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Sergio Mattarella: At 80, Italy president set to stay on amid successor row

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Image source, Getty Images Italian President Sergio Mattarella has agreed to serve a second term after coalition parties failed to agree on a compromise candidate for the office. The 80-year-old e…

As Breyer Pondered Retirement, Biden Bet on a Hands-Off Strategy

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Other presidents and their advisers have been more forceful about creating an opening on the court. In 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to put his friend Abe Fortas on the court, he pers…

Burkina Faso: New leader gives first speech since ousting president

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Image caption, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba led a mutiny that ousted President Roch Marc Kaboré The new military leader of Burkina Faso has promised a return to the normal constitutional ord…

Biden Gets a Supreme Court Pick

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Adam Liptak contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Larissa Anderson, Chris Wo…

Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Dismisses U.S

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Threat to Sanction Putin Personally as Bluster With diplomatic talks seemingly stalled and the war of words between Washington and Moscow intensifying, President Biden said the United States would be willing to impose personal sanctions against P…

Burkina Faso army deposes President Kabore

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In a statement on Monday, soldiers said they had removed Burkina Faso's President Roch Kabore from office, citing his "inability to unite the nation". David Doyle has more.

What Mattered This Week

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And while it might be hard for President Senator to let go of a place he served for four decades, Democrats told us its a political necessity: He has vast power in the regulatory, law enforc… [+2437 c

Ukraine tension: Biden says he thinks Putin will 'move in'

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Image caption, Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week US President Joe Biden has said he thinks his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will "move in" on Ukraine, but does not want "full-blown war". Ask…

Late Night Celebrates One Year of President Biden

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President Biden said yesterday that his first year in office has been a year of challenges, but hed rather focus on the positives, like your Covid test. SETH MEYERS It seems like just yesterday our …

Ukrainian President pushes back on Biden: 'There are no minor incursions'

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(CNN)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly pushed back Thursday on US President Joe Biden's comments that a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine would prompt a lesser response than a fu…

In Rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court Won’t Block Release of Jan

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6 Files The disagreement between an incumbent president and his predecessor from a rival political party, Mr. Trumps lawyers told the court, is both novel and highlights the importance of executive privilege…

Prosecutors Reportedly Asked About Trump’s Role in Jan

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6 Riot In October, he pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct, admitting, among other things, that he had urged a crowd outside the building to wrest a riot shield away from a police officer. Last …

Bipartisan US Senate delegation meets with Ukrainian President as Russian invasion threat loom

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s Washington (CNN)A group of seven US senators met on Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital of Kyiv amid the looming threat of a potential Russian invasion of the country. …

'Terrifying lies': See ex-Trump aide's warning about his rally

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Alyssa Farrah, a former aide to President Trump, says that news organizations should continue to cover former President Trump's election lies because of the danger he poses to the country.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro discharged from hospital

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The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, said he was discharged from hospital on Wednesday morning, two days after being admitted with an intestinal obstruction. Being discharged now. Thank you all,…

NATO Won’t Let Ukraine Join Soon

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Here’s Why. The principal objection would be: Does such a move actually contribute to the stability in Europe, or would it contribute to destabilization? said Douglas E. Lute, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO. I…

Republican McConnell slams Biden voting rights speech as 'unpresidential'

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Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell has denounced US President Joe Biden's voting rights speech as "incoherent" and "profoundly unpresidential". "I have known, liked, and personally respected Joe …

Biden Will Endorse Changing Senate Rules to Pass Voting Rights Legislation

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One bill introduced by Democrats, the Freedom to Vote Act, would, among other provisions, take the teeth out of state-led efforts to restrict mail-in or absentee voting, make Election Day a holiday, …

Mike Pence Seen as Key Witness in Jan

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6 Investigation In recent weeks, the committee has moved to question Mr. Pences former chief of staff, Marc Short, and his former chief counsel, Greg Jacob, who are considered the two key Pence witnesses. Mr. Short…

Biden Comes Out Swinging Against Republicans as His Agenda Stall

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s The economic rebound from the two-year pandemic may be one of the presidents best stories to tell on March 1. Job growth slowed somewhat in the second half of last year, but unemployment is so low th…

US Capitol attack: Rioters held dagger to the throat of America

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Media caption, Joe Biden says Donald Trump has a bruised ego and cannot accept that he lost the election President Joe Biden has said rioters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 "held a dag…

Biden Consoles Residents in Fire-Ravaged Colorado

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Mr. Manchin did say this week that theres a lot of good things in the climate investments in the legislation, although he added that talks with the White House on the entire package had hit a standst…

4 Takeaways From the Jan

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6 Capitol Attack Commemoration The Republican Party remains very much Mr. Trumps, his lies about a stolen election a litmus test that he is seeking to impose on the 2022 primaries with the candidates he backs. He is the partys mos…

Biden Will Deliver a Speech on Voting Rights in Atlanta on Tuesday

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WASHINGTON President Biden will deliver a speech in Atlanta next week that will be focused on the urgency of passing voting rights legislation and will frame a swath of state-level efforts to limit a…

Covid: President Macron warns he will "hassle" France's unvaccinated

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Mr Macron says he wants to limit "as much as possible" access to activities for the unvaccinated French President Emmanuel Macron has warned he intends to …

Jovenel Moïse murder: US charges Colombian man over assassination

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The late Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who was shot dead inside his home on 7 July 2021 A former Colombian military officer has been charged in the US i…

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of Jan

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6 Records Congress is examining an assault on our Constitution and democratic institutions provoked and fanned by those sworn to protect them, and the conduct under investigation extends far beyond typical del…

Biden Catches a Cold and Blames His Grandson

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Its just a cold, Mr. Biden added. In fact, Dr. OConnor said in the memo released Friday afternoon, Mr. Biden has been tested only three times this week for Covid-19. He also wrote that Mr. Biden has…

SA urges halt to Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell key auction

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Image source, Corbis via Getty Images Image caption, Nelson Mandela revisited his prison cell at Robben Island in 1994 South Africa has demanded a halt to an auction of the key to the prison cell o…

Putin Warns Biden of ‘Complete Rupture’ Over Ukraine

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Mr. Biden and Mr. Putin had radically different objectives going into the call. By massing troops on the border and then publishing two draft treaties that had echoes of Cold War-era demands, Mr. Put…