The “absolute loser”, according to Donald Trump, is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as he "is giving the Democrats everything they want".

On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump blasts McConnell for meekly going along with the Democrats over their continuing resolution which allows the government to remain open and funded in accordance with previous budget conditions.

Trump also seemed to accuse McConnell of supporting Senator Joe Manchin's proposal to speed up the approval process for energy and infrastructure projects. The permit reform he promoted should be included in a permanent resolution to keep the government funded

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⚡️⚡️Kiev resumed shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP area, Russian Ministry of Defense says

Russia’s MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪Kiev made an unsuccessful attempt at an offensive in the Kherson region, more than 120 Ukrainian military personnel were destroyed by Russian forces;

▪4 depots of Ukrainian missile and artillery weapons were destroyed in the Kharkov region;

▪25 HIMARS and Olkha multiple launch rocket system missiles were intercepted in the Kherson region;

▪More than 230 Ukrainian servicemen, 10 tanks, and 23 armored fighting vehicles were destroyed in the DPR;

▪More than 50 neo-Nazis were killed in high-precision strikes on points of temporary deployment of the Kraken unit in the Kharkov region

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💈"I’ll bring my hair gel. You bring your hairspray" - California Governor Gavin Newsom challenges Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to a debate. The reason for such a call was a Friday press conference in Daytona Beach, Florida, when DeSantis said that Newsom's "hair gel is interfering with his brain function."

Earlier, the Governor of California sent a letter to the Department of Justice, calling for DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott to be prosecuted

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✨ Good News Digest: Reviewing the positive news of the past week

▪️How large is the area of oceanic forests of Australia’s Great Southern Reef and the Great African Marine Forest off the coast of southern Africa? Find out what scientists have discovered;

▪️A monkey in the Indian state of Jharkhand has started attending daily classes alongside students;

▪️What new technologies are scientists using in their search for extraterrestrial intelligence?

▪️Researchers at Saratov State University have developed a hydrogel based on whey protein that can be used for soft tissue reconstruction;

▪️"This Is the House That ZNera Space Built": Read about the new concept proposed by an experimental architectural firm of a "self-sustained city within a city" in Dubai, built at a height of 550 meters

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This video is currently trending in Uzbekistan. Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped to thank the organizers of the SCO summit in Samarkand.

💎🇿🇦 Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the Great Star of Africa (obtained by the British Empire over 100 years ago) to be returned and put in a South African museum following Queen Elizabeth II's death.

How was the diamond taken by the UK?

King Charles was criticized by a member of the public during a parade in Cardiff. The man accused him of spending taxpayer money on royal events during the energy crisis

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🇦🇹 Protest in Vienna as demonstrators demand lower prices and heating for homes

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❗IAEA says Zaporozhye NPP re-connected to Ukrainian power grid Zaporozhye NPP

⚡🇹🇷 Following Belarus submitting its application yesterday to join the SCO as a full-fledged member and Iran signing a memorandum of commitment to full SCO membership, Turkish President Erdogan has said his country could also join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

🇩🇪 Germany's Scholz says talks with Putin always "friendly" in tone

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shared a rare glimpse into his phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that these negotiations are always amicable in tone despite the leaders' widely diverging opinions.

"If I summarize all the conversations I have had with him [President Putin] recently, there has certainly been some progress," Scholz told the Deutschlandfunk broadcaster, adding that "the tone always remains friendly" even though their views on the Ukraine crisis are "very different."

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📸: Joe and Jill Biden are heading to London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

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