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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Voting Issues – Celebrities Talking Politics – Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Texas, Georgia – Trans Athletes – Abortions

June 16, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, June 16, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 41%Up 2 from Tuesday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 39% (Reuters) to 44% (Economist). Biden’s disapproval […]

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The Federal Reserve Hikes Up Interest Rates

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Federal Reserve announced its largest interest rate hike in nearly 30 years. The Fed escalated its battle against inflation with the largest interest rate hike in 28 years, as the central bank struggles to […]

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EPA Announces New Limits for Some Forever Chemicals

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Environmental Protection Agency announced new advisory limits for “forever chemicals”. Forever chemicals are dangerous chemicals that never degrade in the environment and contaminate drinking water, soil, air, food, and numerous products people consume or […]

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Biden Signs Executive Order to Fight Anti-LGBTQ State Bills

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden signed a historic executive order aimed at combating a shocking number of anti-LGBTQ bills that are being introduced in states across the country. The order aims to curb discrimination against transgender youth […]

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FDA Panel Authorizes COVID-19 Vaccines for Children 6 Months and Older

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisers voted unanimously in favor of expanding the emergency use authorizations for Covid vaccinations to include children as young as 6 months. Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have both been […]

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Internet Explorer, Windows’ Web Star, Dies at 26

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Rest in peace, Internet Explorer. Microsoft has retired Internet Explorer after 27 years. It marks the end of an era for the web browser. Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer in favor of Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer first […]

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UK Security Service Arrests Suspected Russian Spy at Gatwick Airport

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Metropolitan Police at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex arrested on Monday evening a man in his 40s on suspicion of spying for Russia as he was trying to board an outbound flight to leave […]

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Labor Shortage Entices Walmart to Raise Pay for Pharmacy Technicians

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

More than 36,000 pharmacy technicians will start this week with a larger income after the US largest retailer Walmart said it is raising the average hourly pay for its store and Sam’s Club pharmacy technicians […]

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Zakharova: West ‘Shot Itself in the Head’ with Energy Sanctions

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Trying to limit the oil and gas imports from Russia due to the Ukraine conflict, the West had shot itself in the head, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. While Europe has […]

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Canberra Formally Commits to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions by 43%

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In an effort to fulfill a key election pledge, the new Australian government formally committed on Thursday to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade. The 2030 […]

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Russia Captured US Fighters in Ukraine, State Department Investigates

June 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The two Americans that were fighting alongside Ukrainian forces north of Kharkiv and have been missing for nearly a week, sparking fears that they may have been captured by Russian forces, were indeed captured, the […]

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UK Rwanda Asylum Flight Canceled after 11th Hour Intervention

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Kingdom canceled a flight at the last minute that was scheduled to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda last night after the European Court of Human Rights intervened. The European Court of Human Rights […]

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Takeaways from Tuesday’s Elections

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Voters in South Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Maine, and North Dakota have chosen their nominees on Tuesday for this year’s midterm elections. Former President Donald Trump was at the center of many of these primary elections. In […]

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New Abortion Study Shows 1 in 5 Pregnancies in US Aborted

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Abortions have increased in the United States after there was a long decline according to a new study. Both the number and rate of abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after there was a long decline. […]

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Crypto Currency Hits Massive Trouble as Coinbase Lays Off 18% of Staff

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Coinbase announced it will be laying off almost a fifth of its workforce. It comes amid a collapse in crypto prices. Eighteen percent of Coinbase’s full-time jobs will be cut according to an email to all […]

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EU Launches Legal Action against UK Over Northern Ireland Deal after Brexit

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The European Union launched new legal proceedings against the United Kingdom over its failure to implement parts of the post-Brexit deal it agreed with the bloc over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Earlier this week, the […]

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IMD Report Ranks Saudi Arabia 7th Most Competitive Economy in G20

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) has ranked the kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the seventh most competitive economy among G20 countries in the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2022. Denmark was ranked top, followed by […]

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FDA Advisory Panel Greenlights Moderna Jab for Kids, Teens 6 to 17

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has been granted on Tuesday authorization to expand the use in children and teenagers ages 6 to 17 by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) advisory panel of outside experts. The panel […]

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The US Pressured Facebook into Suspending Slovak Politician’s Page

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A group of US congressmen has pressured Facebook to act against hate speech in Slovakia, sending a letter to Meta company and forcing Facebook to suspend the page of Slovak opposition member Ľuboš Blaha. In […]

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Energy Transactions with Sanctioned Russian Banks Allowed by the US

June 15, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US Treasury Department has extended on Tuesday the sanctions waiver allowing third-party purchases of Russian oil, natural gas, and other energy commodities until 5 December via transactions with Russian banks. According to the document […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Arizona, Utah, New York, Maryland – Jan. 6 Hearing – Tuesday Trivia

June 14, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, June 14, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 39%Down 1 from May 31 RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 35% (Quinnipiac) to 43% (Economist). Biden’s […]

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Bear Market Hits Wall Street

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The S&P 500 closed in the bear market territory after dropping more than 20 percent below its record high earlier this year. The 2022 stock sell-off intensified on Monday, with the S&P 500 tumbling to fresh […]

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The US Quietly Urges Russia Fertilizer Deals to Unlock Grain Trade

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United States has quietly been pushing companies to ramp up the Russian fertilizer trade as global food costs rise and food shortages loom. The U.S. government is quietly pushing companies to buy and carry […]

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Trump’s Inner Circle Testifies His Election Claims Were Bogus

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on the Capitol accused former president Donald Trump of lying purposely to the public in order to stay in power and raise money from sympathetic […]

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Google Engineer Says AI System May Have Its Own Feelings

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Does one of Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems have feelings? A Google engineer says the Language Model for Dialogue Applications (Lamda) AI system has its own sentient mind. Google has rejected the claim and said there […]

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White House Press Secretary Dismisses Reports of Concerns Over Biden’s Reelection

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dismissed reports that there are concerns over whether President Joe Biden should seek reelection. Jean-Pierre waved off questions over Biden’s age or stamina, in particular, saying that it was not […]

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Turkey Won’t Change Stand on NATO Expansion at the Summit

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Ankara maintains its opposition to NATO expansion that includes Sweden and Finland and that position will be reiterated by the president at the […]

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Sullivan Discusses Managing Competition with Top China Official

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As the Biden administration looks to manage competition between the United States and China, the White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met on Monday with Yang Jiechi, Director of the Chinese Office of the […]

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Global Life Expectancy Reduced by 2,2 Years by Particulate Pollution

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The global life expectancy has been reduced by 2.2 years by particulate air pollution compared to a hypothetical world that meets international health guidelines, the University of Chicago’s 2022 Air Quality Life Index shows. The […]

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DeWine Signed Bill Allowing Ohio Schools to Arm Employees

June 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Ohio GOP Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law on Monday the bill that as of this fall allows Ohio school districts to begin arming employees. Before an employee can go armed, he must go through […]

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