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Inside the Biden White House, aides reportedly knock president for eating ‘like a child’

Fox News President Biden doesn’t like to eat vegetables, and his poor diet causes a constant battle between him and first lady Jill Biden, who wants him to be healthy ahead of a 2024 presidential campaign. Biden, who turned 80 this year, eats “like a child,” according to White House aides quoted in a Monday…

Under the Radar, Right-Wing Push to Tighten Voting Laws Persists

New York Times The clashes in state capitals have faded, but the Republican push for stricter state election laws is organized and planning for the long term. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/us/politics/voting-laws-restrictions-republicans.html

Head of Russia’s Wagner group says they are starting to get ammunition

Jerusalem Post Prigozhin last week threatened to pull his forces out unless they received the ammunition they needed before subsequently withdrawing the threat. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-742448

Ronald Steel, Critic of American Cold War Policies, Dies at 92

New York Times In essays and books. he saw the U.S. postwar era as a series of misadventures spawning unwise wars. He also wrote the definitive biography of the journalist Walter Lippmann. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/us/ronald-steel-dead.html

Warren Buffett Has a History With Banks—as a Critic and Investor

Wall Street Journal The CEOs and directors of failed banks should suffer, said the billionaire investor and longtime bank shareholder. https://www.wsj.com/articles/warren-buffett-has-a-history-with-banksas-a-critic-and-investor-62172d92

Driver Is Charged in Deadly Texas Crash Outside Shelter Housing Migrants

Wall Street Journal A 34-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record faces charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault. https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-driver-crash-migrants-manslaughter-238d3367

Turkish economist, former head of UN Development Program Kemal Dervis dies at age of 74

Fox News Turkish economist, politician and former head of the United Nations Development Program Kemal Dervis died Monday at the age of 74, Turkish news outlets reported. He was being treated for an unspecified illness in Washington D.C., state-run Anadolu Agency reported, as did BBC Turkish and t24, which first reported the news. In early…

Berlin ‘regularly raises’ issue of Palestinian home razing with Israel

Jerusalem Post Germany along with many other countries in Europe have opposed such demolitions given that very few Palestinian building projects are authorized. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-742445

Russia preparing to evacuate nuclear plant, Ukrainian operator says

Washington Post Elements of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant require constant supervision, the head of Ukraine’s nuclear operator said. Eliminating that oversight, he warned, “will be dangerous for the plant itself.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-evacuation-ukraine/