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The US House is voting on Biden's $1 trln Infrastructure bill.
The House went on recess and will reconvene soon.

🔸According to reports, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reportedly voting against the bill.

🔸US Representatives Ed Case, Josh Gottheimer, Stephanie Murphy, Kathleen Rice, Kurt Schrader are voting for the Build Back Better Act, according to the statement.

🔸The Congressional Progressive Caucus said yes to both the Build Back Better and the Infrastructure bills.
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⚡️ Majority of US House votes to greenlight $1 trillion Infrastructure bill in a 228-206 vote, clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law by President Joe Biden.
⚡️ Multiple deaths reported at Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas
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Unconfirmed reports suggest that a number of attendees suffered from heart attacks
❗️ Multiple ambulances were present at the sold-out concert, with the Houston Fire Department saying that CPR was performed on at least two people.

It remains unclear as to what caused the reported deaths and heart attacks.
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⚡️Authorities confirm 8 deaths at Astroworld Festival
❗️The second day of the music event, which kicked off on Friday, has been cancelled
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Unconfirmed reports suggest that a number of attendees suffered from heart attacks
⚡️Houston Fire Department Chief Sam Pena confirmed that 11 of those hospitalised were in cardiac arrest.

“At around 9 or 9:15, the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage, and that caused panic, and people were getting injured,” Pena said.

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The Astroworld Festival's Twitter account released a statement on the tragedy
Congressmen Mike Rogers and Mike Turner urged the White House in a letter to send additional weaponry to Ukraine, ramp up intelligence sharing with Kiev, and deploy the US military to the Black Sea area to “deter” Russia and stop a potential “invasion” of the Eastern European country by Moscow
Biden hails passage of infrastructure plan as 'monumental step forward'
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Biden hails passage of infrastructure plan as 'monumental step forward'
Biden says I feel confident we will have enough votes to pass build back better plan
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A video showing Curtis Sliwa, the former New York City mayor hopeful, being hit by a cab four days before the mayoral election, has emerged online
⚡️A US federal appeals court froze Biden's vaccine requirement for businesses with 100+ employees to vaccinate them against COVID-19 or to test them weekly
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Untrue “garbage”: Watch Biden boom in anger after being asked a question on cash payments to illegal migrants.

After offering an angry rebuke to the media, the US president ignored a follow-up question on whether the Justice Department would to negotiate the size of the compensation, as previously indicated by the White House.
The videos show Travis Scott continuing to perform at the fatal concert as fans desperately asked him to ‘stop the show’

The crush went on for about a half hour before the music was stopped, leaving at least eight people dead and scores more injured.