Washington Post – Politics:
President Biden is heading to Upstate New York to tour IBM as the company promotes a $20 billion investment over 10 years in the Hudson Valley.
Author: Amy B Wang
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Maine GOP gubernatorial hopeful struggles with abortion questions in debate
Washington Post – Politics:
Paul LePage’s awkward performance highlights the position many antiabortion Republicans are in, four months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Sen. Ron Johnson downplays Jan. 6: ‘Not what an armed insurrection would look like’
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Johnson also said “protesters did teach us all how you can use flag poles, that kind of stuff, as weapons.”
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McConnell endorses bill to prevent efforts to subvert presidential election results
Washington Post – Politics:
Like a similar bill that passed the House last week, the Senate bill was prompted by the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob seeking to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win.
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Senate Republicans block bill to require disclosure of ‘dark money’ donors
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The Disclose Act would have required super PACs and other groups to disclose donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle.
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South Korean president overheard insulting U.S. Congress as ‘idiots’
Washington Post – Politics:
In comments caught on a hot mic, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said the U.S. Congress would be an embarrassment to President Biden if it did not pass funding for global public health.
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House to vote on bill to prevent attempts to subvert presidential election results
Washington Post – Politics:
The Presidential Election Reform Act, authored by Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), explicitly cites the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack as a reason to amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887.
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Biden says U.S. troops would defend Taiwan in event of attack by China
Washington Post – Politics:
In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Biden once again said that the United States would intervene militarily in the event China attacked Taiwan.
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Biden to meet with families of Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
Washington Post – Politics:
Biden will hold meetings at the White House with Griner’s wife and Whalen’s sister to discuss bringing home their family members, who have been held in Russia.