❗️Russia cannot rely on the West in matters of strategic importance, the Russian Foreign Minister said

🇺🇸Lockheed Martin is going to expand its production of Javelin anti-tank missile systems even before the Pentagon orders more given the urgency of the situation in Ukraine, Chairman and CEO James Taiclet said

The Biden administration has provided Ukraine with $3.4 billion in security assistance - including more than 5,500 Javelins - since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine in late February, the Pentagon said in a release on April 22.

❗️🇺🇸🇪🇺US and EU representatives met in Washington, DC on Friday to discuss prospects of diversifying natural gas supplies to Europe

🇺🇸Pelosi: “People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not.”

Elon Musk has also reacted to Biden's new disinformation bureau

📣📣 President Biden's new initiative has sparked controversy throughout the government.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday vowed to resist the Biden administration’s new “Orwellian” disinformation bureau, insisting a “Ministry of Truth” cannot exist in the United States.

“They want to be able to put out false narratives without people being able to speak out and fight back,” DeSantis said. “But we’re not going to let Biden get away with this one, so we will be fighting back.”

The hashtag “Ministry of Truth” was trending on Twitter Thursday as critics compared the new board to George Orwell’s “1984” novel. Subscribe to @sputniknewsus

⁉️Biden was seen smirking as his staff (again) gently asked the reporters to leave, preventing him from taking questions

🥺💔A heartbreaking funeral was held this Friday in New York City. Family, friends, and thousands of fellow firefighters gathered Friday to bid a final farewell to fallen FDNY Firefighter Timothy Klein.

“The amazing thing about Timmy is that he accomplished so much in such a short time,” the Rev. William Sweeny said. “In fact, he was supposed to be in a wedding party tomorrow at a wedding of his dear friends that’s gonna be right here in this church. And they’re gonna set up a memorial in a very special way to thank Timmy for all the things that he did.”

As many as 20,000 people were in attendance, with a massive gathering of firefighters lining the streets outside the church.

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🇺🇸🔈Meet the head of Biden's new "Ministry of Truth," Nina Jankowicz, who is in charge of defining the "truth" and "fakes" in the US

On TikTok, she calls herself the "disinformation Mary Poppins"

🚀Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship – completing this booster’s second flight in 21 days, SpaceX says

Watch the liftoff

💰Oops! Jeff Bezos has fallen to No. 3 world's richest man after losing $20 billion on Friday, according to Forbes

Amazon shares sank 14% on Friday in the worst day since 2006 after the company shared weaker-than-expected guidance

⚡️US, NATO should stop delivering weapons to Ukraine if they seek to end the crisis - Lavrov

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦Talks between Russia and Ukraine are ongoing on a daily basis and negotiations discussed the draft agreement, which may cover sanctions relief in addition to Kiev’s neutral status and security guarantees, according to Lavrov

⚡️🇺🇸URGENT: Police are responding to an active shooter at a Baymont hotel in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

The gunman has reportedly barricaded himself in a hotel room and was heard shooting multiple rounds.

The shooting scene in Waukesha

No injuries have been reported yet.

😁Elon Musk trolls AOC over an overly-dramatic tweet

❗️Authorities reportedly say snipers have been positioned as the suspect continues firing shots out of the windows of his hotel room

🔎Donald Trump’s lawyers, requesting to reverse their client’s $10,000-per-day contempt fine, provided a New York judge Friday with an affidavit in which the former president claims he didn’t turn over subpoenaed documents to the state attorney general’s office because he doesn’t have them.

Judge Arthur Engoron criticized the lack of detail in Trump's affidavit, which amounted to two paragraphs, saying that he should have explained the methods he uses to store his records and the efforts he made to locate the subpoenaed files.

Trump, who is appealing the contempt ruling, said he believed any documents would be in the possession of his company, the Trump Organization.

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⚡️The suspected gunman has been reportedly arrested

➡️Black Lives Matter's non-profit foundation has received criticism over a lack of transparency. In its 2020 impact report, the BLM Foundation said it raised $90 million; spent $8.4 million on operating expenses, and donated $21.7 million to local groups, spurring questions about where the rest of the money went.

Attorney General Todd Rokita from Indiana has sued the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation as part of his investigation into whether donations from state residents were used for legitimate purposes and not for the group leader’s “personal benefit.”

“Protecting Indiana consumers from this house of cards is critical,” said Mr. Rokita in a Thursday statement. “There are concerning patterns of behavior from this organization, and we will do what it takes—including this lawsuit—to get to the bottom of it.”

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