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President Joe Biden has defended his controversial visit to Saudi Arabia next week, saying the trip is critical to the security of the United States.

The Biden administration has taken a key step forward on a controversial proposed oil drilling project in Alaska's North Slope, angering climate advocates who say the project would release tons of emissions and doom the President's climate goals.

The nonprofit that operates the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline plans to soon launch a pilot program for LGBTQ individuals to call.

As President Joe Biden started to roll out the core of his economic team, a reality started to dawn on denizens of what had become a vibrant online community: Econ Twitter was being raided.

Readers of this newsletter are frequently reminded of the shortcomings of the US form of government:

The Biden administration will provide Ukraine with four more high mobility artillery rocket systems in the latest security assistance package, according to a senior defense official.

The Justice Department released new details Friday evening of the alleged extensive planning by the Oath Keepers to prepare for violence in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021, including lessons to conduct "hasty ambushes," a "death list" of Georgia election officials and attempts to acquire homemade firearms.

President Joe Biden on Friday spoke with Paul Whelan's sister about the former Marine's detainment in Russia and "reaffirmed that he is committed to bringing Paul home as soon as possible," according to a statement from a White House official.

Donald Trump is considering waiving executive privilege for Steve Bannon, according to two sources familiar with the situation, but federal prosecutors don't believe the former President's privilege claims shielded his longtime political adviser in the first place.

Two people familiar with former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone's testimony Friday told CNN that the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, did not ask him if he told then-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson the day of the attack that they would "get charged with every crime imaginable" if they went to the US Capitol.

Abortion services have stopped in Mississippi and Louisiana now that so-called trigger laws enacted by the states are in effect following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The Army is seeking to recoup nearly $40,000 from former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, accusing the retired three-star general of violating the Emoluments Clause by accepting foreign payments without disclosing them.

Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel for Donald Trump, appeared before the January 6 committee on Friday.

The FBI director traveled to London this week to meet with Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, to highlight close coordination on everything from counterterrorism to cyber attacks, and Russian and Chinese espionage

The move potentially sets up Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's first vote since joining the court.

President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive health services in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.

President Joe Biden's first sweeping executive orders on climate included launching an entirely new office within the Department of Health and Human Services with an important mandate: dealing with the public health impacts of climate change.

A false claim that President Joe Biden placed a Medal of Honor "backwards" around the neck of a Vietnam War hero has gone viral on social media -- with some conservatives citing the invented tale as supposed evidence of Biden experiencing mental decline.

A test rocket carrying a component for a future US nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile blew up 11 seconds after takeoff Wednesday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to a statement from the base.

The ruling deals a blow to Democrats ahead of crucial contests in a battleground state.