🇺🇸/🇷🇺 US President Joe Biden will discuss his upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin with NATO allies.

🔎 “He’ll have the opportunity to speak to all of the Allies about what he intends to talk to Putin about. He’ll do that behind closed doors,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.

According to White House spokesperson Jen Psaki, Biden “certainly knows what to expect” from Putin.

🔎 “... this is not a meeting about trust, it’s not a meeting about friendship — it’s a meeting about figuring out where we can find common ground, and also being straightforward and candid about areas where we have concern,” Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One.

@MichaelRPompeo stated that when the Biden administration talks about "taking America back," he believes they are referring to the Obama administration's terms, when "America was weak."

🇺🇸 ❗️ One of 14 people injured in the Saturday shooting in Austin, Texas, has died at the hospital, according to police. The 25-year-old was pronounced deceased on Sunday. Police have arrested one of the two suspects in the shooting.

😳 The G7 summit has been marked by embarrassing mixup, thanks to Joe Biden, who wasn't sure which country he was speaking about — Libya or Syria.

🤨 Is repeating it 3 times enough to remember the name of a country? Watch the video

#BREAKING | Putin dismisses 'absurd' claims of Russia's role in cyberattacks against US in NBC interview

US claims of Russian hackers or the Russian government of being behind cyberattacks in the United States are absurd, Russian President Vladimir Putin told NBC in a wide-ranging interview on Monday.

A series of high-profile cyberattacks have hit US facilities over the past few months, including a ransomware attack against a major gas pipeline and a meat-producing giant.

Washington has accused hackers operating in Russia as being behind both attacks.

#BREAKING | Putin on NATO drills near Russia: 'What would've been your response if we sent our troops to your borders?'

🗣 "We have been accused of all kinds of things," Putin said. "Election interference, cyberattacks and so on and so forth. And not once, not once, not one time, did they bother to produce any kind of evidence or proof. Just unfounded accusations."

🗣 Putin: "I'm surprised that we have not yet been accused of provoking the Black Lives Matter movement".

Check out our brief summary of some of the latest news:

▪️Dozens of people were reportedly hurt after a car rammed into a crowd of spectators at racetrack in Texas.

▪️A mysterious space tourist has paid $28 million for a rocket trip with Jeff Bezos, reports say.

▪️Two US citizens have reportedly admitted to aiding ex-Nissan head Ghosn flee Japan at a Tokyo court.

▪️A NYC mayoral candidate who warned that the city was being built for billionaires has received a donation from billionaire George Soros.

#BREAKING | Top DoJ official reportedly steps down amid row over seizure of Democrats' records

US Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers is stepping down, a Justice Department official revealed to The Associated Press.

🤔 Billionaires are bad — except when they finance my election campaign. Right?

A candidate to be mayor of New York City, Maya Wiley, who has warned residents that the Big Apple could turn into a city built by and for billionaires, has received a donation of $500,000 from none other than that billionaire George Soros, the New York Post reported.

A spokesman for Soros confirmed to the newspaper that the donation had been made.

The generous contribution, however, has not appeared on the website of the New York City Campaign Finance Board — an agency which allows New Yorkers to monitor the flow of finances in local politics.

When asked about the possible hypocrisy of her campaign, Wiley said she can’t "comment on independent expenditure" because she has "no control over it".

💉 The US Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago has proudly tweeted that the US has donated 80 vials of Pfizer vaccine to the country. A single vial carries five to six jabs.

Is it just for the country’s ministers?

https://twitter.com/USinTT/status/1404227576789454849

#BREAKING | NSA whistleblower Reality Winner released from prison

US National Security Agency whistleblower Reality Winner has been released from prison after serving just 2.5 years of a five-year sentence for leaking a classified report about the Russiagate investigation.

"I am thrilled to announce that Reality Winner has been released from prison. She is still in custody in the residential reentry process, but we are relieved and hopeful," Winner's attorney, Alison Grinter Allen, said in a Monday statement.

🇨🇳🇷🇺 Biden, during the first day of the NATO summit, said that Russia and China are seeking to drive a wedge in the bloc's transatlantic solidarity.

🇷🇺 Biden said he will convey to Putin that the US is not looking for conflict with Russia, but will respond to harmful activities.

🇷🇺 Biden referred to Putin as bright, tough and a worthy adversary.

‼️ 🇺🇦 Biden says Ukraine must clean up corruption, meet other criteria before joining NATO.

CNN reporter: Do you still believe Putin is a killer?
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