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Biden’ new targets

media platforms and even defund-the-police efforts — populist targets in a broader speech about national and global unity. Why it matters: Biden’s anti-Russia, pro-Ukraine passages inspired the only real partisan.

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Biden at State of the Union: “The answer is to fund the police”

President Biden used his State of the Union speech to make clear that his vision of police reform includes more funding — not defunding — of police departments. Why it.

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U.S. bans Russian flights from American airspace

President Biden confirmed during his State of the Union address Tuesday that the U.S. will bar Russian-owned and -operated flights from entering American airspace. The latest: Boeing announced on Tuesday evening.

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Ukraine war enters new, uglier phase as convoy advances on Kyiv

The advance of a miles-long armored convoy to within 17 miles of Kyiv on Monday, as well as heavy shelling of Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, may herald a new phase of the fighting.

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White House lifts mask mandate ahead of Biden’s State of the Union

The White House will lift its mask mandate for fully vaccinated people starting Tuesday, press secretary Jen Psaki said at a briefing Monday. Why it matters: The move comes ahead of President.

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House centrists: Tlaib “keying your own car”

Centrist House Democrats are unloading on Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for her plan to give a response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. “It’s like keying.

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Scoop: Biden to deny executive privilege for Flynn and Navarro

President Biden will deny the shield of executive privilege for two top advisers to former President Donald Trump — his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and former trade adviser.

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Capitol physician lifts Congress’ mask mandate

Congress’ attending physician on Sunday advised congressional staff that masks are no longer required in the Capitol complex. Why it matters: The new guidance comes as coronavirus cases are now plummeting in D.C..

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How the left could win even if Democrats lose

House progressives see a route to expanding their power over the next year, even though they’re being accused of dragging down other Democrats by pushing the party’s image too far left, Axios.

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First look: Jackson gets heavyweight Republican backer

Judge Thomas R. Griffith, a retired Bush appointee to the D.C. Circuit of Appeals, endorsed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court in a letter written to the.

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