Progressives Urge Biden to Push Harder on ‘Greedflation’ (www.nytimes.com)
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Palestinian Authority to pay reduced salaries as Israel blocks funds (www.reuters.com)
RAMALLAH, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday it will pay public sector workers 60% of their December salaries this week as it grapples with the longrunning fallout of Israel’s refusal to transfer tax funds earmarked for Gaza....
USAID says it will send $90 million in aid to Gaza (www.npr.org)
Trump pushes early and mail-in voting initiative ahead of November despite casting doubt on voting methods for years (www.cnn.com)
Exclusive: Biden tells Muir US weapons will not be used to strike Moscow, Kremlin (abcnews.go.com)
Diminished Hamas switches to full insurgent mode in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
China wants to recruit military pilots from the U.S. and its allies to strengthen Chinese air power, bulletin warns (www.nbcnews.com)
The warning from the U.S. and its four closest intellignce partners follows several arrests of U.S. service members for allegedly trying to pass info to China....
Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push (apnews.com)
Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception, arguing that the bill was just a political stunt as Democrats mount an election-year effort to put GOP senators on the record on reproductive rights issues,...
Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties (coppercourier.com)
Federal agents raided a property management company operating in Arizona as part of an investigation into price-fixing rent, marking a distinct escalation in the renewed push to enforce consumer protection laws....
Charleston bridge closed as out-of-control ship powers through harbor (www.theguardian.com)
Police cleared traffic and pedestrians from bridge as cargo ship went nearly full throttle through South Carolina harbor...
A hail stone the size of a pineapple was found in Texas. It likely sets a state record (apnews.com)
Storm trackers in the Texas Panhandle recovered a massive hail stone that researchers say is likely to be a new state record....
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money...
Dangerous heatwave hits US from Texas to California with grim records expected (www.theguardian.com)
Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer...
Michigan Bottlers Still Get Free Water, Despite Governor’s Tough Talk (www.propublica.org)
When Gretchen Whitmer campaigned for Michigan governor in 2018, she took aim at Michigan’s bottled water industry — and the state policy that gave it unfettered access to free water....
Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann linked to 2 additional deaths, law enforcement sources say - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Rex Heuermann, a New York City architect, was arrested last July
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If Elected, Donald Trump Would Face Few Hurdles to Prosecuting Rivals- The New York Times (Free Article) (www.nytimes.com)
In effect, Mr. Trump’s candidacy is becoming a referendum on what kind of justice system the country believes it has now and wants to have in the future
George Soros's Fund Sells Uber, Novo Nordisk in Q1 to Focus on AI, Construction, and Apparel Stocks (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
George Soros is among the most successful investors in the world, popularly known as the man who broke the Bank of England. In 1992, he made a single-day profit of $1 billion from short-selling the British Pound.
Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 30 people. Military claims it was being used by Hamas (www.nbcnewyork.com)
FTC prepares to sue largest U.S. alcohol distributor, alleging 'secret kickbacks' (www.cnbc.com)
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FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Jan. 6 rioter caught in a woman’s Bumble dating app sting sentenced to prison (www.nbcnews.com)
Wisconsin warden and 8 staff members charged following probes into inmate deaths (apnews.com)
Guards at Wisconsin’s oldest maximum-security prison failed to provide basic care for inmates who died on their watch, including one who died of dehydration and another who wasn’t found for at least 12 hours after he died of a stroke, authorities said Wednesday in announcing charges against the warden and eight members of...
Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting (www.npr.org)
ST. LOUIS — Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10....