👮‍♂️ The NYPD is going through a tough time, all because of a wave of protests against police violence and racism.

According to the New York Post, citing department records, more than 5,300 NYPD uniformed officers retired or placed in their papers to resign in 2020, a 75% increase from the previous year.

Police officers being demonized and vilified as racists is behind the rise in departures from the department in New York City, according to a 22-year veteran of the NYPD. Unfortunately, police officers are not only strongly criticized but sometimes are even physically attacked.

Watch the video of the detective getting attacked by a black man while writing a report on the street in the middle of the day

🦠 Nearly 142 million Americans - 43% of the adult population - have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than 96 million - 29% of the adult US population - are fully vaccinated.

According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention:

📌 Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask outdoors, except in certain crowded settings and venues;

📌 Fully vaccinated employees, those who have been exposed to the novel coronavirus "no longer need to be restricted from work," so long as the employee is "asymptomatic";

📌 Fully vaccinated residents of non-healthcare congregate settings no longer need to quarantine following a known exposure.

The agency also released a graphic detailing its face mask guidance for both "unvaccinated people" and "fully vaccinated people."

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▪️ US tries to avoid miscalculations when meeting IRGC vessels at sea, Pentagon says

▪️ Saudi Crown Prince: Kingdom 90% in agreement with Biden administration policies

▪️Attacks on five victims at US Turkish restaurant result in hate crimes charges, Justice Dept says

▪️US, Russia can develop mutual interests if Moscow 'chooses not to escalate', says Blinken

🛫 The US State Department lifted restrictions, imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on visas for students, certain scientists, journalists and individuals who "provide critical infrastructure support in countries affected by a geographic COVID-19 restriction," from China, South Africa, Iran and Brazil

❗️#URGENT | Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins passes away at the age of 90

Collins' family issued a statement on his Twitter page, confirming his passing and indicating that "he spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side."

His family asked for privacy, and promised that details on a funeral services would be forthcoming.

💬 Biden nominee for top arms control post says would pursue deeper weapons cuts with Russia

“Certainly, I think the idea would be deeper cuts but I think a lot of that depends on what happens with the strategic stability talks that are being planned,” Jenkins told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Jenkins stressed that Washington certainly wants to include discussions on some of the novel weapons that Russia has developed and to explore non-strategic weapons

The gaffe machine runs true to form.

US President Joe Biden abruptly ended his remarks to the press at the White House Tuesday afternoon, saying that he is going to get in trouble if he continues to answer questions further

🔍 Trump-era CIA chief and secretary of state Mike Pompeo has called on John Kerry to “explain” why he allegedly leaked confidential information about Israel’s illegal bombing operations in Syria.

#URGENT | Three men indicted with federal hate crimes, attempted kidnapping charges over Ahmaud Arbery murder

🧢 Make America Great Again?

Newly surfaced details have indicated that Trump is considering the possibility of returning to the public eye and resuming his signature “Make America Great Again” rallies in an attempt to grasp the prime-time spotlight he once attained through the Oval Office

#LIVE | Biden addresses joint session of Congress on 100th day in office

https://youtu.be/TDrHw0N5RXw

#BREAKING | US does not seek escalation with Russia, Joe Biden says

#BREAKING | Biden to Xi: US will maintain strong military presence in Indo-Pacific

💰 Federal reserve chairman says China’s digital yuan will not work in US.

“The currency that's being used in China is not one that would work here,” Powell said. “It's one that really allows the government to see every payment that's used, for which it is used in real-time. It's more to do with things happening within their own financial system than it is to do with the global competition."

✍️ CNN reporter triggers confusion after praising Joe Biden’s ‘moderate radicalism’.

It is highly questionable that Biden's agenda could be deemed "radical", especially compared to lawmakers from the so-called progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

However, a CNN reporter believes otherwise: "Biden's quiet radicalism is expressed through a huge pandemic rescue bill, a larger proposal that redefines the concept of infrastructure, and a massive health and child care blueprint," CNN White House reporter Stephen Collinson wrote in an article

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▪️In the US, coronavirus cases have recently dropped in over half the states

▪️SpaceX launches another Starlink internet communications satellite constellation

▪️Rudy Giuliani's son blasts 'politicisation' of the DoJ over 'absurd' raid on father's home

▪️Biden has urged the US Congress to approve police reform in May

👮‍♂️ The New York Police Department has ended a contract with Boston Dynamics, parting ways with the high-tech robot police dog after it drew massive negative attention online and caused a City Council subpoena.

The department has stopped leasing the “Digidog” from Boston Dynamics, a spokesperson told the New York Post on Wednesday, adding that the dog will be returned.

The news comes after a Twitter video of the police robot dog patrolling the streets went viral.

The clip caused massive backlash online, where people drew comparisons to TV series “Black Mirror,” which depicts dystopian future

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has threatened Turkey and other allies against any more purchases of Russian weapons, warning that countries could be subject to new sanctions if they fail to obey.

“It’s also very important going forward that Turkey, and for that matter all US allies and partners, avoid future purchases of Russian weaponry, including additional S-400s – which again, bring Russia revenue, access, and influence,” Blinken said, speaking at a virtual ‘World Press Freedom Day Roundtable’ in Washington, DC on Wednesday.

Blinken added that Washington had been “very clear, very direct, and very consistent in urging Turkey to abandon the S-400 system,” and said that the Turkish military’s operation of the system “runs directly counter to commitments all allies made at the 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw to reduce, not increase, dependencies on Russian equipment.”

‼️ #BREAKING | US will ‘temporarily’ deploy elements of Army Ranger Task Force to Afghanistan