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Joe Biden will host Olaf Scholz at the White House for a bilateral meeting at a critical time, with U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel languishing in Congress.

The special counsel has put the president’s memory in the spotlight, but if we’re talking about amnesia: 6 January, anyone? To the US, where one likely candidate for the presidency delivers hour-long rambling speeches in which he explains that he’s going to be a dictator, but all the chat is about whether the other candidate … Read more

Republican state lawmakers in Idaho ousted a senior member of the Republican leadership Thursday in an escalation of a dispute over the way budgets for state agencies are passed. Rep. Megan Blanksma of Hammett was removed from her position as House majority leader in a vote by colleagues, the Idaho Statesman reported. The vote came … Read more

The Ghanaian-born son of Ladbroke Grove brought a diversity to the magazine and society that will never be forgotten The scene is May or maybe June 2008, PO (pre-Obama). I was toiling away at my desk while dreaming of escaping my finance job in the City of London to become a successful writer (still working … Read more

President Biden’s ghostwriter will not face charges despite deleting evidence of the sharing of classified material during the investigation. Mark Zwonitzer — who collaborated with Biden on his memoir “Promise Me, Dad” — erased audio files in his possession that contained “significant evidentiary value,” according to a report published by Special Counsel Robert Hur.  Zwonitzer … Read more

Trump has made campaign promises to toss crucial environmental regulations – including dismantling the federal body with the most power to tackle the climate crisis Donald Trump and his advisers have made campaign promises to toss crucial environmental regulations and boost the planet-heating fossil fuel sector. Those plans include systemically dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency … Read more

In a trade deadline without many clear winners, the Knicks became overnight contenders. The moribund Lakers? Not so much If most NBA trade deadlines storm in with a bang, Thursday’s sort of limped through with a whimper. Only true NBA aficionados will have even heard of most of the names involved in transactions at the … Read more

“Saturday Night Live” cast member Colin Jost will headline the entertainment at April’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, the WHCA announced on Friday.

Fifteen years after the release of Swag Surfin’, Fast Life Yungstaz are embracing the moment: ‘It’s hard not to move when it comes on’ It was no day at the beach when the Kansas City Chiefs played host to Miami Dolphins last month, the temperature at Arrowhead Stadium plunging to a frostbite-inducing -4F. The only … Read more

Special counsel report referenced Biden as ‘a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory’; unclear if foreign aid bill has votes to pass Biden defends his memory in surprise speech after special counsel reportSix key takeaways from Biden special counsel report Good morning, US politics blog readers. Yesterday was a doozy for Joe Biden. … Read more