MORE | Pentagon is reviewing National Guard request from Washington mayor.

UPDATE | Jury retires to begin deliberations in Derek Chauvin's trial.

Manhunt ends as authorities arrest ex-Sheriff's Deputy Stephen Broderick suspected of killing three.

Authorities were reportedly tipped off by an anonymous individual who spotted Broderick based on a police denoscription.

The Biden administration will reportedly remove terms including “alien”, “illegal alien” and “assimilation” from immigration law.

Advocates for immigrants point out that the terms are archaic and “dehumanizing”; as “alien” tends to conjure images of fictional creatures in the human imagination, rather than people, and “should be scrapped in favor of a more civil tone”.

But can new names fix old problems?

📱 Apple signals the return of the Parler app with updated content moderation features introduced since the social media platform was pulled in the wake of the deadly 6 January Capitol riot.

"Huge win for free speech”, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colorado) commented on the letter from Apple saying that the company "anticipates that the updated Parler app will become available immediately upon Parler releasing it".

#BREAKING | Former US Vice President Walter Mondale died on Monday at the age of 93, according to a statement from his family.

❗️Jimmy Carter expresses condolences over former VP Walter Mondale death.

MORE | Demonstrators marching in Minneapolis as Chauvin trial nears end - reports.

UPDATE | Jury in Chauvin's trial retires for the night, deliberations set to resume on Tuesday.

🏆 The only way is the MAGA way?

In the first major TV interview since leaving the White House, Trump says the GOP should follow his MAGA agenda in 2022 'if they want to win' and be able to retake Congress in 2022 and beyond.

⚖️ James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, filed a defamation lawsuit against Twitter on Monday, denying platform accusations that he used false pages, considered in Twitter rules as a way to “artificially amplify or disrupt conversations.”

According to the lawsuit, “Twitter made such claims with knowledge of their falsity in order to distract and detract from Project Veritas’s CNN release of the same day.”

US Democratic Representative Maxine Waters requested a police escort during her visit to Minnesota last weekend, when she urged protesters to "get more confrontational” in the wake of the fatal police shooting of a young black man, Daunte Wright, Fox News reported.

Better safe than sorry?

🗣 "Maxine Waters believes there is value in violence": House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., believes that recent incendiary remarks made by Maxine Waters call for immediate congressional censure

🇨🇳 Xi Jinping, amid ongoing tensions with the United States, announced at the Boao Economic Forum that "the future and destiny of the world should be in the hands of all states, and the rules established by one country should not be imposed on others."

According to Xi, the world needs justice, not despotism: great powers must be more accountable

US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan has confirmed that he would travel to Washington for consultations this week: "I have not seen my family in well over a year, and that is another important reason for me to return home for a visit. I will return to Moscow in the coming weeks before any meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin".

❗️Putin will participate in US-organised climate summit

UPDATE | Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov previously told Sputnik that bilateral contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin with his US counterpart, Joe Biden, and other heads of state were not planned within the framework of the upcoming summit.

On Monday, the Kremlin announced that Putin had accepted the invitation, that he would speak at the April 22 meeting via video conference and outline Russia's approaches to this issue. Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed preparations for the summit

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🚔 Over 3,000 Minnesota National Guard personnel have been activated to help maintain order as federal, state and local law enforcement braces for violence as America awaits the jury’s verdict in the Chauvin trial after the defence made its closing arguments on Monday, the state's government has confirmed.

The Guard deployment falls under the auspices of ‘Operational Safety Net’, a joint effort by the Minneapolis Police Department, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, the state of Minnesota and local representatives to ensure order and “bridge gaps between law enforcement and the community.”

Guard units are deployed in the Twin Cities area and across the state, particularly downtown areas and at the foot of federal and state government buildings, where they are joined by local police

🧑‍💻 The Biden administration has launched a 100-day plan to boost the cybersecurity of the US electrical power system, National Security Council (NSC) Spokesperson Emily Horne announced in a White House statement on Monday.

"As a pilot of the administration’s broader cybersecurity initiative planned for multiple critical infrastructure sectors, today the Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing a 100-day plan to improve the cybersecurity of our nation’s electric infrastructure," Horne said.

The project is a coordinated effort between the Energy Department, the US electricity industry, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the statement said

The Soviet Army entered Afghanistan in December 1979 and installed Babrak Karmal as president of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan at the height of the Cold War.

The move was opposed by the US, which feared Afghanistan would be a domino followed by Pakistan, giving the Soviets a vital warm water port on the Indian Ocean.

Students in Iran stormed the US Embassy and declared America “the Great Satan” because the US supported the Mujahideen (“my enemy’s enemy is my friend”).

Read more on our website about how Washington supported the people who eventually forced the US out of Afghanistan: https://sptnkne.ws/FZyD