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The Supreme Court turned down Trump’s appeal
Former US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have said that the Supreme Court should stay proceedings in the New York court to prevent “grave injustice and harm to the institution of the presidency”. This comes after Trump was found guilty last week by a jury of 34 counts of faking business records to hide a payment…
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There are people that agree that Hitler was a Communist
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in a post on social media said, “I am signaling to whoever wants to listen that this is…space for a political actor.” He added, “This is the space for…political actor.” Musk has also praised US President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the US elections. Musk also supported far-right party Alternative…
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Some of the living presidents are expected to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
President-elect Donald Trump, after paying his respects to former US President Jimmy Carter, said, “I viewed him as…good man, high moral values.” Trump also said that he and wife Melania met with members of the Carter family earlier in the day. “He was one of the great presidents of our time,” Trump added.
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Meta’s Fact-Checking partners say they were blindsided by the decision
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said Meta’s third-party fact-checking programme is “too politically biased” and it is removing its funding from the ecosystem. Meta’s CEO Joel Kaplan said that the platform is switching to a “community notes” model in which users will be asked to verify their posts and videos. The move was made in…
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The Justice Department wants to only release part of the report on Trump cases
US Attorney General Jack Smith has decided to not make public his report on President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. “To avoid…risk of prejudice to defendants Nauta and De Oliveira, the Attorney General has determined…he will not publicly release Volume two as long as defendants’ criminal proceedings remain pending,” DOJ lawyers wrote in…
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The Las Vegas police released logs from the Cybertruck explosion
Authorities have said that the 37-year-old man who killed himself by shooting himself in front of Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, US, didn’t have a criminal record. They added that the man wasn’t being surveilled or investigated. Matthew Livelsberger had left notes saying that the explosion “was meant to be a wake-up call for the…
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Fact-Checkers were replaced with X- Style Community Notes
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Meta has rolled back its content moderation and fact-checking policies. Zuckerberg said the new policies would “ease the pressure on Meta to moderate political posts and stories”. “We’ll also simplify our content policies and…get rid of restrictions on topics like immigration and gender that are just out of…
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Biden made an eleventh-hour move to block coastal oil drilling
US President Joe Biden has said he is using the authority granted to him under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit future oil and gas exploration in areas along the East and West coasts. Biden added that drilling off the coast could cause irreversible damage to places and that it was unnecessary to…
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Congress approves the election of the winner in the shadow of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot
The US Congress on Tuesday certified Donald Trump’s win in the 2020 presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the presidential election to Trump, oversaw the proceedings certifying Trump’s win and announced the final tally: 312 to 226. The law makes it clear that there aren’t valid reasons for a lawmaker to object to…
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A Cybertruck is outside of a Las Vegas hotel
A man died after a vehicle exploded in a crowd at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Las Vegas, officials said. The person was found dead inside the truck, they added. Trump’s son Eric tweeted, “My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families during this difficult time.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk…
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Carter’s single term in the White House stirred controversy for more than 40 years
Former US President Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1981 for his humanitarian and peace initiatives. Carter won it for “his efforts in promoting the elimination of poverty, injustice, and violence in all its forms”. He also won the Peace Prize in 1982 for his “struggle to end the Vietnam War”, stating,…
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America needs more Jimmy Carters
Ex-US President Jimmy Carter passed away on Tuesday at the age of 90 due to cancer. Carter, who served as US President from 1977 to 1981, is remembered for freeing 52 Americans and a diplomat in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ seizure of 52 US hostages. He was honoured with the Nobel…
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America needs more Jimmy Carters
Former US President Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100 on Sunday in Plains, Georgia. He was the fourth US President to die in office. He had served as President from 1977 to 1981 after losing a bid for the White House in 1978 to Ronald Reagan. He had also served as Secretary…
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A plane was shot down unintentionally by Russia, according to the president of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the crash of an Azerbaijani plane over the Caspian Sea last week was unintentionally shot down by Russia. He added that the plane had multiple holes in its fuselage and that the occupants had sustained injuries “due to foreign particles penetrating the cabin mid-flight”. He further said…
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The Supreme Court was asked to delay the start of the ban
US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to stay the deadline set by the Electronic Communications Technology & Privacy Protection Act to divest TikTok’s US operations by January 19. Trump said he “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office”. ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, said…
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The acting president in South Korea was impeached
South Korean lawmakers have voted unanimously to overrule the impeachment of acting President Yoon Sang-soo over a decree allowing troops to enter the National Assembly. Yoon’s decree, issued last month, allows troops to enter the assembly building to hold hearings on his impeachment. Yoon’s ruling People Power Party is protesting against the impeachment, while his…
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The heart of the Gaetz Report has an opinion
Former US lawmaker Matt Gaetz “knowingly and willfully” used an email account in the House of Representatives to procure women for sex, the US House of Representatives’ Ethics Committee said in its report. Gaetz used the email account to solicit women for sex, it added. Gaetz, who resigned from the House last month, allegedly engaged…
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Like earlier times, Trump sent Congress scrambling to avoid a shutdown
US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday said that she agreed with President-elect Donald Trump that the Congress shouldn’t govern again by hostage taking. Warren was referring to Musk’s role in killing a bipartisan government funding bill. This comes after Musk’s campaign on X to kill the deal helped kill it and led to the shutdown…
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The Fulton District Attorney was blocked from the Trump election interference case
A Georgia court has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office cannot continue prosecuting the case involving US President-elect Donald Trump. “The remedy crafted by…trial court to prevent an ongoing appearance of impropriety did nothing to address the appearance of impropriety that existed at times when DA Willis was exercising her…
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Will Biden’s goal still matter under Trump?
US President Joe Biden’s administration has set a new goal to keep the country on track to meet global climate goals by 2035. The new goal is called “Nationally Determined Contributions”, or NDCs. These commitments from countries aim toward the main goal of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, to limit global warming to 1.5C above…
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No one knows what is going on in New Jersey
US President-elect Donald Trump has cancelled his trip to his golf course in a New Jersey resort because drone sightings were spotted there, according to reports. Reacting to the reports, Trump tweeted, “I am having fun with drones…it doesn’t feel like a good thing.” He added that he was cancelling his trip because drones were…
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South Korea’s President is facing an impeachment vote over his martial law order
South Korea’s Parliament on Tuesday voted to impeach President Yoon Sang-Woo over the revocation of the state of martial law in the country. The move comes amid nationwide protests against the martial law order that was put in place last month amid concerns that North Korea was preparing for attack. Yoon had said that the…
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Texas is challenging shield laws by challenging a doctor who prescribed abortion pills
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll work with his allies to make it easier for women to get abortions. “I want to make it easier for women…to have a good, safe pregnancy,” he said. Trump had said in January that he would “work with” his allies on a “pro-life” platform. The statement comes after…
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Some Syrians in Berlin wonder if they should return after Assad
Syrian refugees who arrived in Germany during Syria’s civil war have been asked by the government to leave the country, a German politician said. Jens Spahn of Christian Democratic Union party said the German government could charter flights for Syrians wishing to leave and give them a thousand euros for starter money. Spahn added that…
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FBI Director to step down
US President Donald Trump took to social media to react to the resignation of Christopher Wray as the FBI Director. He wrote, “It was a good day for America and it would end the weaponisation of the US Department of Injustice.” However, he added, “I’m not sure what happened to me.” Earlier, he had criticised…