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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Georgia Senate Update

December 3, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Saturday, December 3, 2022 GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFFAmong voters statewide Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) over Herschel Walker (R): +4 (52-48)CNN Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) over Herschel Walker (R): +3 (50-47)SurveyUSA Sen. […]

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Beijing Blasts Washington as ‘Expert for Coercive Diplomacy’

December 3, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After a senior US official suggested that, with its assertive behavior, China poses a threat to the rules-based international order, Beijing has blasted Washington’s long history of aggressive foreign policies, calling it to drop its […]

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Lithuanian Commander: US Troops are Combat Ready on Russian Border

December 3, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys, who is currently visiting the United States, says that American forces stationed in Lithuania – which shares a border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave on […]

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Vaccine Uptake Remains Low for Flu and Covid-19 Jabs

December 3, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Despite warnings of a possible winter Covid-19 surge and the fact that flu season started early this year and is tracking to be a difficult one, interest in getting the yearly shot and bivalent boosters […]

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US Puts Russia’s Wagner Group in Same ‘Basket’ with IS, Taliban

December 3, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday added infamous private Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group to its religious freedoms blacklist alleging that it threatened religious freedom in the Central African Republic with its actions. […]

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Biden Calls for Shakeup of Presidential Nomination Calendar

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Should the Democrat party’s presidential primary calendar be upended? President Joe Biden says yes. Biden has called for an upheaval to the primary calendar in terms of how states should be ordered, elevating South Carolina […]

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Biden, Macron, Pledge Cooperation on Russia, Middle East

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Washington, DC, seeking to heal a trade rift and present a united front on massive international issues including Ukraine, Russia, and the Middle East. The […]

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Saudi KSRelief Joins UN in Humanitarian Overview

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Saudi Arabian initiative KSRelief has joined the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs this week in order to take part in an event on global humanitarian action taking place in 2023. […]

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Tesla Chief Executive and Twitter owner Elon Musk Have Had a Busy Week

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

On the Tesla front, the richest person in the world has delivered the company’s first heavy-duty Semi truck, but it came without offering any kind of forecast of the cost for the vehicle, and without […]

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Court Strikes Down Appointment of Special Master to Review Trump Records

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A federal appeals court terminated the special master review of the plethora of documents seized from former president Donald Trump’s Florida estate. The decision marks a decisive defeat for Trump as judges opine the request […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Everybody’s Unpopular – Georgia Senate – Biden vs. Trump, Biden vs. DeSantis

December 2, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, December 2, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 41%Down 1 from Nov. 17 and Nov. 8 RON’S COMMENT: Looks like there was no boost for Biden coming out of the […]

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Moscow Deems Biden’s Terms for Peace Talks in Ukraine Unacceptable

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russia will not concede to US preconditions for negotiations although it prefers the diplomatic path towards resolving the crisis in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Commenting on President Biden’s comment on Thursday […]

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US Sanctions Hezbollah-Connected Lebanese Men, Companies

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US Treasury Department issued new Hezbollah-related sanctions on Thursday against three individuals and two companies in Lebanon for allegedly providing financial services to and facilitating weapons procurement for Hezbollah. A powerful group in Lebanon […]

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Pentagon Warns Ankara Against Ground Invasion in Syria

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the Turkish retaliatory air strikes in northern Syria late last month targeted bases used by American forces and US-backed Kurdish fighters, endangering the US troops, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday warned his Turkish […]

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Cochise County Certifies Midterm Election Results After Judge’s Order

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Officials in Republican-controlled Cochise County in rural Arizona were finally forced to certify their local midterm elections results on Thursday after a state judge ruled that it was unlawful not to certify the results by […]

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US Embassy Latest Target of the Letter Bombs that Alarmed Spain

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The area around the US embassy in Madrid was cordoned off on Thursday by the Spanish National Police which activated anti-terrorist protocols after a letter bomb was delivered to the building, Spanish authorities inform. The […]

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Another Blow to Biden’s Student Loan Debt Relief Policy

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A second federal appeals court rejected a Biden administration bid to put on hold a ruling blocking the student debt relief policy. A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to put on hold a Texas […]

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Lavrov claims US Role in Ukraine War Poses Existential Threat to Russia

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat says the United States poses an existential threat to Russia through its support for Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov used a press conference to condemn the U.S. and NATO […]

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Saudi Arabia, Spain Ink Deal to Build Combat Ships for Saudi Navy

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish state-owned company Navantia to build multi-mission combat ships for Saudi Arabia’s Navy. According to the Saudi state news agency, the MoU aims to raise […]

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Is Marjorie Taylor Greene Becoming the Face of the GOP?

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A fractured Republican Party is gearing up to take the reins of the House of Representatives. The White House is now doing something it resisted early in office: taking on the more extreme members of the […]

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Surge in Children Under Five Hospitalized for Respiratory Viruses

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United States is seeing a surge in hospitalizations for respiratory viruses, with children under five at the most risk. It comes as simultaneous shortages of antivirals and antibiotics have swept the nation. Hospitalizations for respiratory […]

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Saudi Khawlani Coffee, Camel Heda’a Added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity has been enriched on Wednesday with two new additions – Saudi Khawlani coffee and the skills and knowledge associated with its cultivation, and Camel Heda’a […]

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Terrorist Tunnel Discovered Under Gaza School by UNRWA

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to an announcement the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) issued on Tuesday, the agency workers have recently discovered a tunnel under a United Nations school […]

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Spain Detects New Letter Bombs Following Explosion in Ukraine Embassy

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A day after a letter bomb exploded at the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid injuring one employee, Spain’s interior and defense ministries said early Thursday that Spanish police are investigating a suspicious letter bomb sent to […]

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Washington Prepares to End Mpox Public Health Emergency Declaration

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a sign that officials believe they’ve brought the monthslong outbreak under control, Politico reported on Wednesday that the Biden administration is thinking about ending its public health emergency declaration for mpox, adding that a […]

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Musk Met with Apple CEO Amid Tensions, Resolved Misunderstanding

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Just two days after he claimed Apple had threatened to pull Twitter from its app store, Elon Musk on Wednesday met with Apple CEO Tim Cook, pointing out afterward that they’ve had a “good conversation” […]

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Brexit Britain Trapped in the Middle of US – EU Trade War

November 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

There is a brewing war on trade between the United States and the European Union. Caught in the middle is the United Kingdom. Three years ago, Britain left the EU to chart its own course, including […]

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US Potentially Send Ukraine Patriot Missile Defense System

November 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United States is considering sending the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine to help bolster its air defenses against an ongoing barrage of Russian strikes. U.S. officials say that all capabilities are on the […]

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Oath Keepers Founder Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy in Capitol Attack Plot

November 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia Stewart Rhodes has been found guilty of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Rhodes and his co-defendant Kelly Meggs have now […]

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US to Boost Spending on Tribal Lands, Help Relocate Climate-Impacted Tribes

November 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United States is increasing spending on Native American tribes in one of the biggest efforts ever to relocate communities that are facing an urgent threat of climate change. The White House announced that the […]

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