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Biden hailed a prisoner swap with Maduro — but Americans remain in Venezuela’s notorious jail

WASHINGTON — Eyvin Hernandez had been detained for six months at a notorious jail in Venezuela when seven other Americans were released earlier this month in a prisoner swap with the United States. The 44-year-old public defender from Los Angeles saw one of his best friends in prison let go…

Miami Herald

Obama jumps in to campaign for Democrats in battleground states

Former President Barack Obama will travel to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin at the end of October to rally voters in key battleground states to support Democrats in the Nov. 8 midterm elections that will decide the balance of power in Washington for the next two years.

Tribune News Service

Will Trump comply with Jan. 6 committee subpoena? What's next after Thursday's hearing

WASHINGTON — After closing out what could be the final installment in a series of high-profile hearings, the House's Jan. 6 select committee is left with decisions to make in its remaining weeks that could have profound effects for years to come.

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Humiliated Kwasi Kwarteng was flying 36,000ft over Atlantic when Liz Truss sacked him

The humiliated former Chancellor had been in Washington DC when he was ordered back to the UK, but he'd already been given the boot before his plane landed - not that he knew that

Daily Mirror

Saudi Arabia to give Ukraine over €400million in humanitarian aid

Saudi Arabia has announced it will give over €400million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly held a phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Radio France Internationale

Saudi Arabia Calls for Limiting Global Supply Chain Disruptions to Protect Energy, Food Security

Saudi Finance Minister Mohammad Al-Jadaan said that he had emphasized the need to protect supply chains from any future disruptions during his participation in the recent meeting of G20 finance ministers in Washington. Concerns pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic and its variants, in addition to geopolitical tensions, have increased supply…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Naval Forces Lay Main Keel of ‘His Majesty King Fahd's Ship’ in US

Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) celebrated the laying ceremony of the main keel of the second ship of the Tuwaiq Project at Marinette, Wisconsin in the United States, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Friday. The vessel was officially named "His Majesty King Fahd's Ship. The ceremony was attended by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Giuliani mounts defense in ethics case with election denier list

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani intends to defend himself against a legal ethics prosecution in Washington by calling a string of witnesses who promoted baseless claims that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud.

Tribune News Service

Trade with China actually boosts US employment

American trade with China has not proved pivotal to the loss of US jobs and in fact such engagement boosts employment overall, according to new studies highlighted by an influential Washington-based think tank and top American university on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy discharged from hospital

WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the Senate’s president pro tempore and Appropriations Committee chairman, was discharged from a Washington-area hospital Friday after spending a night for “tests and observation,” his office said in a statement.

Tribune News Service

Justice Department appeal contends special master review of Mar-a-Lago search records is unnecessary

WASHINGTON — A special master review of documents taken from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate should not have been approved, the Department of Justice argued in its first filing in the appeal to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.

Los Angeles Times

Justice Department appeal contends special master review of Mar-a-Lago search records is unnecessary

Los Angeles Times

Youth mental health advocates renew calls for action

WASHINGTON — More than 130 national and state children’s groups are asking the Biden administration to do more to address youth mental health, including by issuing an emergency declaration on the issue — the latest amplification of the seriousness of the youth mental health crisis.

Tribune News Service

Homeland chief shrugs off Ted Cruz's impeachment threat, decries ‘open border’ rhetoric

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shrugged off calls Friday for his impeachment by Sen. Ted Cruz and others, accusing critics of encouraging the illegal migration they say they condemn every time they say the border is open.

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Sen. Patrick J. Leahy discharged from hospital - Roll Call

Vermont Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, was discharged from a Washington-area hospital Friday after spending a night for "tests and observation."

Evening Standard

Liz Truss U-turns on corporation tax after Kwasi Kwarteng sacked

Liz Truss tore up the mini budget with an £18 billion corporation tax U-turn after sacking Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor on Friday. The reversal came as the prime minister held a press conference after a tumultuous day where she sacked Mr Kwarteng, one of her closest allies, and appointed Jeremy…

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Morning After…the Bears’ frustrating loss vs. Commanders in Week 6

Our Bears Wire staff is sharing their thoughts about Thursday night's gut-wrenching loss to the Commanders.

The Independent UK

Scottish Lib Dems call for general election as Kwarteng sacked as Chancellor

Mr Kwarteng returned early from an overseas trip to Washington to learn his fate.

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Evening Standard

The Standard View: Now the Prime Minister must show she can turn things around

Yesterday, Kwasi Kwarteng declared he was “not going anywhere”. Except, it seems, to the airport, for an early return home from Washington for some difficult conversations.

Chronicle Live

Prime Minister Liz Truss to hold press conference today amid mini-budget crisis

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng cut short a visit to Washington and arrived in London on Friday morning, though it is not known if he will be at the press conference

Wales Online

Kwasi Kwarteng no longer Chancellor after mini-budget fiasco

Mr Kwarteng flew back from Washington early today and was driven straight to 10 Downing Street to meet with Liz Truss

Axios

How Democrats' big plans for Big Tech shrank to tiny steps

After nearly two years of controlling the Washington agenda, Democrats have enacted only a sliver of their agenda.

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Dan Snyder’s threats to reveal dirt on Jerry Jones won't amount to much

With its Smithsonian museums, Capitol building and White House, Washington, D.C., offers loads of memorable sights, none more so than watching Dan Snyder walk to his motorcade to leave a Washington football game.

Reuters

UK's Truss sacrifices finance minister, scraps tax plan in fight to survive

British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and scrapped parts of their unpopular economic package on Friday in a desperate bid for political survival less than 40 days into her premiership.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires Missile, Flies Fighter Jets near Border

North Korea on Friday fired a short-range ballistic missile, conducted an artillery barrage, and flew fighter jets close to the South's border in another show of force that the US has warned could culminate in a nuclear test. Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up missile launches and military exercises in recent…

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