Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and taken to the hospital.

nostr:npub1u4srxvjqem90feltvda4np5n9hmcnltyherj0mnx9suaay7l8jwsuhnkvc reports the incident took place in Handlova, Slovakia, about 150km northeast of Bratislava, the capital.

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#Slovakia #RobertFico #Europe #News


Democrats and Republicans both aimed at former special counsel Robert Hur in a congressional hearing about his investigation into U.S. President Biden’s handling of classified documents. Democrats took issue with Hur’s comments about Biden’s memory, while Republicans pressed him over his decision not to charge the president for willfully retaining classified materials. Read more from CNN.

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#Biden #Trump #Congress


A former Boeing employee who had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company has been found dead in South Carolina, authorities said.

CBS News reports the man "had uncovered serious problems with oxygen systems on the" Dreamliner model.

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#Boeing #Dreamliner #Aviation #News #Whistleblower


"Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the impoverished country."

BBC reports: "Mr Henry is currently stranded in Puerto Rico after being prevented by armed gangs from returning home."

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#Haiti #ArielHenry #Caribbean #News


U.S. Supreme Court allows Border Patrol to cut through razor wire on Mexico border installed by Texas to prevent crossings.

CBS News reports: https://flip.it/9JoEsu

#Border #Texas #Immigration #Migrants #USPolitics #News #SupremeCourt


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At least 22 people were killed and hundreds inured in Israel during a surprise attack from the Hamas militant group.

CBS News reports Hamas fired "thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday."

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#Israel #Hamas #Gaza #News #MiddleEast


Michael Benz, a conservative crusader against online censorship, appears to have a secret history as an alt-right persona.

NBC News has an exclusive report: https://flip.it/.o5Rwq

#Censorship #Conservative #AltRight #USPolitics


U.S. payrolls soared by 336,000 in September, defying expectations for a hiring slowdown.

"Leisure and hospitality led job growth, followed by government and health care," according to CNBC.

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#Jobs #Employment #Business #News


U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas rebuffed growing criticism over his decision to approve the construction of more than a dozen miles of border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Biden administration tells CBS News it "was bound by law to follow through with the project."

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#Border #BorderWall #Migrants #Immigration #Biden #USPolitics #News


Demand for nurses and nurse aides is rising as workers leave the profession due to burnout, and many in the field are turning to gig work through Uber-like apps for the flexibility and quick pay they offer. But some users say gigs can be unreasonably demanding, the attendance policies are too strict, and customer service is opaque. They say care — and patients — suffer as a result. The 19th has more.

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#Nursing #Labor #Apps #health


A federal court has approved Alabama’s new congressional map that creates a second majority-Black district. The decision ends a legal battle, including a Supreme Court ruling, over whether the state was diluting the political power of Black voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling could influence decisions over map challenges in Florida, Louisiana and Georgia.

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#Alabama #VotingRights #SupremeCourt #Congress


The ex-campaign treasurer for U.S. Rep. George Santos will plead guilty on Thursday to an unspecified felony in connection with the sprawling federal investigation of financial irregularities surrounding the indicted New York Republican, prosecutors said.

AP has the details: https://flip.it/rQxwFX

#Santos #GeorgeSantos #Congress #USPolitics #News


The Maryland Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday in the ongoing Adnan Syed case that was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial.”

ABC News has the latest: https://flip.it/QfzqnL

#Serial #Podcast #Maryland #Justice #Crime


Following Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster as U.S. House speaker, names have started to emerge as possible successors to take over the gavel.

CNN reports "any speaker hopefuls will need to find 218 votes, or the majority of lawmakers present and voting."

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#McCarthy #House #Congress #USPolitics #Politics #News


Justin Jones, a state representative who was among the “Tennessee Three” removed from the legislature over his gun violence protests, is suing the state and several other state politicians. He claims his removal was unconstitutional and that he has been blocked from expressing his views and re-joining committees since returning to his seat. These actions are “an anathema to a free, democratic society,” the lawsuit says.

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#Tennessee #GunViolence #Legislature #Lawsuit


What a striking new study of death in America misses.

From Vox: "The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else."

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#Death #Life #PublicHealth #Education


🚨 In the U.S., a nationwide emergency alert test is coming to your phone on Wednesday.

NPR explains: https://flip.it/6QD2vG

#News #EmergencyAlert #Emergency #PublicSafety #FEMA #FCC


The U.S. House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded.

AP explains what happens next: https://flip.it/zGF-wB

#McCarthy #House #Republicans #USPolitics #Politics #News


Democrats voted with a rebel Republican faction to oust Kevin McCarthy from his speaker role in the House of Representatives. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R.-Fla.) led the campaign to remove him from the leadership position, fueled by anger over his decision to work with Democrats to avoid a shutdown of the federal government. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R.-N.C.) is interim speaker until a new speaker is elected.

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#Congress #McCarthy #Gaetz #House


FEMA and the FCC are testing their emergency alert systems Wednesday, sending an alarm to cellphones nationwide even if the devices are set to opt-out of them. Social media users are sending out an alert of their own ahead of the test, saying vulnerable people with secret cell phones, such as domestic violence victims, should turn off their device.

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#DomesticViolence #FEMA #CellPhones #Emergency


The state of Texas has taken over control of 85 schools in Houston, saying aggressive intervention is needed to save districts from failing their students. But Black and Latino students comprise the majority of these schools, and some observers say that these actions are reminiscent of past segregation practices

#Texas #Education #Latino #Schools

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U.S. House Democrats are torn on whether to rescue Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who races a rebellion by far right members of his party.

NBC News reports: "Officially, many [Democrats] are keeping their options open. Privately, there are disagreements about whether it'd be a good idea to help McCarthy keep his job — and whether they can trust him."

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#McCarthy #House #Republicans #USPolitics #Politics


Five years after a Saudi hit squad murdered, dismembered, and disappeared the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia has won.

That's the view of a Vox editor who writes: "It was President Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner who embraced Saudi Arabia after the killing and then set the conditions for the ongoing Saudi victory over human rights. But Joe Biden also deserves blame."

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#SaudiArabia #Khashoggi #HumanRights #Politics


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Former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial began in New York today.

CBS News curated a collection of stories explaining the case: https://flip.it/O9sltE

#Trump #TrumpIndictment #USPolitics #Politics #NewYork


U.S. Supreme Court to consider abortion pills, guns, social media in its new term that starts today.

NPR's Nina Totenberg previews the major decisions that are coming: https://flip.it/XN-VnE

#SupremeCourt #USPolitics #Politics #Abortion #Guns #News


California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

AP reports: https://flip.it/NXi8sX

#Newsom #LaphonzaButler #California #Feinstein #Senate #USPolitics #News


U.S. President Joe Biden says American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now, but time is running out. AP reports: https://flip.it/atzScb
#News #JoeBiden #USA #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar


At least 13 people have died in a fire at a nightclub in Murcia, a city in southeastern Spain. BBC News reports: https://flip.it/2DaC4i
#News #Europe #Spain #WorldNews


On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open. AP reports on the surprising development and where the bill heads next.
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#News #Politics #USA #WorldNews


With the deadline hours away, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy seeks a last-minute deal to avert a U.S. federal government shutdown. NBC News reports: https://flip.it/P41ln9
#News #USNews #USA #Politics #WorldNews


Scott Hall, one of 19 people charged in former President Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Georgia, is the first co-defendant to plead guilty. The bail bonds business owner is accused of tampering with voting machines in a Coffee County election office. In his plea with prosecutors, he is being sentenced to five years of probation, will pay a $5,000 fine, log 200 hours of community service, and must testify in future proceedings.

#Trump #Election #Georgia #2020

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A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a beloved tree was cut down in a UNESCO World Heritage site in Northumberland, England. The Sycamore Gap tree, which stood in a picturesque landscape featured in post cards and films, was believed to be 200 years old. Rangers for the site say they will attempt to regrow the tree from the stump or graft a new one using its remains, but say the plant will not likely be the same.

#England #Environment #UNESCO #Trees

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Trailblazing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies at age 90.

ABC News reports: "Over her three decades in the Senate, Feinstein transformed from a barrier-breaking member of the Democratic Party's liberal vanguard ... to one of the Washington's establishment members, esteemed by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle but increasingly criticized by outside progressives who argued that she refused."

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#Feinstein #DianneFeinstein #California #USPolitics


Glaciers in Switzerland are disappearing at a “mind-blowing” pace, the Swiss Academy of Sciences says. In just two years, the glaciers have shrunk 10%, the same amount of ice loss experienced over the three-decade period between 1960 and 1990. Matthias Huss, head of the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network, says this acceleration “would have been impossible without climate change.”

#GlobalWarming #Climate #Glaciers #Switzerland

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Nagorno-Karabakh's separatist president signed a decree declaring that the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by January 1, 2024.

DW has the latest on the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan: https://flip.it/kjoyC5

#Nagorno #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Asia #News


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A government shutdown is nearing this weekend. What does it mean, who’s hit and what’s next?

AP has an explainer: https://flip.it/SNc2Em

#Shutdown #GovernmentShutdown #USPolitics #Politics #Congress


5 takeaways from the Republican presidential debate, from ABC News.

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#Republicans #USPolitics #Politics #Debate #GOP


A few measures of consumer sentiment are flashing warning signs that show the American vibe shifting downward again.

Axios curated a collection of stories on the economy: https://flip.it/bXZ2qG

And Vox asks: "Will the economy finally un-weird itself?" https://flip.it/ZS87IJ

#Economy #Inflation #Business #USPolitics


A judge ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and he ordered some of the former president’s companies removed from his control.

AP reports the judge "found that Trump and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing loans."

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#Trump #USPolitics #Fraud


The Federal Trade Commission thinks Amazon is an illegal monopoly, and it’s suing the company to stop it — which could mean breaking up the e-commerce giant.

Vox explains the lawsuit filed by the FTC and 17 states: https://flip.it/c2Y_Xt

#Amazon #FTC #Antitrust #Monopoly #Ecommerce #Tech #Shopping


More than a dozen Senate Democrats have urged indicted Sen. Bob Menendez to resign, including New Jersey’s junior senator, Cory Booker, a longtime protégé of Menendez.

The Messenger has the latest: https://flip.it/2hkSSv

#Menendez #BobMenendez #NewJersey #USPolitics #Politics #Democrats


U.S. Supreme Court refuses Alabama Republicans' request to stop 2nd Black Congressional district.

ABC News reports: "About 27% of Alabama residents are Black, according to census data. Only one of its seven districts is represented by a Black lawmaker."

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#Alabama #SupremeCourt #VotingRights #Elections #USPolitics #Politics #Republicans #BlackMastodon


President Joe Biden’s decision to stand alongside United Auto Workers pickets on Tuesday on the 12th day of their strike against major carmakers underscores an allegiance to labor unions that appears to be unparalleled in presidential history.

AP reports: "Experts in presidential and U.S. labor history say they cannot recall an instance when a sitting president has joined an ongoing strike."

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#Biden #Labor #UAW #Union #Strike #USPolitics #News


What happens when the U.S. government shuts down? Congress has an Oct. 1 deadline to reach a spending deal.

CBS News curated this collection of stories explaining the situation:  https://flip.it/pZNtEw

#Shutdown #GovernmentShutdown #USPolitics #Politics #Congress


Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter made an appearance at a festival in his home state of Georgia on Friday. Carter, who was admitted to hospice care earlier this year, turns 99 in October. NBC News reports: https://flip.it/b1v3fg
#News #USA #USPolitics #JimmyCarter


Military investigators are facing a slew of questions about why and how an F-35 stealth fighter jet went missing for more than 24 hours before its wreckage was found in rural South Carolina.

NBC New reports: https://flip.it/xSfLq6

#F35 #Military #Marines #Aviation #SouthCarolina


Three years after the Abraham Accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were signed under U.S. mediation — Washington was frantically negotiating for what would be the mother of all agreements in the Middle East: a pact which would establish diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. El País says the talks will accelerate this week: https://flip.it/GDmiJX
#News #MiddleEast #Israel #SaudiArabia #Politics


From ABC News: Why a top U.S. military officer is confident there won’t be a repeat of the insurrection that stormed the nation's capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. https://flip.it/WDpCAz
#News #USNews #WorldNews #Politics


This week saw spectacular Ukrainian attacks on the Crimean Peninsula, hitting Russian warships and missiles. BBC News takes a look at Ukraine’s recent successes in Crimea: https://flip.it/0HImdU
#Ukraine #Russia #News #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar


Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general in the U.S. state of Texas, has been acquitted of all corruption charges at his historic impeachment trial. AP reports: https://flip.it/_8FJOb
#News #USNews #Politics #USA


Two controversial votes at Wisconsin's state Capitol show GOP efforts to shape elections.

Wisconsin Public Radio reports on the move to oust the state's top election official and overhaul how state legislative maps are created.

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#Wisconsin #Republicans #Elections #USPolitics #Politics


A jury acquitted three men Friday in the last trial connected to a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a scheme that was portrayed as an example of homegrown terrorism on the eve of the 2020 presidential election.

AP reports: "The key players ... were convicted of a kidnapping conspiracy last year in a different court."

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#Michigan #Whitmer #USPolitics #DomesticTerrorism #News


Amidst the Hollywood writers' strike, the California Senate voted on Thursday to grant unemployment benefits to workers who are on strike.

Variety reports: "If approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the bill would take effect on Jan. 1."

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#Strike #Labor #Union #Hollywood #California #Newsom


Detroit's Big Three automakers failed to reach a new labor agreement with employees represented by the United Auto Workers, setting off one of the largest strikes to hit the U.S. in years.

CBS News reports: https://flip.it/LYubCh

#Autoworkers #Strike #Labor #Detroit #Cars #News #Unions


Why are Congressional Republicans looking to impeach Joe Biden when there's no evidence the president has done anything wrong?

We curated some of the best explainers on the topic, plus a look at Hunter Biden's legal troubles and the potential political fallout: https://flip.it/4XhJ13

#Biden #Impeachment #McCarthy #Republicans #USPolitics #Politics


Up to 20,000 people are now feared dead after torrents of water ripped through eastern Libya — a devastating toll that could largely have been avoided, global officials said Thursday.

NBC News reports: https://flip.it/xf3895

#Libya #Floods #Flooding #News


Hurricane Lee looks poised to wallop New England later this week even as the region still deals with the impact of days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and a likely tornado.

AP reports: https://flip.it/Kx_ETD

#Hurricane #HurricaneLee #NewEngland #Weather


The CDC is urging all Americans to get a dose of the new COVID-19 booster vaccine before the fall and winter virus season.

CBS News has curated a collection of stories about the guidance and the latest news on the disease: https://flip.it/2EnWz4

#COVID19 #COVID #Vaccines #CDC #Health #PublicHealth


The two-week search for a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison ended Wednesday after Danelo Cavalcante was captured, police said.

CBS News reports: https://flip.it/CtUe2c

#Pennsylvania #Crime #DaneloCavalcante #News


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed support for Russia’s “just fight” during a summit with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that the U.S. warned could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

AP reports:  https://flip.it/PbJRnQ

#Russia #NorthKorea #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Putin #KimJongUn #News


Why has U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed a trio of House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden?

Axios has curated a collection of explainers: https://flip.it/pN5Clk

#Biden #Impeachment #McCarthy #Republicans #USPolitics #Politics


Suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales resigns after Women’s World Cup kiss scandal. Here's more from ESPN: https://flip.it/OVekvj
#News #Spain #WomensWorldCup #WorldCup #LuisRubiales


The number of fatalities from Friday night’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake has surpassed 2,000, NBC News reports: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/morocco-earthquake-live-updates-rcna104254
#News #WorldNews #Earthquake #Morocco #Africa #


Death toll climbs above 1,000 after 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday. ABC News reports: https://flip.it/_UUVAA
#News #WorldNews #Morocco #Earthquake


The prosecution of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows will remain in Georgia after a judge denied his request to move his case to federal court. Lawyers for Meadows made the request in order to invoke federal immunity and potentially get the case dismissed. The decision may be an indicator that other 2020 election interference defendants, including former President Trump, will also have their requests for a federal trial denied.
#Trump #Election #2020 #Georgia
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North Korea said Friday its new submarine has nuclear attack capabilities. But, CBS News reports, South Korean officials are skeptical that the submarine would work as described. https://flip.it/6W6Dmo
#News #WorldNews #Asia #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #NuclearWeapons


Weeks after Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants were charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election, today we learned that a special grand jury recommended criminal charges against 20 more of Trump’s allies, including Senator Lindsey Graham. BBC has more: https://flip.it/Td5gF8
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #2020Election


Ukraine planned a major attack on the Russian navy. But then Elon Musk intervened, CNN reports: https://flip.it/CX9HQH
#News #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #ElonMusk


Prosecutors in Spain have accused Luis Rubiales, the president of the country’s soccer federation, of sexual assault and coercion for kissing a player on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final. AP reports: https://flip.it/_wPlre
#News #Spain #WorldCup #WomensWorldCup #LuisRubiales


Scientists in China have successfully grown pig embryos with kidneys containing human cells, a breakthrough that could revolutionize organ transplants. While the experiment is promising, the researchers caution that there are still major challenges to overcome before the first recipient has surgery. Learn more about the next obstacles and ethical dilemmas.

#Science #China #Transplants #Medicine

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After initial pleas for people to avoid visiting Maui, Hawaiian tourism officials are now encouraging vacationers and sightseers to come again. While the area affected by wildfires is still off-limits, local businesses spared from the disaster say they have seen a steep decline in customers and worry for the economic future of the community. Hotels and airlines are offering discounted rates to lure wary tourists back to the island.

#Hawaii #Wildfire #Tourism #Economy

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Mexico is set to elect its first woman president in 2024, but the race is far from decided. With current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador disallowed by law to run for a second 6-year term, his ruling Morena party nominated for Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum. Her main opponent, Senator Xóchitl Gálvez, will be representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Read more about the two candidates.

#Mexico #Election #2024 #Women

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Alabama town's first Black mayor claims he's been locked out by white predecessor.

A Black city council member tells ABC News: “I feel that it is all about race, and I don’t mind saying that that’s what it’s about, because I’ve lived here all my life."

https://flip.it/W8lbIU

#USPolitics #Politics #Alabama #Racism #BlackMastodon #News


States geographically near ones that banned abortion after Roe v. Wade was overturned saw sharp increases in the number of procedures performed.

Axios reports on a new study: https://flip.it/Rb1jel

#Abortion #AbortionRights #USPolitics #Politics


North Carolina is the latest in a wave of states passing anti-trans laws.

Vox reports: "Republicans in the N.C. legislature recently overrode the Democratic governor’s veto."

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#Trans #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBT #NorthCarolina #USPolitics #Politics


The White House will bring together Japan and South Korea, two critical allies in the Pacific, on Friday for an unprecedented summit that could chart a course for confronting some of the three nations' most pressing security challenges.

ABC News reports: https://flip.it/bO.u0c

#Biden #Japan #SouthKorea #USA #News


Georgia election indictment highlights wider attempts to illegally access voting equipment.

The AP reports on the "security breach inside the election office in Coffee County, about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta."

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#Elections #Democracy #Trump #TrumpIndictment #Politics #USPolitics