Focus Washington September 2022

White House Tells Americans Covid Boosters Will Be Annual

September 7, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a move that reflects another transition point in the United States’ fight against the coronavirus, US federal health officials said Tuesday that COVID boosters will be annual to offer the best protection against the […]

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Netflix to Pull Offensive Content, Gulf States Demand

September 7, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Netflix must remove some of its shows and movies deemed offensive from the streaming service because they’re violating Islamic and societal values and principles, several Gulf Arab countries have requested via Saudi Arabia’s media regulator. […]

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American Voters Deluged by Ads in Fight to Control Congress, Future Elections

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Voters across America are being bombarded with political ads. The November midterm elections have invaded living rooms across the nation. Spending on political ads this cycle is set to reach nearly $10 billion by Election Day […]

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Gov Funding, Gay Marriage in Focus for Congress

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The U.S. Congress needs to pass a stop-gap bill to keep the federal government funded now that Congress is back in session. Congress could also vote on protecting gay marriage rights. A brief Washington work period […]

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“Doctor Doom” Forecasts Historic US Stock Market Crash

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Renowned economist and professor at New York University Nouriel Roubini has issued a stark warning that the U.S. economy is risking becoming mired in a mess of declining output, rising inflation, and skyrocketing unemployment. Roubini […]

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Farmers Face Plague of Pests as Global Warming Raises Soil Temp

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Plagues of pests that devour key food crops are advancing northwards in the United States and becoming much more widespread. Climate change has meant the soil has increased in temperature, new research is a warning. The […]

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Dems Erase Republican Senate Advantage

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Republicans have been enjoying advantages in the Senate races over the past few months. That has come to an end. Democrats have had new life breathed into their campaigns. According to analysis, neither party has a […]

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US Flies B-52s Over Middle East to Simulate Bombing Mission

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Amid the tense haggling on restoring a nuclear deal with Iran, two American long-distance warplanes flew across the Middle East on Monday as part of a simulated international bombing exercise. In a show of force, […]

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World’s First Inhaled Covid Vaccine Gets EUA in China

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

China’s medicines regulator issued on Sunday emergency use authorization (EUA) for an inhaled Covid-19 vaccine, making China the first country in the world to do so and pave the way for the potential use of […]

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President Biden Against Designating Russia as State Sponsor of Terrorism

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden advised against designating Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism over the war in Ukraine despite Ukraine’s persistent pressure to do so since the start of the conflict. Speaking to reporters at […]

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Federal Judge Greenlights Trump’s Request for Special Master

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A federal judge decided on Monday to grant former President Trump’s request and ordered an independent special master to be appointed to review materials that the FBI seized during its raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence […]

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Instagram Fined $400M for Breaking Data Protection Laws in Ireland

September 6, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US tech giant Instagram is facing over $400 million in fines, currently the highest for a Meta-owned company, in Ireland for breaking data protection laws, specifically pertaining to children’s privacy on the app, the […]

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Saudi Arabia, UAE Non-Oil Economies Improve in August

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The private sector in Saudi Arabia gathered pace in August. The non-oil private sector expanded during the month at its fastest growth rate since October 2021. Business activity has been boosted by improving demand conditions, according […]

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How the Apple AirTag Became a Gift to Stalkers

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The AirTag was intended to help people find their keys. Instead, it has facilitated a boom in terrifying behaviors from abusers. Last year, Apple launched the AirTag — a wireless, Bluetooth device designed to keep track […]

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Viral Video Compares Crowd Sizes at Biden and Trump Midterm Events

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A video has gone viral that compares the audience sizes of recent rallies held by US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this week. Trump and his supporters are famously obsessed […]

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Next British Prime Minister Will Be Liz Truss

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Liz Truss will become the United Kingdom’s next prime minister. Truss beat out the other top contender, Rishi Sunak, in the bitterly fought Conservative leadership contest. Truss was the foreign secretary under Boris Johnson. She won […]

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OPEC+ Agrees to Cut October Crude Supply

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The influential energy alliance of massive oil producers OPEC+ agreed to cut its October crude output by 100,000 barrels a day, which will revert the output level to August numbers in order to support prices. […]

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Lightfoot Lashes Out as Another 50 Migrants Bussed into Chicago

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As more migrants arrived in Chicago from Texas, Chicago Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot once again blasted GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday, accusing him of manufacturing a human crisis and using migrants as human […]

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Abbott Offers Rape Victims Morning After Pill Instead of Abortions

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Although the abortion ban in Texas makes no exception for rape or incest, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Sunday that victims of such crimes can take emergency contraception, the so-called morning-after pill, and call […]

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Trump’s Attack on FBI Potentially Incitement, Rep. Lofgren says

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former President Donald Trump’s recent attacks against the FBI potentially amount to incitement, Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, said on Sunday. During a […]

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US Ambassador Leaves Russia after Completing His Tenure

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

US Ambassador to the Russian Federation, John J. Sullivan, left Russia on Sunday after completing his tenure as US envoy in Moscow, the diplomatic mission in Moscow announced. Sullivan, whose career has spanned four decades […]

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Dozens of Looted Antiquities Seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

September 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Manhattan district attorney’s office has seized dozens of ancient artifacts from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art that the investigators believe to be looted, executing three search warrants. The spokesperson for the District […]

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Trump Denounces Biden for Anti-MAGA Speech

September 4, 2022 Dime

President Joe Biden’s address to the nation earlier in the week was criticized by former President Donald Trump, who called it the most “vicious” speech ever made by an American president, Fox News informed. Trump […]

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Gina McCarthy, National Climate Adviser for the White House Resigns

September 4, 2022 Dime

Gina McCarthy, the national climate adviser for the White House, announced her resignation on Friday, Fox News informed. Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary for the White House, confirmed to reporters on Friday that McCarthy is […]

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Arizona Democrat Resigns from House after Winning Primaries

September 4, 2022 Dime

A Democratic state House of Representatives member who just won his primary election for the state Senate declared his resignation on Friday, removing himself from the ballot in his southwest Phoenix district, Fox News informed. […]

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RNC Invests Money in Engaging with APA Voters and Other Minority Communities

September 4, 2022 Dime

Prior to the impending midterm elections this autumn, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has made an effort to engage Asian Pacific American (APA) voters and some other minority communities, Fox News informed. It has spent […]

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Numerous Gang Members and Criminal Illegal Immigrants Detained by Border Patrol

September 4, 2022 Dime

This week, Border Patrol officials captured nearly two dozen gang members and felons, including sex offenders, in one overburdened area of the southern border, Fox News informed. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported the capture […]

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Biden States he Does Not See Trump Supporters as Danger to US

September 3, 2022 Dime

On Friday, President Biden stated that he does not view any Donald Trump supporters as a “danger” to the United States, but he added that it is “wrong” that violence is not condemned when it […]

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White House Defends Biden’s Comparisons MAGA Mentality with ‘Semi-fascism’

September 3, 2022 Dime

Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary for the White House, was repeatedly pressed on Thursday to respond to President Biden’s comparison of the “extreme MAGA mentality” of former President Donald Trump to “semi-fascism,” Fox News informed. […]

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House Democrats not saying whether they concur with Biden that GOP is a threat to democracy

September 3, 2022 Dime

Democrats in the House who are up for re-election in the 2019 midterm elections are holding back on declaring whether they concur with President Biden’s assertion that “MAGA Republicans” pose a threat to American democracy, […]

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