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Month: August 2022

Politics

Biden Ramps Up Anti-Republican Rhetoric Ahead of Midterms

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden has appeared to ramp up his rhetoric against the G.O.P. as this year’s midterm elections come closer.  Biden appeared to take a swipe at Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and other […]

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Technology

Snap to Cut 20% of Staff, Cancel Projects

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Snap announced today that it will lay off 20 percent of all staff and shut down projects, including mobile games and novelties like a flying drone camera, as high inflation and a deteriorating economy ravage […]

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NGO

Rights Groups Sue to Block Indiana Abortion Ban 

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Indiana abortion rights groups and medical providers filed a new lawsuit on Tuesday to stop the state’s ban on the procedure from going into effect. The lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf […]

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Administration

DOJ Opposes Trump’s Request for Special Master for Seized Documents

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Arguing that former President Donald Trump lacks the legal standing for his request, the US Department of Justice urged on Tuesday the judge to reject Trump’s request to have more than 100 classified documents and […]

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Politics

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev Dies

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a severe and long illness and has been in failing health for some time.  The former leader […]

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Foreign Policy

Netherlands Slams US Gun Violence after Dutch Soldier Killed

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Netherlands’ defense minister expressed serious concern over American gun violence after one Dutch commando was killed and two other soldiers were wounded in a shooting incident in Indiana over the weekend. The three Dutch soldiers, […]

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Administration

Raul Ortiz: Biden’s Border Policies Sparked Immigration Crisis

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Biden administration’s decision to walk back Trump-era enforcement measures has caused the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border over the past 18 months, Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz admitted under oath in a […]

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Business

Lucid to Boost Capital by Raising $8Bn Through New Offerings

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In its efforts to boost production and working capital, the luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Group plans to raise $8 billion through new offerings at a time when supply chain disruptions and shortages of parts […]

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Pfizer and BioNTech revealed that a supplemental dose of their coronavirus vaccine restored complete protection
Health

COVID Jabs, Treatments to Be Moved to US Private Markets in 2023

August 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Americans will have to obtain Covid-19 vaccines and treatments through insurers or pay for them out-of-pocket as soon as January 2023 since the Biden administration plans to move them to the private markets once its […]

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Politics

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Student Loans – Abortion Voting – Biden, Trump Personality Contest – Better Party Next Door – Arizona

August 30, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, August 30, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters) to 45% (Rasmussen, CBS). Biden’s disapproval […]

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Administration

Sweeping Children’s Online Safety Bill Passed in California

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

California has adopted new rules that will require many online services to increase protections for children. The rules could change how popular social media and game platforms treat minors.  Social media and game platforms often use […]

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Energy

The US to See Renewable Energy Boom 

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Renewable energy is set for an unprecedented boom after the first-ever climate bill was signed into law. Solar and wind projects are expected to double their capacity by the end of the decade and provide the […]

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Business

Musk Sends Fresh Letter to Get Out of Twitter Deal 

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Elon Musk is still trying his hardest to get out of his deal to purchase Twitter. He has now sent an additional letter of deal termination after he subpoenaed a whistleblower seeking documents on how the […]

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Politics

More Than 40% of Americans Think Civil War Likely Within Decade

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

More than two-fifths of Americans believe that a civil war is at least somewhat likely in the next decade. The figure increases to more than half among “strong Republicans.”  New research released by YouGov and […]

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Politics

Republicans in Disarray as Trump and Abortion Scramble Midterms 

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

There is massive in-fighting within the Republican Party over the direction of the midterms. While the G.O.P. is still favored to take the House in the midterm elections in November, both former president Donald Trump and […]

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Embassy

The US Denies Evacuating Baghdad Embassy, Calls for Dialogue in Iraq

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The White House denied on Monday the reports that it had begun evacuating diplomats from the US Embassy in Baghdad amid mass unrest in Iraq which protesters stormed Iraq’s parliament building and the presidential palace. […]

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Energy

US Oil Reserves Near Four-Decade Low

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) fell to 450 million barrels at its lowest level since 1984 in the week to Aug. 26, with the crude oil inventory falling by 3.1 million barrels, according to […]

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Administration

Ukraine Aid Brought US Artillery Stockpiles to Uncomfortable Low

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the White House approved and delivered billions of dollars in lethal aid for Ukraine since February, the US military is running uncomfortably low stockpiles of some types of ammunition. Several military officials told the […]

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Energy

Ex Saudi Aramco VP: American LNG No Alternative to Russian Gas for EU

August 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The former executive vice president at Saudi Aramco, Sadad Al-Husseini, believes that there is not enough capacity in the world to replace Russia’s gas supply to the European Union with LNG. In an interview for […]

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Politics

LUNCHTIME POLITCS: New Polls from Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico, Missouri, California

August 29, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, August 29, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43%Up 1 from Aug. 18 RON’S COMMENT: Biden continues to inch up the approval scale…. Today’s average is based on four polls, […]

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Administration

Strong US Labor Market Amid Resilient Demand May Mean Aggressive Rate Hike

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The most recent US jobs report ahead of the Federal Reserve’s September policy meeting indicated that employers continued to add jobs at a healthy, but more moderate, pace in August.  This underscored the durability and […]

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Health

How Polio Returned to the US

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A mutated virus, anti-Vader’s, and a vulnerable population. Polio has returned to the United States. The disease was snuffed out of the country in the 1970s. But now, it’s come back.  This June, a young man in […]

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Business

Moderna’s Covid Vaccine Lawsuit Looks Ahead to Future Markets

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The unexpected lawsuit from Moderna filed against Pfizer and BioNTech over patent infringement for its Covid vaccination technology shows more about the future market for mRNA shots than the current state of the Covid pandemic.  […]

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Business

Bitcoin Drops Below $20,000 Over Concerns on Fed Rate Hikes 

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Bitcoin made another fall on Monday, extending its drop below $20,000, amid concern over the Federal Reserve’s rate-hike path.  The largest crypto token fell as much as 2.3 percent today to $19,527. This means the […]

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Politics

Ukraine Using Resistance Warfare Developed by the US to Fight Back 

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Russian war in Ukraine has passed the six-month mark. U.S. and European officials say that Ukraine has successfully used a method of resistance warfare that was developed by U.S. special operations forces to fight back […]

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NGO

Grossi: IAEA to Visit Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Later This Week

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is on its way to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which has been the target of strikes in recent weeks, the agency’s chief Rafael Grossi announced on […]

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Politics

Another American Reportedly Killed Fighting in Donbas

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A 24-year-old Memphis native fighting alongside Ukraine soldiers in the hotly contested Donbas region of the besieged country is the latest American killed by Russian-backed militias, the State Department confirmed, declining to reveal the American’s […]

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Business

Saudi Arabia Increases Female Workforce Participation to 33.6%

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to a report released by the Small and Medium Enterprises Authority – also known as Monsha’at – the total female workforce participation in Saudi Arabia rose to 33.6% in the first quarter of 2022. […]

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NGO

UN Rights Chief Worried About the Effects of Assange’s Extradition

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Julian Assange’s potential extradition raises serious concerns for media freedom and could have a chilling effect on investigative journalism, United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet has warned, noting that his prosecution could hurt future whistleblowers. […]

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Environment

Mississippi Mayor Reiterates Evacuation Call as River Waters Rise

August 29, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As record-setting rain threatens to flood streets and creep into homes in the course of today and tomorrow, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi’s biggest city, reiterated his calls for citizens to evacuate, warning them not […]

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