📢✴️Highland Park families march in Washington D.C. for gun control. The demonstration was organized by a local group, March Fourth Moms, after the Highland Park tragedy.
Kimberly Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter, Lexi, was killed during the Uvalde shooting, demanded change. People in the crowd cried as Rubio said a gun ban could have prevented her daughter's death.
“If there is one question that should be on the forefront of (law enforcement) minds, what if the gunman never had access to an assault weapon?” Rubio said to the crowd. Organizers of Wednesday's rally said that although the legislation was a step forward, it was not enough. They called for added stipulations on background checks.
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Kimberly Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter, Lexi, was killed during the Uvalde shooting, demanded change. People in the crowd cried as Rubio said a gun ban could have prevented her daughter's death.
“If there is one question that should be on the forefront of (law enforcement) minds, what if the gunman never had access to an assault weapon?” Rubio said to the crowd. Organizers of Wednesday's rally said that although the legislation was a step forward, it was not enough. They called for added stipulations on background checks.
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🇺🇸🇲🇽Mexico is committing $1.5 billion to assist the crisis at the border. While speaking to the press Wednesday, US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said Mexico is committed to putting in the “investments needed” on Mexico’s side of the border.
“So we’ve been working on a joint plan, which is really part of the statement the President (Biden) made yesterday,” stated Salazar. “For the first time in history, there is a plan that’s been put together in both United States side, with our investment and all of our resources, and on the Mexican side. What Mexico committed to do yesterday was to put in the investments that are needed on the Mexican side of the border and keep projects.”
This follows a joint statement from President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, expressing their unified commitment to “manage the flow of migrants” flooding into the US.
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“So we’ve been working on a joint plan, which is really part of the statement the President (Biden) made yesterday,” stated Salazar. “For the first time in history, there is a plan that’s been put together in both United States side, with our investment and all of our resources, and on the Mexican side. What Mexico committed to do yesterday was to put in the investments that are needed on the Mexican side of the border and keep projects.”
This follows a joint statement from President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, expressing their unified commitment to “manage the flow of migrants” flooding into the US.
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📚Americans' confidence in the US public education system remains low amid an increasing divide between how Republicans and Democrats view public schools, a new Gallup poll revealed on Thursday.
Slightly over one-quarter of Americans, or 28 percent, claim to have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the public education system, a release on the poll said. The 28 percent figure was only two points above the all-time low of 26 percent in 2014, the release said.
The percentage of Republicans having a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in public schools fell from 34 percent in 2020 to 20 percent in 2021 and 14 percent today, the release said.
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Slightly over one-quarter of Americans, or 28 percent, claim to have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the public education system, a release on the poll said. The 28 percent figure was only two points above the all-time low of 26 percent in 2014, the release said.
The percentage of Republicans having a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in public schools fell from 34 percent in 2020 to 20 percent in 2021 and 14 percent today, the release said.
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⚡️⚡️ Sri Lankan parliament speaker says country's President Rajapaksa officially resigned
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LIVE UPDATES | Ukrainian forces shell Donetsk Republic using Grad missiles, DPR says
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Americans have suffered under the burden of the highest inflation in 40 years and are now being forced to queue at food banks. Rocketing gas prices, rent and the termination of federal aid to those with COVID-19 have exacerbated the need for state aid.
The Food Bank said that during the third week of June, its main distribution center handed out 78 percent more packages than in the same week in 2021, to 4,271 families, many of whom are turning to charitable food for the first time, according to AP News
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The Food Bank said that during the third week of June, its main distribution center handed out 78 percent more packages than in the same week in 2021, to 4,271 families, many of whom are turning to charitable food for the first time, according to AP News
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⚡️ On 14 July, Russian forces using Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles hit the House of Officers where the garrison of Vinnitsa in Ukraine is based and which is used by the Ukrainian armed forces for training.
According to Russia's MoD, the strike came at a time when the Ukrainian Air Force command was holding a meeting with foreign arms suppliers regarding the transfer of the next batch of aircraft, and weapons of destruction to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as organizing repairs to the Ukrainian fleet. Those present at the meeting were killed in the attack
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According to Russia's MoD, the strike came at a time when the Ukrainian Air Force command was holding a meeting with foreign arms suppliers regarding the transfer of the next batch of aircraft, and weapons of destruction to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as organizing repairs to the Ukrainian fleet. Those present at the meeting were killed in the attack
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⚡️⚡️ Russian proposals at grain talks met with general support, work on final document will end soon: MoD
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Watch: footage of Russian artillery strikes on Ukrainian positions in the Zaporozhye region
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⚡️ ⚡️Putin appoints former Deputy PM Borisov Head of Russian Space Agency
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📌 WATCH LIVE | Departure ceremony for US President Joe Biden at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport
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⚡️ ⚡️Putin appoints former Deputy PM Borisov Head of Russian Space Agency
⚡️ Yuri Borisov has served as deputy prime minister in charge of the military-industrial complex since May 2018, and is a career military man, and doctor of technical sciences.
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🇺🇸 🇸🇦 After Israel, US President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia to meet Prince Mohammed bin Salman. However, many US human rights activists say the visit contradicts his promise to put human rights at the center of American foreign policy.
▪️ How will the official negotiations on bilateral cooperation end?
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▪️ How will the official negotiations on bilateral cooperation end?
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😮 The 76-year-old father of Tesla and SpaceX owner, Elon Musk, has made a shocking revelation that he and his 35-year-old stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout had a secret second child three years ago.
▪️ In an interview with The Sun, Errol Musk admitted that he welcomed a baby girl with Elon’s stepsister, Jana, in 2019.
▪️“The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce,” Errol said during the interview, adding that the second baby with Jana was unplanned but he was living with her after the birth of their first baby boy Elliot Rush in 2017.
▪️ Elon and his father had a massive falling out out after Jana’s first pregnancy with Errol was revealed in 2017.
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▪️ In an interview with The Sun, Errol Musk admitted that he welcomed a baby girl with Elon’s stepsister, Jana, in 2019.
▪️“The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce,” Errol said during the interview, adding that the second baby with Jana was unplanned but he was living with her after the birth of their first baby boy Elliot Rush in 2017.
▪️ Elon and his father had a massive falling out out after Jana’s first pregnancy with Errol was revealed in 2017.
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🇮🇷 A senior spokesman for the Iranian military, Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, slammed pronouncements by US President Joe Biden and Israeli PM Yair Lapid that Washington and Jerusalem could use force against Iran, calling such statements psychological warfare and delusion, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.
▪️ On Thursday, Biden and Lapid pledged to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms by all means, including by the use of force.
▪️ According to the news outlet, Shekarchi said that both the US and Israel have a long list of fails in the Middle East, that is why they should consider the real situation in the region rather than threaten Iran.
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▪️ On Thursday, Biden and Lapid pledged to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms by all means, including by the use of force.
▪️ According to the news outlet, Shekarchi said that both the US and Israel have a long list of fails in the Middle East, that is why they should consider the real situation in the region rather than threaten Iran.
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