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Attorney General Merrick Garland assigned a special counsel to investigate former President Trump, Elon Musk has reinstated former president Donald Trump’s account, President Biden turned 80 years old on Sunday, Russia continues to bomb and shell Ukraine’s energy grid, U.S. Air Force bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula in joint exercises over the weekend, a massive storm dumped potentially record-setting amount of snow on parts of New York, a gunman opened fire inside a gay night club in Colorado Springs over the weekend
Nancy Pelosi will step down from leadership in January, Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 10 million Ukrainians are without power, average long-term U.S. mortgage rate dropped this week, John Ray III says the breakdown of FTX was a “complete failure” of corporate control
A rocket landed in a Polish border town on NATO soil, sparking fears of a major escalation of the war
President Biden spoke to the president of Poland on Tuesday and pledged support, Donald Trump told supporters that he intends to be the 47th President of the United States, Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy is one step closer to taking the House speaker gavel from Nancy Pelosi, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp testified before a grand jury, a Georgia judge has overturned a pro-life law in the state
President Biden met face to face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are moving to fast-track billions of dollars in military aid to Taiwan, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the newly liberated city of Kherson, the CIA director met with his Russian intelligence counterpart to warn Russia not to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, former President Donald Trump is expected to announce another White House bid, a shooting spree at the University of Virginia left three students dead
Democrats will keep the Senate, President Biden has an upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after meeting with the leaders from Japan and South Korea, Ukrainians are rejoicing in the city of Kherson, a blast in Istanbul killed at least six people and wounded more than 80
The storm that was Hurricane Nicole pushes into Georgia, the U.S. is sending another $400 million in military aid to Ukraine, election ballot counting continues in Nevada and Arizona, new inflation numbers have some economists cautiously optimistic, Sotomayor rejects bid to prevent NYC enforcement of vax mandate, UN agency says Iran increases highly enriched uranium stockpile, President Biden to meet Monday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a report from Brazilian military did not substantiate reports of election fraud
Besides Georgia, there are two Senate races not yet decided, Republicans appear to be closing in on a majority in the House, Hurricane Nicole lashes the east coast of Florida, American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a Russian penal colony, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk gets pushback for changes, Facebook parent company Meta is laying off 11,000 people
Election day doesn’t bring a large red wave, it’s still unclear which party controls the Senate after some Democrats hold off GOP challengers, Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio and GOP Governor Ron DeSantis both win big, Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in Florida as the state braces for possible Hurricane Nicole, the United States and Russia will soon hold talks on resuming suspended nuclear arms control inspections, guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the iconic country group Alabama has died.
Voters head to the polls across the country today, key Senate battles to keep an eye on, Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz appears to hold a 1-to-2 point edge over Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of more blackouts, Putin ally admits interference in U.S. elections, North Korea says recent missile tests were practice for possible future attacks against South Korea or the United States, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took aim at the United States and China over climate change
