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💾 Biden signs $280 billon act to boost US tech
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration’s push to boost US competitiveness over China. The bill has been more than a year in the making, will incentivize investments in the American semiconductor industry in an effort to ease US reliance on overseas supply chains for critical, cutting-edge goods.
The White House sought Tuesday to begin selling the immediate impacts of the semiconductor measure, noting that Micron, a leading US chip manufacturer, will announce a $40 billion plan to boost domestic production of memory chips, while Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries will unveil a $4.2 billion expansion of an upstate New York chip plant.
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration’s push to boost US competitiveness over China. The bill has been more than a year in the making, will incentivize investments in the American semiconductor industry in an effort to ease US reliance on overseas supply chains for critical, cutting-edge goods.
The White House sought Tuesday to begin selling the immediate impacts of the semiconductor measure, noting that Micron, a leading US chip manufacturer, will announce a $40 billion plan to boost domestic production of memory chips, while Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries will unveil a $4.2 billion expansion of an upstate New York chip plant.
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🚨 Albuquerque police detain suspect in shootings of 4 Muslim Men
After a weekslong search that left the city’s Muslim community living in fear, Police Chief Harold Medina made the announcement on Tuesday that authorities had tracked down a vehicle believed to be involved in one of the slayings in New Mexico’s largest city.
Police initially said the same vehicle was suspected of being used in all four homicides — a dark gray or silver four-door Volkswagen that appeared to be a Jetta or Passat with dark tinted windows. Authorities released photos hoping people could help identify the car and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Albuquerque authorities say they cannot determine if the slayings were hate crimes until they have identified a suspect and a motive. Few anti-Muslim hate crimes have been recorded in Albuquerque over the last five years, according to FBI.
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After a weekslong search that left the city’s Muslim community living in fear, Police Chief Harold Medina made the announcement on Tuesday that authorities had tracked down a vehicle believed to be involved in one of the slayings in New Mexico’s largest city.
Police initially said the same vehicle was suspected of being used in all four homicides — a dark gray or silver four-door Volkswagen that appeared to be a Jetta or Passat with dark tinted windows. Authorities released photos hoping people could help identify the car and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Albuquerque authorities say they cannot determine if the slayings were hate crimes until they have identified a suspect and a motive. Few anti-Muslim hate crimes have been recorded in Albuquerque over the last five years, according to FBI.
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🔋 Most electric vehicles won’t qualify for federal tax credit
A tax credit of up to $7,500 could be used to defray the cost of an electric vehicle under the Inflation Reduction Act now moving toward final approval in Congress. As of now, the alliance estimates that about 50 of the 72 electric, hydrogen or plug-in hybrid models that are sold in the US wouldn’t meet the requirements.
Under the $740 billion economic package, which passed the Senate over the weekend and is nearing approval in the House. For an EV buyer to qualify for the full credit, 40% of the metals used in a vehicle’s battery must come from North America. By 2027, that required threshold would reach 80%.
One component of the bill would require that after 2024, no vehicle would be eligible for the tax credit if its battery components came from China. Most vehicles now have some parts sourced in China and is the leader in production of lithium and other minerals that are used to produce EV batteries.
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A tax credit of up to $7,500 could be used to defray the cost of an electric vehicle under the Inflation Reduction Act now moving toward final approval in Congress. As of now, the alliance estimates that about 50 of the 72 electric, hydrogen or plug-in hybrid models that are sold in the US wouldn’t meet the requirements.
Under the $740 billion economic package, which passed the Senate over the weekend and is nearing approval in the House. For an EV buyer to qualify for the full credit, 40% of the metals used in a vehicle’s battery must come from North America. By 2027, that required threshold would reach 80%.
One component of the bill would require that after 2024, no vehicle would be eligible for the tax credit if its battery components came from China. Most vehicles now have some parts sourced in China and is the leader in production of lithium and other minerals that are used to produce EV batteries.
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🚫 ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy is over
The Department of Homeland Security announced it ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in US immigration court, hours after a judge lifted an order in effect since December.
About 70,000 migrants were subject to the policy, known officially as “Migrant Protection Protocols,” from when former President Donald Trump introduced it in January 2019 until President Joe Biden suspended it on his first day in office in January 2021, effectively fulfilling a campaign promise.
Trump made the policy a centerpiece of border enforcement, which critics said was inhumane for exposing migrants to extreme violence in Mexico and making access to attorneys far more difficult.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced it ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in US immigration court, hours after a judge lifted an order in effect since December.
About 70,000 migrants were subject to the policy, known officially as “Migrant Protection Protocols,” from when former President Donald Trump introduced it in January 2019 until President Joe Biden suspended it on his first day in office in January 2021, effectively fulfilling a campaign promise.
Trump made the policy a centerpiece of border enforcement, which critics said was inhumane for exposing migrants to extreme violence in Mexico and making access to attorneys far more difficult.
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💉 Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years begins
Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the US and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in hopes of better fighting the tick-borne threat. Lyme is a growing problem, with cases rising and warming weather helping ticks expand their habitat.
Pfizer and French biotech Valneva are aiming to avoid previous pitfalls in developing a new vaccine to protect both adults and kids as young as 5 from the most common Lyme strains on two continents.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites insurance records suggesting 476,000 people are treated for Lyme in the US each year. Pfizer’s Anderson put Europe’s yearly infections at about 130,000. Untreated Lyme can cause severe arthritis and damage the heart and nervous system. Some people have lingering symptoms even after treatment.
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Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the US and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in hopes of better fighting the tick-borne threat. Lyme is a growing problem, with cases rising and warming weather helping ticks expand their habitat.
Pfizer and French biotech Valneva are aiming to avoid previous pitfalls in developing a new vaccine to protect both adults and kids as young as 5 from the most common Lyme strains on two continents.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites insurance records suggesting 476,000 people are treated for Lyme in the US each year. Pfizer’s Anderson put Europe’s yearly infections at about 130,000. Untreated Lyme can cause severe arthritis and damage the heart and nervous system. Some people have lingering symptoms even after treatment.
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🤔 Pelosi calls China 'one of the freest societies in the world' in apparent gaffe
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called China "one of the freest societies in the world" during an interview on NBC’s “TODAY” Tuesday morning, but the context around her comment suggests she meant to say "Taiwan."
Leading up to Pelosi’s trip, President Joe Biden warned that military officials believed Pelosi’s trip was "not a good idea." However, the White House later walked those comments back, saying the president "respects" Pelosi’s visit and believes it aligns with American foreign policy going back decades.
Soon after Pelosi's gaffe, Drew Hammill, her deputy chief of staff, took to Twitter to clear the air and present her original stance.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called China "one of the freest societies in the world" during an interview on NBC’s “TODAY” Tuesday morning, but the context around her comment suggests she meant to say "Taiwan."
Leading up to Pelosi’s trip, President Joe Biden warned that military officials believed Pelosi’s trip was "not a good idea." However, the White House later walked those comments back, saying the president "respects" Pelosi’s visit and believes it aligns with American foreign policy going back decades.
Soon after Pelosi's gaffe, Drew Hammill, her deputy chief of staff, took to Twitter to clear the air and present her original stance.
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🚨 2 Fort Benning soldiers killed in north Georgia mountains
Two soldiers out of Fort Benning have died after a weather-related incident on Yonah Mountain in north Georgia, Army officials said. A spokesperson for the US Army said the two soldiers, who names have not yet been released, were part of the training program at the Maneuver Center of Excellence.
Three other service members were also injured. All were treated by Army medics before being transported to an area hospital. The cause of the weather-related incident has not been released by the Army.
This is the second deadly incident involving soldiers stationed in Georgia in the last month. In late July, Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Clark was killed by a lightning strike at Fort Gordon near Augusta. Nine others were also injured in the incident.
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Two soldiers out of Fort Benning have died after a weather-related incident on Yonah Mountain in north Georgia, Army officials said. A spokesperson for the US Army said the two soldiers, who names have not yet been released, were part of the training program at the Maneuver Center of Excellence.
Three other service members were also injured. All were treated by Army medics before being transported to an area hospital. The cause of the weather-related incident has not been released by the Army.
This is the second deadly incident involving soldiers stationed in Georgia in the last month. In late July, Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Clark was killed by a lightning strike at Fort Gordon near Augusta. Nine others were also injured in the incident.
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📉 Elon Musk sold $6.9 billion in Tesla stock last week, and shares had their worst week in more than a year
Billionaire Elon Musk sold nearly $2 billion in Tesla Inc. stock on Thursday and Friday for $6.9 billion total on the week, which happened to be the worst for Tesla stock in more than a year.
The world’s richest man asked his Twitter followers last week if he should sell 10% of his 170 million-plus shares, and the answer was yes. After selling about 6.3 million shares this week, Musk would still not be halfway to that goal, and would only be less than a third of the way there if he does not count his Monday sales, which were from options he exercised and made by a predetermined plan in order to pay the taxes on those options.
Tesla stock had its worst week since the markets swooned at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
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Billionaire Elon Musk sold nearly $2 billion in Tesla Inc. stock on Thursday and Friday for $6.9 billion total on the week, which happened to be the worst for Tesla stock in more than a year.
The world’s richest man asked his Twitter followers last week if he should sell 10% of his 170 million-plus shares, and the answer was yes. After selling about 6.3 million shares this week, Musk would still not be halfway to that goal, and would only be less than a third of the way there if he does not count his Monday sales, which were from options he exercised and made by a predetermined plan in order to pay the taxes on those options.
Tesla stock had its worst week since the markets swooned at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
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⚡️ Trump-backed businessman Tim Michels is the projected winner in battleground Wisconsin's GOP gubernatorial primary
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❓ Who are the big winners of Tuesday’s US primaries?
▪️ Minnesota
Rep. Ilhan Omar narrowly defeated her primary challenger for the state’s 5th District, winning some 51% of the vote. Opponent Don Samuels, who conceded after clinching 48% of the vote, told reporters he would have won if Omar hadn’t received Democratic backing. Omar will now go on to face Republican Cicely Davis in November.
▪️ Wisconsin
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who became the frontrunner once entering the US Senate race, snagged the Democratic nomination late Tuesday after obtaining nearly 79% of the vote. He will face off against the GOP’s Ron Johnson. As for Trump-backed businessman Tim Michels, he’s now expected to face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers after grabbing ahold of his winning ticket in the state’s gubernatorial race. The Democratic challenger has referred to Michels as the “most extreme and divisive nominee possible.” The governor’s race proved the latest snag between former US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, both of whom have backed different candidates in swing states.
▪️ Vermont
The Great Mountain State, which has never had a woman part of its congressional delegation, sided with Becca Balint for Vermont’s lone Democratic House seat. Balint is favored to win the House bid as Rep. Peter Welch inches toward replacing the Senate position held by retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy.
▪️ Connecticut
In a state long home to the Republican base, Trump-backed Leora Levy will go head to head against two-term Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
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▪️ Minnesota
Rep. Ilhan Omar narrowly defeated her primary challenger for the state’s 5th District, winning some 51% of the vote. Opponent Don Samuels, who conceded after clinching 48% of the vote, told reporters he would have won if Omar hadn’t received Democratic backing. Omar will now go on to face Republican Cicely Davis in November.
▪️ Wisconsin
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who became the frontrunner once entering the US Senate race, snagged the Democratic nomination late Tuesday after obtaining nearly 79% of the vote. He will face off against the GOP’s Ron Johnson. As for Trump-backed businessman Tim Michels, he’s now expected to face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers after grabbing ahold of his winning ticket in the state’s gubernatorial race. The Democratic challenger has referred to Michels as the “most extreme and divisive nominee possible.” The governor’s race proved the latest snag between former US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, both of whom have backed different candidates in swing states.
▪️ Vermont
The Great Mountain State, which has never had a woman part of its congressional delegation, sided with Becca Balint for Vermont’s lone Democratic House seat. Balint is favored to win the House bid as Rep. Peter Welch inches toward replacing the Senate position held by retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy.
▪️ Connecticut
In a state long home to the Republican base, Trump-backed Leora Levy will go head to head against two-term Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
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🤔 Former president Donald Trump is expected to sit this Wednesday for a deposition in the New York Attorney General’s civil investigation into the Trump family’s business practices.
▪️ Trump will be sitting down with attorneys from Letitia James’ office at an undisclosed location agreed upon by the parties and behind closed doors. It’s unclear at this time if the former president will be willing to answer all the questions that the lawyers pose him or if will assert his Fifth Amendment right.
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▪️ Trump will be sitting down with attorneys from Letitia James’ office at an undisclosed location agreed upon by the parties and behind closed doors. It’s unclear at this time if the former president will be willing to answer all the questions that the lawyers pose him or if will assert his Fifth Amendment right.
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❗️ Two soldiers out of Fort Benning have died after a weather-related incident on Yonah Mountain in northern Georgia, US Army officials said.
▪️ A spokesperson for the US Army said the two soldiers, who names have not yet been released, were participating in a training program at the Maneuver Center of Excellence.
▪️ Three other service members were also injured. All were treated by Army medics before being transported to an area hospital.
▪️ Neither the cause of the weather-related incident nor other details have been released by the army.
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▪️ A spokesperson for the US Army said the two soldiers, who names have not yet been released, were participating in a training program at the Maneuver Center of Excellence.
▪️ Three other service members were also injured. All were treated by Army medics before being transported to an area hospital.
▪️ Neither the cause of the weather-related incident nor other details have been released by the army.
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😬 New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested he would bus New Yorkers down to Texas to campaign against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for the "good of America" in response to Abbott’s move to bus illegal immigrants from Texas to The Big Apple.
🗯 "I already called all my friends in Texas and told them how to cast their votes," Adams said during a news conference on Tuesday. "And I am deeply contemplating taking a busload of New Yorkers to go to Texas and do some good old-fashioned door knocking because we have to, for the good of America, we have to get him out of office."
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🗯 "I already called all my friends in Texas and told them how to cast their votes," Adams said during a news conference on Tuesday. "And I am deeply contemplating taking a busload of New Yorkers to go to Texas and do some good old-fashioned door knocking because we have to, for the good of America, we have to get him out of office."
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🤫 Former Kamala Harris aide Symone Sanders, now an MSNBC weekend host, pleaded with people to stop calling the FBI search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence a "raid" on Tuesday.
🗣 "Please folks stop calling it a ‘raid,’" she tweeted, later responding to critics in amusement.
▪️ Those words may have been directed at her fellow MSNBC hosts and producers, who kept used the term "raid" on air Monday evening.
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🗣 "Please folks stop calling it a ‘raid,’" she tweeted, later responding to critics in amusement.
▪️ Those words may have been directed at her fellow MSNBC hosts and producers, who kept used the term "raid" on air Monday evening.
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🇨🇳 🇦🇺 China's ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian told the Australian government to treat the issue of Taiwan with “caution,” saying there is “no room for compromise” over Beijing’s territorial claim over the self-governed island.
▪️ Mr. Xiao addressed the National Press Club on Wednesday as tensions intensify across the Taiwan Strait in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei.
▪️ Xiao struck a conciliatory tone about the prospect of relations improving with the new Australian government, but on the question of Taiwan remained resolute.
▪️ He said China would be prepared to use “all necessary means” for what he described as the “unification” of the island with mainland China.
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▪️ Mr. Xiao addressed the National Press Club on Wednesday as tensions intensify across the Taiwan Strait in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei.
▪️ Xiao struck a conciliatory tone about the prospect of relations improving with the new Australian government, but on the question of Taiwan remained resolute.
▪️ He said China would be prepared to use “all necessary means” for what he described as the “unification” of the island with mainland China.
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❗️ An individual armed with a knife was shot by police in the public area of terminal 2F, at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, according to the BFMTV.
▪️ AFP has reported, citing sources, that the armed suspect was shot dead.
▪️ The police confirmed the incident, saying that the individual in question was "neutralized".
▪️ "This morning officers neutralized a threatening individual in possession of a knife at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport," the Paris police department tweeted.
▪️ No further details were immediately available.
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▪️ AFP has reported, citing sources, that the armed suspect was shot dead.
▪️ The police confirmed the incident, saying that the individual in question was "neutralized".
▪️ "This morning officers neutralized a threatening individual in possession of a knife at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport," the Paris police department tweeted.
▪️ No further details were immediately available.
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🌐 The pro-Russian hacking group Killnet has "put down" the website of the American military company Lockheed Martin.
▪️ The founder of the KillMilk group, in his Telegram channel, published a list of systems that have stopped working as a result of the attack. Among them is an authorization system for Lockheed Martin employees, as well as some NASA services. The hacker noted that the group has no "personal" claims against the space agency, but that it must be held accountable for "helping terrorists."
▪️ Killnet hackers declared war on Lockheed Martin on August 1, 2022, promising the corporation "new level hacker attacks." Their reasons for the 'war' include the company's supply of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, which are used in military operations in Ukraine.
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▪️ The founder of the KillMilk group, in his Telegram channel, published a list of systems that have stopped working as a result of the attack. Among them is an authorization system for Lockheed Martin employees, as well as some NASA services. The hacker noted that the group has no "personal" claims against the space agency, but that it must be held accountable for "helping terrorists."
▪️ Killnet hackers declared war on Lockheed Martin on August 1, 2022, promising the corporation "new level hacker attacks." Their reasons for the 'war' include the company's supply of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, which are used in military operations in Ukraine.
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😕 A safe-technology advocacy group issued a claim on Tuesday that Tesla’s full self-driving software represents a potentially lethal threat to child pedestrians, the latest in a series of claims and investigations into the technology to hit the world’s leading electric carmaker.
▪️ According to a safety test conducted by the Dawn Project, the latest version of Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software repeatedly hit a stationary, child-sized mannequin in its path. The claims that the technology apparently has trouble recognizing children form part of an ad campaign urging the public to pressure Congress to ban Tesla’s auto-driving technology.
▪️ In several tests, a professional test driver found that the software, which was released in June, failed to detect the child-sized figure at an average speed of 25mph and the car then hit the mannequin. The Dawn Project’s founder, Dan O’Dowd, called the results “deeply disturbing.”
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▪️ According to a safety test conducted by the Dawn Project, the latest version of Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software repeatedly hit a stationary, child-sized mannequin in its path. The claims that the technology apparently has trouble recognizing children form part of an ad campaign urging the public to pressure Congress to ban Tesla’s auto-driving technology.
▪️ In several tests, a professional test driver found that the software, which was released in June, failed to detect the child-sized figure at an average speed of 25mph and the car then hit the mannequin. The Dawn Project’s founder, Dan O’Dowd, called the results “deeply disturbing.”
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