The Morning Dispatch
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U.S. Getting More Serious About a TikTok Ban
Plus: Grand slams ⚾, Pong 🏓, and a March Madness update 🏀!
French Pension Reform Muscled Through
Facing potential defeat, Macron sidesteps the National Assembly.
Inflation Sticking Around
The Federal Reserve faces twin challenges as prices continue to rise while the banking system wobbles.
The Second-Largest Bank Failure In U.S. History
The federal government tries to contain the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.
A Renewed Push to Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organizations
Plus: What’s going on with schoolgirls in Iran?
McCarthy Puts Republicans in a January 6 Bind
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson debuts his latest round of January 6 revisionist history.
Congress Wades Into D.C. Crime Policy
President Biden has vowed not to veto a Republican-led measure that would reverse an overhaul of the capital’s criminal code.
COVID-19’s Origins Back Under the Microscope
“[Whether] this was a lab leak or not, it’s absolutely conceivable that the next epidemic could be started by a laboratory.”
Worrying Nuclear Reports Out of Iran
The Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment creeps toward weapons grade.
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Sink Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation
Plus: Lori Lightfoot becomes the first Chicago mayor to lose reelection in decades.
Biden’s Immigration Saga
Supporters and detractors alike say Biden’s new immigration plan sounds a lot like his predecessor’s.
The China-Russia Partnership Holds Steadfast
American officials say Beijing will face consequences if it supports Russia’s war with lethal aid.