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A group of senators is in Beijing this week, meeting with top Chinese officials about the value of the Chinese currency, the yuan. Democrats and Republicans have authored a bill threatening China with a huge tariff increase on its exports to the United States unless Beijing allows the yuan to strengthen significantly against the dollar.

Israeli troops storm a prison in Jericho and take custody of six Palestinian militants, including those accused of murdering an Israeli cabinet minister five years ago. The action prompts riots in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where foreign diplomatic missions are attacked and foreigners are kidnapped.

After weeks of controversy, the results of groundbreaking experiments that purported to show how to make stem-cell lines from individual patients using cloning techniques will be retracted. A senior author of the paper, a top South Korean researcher, admits that some of the results were faked.

The Biden administration came to office promising to revive a nuclear deal with Iran, but for months officials have said time is running out. The top negotiator is briefing Congress on the stalemate.

Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) has resigned from the House after pleading guilty to tax evasion and bribery conspiracy. Cunningham admitted he took than $2 million in exchange for favors to defense contracting companies.

A bill that allows businesses to sue local governments over ordinances that cause a loss in profits is headed to the Governor’s desk. Senate Bill 620, coined the Local Business Protection Act, passed 69-45 in the house earlier this month. The Senate passed the bill 22-14 in January.

Russia's top prosecutor called for Facebook and Instagram's parent company to be labeled an extremist group after Meta said it would permit some calls for violence against "Russian invaders."

Stanley Fischer, President Obama's choice to be the Federal Reserve's vice chairman, is on Capitol Hill Thursday for a confirmation hearing .

A federal judge dropped two of the charges against Luigi Mangione — the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — making his case no longer eligible for the death penalty.

Houston voters will choose their next mayor Saturday in a runoff election between Texas State Sen. John Whitmire and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.