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☆ Live Updates: Scripps National Spelling Bee Will Crown a New Champion
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Emmett Lindner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Tarini Nandakumar of Austin, Texas, competing Tuesday in a preliminary round of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Scripps National Spelling Bee brings together more than 200 of the top elementary school spellers in the United States in a rigorous, three-day competition. Credit... Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersIn a recent regional spelling bee where he secured a place at Scripps, he was asked to spell brume. Bee week is quite the bash. Tarini, who also studies classical Indian dance and singing, advised Scripps newcomers not to stress.

Persons: Tarini, Logan Edwards, Logan, Pranav Nandakumar, Vanathi Senthurkani, ” Logan, Evelyn Hockstein, brume, “, ”, Sasha Kenlon, Scripps Organizations: Scripps, Spelling, Merriam, Webster, Texas, M University, ., Reuters, Washington, 173rd, 192nd Locations: Austin , Texas, United States, Rock , Texas, Greer, S.C, South Carolina, North Africa, Park City , Utah

☆ Israel-Hamas War Raises Concerns in U.S. About Religious Discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Gaza is at the center of an Israel-Hamas war that is reverberating across the American political landscape. Photo: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty ImagesThe Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East has sparked concerns about religious discrimination in the U.S., creating new fissures in a divided American electorate that could help shape next year’s presidential election. An equal share of Americans said both Jews and Muslims face discrimination, but a higher number of Democrats and younger voters see prejudice as a “major problem” for Muslims, according to a new poll by Wall Street Journal-NORC.

Persons: Ahmad Hasaballah, ” Organizations: Wall Street Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S

U.S. and Israeli interests in the ongoing Middle East conflict are diverging in both the short and long term, muddying the path to ending Israel’s war against militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Above all, Israel views Hamas as an existential threat and sees eradicating it as a crucial goal; anything short of that is a failure. The U.S. has committed to helping Israel defeat Hamas, but for President Biden, the threat goes beyond Hamas. His administration is trying to keep its allies united against Iran, Russia and China. Both countries want to avoid a larger regional war, but Israel is willing to take more risks in pursuit of defeating Hamas.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Iran, Russia, China

☆ Indians Are Entering the U.S. Illegally in Record Numbers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A group of migrants claiming to be from India receive snacks and water from a Samaritans Without Borders volunteer near Lukeville, Ariz., this summer. Photo: Matt York/Associated PressAfter the second time Arshdeep Singh, a supporter of a Sikh political party in Punjab, was threatened by men he believed were affiliated with India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, his father made arrangements for him to leave the country. Singh’s 40-day journey this past summer from his village in Punjab, in northern India, to Fresno, Calif., was guided by voices of men he had never met on a cellphone. Every few days, they sent him digital boarding passes of his flights and instructions on where to meet the next local smuggler.

Persons: Matt York, Arshdeep Singh, India’s Organizations: Associated, Bharatiya Janata Party Locations: India, Lukeville, Punjab, Fresno, Calif

☆ Biden Administration Tries to Soften Blowback From Muslim Leaders in U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Sabrina Siddiqui | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden speaking with reporters during his return from Israel aboard Air Force One last week. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—The Biden administration is making public and private efforts to address concern from some Democrats, including Arab and Muslim leaders, over its staunch support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. President Biden met with Muslim-American leaders at the White House on Thursday, as his administration expressed more openness to backing a temporary pause in the conflict to get humanitarian aid into Gaza and renewed calls for a two-state solution.

Persons: Biden, Brendan Smialowski, WASHINGTON — Organizations: Air Force, Getty, WASHINGTON, Muslim, White Locations: Israel, AFP, Gaza

☆ Biden’s Gaza Response Frustrates Arab-Americans, Progressives
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Sabrina Siddiqui | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

During a visit to Israel, President Biden said he believed Israel wasn’t responsible for a deadly blast at a hospital compound in Gaza. Israel and militants blame each other for the explosion. Photo: Avi Ohayon/Israel GPO/Zuma PressWASHINGTON—President Biden reiterated his staunch support for Israel in the wake of attacks by Hamas militants during a visit to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. But back in the U.S., he’s faced criticism from progressives, Muslims and Arab-Americans, who say his sympathy for lost Palestinian lives and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is too little too late.

Persons: Biden, Israel wasn’t, Avi Ohayon, he’s Organizations: Israel GPO, Zuma Press WASHINGTON, Israel Locations: Israel, Gaza . Israel, Tel Aviv, U.S, Gaza

President Biden declared the world at an “inflection point in history” in an Oval Office address Thursday, linking Israel’s battle against Hamas to Ukraine’s fight against Russia and stressing the need for the U.S. to continue funding both wars. “American leadership is what holds the world together. American values are what make us a partner that other nations want to work with,” Biden said. “To put all that at risk and walk away from Ukraine and turn our backs on Israel. It’s just not worth it.”

Persons: Biden, Ukraine’s, ” Biden, “, It’s, ” Organizations: Russia Locations: America, Ukraine, Israel

☆ Biden’s Trip to Israel Carries Risks for U.S. Policy—and His Own Legacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Vivian Salama | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Americans Don’t Want Another Impeachment Fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Aaron Zitner | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Why Biden’s Border Policies Aren’t Working
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Michelle Hackman | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Voters Feel Better About the Economy, but Few Credit Biden, Polls Find
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Tarini Parti | David Harrison | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Asked on June 2 about Ukraine's aspirations to join NATO, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it "would be a potential problem for many, many years." Hanging over the deliberations is the question of whether alliance members can show unity by forging agreements ahead of the July 11-12 summit in the Lithuanian capital. But all agree on the need to further boost Ukraine's security between now and the day it joins NATO. Gabrielle Tarini, co-author of a new RAND Corporation report on Ukraine reconstruction, said that until Ukraine can join NATO the alliance needs to explore such measures. NATO will bolster a program of non-lethal aid for Ukraine's security forces to help them transition from Soviet-era to NATO standards, he said.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, NATO Julianne Smith, Smith, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's, Putin, Jens Stoltenberg, Stoltenberg, Emmanuel Macron, Gabrielle Tarini, Jonathan Landay, Andrew Gray, Humeyra Pamuk, Andrea Shalal, John Irish, Don Durfee, Grant McCool Organizations: NATO, Russian, Atlantic Treaty Organization, Kyiv, Kremlin, Ukraine, U.S . National Security, Diplomats, RAND Corporation, Ukraine Council, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Vilnius, U.S, Germany, Russia, Europe, Lithuanian, Eastern, Poland, United States, Israel, Russian, Kyiv, Washington, Paris

☆ U.S., Canada Reach Deal to Turn Back Migrants Crossing Northern Border Illegally
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Ken Thomas | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tens of thousands of asylum seekers have used Roxham Road to cross from New York into Quebec, Canada. OTTAWA—The U.S. and Canada have reached an agreement that would allow both countries to turn back asylum seekers who unlawfully cross the northern border, a move that aims to address an influx of border crossings between New York and Quebec. People familiar with the deal said it would give U.S. and Canadian border officials enhanced abilities to turn back such asylum seekers in either direction. The new policy would apply to people who are caught within 14 days of crossing without permission.

☆ Kamala Harris Prepares to Hit the Road for Biden Despite Cracks in Her Support
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris is preparing to campaign extensively when President Biden launches his much-anticipated re-election bid, despite concerns in the Democratic Party that her performance in office, criticized by some as uneven, has made her a liability. Ms. Harris plans to visit urban centers of swing states to persuade Black voters, young people and other liberal constituencies to re-elect Mr. Biden, according to people familiar with discussions about her campaign efforts. She will lead the administration’s advocacy for abortion rights, tout the administration’s climate investments and echo Mr. Biden’s pledge to protect Medicare and Social Security.

☆ Joe Biden Stances on Crime, Immigration Draw Flak From Some Fellow Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Catherine Lucey | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden is getting policy pushback from some Democrats as he builds party support ahead of his expected 2024 re-election bid. WASHINGTON—President Biden has taken steps to signal his party’s toughness on immigration and crime ahead of his expected re-election bid, but the moves have angered some Democratic allies who say they feel blindsided. Mr. Biden sided with Republicans pushing to repeal a local law that would change the District of Columbia’s criminal code, with the Senate expected to vote Wednesday to reject the D.C. measure. And his administration is considering a return to a policy of detaining migrant families who cross illegally into the U.S. as it looks to more restrictive policies to control the southern border.

☆ Biden Administration Considers Detaining Migrant Families to Manage Expected Border Surge
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Biden administration has held meetings in recent days to discuss detaining migrant families who cross the border illegally, as officials prepare to put in place more restrictive border-control measures to counter an expected surge in migrants, according to people familiar with the discussions. Administration officials have discussed various border policy proposals, ahead of the end of Title 42, which allowed authorities to rapidly expel asylum-seeking migrants who crossed the border illegally, those people said. Reversing the Biden administration’s current policy and detaining migrant families has been one of the proposals discussed.

☆ Biden Administration Considers Detaining Migrant Families to Stem Expected Border Surge
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Immigrants at a family residential center in Dilley, Texas, in 2019. The Biden administration has held meetings in recent days to discuss detaining migrant families who cross the border illegally, as officials prepare to put in place more restrictive border-control measures to counter an expected surge in migrants, according to people familiar with the discussions. Administration officials have discussed various border policy proposals, ahead of the end of Title 42, which allowed authorities to rapidly expel asylum-seeking migrants who crossed the border illegally, those people said. Reversing the Biden administration’s current policy and detaining migrant families has been one of the proposals discussed.

☆ Biden Administration Proposes New Limits on Asylum Seekers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Tarini Parti | Alicia A. Caldwell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden campaigned against many of the border policies enforced by former President Donald Trump, but he has kept or in some cases expanded them. The Biden administration proposed to sharply limit who can qualify for asylum after crossing the border illegally in the U.S., making migrants who move through another country on the way and don’t first apply for asylum in that country ineligible. The proposed rule, put forward jointly Tuesday by the Homeland Security and Justice departments, is similar to a policy instituted by the Trump administration in 2019, known as the transit ban. It adds to the recent more restrictive actions taken by the current administration to deter migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border.

☆ Biden Administration to Cut Mortgage Insurance Costs for Lower-Income Buyers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Andrew Ackerman | Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is expected to trim costs under a mortgage program for first-time and lower-income buyers, a bid to boost affordability while median home prices remain near record highs, according to people familiar with the move. The Federal Housing Administration will reduce the fee borrowers pay to have their mortgages insured by the agency by about $800 a year on a typical loan, or 0.3 percentage point, the people said.

President Biden will meet with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the White House Friday, a month after supporters of Mr. da Silva’s predecessor ransacked government buildings and demanded the results of the election be overturned. Mr. da Silva, a leftist former president, narrowly won against Jair Bolsonaro , a right-wing populist and ally of former President Donald Trump who has been hunkered down in Florida since late December and has applied for a six-month tourist visa to prolong his stay in the U.S.

☆ Biden to Hit Republicans on Social Security, Medicare in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden is expected to continue his drumbeat against Republicans on Social Security and Medicare in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, following his heated exchange with GOP lawmakers on the entitlement programs during his State of the Union address earlier this week. The president has increasingly used Medicare and Social Security to draw a contrast with Republicans, accusing some of supporting a plan to sunset the bedrock safety-net programs, as the White House finds itself in a stalemate with the new Republican House majority on spending levels and raising the debt ceiling.

☆ Biden Hits Republicans on Social Security, Medicare in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Tarini Parti | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden continued his drumbeat against Republicans on Social Security and Medicare in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, following his heated exchange with GOP lawmakers on the entitlement programs during his State of the Union address earlier this week. The president has increasingly used Medicare and Social Security to draw a contrast with Republicans, accusing some of supporting a plan to sunset the bedrock safety-net programs, as the White House finds itself in a stalemate with the new Republican House majority on spending levels and raising the debt ceiling.

☆ Biden to Push Economic Message After Rowdy State of the Union Speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Tarini Parti | Andrew Restuccia | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden will head to Wisconsin on Wednesday, taking the economic pitch he delivered during the State of the Union on the road as some GOP lawmakers face criticism—including from their own party—for heckling him during the prime-time speech. Mr. Biden sought to explain to the public in his address how they stand to benefit from the trillions of dollars in spending he helped shepherd through Congress, arguing that his policies have helped the U.S. economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic with the unemployment rate now at a 53-year low. Republicans say he has spent far too much federal money and been an unsteady steward of the economy.

☆ Biden to Tout Economic Message After Rowdy State of the Union Speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Tarini Parti | Andrew Restuccia | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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