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Musk ‘lied’ when he tweeted about Tesla takeover, attorney argues

January 19, 2023 Dime

The San Francisco trial has begun alleging that Elon Musk deceptively drove up the price of Tesla’s stock. Tesla investors are seeking ‘billions’ in damages on behalf of those who traded stock after Musk posted […]

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New Biden Admin Program to Allow US Organizations to Sponsor Refugees

January 19, 2023 Dime

According to two sources who spoke to Fox News Digital, the Biden administration will on Thursday begin a new pilot program that will let American organizations sponsor refugees directly. If they gather enough money, pass […]

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US Obtains Exclusion of NGOs from Drafting AI Treaty

January 18, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The first international treaty on Artificial Intelligence is being drafted. However, civil society organizations will not have a seat at that table. Civil society organizations have been excluded from the drafting process due to a request […]

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Far-right Republicans Greene and Gosar Restored to House Committees

January 18, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Two far-right members of Congress whose threatening behavior prompted their removal from committees were given assignments for the new Congress. The assignments, announced Tuesday, fulfill a past promise by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to […]

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State Department Encourages UK, EU Terror Designation of IRGC

January 18, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Amid ramped-up pressure to further isolate the Iranian regime, the State Department said it is encouraging European Union and the United Kingdom to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization and […]

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Treat Trump and Biden Equally, Senator McConnell Tells the DoJ

January 18, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Special counsels at the Department of Justice should treat equally President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump as they investigate their possession of classified documents at Biden’s Washington office and home in Delaware and […]

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Davos Begins – But Is It Becoming Irrelevant?

January 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Delegates are settling into Davos 2023 for the beginning of the annual World Economic Forum meeting. But the World Economic Forum is facing both growing skepticism and competition. The power of Davos is the guest list. […]

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Trump: “We’ll Handle That” if DeSantis Challenges Him for 2024

January 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former president Donald Trump is already after his leading competition for the Republican nomination for the White House in 2024. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to throw his hat into the ring for the […]

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No Visitor Logs for Biden’s Delaware Home, the White House Claims

January 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Since President Joe Biden’s house in Wilmington, Delaware – where classified documents from his vice-presidential days were found- is a private residence, no visitor logs exist for it, the White House Counsel’s office said on […]

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Croatian President Says US, NATO Waging ‘Proxy War’ Against Russia

January 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Washington and NATO are waging a proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has claimed as quoted by media outlet Istra24. Speaking to Croatian reporters in the city of Vukovar on Sunday, […]

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An Unknown, But Crucial Election in Wisconsin

January 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

There is a massive election happening this year, arguably the most important election in the United States in 2023. A spring state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin has serious implications for politics across the nation. […]

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Republicans Want Biden Home Visitor Logs – But Not Trump’s

January 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The House Republicans are calling for the release of visitor logs for President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware. The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (Ky) on Sunday demanded visitor logs for […]

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NYC Mayor Demands Federal Government to Do More to Secure Border

January 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The federal government has to take a bigger, more proactive role in addressing the migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border that is overwhelming city officials, New York City Democratic Mayor demanded on Sunday. Mayor Eric […]

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US, UAE to Invest $20bn 15 GW of New Clean Energy Projects

January 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In the first wave of investment under their $100 billion clean energy partnership, the United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed on Sunday to allocate $20 billion to fund 15 gigawatts (GW) of […]

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Le Monde: France Warns Europe of the Risk from US Cyber Defense

January 15, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Since the war began in Ukraine, the United States has sent several specialized teams to help European countries feeling vulnerable to Russian cyberattacks but France, on the other side, is concerned that this could risk […]

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Five More Classified Docs Found at Biden’s Delaware Home

January 15, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Five additional pages with classified markings were discovered at US President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware home on Thursday, and were immediately handed over to Justice Department officials, Biden’s special counsel announced on Saturday. Richard Sauber, […]

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Biden Should Be Impeached for War Crimes in Ukraine, Kentucky Dem Says

January 15, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden should be “immediately” thrown out of office for a series of war crimes committed by his administration, Kentucky progressive Democrat and gubernatorial candidate Geoffrey Young has proposed on Saturday in a post […]

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US Projected to Hit Debt Ceiling on Jan. 19, Yellen Warns

January 14, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United States is projected to reach its roughly $31.4 trillion borrowing limit in less than a week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday, sharing the debt estimate in a letter to Republican Speaker […]

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Court Orders Trump Organization to Pay $1.6m as Tax Fraud Penalty

January 14, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A New York judge ordered the former US president Donald Trump’s real estate business on Friday to pay a $1.6 million fine after he found it guilty of a 15-year scheme to defraud tax authorities. […]

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Exxon Accurately Predicted Climate Change in the 1970s and 80s

January 13, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The oil giant Exxon privately predicted global warming correctly. It then spent decades publicly ridiculing and discrediting such science in order to protect its core business, new research has found. For decades, the fossil fuel industry […]

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House Republicans to Vote on Bill to End Income Tax and IRS

January 13, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After a tumultuous start to its term, the Republican-led House is starting on its agenda items. House Republicans are going to vote to slash funding for the IRS and repeal the federal income tax. However, the […]

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Snowden Points to Real Scandal Regarding Biden’s Mishandling of Docs

January 13, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As the investigation of Biden’s potential mishandling of sensitive documents begins to unfold, the former CIA and National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who found asylum in Russia, suggested in a series of tweets that […]

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Morning Consult Survey Finds Tesla’s Brand Image Is Tanking

January 13, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The brand image of Tesla, the world’s top electric vehicle maker, whose favorability is declining in the wake of its CEO Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover of Twitter, is slowly tanking, according to a new survey. […]

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Special Counsel Named After Third Batch of Docs Found in Biden’s Possession

January 13, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday he had appointed a special counsel to handle the investigation of President Joe Biden’s ‘mishandling’ of classified documents after earlier that morning Biden’s personal counsel informed the […]

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Saudi Arabia is the World’s Energy ‘Safety Valve’, Minister Says

January 12, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A top Saudi Arabia Minister said the nation has a major role to play in the world’s energy supply, especially in the mining sector. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih discussed a global shortage […]

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FAA Outage Traced to “Damaged Database File”

January 12, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) came to a drastic standstill, temporarily grounding all domestic flights and causing chaos in airports nationwide. The agency said it traced the mass system outage that day to a “damaged […]

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The Possible Gas Stoves Ban Prompted Some High-Level Backlash

January 12, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The news that a US Federal Agency Considering a ban on gas stoves, a source of indoor pollution linked to childhood asthma that more than 40 million Americans use at home, set off a firestorm […]

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Second Batch of Classified Docs Found at New Location by Biden Aides

January 12, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

At least one additional batch of classified documents was discovered by aides to President Joe Biden in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, NBC News report. According […]

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EP Might Exclude Pfizer Officials for Lack of Transparency

January 12, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Prompted by Pfizer Inc’s lack of transparency in vaccine purchase contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Parliament’s COVI committee approved on Thursday the proposal to ban the company’s officials from the European Parliament. The […]

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World Bank Warns Global Economy Risks Another Recession

January 11, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The World Bank has warned that the global economy risks its second recession within three years in 2023. The institution said that any fresh setback to a global economy already rapidly weakening as a result […]

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