukraine as well as well as weapons like long-range missiles, which would be necessary in a conflict with China, according to an internal budget document.

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As banks topple, regulators face reckoning on week of mayhem

On Monday, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. warned a gathering of bankers in Washington about a $620 billion risk lurking in the U.S. financial system.

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Tyler Cowen: Governments should compete for residents, not businesses

Amazon.com Inc.’s pause of its plans to expand its second headquarters in Northern Virginia reflects some deep underlying trends — not just for metropolitan Washington, where I live, but for regional development more generally.

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Defense helps Hawks finish two-game sweep of Wizards

WASHINGTON — The Hawks capped off their four-game road trip with a 114-107 win over the Wizards Friday night. The Hawks swept the Wizards in the two-game series and are one game above .500 at 34-33.

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Podcaster and husband allegedly killed by stalker in Washington state

Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and Mohammed Naseri, 35, found dead along with Texas trucker Ramin Khodakaramrezaei who died by suicide

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Yellen, House Republicans spar over tax increases, debt limit

WASHINGTON — House Republicans slammed the Biden administration’s tax proposals in a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Friday, giving the president’s latest budget request an icy reception.

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Strong Nor’easter May Bring Heaviest Snow Of Winter To Part Of Northeast

A major storm is brewing for the northeastern United States, and it could deliver a foot or more of snow.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene and House GOP want to visit January 6 defendants in jail

Oversight Committee Republicans are investigating Washington DC’s jail but activists say their years of warnings about the prison’s mistreatment of its mostly Black population fell on deaf ears

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Sen. Hawley says some people charged for entering Capitol on Jan. 6 ‘didn’t do anything wrong’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Jan. 6, 2021, Lloyd Casimiro Cruz Jr., 40, of Polo, attended the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. After the rally, he walked down to the U.S. Capitol, where he saw people breaking windows and fighting with police. He then walked into the Capitol…

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House votes 419-0 to pass COVID-19 intelligence measure

WASHINGTON — A little more than a week after the Senate passed it by unanimous consent, the House Friday sent to the president legislation that would declassify information related to the origin of COVID-19.

Evening Standard

Girl, 8, kidnapped from Washington mall in 2018 found alive in Mexico

Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez was four-years-old when she was last seen on a supervised visit with her biological mother at the mall

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudis Kept US Informed on Talks with Iran, Says White House

Saudi Arabia kept Washington informed of its talks with Iran to restore diplomatic relations but the United States was not directly involved, White House spokesman John Kirby said on Friday. The road map announced on Friday was the result of several rounds of talks, including some held in Baghdad and…

The Independent UK

Watch live: Ancient artefacts returned to Ukraine during ceremony at embassy in Washington DC

Watch live as ancient Ukrainian artefacts are returned during a ceremony in Washington DC.

Daily Mirror

Girl, 8, who disappeared from shopping mall finally found in Mexico five years later

Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez was on a supervised visit with her biological mum at a mall in Vancouver, Washington, US, when the mother kidnapped the child and disappeared

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DCCC picks 29 ‘Frontline’ members for extra help next year

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday identified 29 members who are most at risk in the 2024 elections.

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