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• US frustrated over ‘problematic’ NATO ally Turkey

  21-05-2022 21:30 via thehill.com
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is frustrating the U.S. and its allies by opposing the bid by Sweden and Finland to join NATO.The position is complicating the message of unity the Biden administration wants to send to Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.The bids by Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance are historic — and a big defeat for Russia, which does not want them added to the group. The fact that their decision to do so is the result of the Russian war is a po
  
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• The Memo: Judge hands Biden a legal defeat but a political reprieve

  21-05-2022 18:32 via thehill.com
  
  A federal judge appointed by former President Trump gave President Biden and Democrats an odd kind of reprieve on Friday.Judge Robert R. Summerhays issued a preliminary injunction Friday afternoon preventing the White House from lifting Title 42, the controversial measure that has been used to turn back migrants and people seeking asylum at the southern border.Biden had intended to end the measure on Monday. But his plans to do so had caused a near-mutiny in Democratic ranks, amid both practical
  
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• Biden would consider meeting with Kim Jong Un if he were 'sincere' and 'serious'

  21-05-2022 14:04 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Saturday indicated that he would consider meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un but only if he were “sincere” and “serious” about discussions related to the country's nuclear program.  “It would depend on whether he was sincere and whether it was serious,” Biden replied when asked under what conditions he would meet with the North Korean leader.  Biden made the comments in response to a question at a joint press confere
  
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• Biden signs $40B Ukraine aid package into law

  21-05-2022 12:50 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has signed into law a far-reaching aid package for Ukraine that will provide $40 billion in security, humanitarian, and economic assistance for the country as it battles the Russian war over the coming months. The White House said in a release on Saturday that Biden signed the measure while abroad on a trip to Asia. The Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass it on Thursday. The package brings the total U.S. assistance Congress has approved for Ukraine this year to nearly $
  
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• Biden signs bill to protect access to baby formula amid shortage

  21-05-2022 12:45 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Saturday passed a bill intended to expand access to baby formula for certain families amid a shortage in the United States after Congress passed the legislation earlier this week.Biden signed the Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022 while in Seoul during a four-day trip to Asia.The legislation is aimed at expanding the pandemic-era flexibilities granted to the government’s nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC). WIC participants buy about half the baby for
  
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• Biden says US has offered vaccines to North Korea but got no response

  21-05-2022 12:21 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said Saturday the United States has offered vaccines to North Korea and China to help fight COVID-19 outbreaks, but neither has responded."The answer is yes we’ve offered vaccines, not only to North Korea but to China as well," Biden said at a joint press conference in Seoul with the South Korean president. "And we’re prepared to do that immediately. We’ve gotten no response."North Korea has long been isolated from the rest of the world, and the secretive govern
  
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• Giuliani met with Jan. 6 committee for 9 hours: reports

  21-05-2022 04:46 via thehill.com
  
  Rudy Giuliani, who served as a personal lawyer for former President Trump, met with members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot for 9 hours, according to reports from CNN and NBC News.
  Two sources told CNN that Giuliani appeared virtually to the committee for a deposition Friday that lasted over nine hours.Following the 2020 election, the former New York City mayor had echoed claims by the former president that the presidential race was tainted by widespread voter
  
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• Biden administration to appeal court's ruling on roll back of Title 42

  21-05-2022 02:34 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration will appeal a ruling by a federal judge that temporarily stopped the roll back of Title 42, according to a statement from the White House released Friday.
  “The Administration disagrees with the court’s ruling, and the Department of Justice has announced that it will appeal this decision,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, according to the statement.
  The statement from Jean-Pierre came hours after U.S. District Court Judge Robert Summe
  
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• CDC warns doctors to watch for monkeypox

  21-05-2022 00:23 via thehill.com
  
  Federal health officials on Friday advised clinicians to watch out for a telltale rash that could be a symptom of monkeypox, a rare viral infection found in the U.S. earlier this week.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Friday, saying it is working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to investigate a confirmed case of monkeypox in the state.Senior health officials told reporters the case "is highly unusual" because it doesn't appear to have
  
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