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Biden announces major border strategy shift, expands Trump policy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will unveil a new border strategy Thursday expanding a Trump-era policy that gives border agents the power to turn back migrants without considering their claims for asylum, while also allowing thousands of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti to apply for entry into the U.S.

Los Angeles Times

Justin Amash: Kevin McCarthy Is a 'Compulsive Liar' Who 'Cares Only About Power'

The former Libertarian congressman was in the Capitol Wednesday drumming up a Hail Mary quest to become speaker of the House.

Reason

DNA evidence, cellphone records led to University of Idaho homicide suspect’s arrest, document shows

MOSCOW, Idaho — A court document that explains the Moscow Police Department’s step-by-step investigation into the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students was released Thursday morning, shortly before the suspect in the killings appeared in an Idaho court for the first time.

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Historic deadlock continues: McCarthy falls short on seventh speaker ballot

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy lost again on Thursday in his seventh attempt to be elected speaker, extending the saga that began Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

US makes its case for legality of Biden student debt program

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court to uphold the president’s student loan forgiveness plan Wednesday in the face of several challenges to a program that could forgive up to $20,000 in debt for millions of borrowers.

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No signatures submitted for Washington Initiatives to the Legislature by Dec. 30 deadline

The deadline to submit signatures for Initiatives to the Legislature in Washington (ITL) was Dec. 30, 2022. Initiatives to the Legislature is the name of indirect ballot initiatives in Washington. The Washington Secretary of State’s office confirmed to Ballotpedia on January 3 that signatures were not submitted for any of…

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Biden’s first border visit will be in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday

WASHINGTON — Two years after taking office, President Joe Biden will make his first U.S.-Mexico border visit on Sunday with a stop in El Paso, where a massive influx of migrants has overwhelmed local shelters.

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Bryan Kohberger changed licence plates on his white Hyundai Elantra days after Idaho murders

License plates on the 2015 Hyundai Elantra at the centre of the murder inquiry were registered in Washington state just days after quadruple homicide

The Independent UK

Washington pervert who tried to prey on schoolgirl online snared by vigilantes

Craig Davison, of Washington, thought he was communicating with a 14-year-old but it was a decoy profile set up by a group of paedophile hunters

Chronicle Live

FBI denies telling police to stop Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger on cross-country road trip

Kohberger was stopped twice minutes apart while traveling through Indiana with his father on 15 December

The Independent UK

Michigan US Sen. Stabenow won't seek reelection in 2024

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the first woman elected to the Senate from Michigan, says she won’t seek reelection and will retire when her fourth term ends in 2025.

Tribune News Service

US speaker debacle: New Congress marked by deep Republican divisions

There was gridlock in Washington this week as US Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to become House speaker on the first ballot, something that hasn’t happened for a century. It was supposed to be an easy win for the Republican favourite, but he was blocked three times in one day by…

France 24

As outdoor preschools gain traction, states work to unlock funding

GLENCOE, Ill. — On a wet December afternoon, Emma Donnelly leads a class of 4- and 5-year-olds down a muddy path at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The kids jump into puddles, climb trees and roll in dirt before running up a hill overlooking a lake where they spot a small…

Tribune News Service

London Fletcher comes up short in bid for Pro Football Hall of Fame

Unfortunately, London Fletcher and Henry Ellard miss the cut for 2023.

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Deadlocked House adjourns until Thursday after Kevin McCarthy racks up 3 more defeats

WASHINGTON — The House adjourned without electing a speaker on Wednesday after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed in his fourth, fifth and sixth attempts to secure the post he has long desired.

Tribune News Service

DOJ settles claim by Washington state ‘Dreamer’ detained by immigration despite protected status

SEATTLE — The Department of Justice has settled a claim filed by a Des Moines, Washington, man who was arrested and detained by immigration agents in 2017 despite his protected status as a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status.

Tribune News Service

‘Going to get some Thai food’: Indiana police pulled over U of I homicide suspect 2 weeks before his arrest

BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger, whom police have arrested in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in November, was stopped twice by Indiana law enforcement while he and his father made a cross-country drive from Pullman, Washington, to Pennsylvania in mid-December.

Los Angeles Times

Deadlocked House adjourns until Thursday after Kevin McCarthy racks up 3 more defeats

WASHINGTON — The House adjourned without electing a speaker on Wednesday evening after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed in his fourth, fifth and sixth attempts to secure the post he has long desired.

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Seahawks bring in team physician to reassure players after Damar Hamlin collapse

RENTON, Wash. — As Seahawks coach Pete Carroll put it, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s collapse on the field because of cardiac arrest Monday night “sent a real shock wave through all of the football world.”

Tribune News Service

After a year of collapses, cryptocurrency’s future in the balance

WASHINGTON — Spectacular cryptocurrency failures in 2022 have raised the stakes for the industry amid questions about the enduring viability of a technology that advocates say has the potential to revolutionize finance.

Los Angeles Times

Analysis: Whoever wins, serving as House speaker will be more like 'being mayor of hell'

WASHINGTON — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy surely could have seen defeat coming: The wave that swamped him has been building for years.

The Independent UK

White House gun violence program with philanthropies ends

A little known Biden administration initiative to reduce gun violence that was funded by philanthropic foundations wrapped up in December with a celebration hosted in Washington

USA Today Sports Media Group

Brian Mitchell: Commanders play was ‘BS’ and ‘trash’

Brian Mitchell was not holding back.

The Independent UK

Judge issues gag order in Idaho murders case stopping police releasing information about Bryan Kohberger

Gag order is not expected to impact the release of the probable cause affidavit – a document that will cast light on what exactly led investigators to the 28-year-old PhD student

ABC News

Former PM Kevin Rudd tells United States to stop throwing allies 'under a bus' to limit Chinese influence in the region

Former prime minister and incoming ambassador to Washington Kevin Rudd claims the Biden administration is operating with "one arm tied behind its back" in the Asia-Pacific.

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