🏛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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Things you may need to indicate when you introduce yourself to Kamala Harris (apart from pronouns):

1⃣ Your ethnic category
2⃣ Your hair color
3⃣ What you're wearing

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📹Footage of Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems attacking a Ukrainian logistics center with ammunition, military equipment and weapons during the special military operation (by Russian MoD)

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❗China-Russia cooperation is not directed against third parties, it won't be undermined by external forces - Chinese Foreign Ministry

⚡Beijing slams US for plan to impose sanctions over Russian oil supplies to China

Affair with Elon Musk is a lie?

📰On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal posted news that famous billionaire Elon Musk, 51, had slept with Sergey Brin's wife Nicole Shanahan, and was one of the reasons for Brin's divorce process.

▪Then, in order to disprove the newspaper's claim that the billionaire Tesla CEO and Sergey Brin were not on speaking terms because of Musk's apparent affair with Brin's wife, Elon tweeted a joint photo with Brin. What is more, Nicole Shanahan's lawyer also denied reports of his client’s affair with Elon Musk.

▪'Make no mistake, any suggestion that Nicole had an affair with Elon Musk is not only an outright lie but also defamatory,' attorney Bryan Freedman told the Daily Mail.

▪Brin and Shanahan are still in the process of finalizing their divorce.

How will the story end?

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Russia's top diplomat is meeting in Addis Ababa with Ethiopian FM and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen. Russian delegation just arrived at the Foreign Ministry.

😉 Josep Borrell, head of EU diplomacy, scolded the Western media for repeating the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: “Lavrov goes to Africa to say that European sanctions are to blame for the problem, and the entire Western press repeats it.”

“I go to Africa to say the opposite, and no one picks up [this information in the media],” he stressed.

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📹WATCH LIVE | Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov holds joint presser with his Ethiopian counterpart in Addis Ababa

Russian words can be heard from locals all along Sergey Lavrov's African journey. The President of Uganda thanked the delegation for the visit in Russian yesterday, and now - a "spasibo" from Ethiopian MFA official at the news conference in Addis Ababa.