⚡️ Deripaska’s representative says the businessman doesn’t own the houses in NY and Washington, DC that are currently being raided by the FBI

⚡️ US strikes settlement with Facebook to resolve claims of discrimination against US workers

According to the Department of Justice, Facebook has “routinely refused to recruit, consider or hire US workers”.

The company will have to pay a civil penalty of $4.75 million and up to $9.5 million to the victims of alleged discrimination.

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⚡️ US remains prepared to engage in diplomacy with North Korea, White House says

The husband of former White House advisor Kellyanne Conway has been spotted near the Washington home linked to Deripaska, where the FBI is conducting a search. George T. Conway III, an attorney, took several photos and declined to speak to the press.

⚡️ Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19, media report, citing the DHS spokesperson

Well, it’s finally happened. The late, great Thomas Jefferson, one of our most important Founding Fathers, and a principal writer of the Constitution of the United States, is being “evicted” from the magnificent New York City Council Chamber. Who would have thought this would ever be possible (I did, and called it long ago!). Next up, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and, of course, George Washington. The Radical Left has gone crazy, and it’s hurting our Country badly—But someday soon, sane people will be back, and our Country will be respected again!

⚡️ The US Supreme Court has declined to stop vaccine mandates for Maine health workers, media report

💉 According to the US media, Powell died at the age of 84 from COVID-related complications despite being fully vaccinated, having received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in February.

He reportedly suffered from other conditions, including Parkinson's disease and multiple myeloma, blood cancers that could interfere with recovery from a COVID-19 infection.

His family did not elaborate on when Powell received the vaccine or whether he had a booster shot

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@RonDeSantisTelegram has announced that Florida's ports are open and the state will step up efforts to ease the supply chain crisis.

🗣 "We're here. We have capacity," DeSantis said at JaxPort on Tuesday morning

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⚡️ Bomb threat issued at Department of Labor in DC - reports

Oregon's largest city, Portland, has recorded 67 murders this year, three-quarters of which were by firearms. The total number of shootings - about 1000 - has also resulted in 314 injuries.

Police say many of the incidents involve gangs, brawls and retaliatory killings, but they also involve bystanders.

The murders are taking place as the Portland Police Department struggles to keep up in the face of severe staff shortages and budget cuts

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@TedCruzTX said that cages designated for migrant children are "bigger" and "more full" than ever before, blasting the Biden administration's handling of the border crisis.

🗣 "What is happening at the southern border is an absolute tragedy. We’ve had over 1.3 million people cross illegally. We are on the path to have over 2 million people cross," Cruz said. "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris caused this. Their entire strategy is: ignore it - and they are counting on the corrupt corporate media to ignore it."

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🇺🇸The US House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot advanced a resolution recommending a criminal contempt of Congress charge against former Trump aide Steve Bannon, paving the way for a full vote later this week.

The City Health Council passed a resolution recognizing the impact of racism on human health during the pandemic, which has exacerbated inequalities in communities of color.

🗣 "We must confront racism as a public health crisis" said the commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Dr. Chokshi.

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⚡️ Facebook plans to change Its name next week - reports

❗️ ✈️ A plane carrying 21 passengers and crew crashed and burst into flames near Houston, Texas.

All 21 people on board the plane were able to make it off and only one person was reported injured.

⚡️ A video of two Russian SU-30 warplanes intercepting two US B-1B strategic bombers over the Black Sea has emerged online.

👀 The "stupidity" of a portion of the US establishment "never ceases to amaze me", Oleg Deripaska says after the FBI raided the homes of his relatives in New York and Washington, DC.

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✌🏿 🎧 A MAGA rapper's anti-Joe Biden song, inspired by the "Let's Go Brandon!" meme, has hit the top of the iTunes hip-hop charts.

The song, performed by New Jersey-based Trump supporter Loza Alexander, was noscriptd after the "Let's Go Brandon!" meme, which references an incident earlier this month where NASCAR fans shouted "F**k Joe Biden".

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❗️ A meeting between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin by the end of the year remains possible, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

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