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Blinken to press Asean to take tougher line on Myanmar, China

WASHINGTON: Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar's military junta and to push back on China's actions in the South China Sea as top United States diplomat Antony Blinken heads to the region for meetings next week, a State Department official said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Biden heads to Europe to meet with King Charles III, world leaders

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden departs for Europe Sunday for a trip that will include his first meeting with King Charles III since his coronation, followed by a NATO summit.

Tribune News Service

Trump blasted by former CIA Chief over classified documents in new political ad

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump “must face consequences” for mishandling classified documents, former CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a new political ad that’s another indication of the degree to which the former president’s legal troubles will dominate the 2024 campaign.

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Afghan interpreter who fled the Taliban killed in US gun violence

Nasrat Ahmad Yar was working as a rideshare driver when he was fatally shot in Washington, DC, after resettling in US.

Al Jazeera

End justifies means for Biden in sending cluster bombs to Ukraine

Decision to approve cluster munitions, lambasted by rights groups, exposes feeling in Washington that war is reaching crunch time

The Guardian - US

Rudy Giuliani should lose law license for 2020 election case, panel says

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani should lose his law license in Washington for directing former President Donald Trump’s failed legal challenge to the 2020 presidential election results in Pennsylvania, an attorney ethics review panel has recommended.

Tribune News Service

US to send cluster bombs to Ukraine, drawing criticism

WASHINGTON - The United States announced Friday it will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time as Kyiv's forces face tough fighting in their counteroffensive against invading Russian troops.

Bangkok Post

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An Afghan man who spent years helping US forces in Afghanistan is shot and killed in Washington

An Afghan immigrant who'd worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan was shot and killed this week in the United States

The Independent UK

US has destroyed all its chemical weapons: Biden

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States has fully destroyed its decades-old stockpiles of chemical weapons, fulfilling a commitment under the three-decade-old Chemical Weapons Convention.

Bangkok Post

Rangers outfielder Adolis García named team’s fifth All-Star game starter

WASHINGTON — It was already going to be a challenge for any future Texas Rangers team to match this season’s All-Star output. The bar raised a bit higher on Friday.

Tribune News Service

Trump’s lingering appeal over Pence’s Jan. 6 testimony dismissed

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court tossed out what remained of Donald Trump’s unsuccessful legal fight to stop his former vice president-turned-rival Mike Pence from testifying about efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Tribune News Service

Iran, Russia Are Chided Repeatedly At Heated UN Security Council Meeting

Tehran berated for JCPOA violations including illegal weapons transfers and increasing ballistic missile development and testing

Zenger

‘Baby steps’ and ‘brinkmanship’: Defense spending debate to test McConnell, McCarthy unity

WASHINGTON – Mitch McConnell has had the National Defense Authorization Act on his brain for weeks, complaining about the pace of the annual allocation for military spending and warning that its size will be integral in deterring creeping Chinese aggression.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Honoring the last of ‘The Greatest Generation’

Henry W. Clark, a World War II veteran from Harvey, plans to be on board a July 12 Honor Flight Chicago bound for Washington, D.C. So does the Rev. George Kane, a retired Catholic priest, who was a chaplain during the Vietnam War.

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Al Jazeera

US to give Ukraine widely banned cluster munitions despite fears

Banned by many countries, cluster munitions leave unexploded bombs that pose a risk to civilians for decades to come.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Jasmine Crockett pushes USPS for answers after Dallas carrier dies during heat wave

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jasmine Crockett is leading a group of 15 House Democrats who want answers from the U.S. Postal Service about its labor practices after the death of Eugene Gates Jr., a Dallas letter carrier who collapsed on the job during a heat wave.

The Independent UK

Washington police discriminate by sending police to mental health calls, lawsuit claims

One-fifth of police calls involve mental health issues, studies estimate

The Independent UK

Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred for false election fraud claims, a Washington review panel says

A review panel says former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani should be disbarred in Washington for how he handled litigation challenging the 2020 election on behalf of then-President Donald Trump

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The Independent UK

Former interpreter for US forces in Afghanistan who escaped Taliban shot dead in Washington DC

Nasrat Ahmad Ya, who leaves behind a family of four, was fatally shot while finishing a late-night Lyft shift

Tribune News Service

Biden administration targets unexpected health costs

WASHINGTON -- The Biden White House announced a trio of steps aimed at protecting patients from unexpected health care costs on Friday, with new actions surrounding short-term health plans, surprise medical bills and medical debt.

Los Angeles Times

Biden administration to launch global coalition to fight fentanyl

WASHINGTON — Citing a "grave and growing" danger, the Biden administration plans to unite dozens of countries in a coalition to battle the production and trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs responsible for the deaths of thousands of people here and abroad.

The Week

Alexandr Wang: the world’s youngest self-made billionaire shaking up tech

When the Silicon Valley company Scale AI was valued at $7.3 billion in 2021, its co-founder and chief executive Alexandr Wang become “the world’s youngest self-made billionaire” at just 25 years old.

The Conversation

China's ties to Cuba and growing presence in Latin America raise security concerns in Washington, even as leaders try to ease tensions

There is a push by leaders in Washington and Beijing to get U.S.-China relations back on track. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with President Xi Jinping in China in June 2023 to reopen the lines of communication between the countries. And Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is spending four…

The Independent UK

China says up to US to create 'necessary conditions' for anti-drugs cooperation

China is insisting it is up to the U.S. to “create necessary conditions” for anti-drugs cooperation, following complaints from Washington that Beijing is ignoring its calls for a crackdown on precursor chemicals for the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl

WEKU

The CDC is helping states address gun injuries after years of political roadblocks

A grant program gives states a path around a 1996 federal rule that prohibits the CDC from advocating gun control — a rule critics say has had a chilling effect on studying who has been shot and how.

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