⚡️US President Biden has asked to speak with French President Macron, the time for call not yet set, says official
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⚡️US President Biden has asked to speak with French President Macron, the time for call not yet set, says official
⚡️Biden wants to stress to Macron his desire for a close working relationship in the Indo-Pacific and other issues, the senior administration official added
🇺🇸🇮🇳🇯🇵President Joe Biden will welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan when he hosts the first summit for Quad leaders, which will be held in Washington, DC on 24 September, the White House announced on Monday.
“The Biden-Harris Administration has made elevating the Quad a priority, as seen through the first-ever Quad Leaders-level engagement in March, which was virtual, and now this summit, which will be in-person. Hosting the leaders of the Quad demonstrates the Biden-Harris Administration’s priority of engaging in the Indo-Pacific, including through new multilateral configurations to meet the challenges of the 21st century," the White House statement said.
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“The Biden-Harris Administration has made elevating the Quad a priority, as seen through the first-ever Quad Leaders-level engagement in March, which was virtual, and now this summit, which will be in-person. Hosting the leaders of the Quad demonstrates the Biden-Harris Administration’s priority of engaging in the Indo-Pacific, including through new multilateral configurations to meet the challenges of the 21st century," the White House statement said.
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⚡️'Multiple injuries' reported in shooting at Virginia High School
"Police are on scene of a shooting at Heritage High School," Newport Police Department said in a statement.
"Students are being evacuated and sent to the tennis courts. Parents can meet them there."
"Students are being evacuated and sent to the tennis courts. Parents can meet them there."
US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is heading to Texas on Monday to oversee the removal of mostly Haitian migrants from a sprawling makeshift camp they set up after wading across the Rio Grande from Mexico. According to a statement from his office, Mayorkas will meet with local officials and hold a news conference.
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"Police are on scene of a shooting at Heritage High School," Newport Police Department said in a statement. "Students are being evacuated and sent to the tennis courts. Parents can meet them there."
❗️WAVY, a local news outlet in Norfolk, Virginia, reported that two people had been rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds after an altercation at Heritage High School in the city of Newport News, Virginia, although the wounds were not thought to be life-threatening.
Police haven't released information about how many suspects there are or their identity, but they dismissed reports of active shooters on the school campus.
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Police haven't released information about how many suspects there are or their identity, but they dismissed reports of active shooters on the school campus.
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⚡️US launches air strike on 'senior al-Qaeda leader' in Idlib, Syria
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🇺🇸 Texas Governor Greg Abbott asks US President Joe Biden to declare a federal state of emergency in response to the influx of migrants through the Mexico border after the town of Del Rio was inundated with around 13,000 mostly Haitians migrants.
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👩🏫 An Iowa teacher detailed how she got around the state's ban on critical race theory by luring her students to ask questions about what she was able to discuss.
Lange explained how she told her students that she was not allowed to discuss certain questions, which then opened up an opportunity for her students to ask questions that she was allowed to answer.
🧐 It is so important for these people to narrate a critical theory of race in their classrooms that they are willing to break the law?
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Lange explained how she told her students that she was not allowed to discuss certain questions, which then opened up an opportunity for her students to ask questions that she was allowed to answer.
🧐 It is so important for these people to narrate a critical theory of race in their classrooms that they are willing to break the law?
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🇺🇸🦠 The coronavirus death toll in the US exceeded 675,000 on Monday, surpassing the 1918 flu pandemic to become the deadliest disease in the country’s history.
Researchers at the University of Washington project that an additional 100,000 Americans will die during the forthcoming winter.
Researchers at the University of Washington project that an additional 100,000 Americans will die during the forthcoming winter.
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💸 US federal debt surpassed $28 trillion in March, with every man, woman, and child in the country owing more than $85,000 for the federal government’s spending. Combined debt – which includes federal debt plus all other public and private obligations, stands…
💸 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the failure of Congress to increase the debt limit would "plunge" the US into a financial crisis.
🗣 “In a matter of days, millions of Americans could be strapped for cash. We could see indefinite delays in critical payments and nearly 50 million seniors could stop receiving Social Security checks for a time. Troops could go unpaid. Millions of families who rely on the monthly child tax credits could see delays. America, in short, would default on its obligations,” the secretary cautioned
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🗣 “In a matter of days, millions of Americans could be strapped for cash. We could see indefinite delays in critical payments and nearly 50 million seniors could stop receiving Social Security checks for a time. Troops could go unpaid. Millions of families who rely on the monthly child tax credits could see delays. America, in short, would default on its obligations,” the secretary cautioned
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💉 Jen Psaki responded to questions as to why migrants are not required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before entry to the United States, but foreign nationals who arrive by airplane are, saying that the situations are not comparable.
🗣 "They are not intending to stay here for a lengthy period of time," she said. "I don’t think it’s the same thing. It is not the same thing."
What a selective policy
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🗣 "They are not intending to stay here for a lengthy period of time," she said. "I don’t think it’s the same thing. It is not the same thing."
What a selective policy
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🎞 The video shows mounted US Border Patrol agents menacingly chasing and seemingly whipping Haitian migrants as they try to cross the Rio Grande near Del Rios, Texas.
🧐 The patrol's chant of "Go back to Mexico" sounds like it could be a hymn for the Biden administration's new immigration policies
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🧐 The patrol's chant of "Go back to Mexico" sounds like it could be a hymn for the Biden administration's new immigration policies
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📃 More than 26 Republican governors have "urgently" demanded a meeting with US President Joe Biden over "international humanitarian crisis" going on at the US Sothern border , according to a letter sent by the officials.
The signatories included Doug Ducey from Arizona, @RonDeSantisTelegram from Florida, and @Greg_Abbott from Texas
The signatories included Doug Ducey from Arizona, @RonDeSantisTelegram from Florida, and @Greg_Abbott from Texas
💔 The romance of Sergeant Molly Edwards and her lover, Constable Richard Paton, was discovered after the authorities bugged the car and heard the characteristic sounds of love at the time of an emergency call.
🙃 The officers, both married, also ignored a call to attend a hospital to deal with two victims of a serious attack outside a nightclub. At the time, they were parked 15 minutes from the house and were having sex.
An office romance that has turned into a dismissal and possibly a divorce...
🙃 The officers, both married, also ignored a call to attend a hospital to deal with two victims of a serious attack outside a nightclub. At the time, they were parked 15 minutes from the house and were having sex.
An office romance that has turned into a dismissal and possibly a divorce...
Black Lives Matter protesters gathered at Carmine's in New York to accuse the Italian restaurant of racism following a recent altercation between the hostess and three Black tourists.
Kaita Nkinge Rankin, 44, Tyonny Keshai Rankin, 21, and Sally Richelle Lewis, 49, allegedly attacked 24-year-old owner Carmine last Thursday when she asked for their COVID-19 vaccination cards.
💉 The demonstrators also voiced opposition toward COVID-19 vaccine passports, which they claimed would disproportionately affect Blacks
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Kaita Nkinge Rankin, 44, Tyonny Keshai Rankin, 21, and Sally Richelle Lewis, 49, allegedly attacked 24-year-old owner Carmine last Thursday when she asked for their COVID-19 vaccination cards.
💉 The demonstrators also voiced opposition toward COVID-19 vaccine passports, which they claimed would disproportionately affect Blacks
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