❗️🎥 Grad rockets from the allied forces strike at the base of the Ukrainian troops in Kharkov region - the artillerymen destroyed heavy weapons hidden in the forest and equipment hidden in the hangar.

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🤔 The FBI downplayed or discredited negative information about Hunter Biden ahead of the 2020 election, according to GOP Senator Chuck Grassley.

In letters to the FBI, the senator revealed that a “highly credible” whistleblower had come forward alleging a widespread effort by some FBI officials to turn a blind eye to negative evidence on President Joe Biden's son.

The Republican argued that the allegations obtained by his office “appear to indicate that there was a scheme in place among certain FBI officials to undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation.”

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❗️Gas futures in Europe exceed $2,100 per 1,000 cubic meters for 1st time since March

❗️🎥 Flags, uniforms and food are among other things that Ukrainian neo-Nazis left in a school in Kherson during the retreat after destroying the building.

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❗️Gas futures in Europe close up 20%, near $2,240 per 1,000 cubic meters

🗣 "American freedom is under attack" - former Vice President Mike Pence slammed big tech, big government, big media that "have locked arms to advance a pernicious woke agenda" during his appearance at the Young America's Foundation in Washington, DC.

Pence added that the ruling elites "have never been more out of touch with the values of everyday Americans" and "never more intent on imposing their agenda" on everyone.

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🎥 "The worst plague of slavery in America since the Civil War": Senator Ted Cruz released a graphic video of the brutality of what he called the "narco-slave trade" at the US-Mexico border.

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🎥 The Tory leadership debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss halted after presenter Kate McCann faints and collapses in studio.

Liz Truss looked panicked and the broadcast was cut.

📘🖋Former Vice President Mike Pence will publish his autobiography just after this year's midterm elections, and it will be noscriptd "So Help Me God."

The book will recount Pence's journey from his Indiana youth to the vice presidency, with stops in the House of Representatives and the governor's mansion in between, according to publisher Simon & Schuster. It also promises to discuss his rift with former President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, when, according to the publisher, "Pence kept his oath to the Constitution."

The book will be available on Nov. 15, earlier than initially expected. It was previously announced for next year. According to a statement from Simon & Schuster, the memoir is "the inside story of the Trump administration by its second-highest ranking official and of a profound faith that has guided Pence throughout his life."

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🏛President Biden has blasted a trio of Florida politicians --Gov. DeSantis, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Sen. Rick Scott-- on social media, blaming them for opposing an assault weapon ban and endangering cops.

“Leaders like Governor DeSantis, Senator Marco Rubio, and Senator Rick Scott are all opposed to banning assault weapons,” Biden tweeted. “And to me, it’s simple. If you can’t support banning weapons of war on America’s streets, you’re not on the side of the police.”

The offensive came after Sunshine State officials aimed at the Biden administration during a pair of high-profile GOP functions in Florida over the weekend.

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🥵☀️Temperatures are predicted to soar to 100 degrees in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, which is expected to be the hottest day of a heat spell that meteorologists believe will be unusually long for the Pacific Northwest region, which rarely sees such scorching weather.

“With many parts of Oregon facing a high heat wave, it is critical that every level of government has the resources they need to help keep Oregonians safe and healthy,” Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said in a statement.

As the northwestern U.S. heated up, the hot spell on the East Coast appeared to have broken, with few areas east of the Mississippi River under heat advisories on Tuesday.

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⚡️The U.S. Department of Justice has officially opened an investigation of Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 criminal probe, The Washington Post report.

🚙Volkswagen began production of its first electric vehicle assembled in the United States at a Tennessee plant Tuesday. In a news release, the German automaker said it plans to ramp up production in Chattanooga of the ID.4 electric compact SUV to 7,000 cars per month in the fourth quarter of this year, to increase that rate next year.

The kickoff comes after Volkswagen announced an $800 million investment in the company’s manufacturing of electric vehicles in North America at the Chattanooga plant in 2019, including facilities for vehicle and battery pack assembly. Volkswagen Chattanooga currently employs more than 4,000 people.

The start of production comes as America’s automakers aim to produce electric vehicles in the largest segment of the U.S. market: modest-sized SUVs, representing about 20% of new-vehicle sales.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak on Thursday, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Tuesday that managing economic competition between the two countries would also be a focus of the call.

It will be the fifth call between the leaders as China has delivered heightened warnings to the Biden administration about a possible visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to democratically governed Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory.

"Everything from the tensions over Taiwan to the situation in Ukraine, as well as how we better manage competition between our two nations, certainly in the economic sphere," Kirby said of the topics to be discussed.

"This is a call that has been scheduled for a long time, and there's already a pretty robust agenda for these two leaders to talk about," he said.

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🔎The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating the actions and correspondence of former President Trump in its investigation of his inner circle’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the DOJ has, before a grand jury, asked witnesses about meetings Trump had in December 2020 and January 2021, as well as his pressure campaign on Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election.

Tuesday’s report came hours after Attorney General Merrick Garland gave an interview with NBC Night News in which he did not rule out the possibility of prosecuting the former president.

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📹“And then… this guy comes along”: Donald Trump humorously explained why transgender people should not participate in women's sports

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"I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit": How the US Vice President introduced herself before the speech at the "Roundtable with Disability Advocates" in the White House

😬Well, finding yourself sitting at the same table with Kamala Harris, how would you describe yourself?

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❗Gas futures in Europe close to $2,250 per 1,000 cubic meters at opening of trading

🇨🇳The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, was most likely the epicenter for the coronavirus, two research studies have proven

▪In the first study, researchers used mapping tools and social media reports for a spatial and environmental analysis. The scientists determined that the earliest COVID-19 cases were centered at the market among vendors who sold the infected live animals or people who shopped there

▪The other study takes a molecular approach. The scientists established the earliest forms of the virus: A and B. According to researchers, the first animal-to-human transmission probably happened around November 18, 2019, and it came from lineage B: this type was found only in people who had a direct connection to the Wuhan market. In its turn, lineage A was found in samples from humans who lived or stayed close to the market

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