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More classified documents found at Biden’s Delaware home: White House

The latest disclosure is in addition to the discovery of documents found in December in Biden’s garage and in November at his former offices at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, from his time as vice president.

Chicago Sun-Times

Key dates in discovery of classified records tied to Biden

It was early last November when President Joe Biden's personal lawyers first came across Obama-Biden administration documents, including classified material, in an office that Biden had used in Washington after his time as vice president

The Independent UK

Keenan Anderson, cousin of a BLM founder, was a highly respected DC high school teacher. How did he end up ‘tasered to death’ by the LAPD?

Keenan Anderson begged for help from LAPD police officers. Instead, he was pinned down, tasered and died after suffering a cardiac arrest. His cousin Patrisse Cullors tells Bevan Hurley she hopes his death finally leads to meaningful police reform.

The Independent UK

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Seahawks: Updated 53-man roster going into Wild Card round

Here's the full 53-man roster going into Wild-Card Weekend.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Congress barely dents scourge of hunger in military

WASHINGTON — A recently enacted income supplement for low-ranking U.S. troops, put in place primarily to alleviate food insecurity in the ranks, will help fewer than 1% of the estimated scores of thousands of hungry U.S. military families, according to Pentagon figures.

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Who says Washington can’t keep a secret?

The art and craft of investigative journalism often feels like a never ending work-in -progress.

Tribune News Service

Kishida, Biden agree to cement alliance

WASHINGTON -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to strengthen the bilateral alliance's deterrence and response capabilities when the two leaders met at the White House in Washington on Friday.

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Kishida's White House visit reflects closeness of ties

WASHINGTON -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's long-awaited visit to the United States was an opportunity to show the world the close relationship he enjoys with U.S. President Joe Biden.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Buttigieg’s post-Biden ambitions dented by travel meltdown

WASHINGTON — A series of transportation calamities is tarnishing Pete Buttigieg’s political prospects, threatening to hamper his ability to use his high-profile Cabinet position as a springboard for a widely-expected second White House bid once President Joe Biden leaves office.

Tribune News Service

Trump’s 2016 campaign settles nondisclosure-agreement fight

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has reached a settlement in a long-running fight over its nondisclosure agreements that would free potentially hundreds of ex-staffers, contractors and volunteers to say what they want to about their experience.

Tribune News Service

Biden COVID-19 adviser Kessler to depart as pandemic wanes

WASHINGTON — David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner who helped steer President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 policy, will leave the administration — as the government’s response continues to gear down amid a waning pandemic and a funding crunch.

Tribune News Service

Seahawks embracing underdog role vs. 49ers as they've 'got nothing to lose'

RENTON, Wash. — If, as Janis Joplin so memorably sang, freedom is really just another word for having nothing left to lose, then consider the Seahawks to be, well, free as a bird as they head into the 2022 playoffs.

Tribune News Service

Yellen says US to take extraordinary steps to avert a default

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the department will begin taking special accounting maneuvers on Jan. 19 to avoid breaching the U.S. debt limit, urging lawmakers to boost the ceiling to avert a devastating payments default.

Tribune News Service

Michigan man returns to US after being jailed in Russia for 9 months

WASHINGTON — Taylor Dudley, a Lansing, Michigan, man who spent nine months in Russian captivity, returned with his mother to Michigan on Friday after flying overnight from Poland.

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Analysis: Biden’s winning streak hit by classified documents probe

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden began the year with a surge of political momentum, propelled by better-than-expected midterm election results and Republican disarray.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court appears set to expand workers’ right to time off for religious observance

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on extending federal civil rights law to protect workers who seek to take time off for religious observance.

The Independent UK

Keenan Anderson, cousin of a BLM founder, was a highly respected DC high school teacher. How did he end up ‘tasered to death’ by the LAPD?

Reuters

Japan's Kishida says allies must act in concert on China

Japan, the United States and Europe must act in unison on China, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in Washington on Friday, during a visit aimed at enhancing Tokyo's U.S. alliance in the face of growing challenges from Beijing.

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Missouri man found guilty on 2 charges related to Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday found a northwest Missouri man guilty of two misdemeanor charges for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Biden to deliver State of the Union on Feb. 7 after accepting McCarthy’s ‘kind invitation’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address to the newly divided government on Feb. 7 after the new Republican speaker extended a formal invitation.

Reason

Cutting Government Back to Last Year's Size Shouldn't Be 'Impossible' or 'Severe'

Taking stock of the utterly unserious fiscal policy discourse in Washington.

WEKU

Who is Robert Hur, the special counsel leading the Biden classified documents inquiry

Hur spent much of his legal career serving in multiple positions in the Department of Justice. He is also the former U.S. attorney in Maryland, appointed by then-President Donald Trump.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden and Kishida Discuss Japan ‘Stepping up’ Security

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were holding wide-ranging talks at the White House on Friday as Japan looks to build security cooperation with allies in a time of provocative Chinese and North Korean military action. The two administrations were also ready to seal an agreement to…

Al Jazeera

US ‘fully committed’ to Japan alliance, Biden tells Kishida

Talks in Washington are part of Japanese prime minister’s diplomatic blitz to boost partnerships amid China pressure.

Reuters

Dutch PM Rutte denies U.S. pressure over chip export policy

The Netherlands is not feeling pressured by Washington to adopt new U.S. rules further restricting semiconductor technology exports to China, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday.

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