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SpaceX successfully lands Starship rocket at its Texas base.
SpaceX successfully lands Starship rocket at its Texas base.
💻 GOP Representative Kat Cammack accuses Facebook of promoting human smuggling amid border crisis.
In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Cammack called on the social media platform to take measures against human smuggling advertisements, while pointing at what she described as the "silencing" and "shadow-banning" of conservative voices.
Cammack provided screenshots from a Facebook search which reportedly show ads promoting "passage to the United States."
In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Cammack called on the social media platform to take measures against human smuggling advertisements, while pointing at what she described as the "silencing" and "shadow-banning" of conservative voices.
Cammack provided screenshots from a Facebook search which reportedly show ads promoting "passage to the United States."
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UPDATE | Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the largest industry lobbying group, slammed the move. “In the midst of a deadly pandemic, the Biden Administration has taken an unprecedented step that will undermine our global response…
UPDATE | World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the US support for waiving COVID vaccine intellectual property protections.
🔫 The South Carolina House of Representatives voted Wednesday afternoon to allow execution by firing squad as a legitimate means of capital punishment.
The bill will now go to Governor Henry McMaster’s desk, and if signed will make South Carolina the fourth US state to reintroduce execution by firing squad, alongside Utah, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.
The bill will now go to Governor Henry McMaster’s desk, and if signed will make South Carolina the fourth US state to reintroduce execution by firing squad, alongside Utah, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.
🚆 Hmm, something doesn't add up here...
During an event marking Amtrak's 50th anniversary, US President Joe Biden told a story about a conductor named Angelo Negri who congratulated him for travelling 1.5 million miles during his "fourth or fifth year as vice president", although Negri had resigned from Amtrak in 1993 - while Biden was a US senator, not a vice president.
One more gaffe to add to the collection?
During an event marking Amtrak's 50th anniversary, US President Joe Biden told a story about a conductor named Angelo Negri who congratulated him for travelling 1.5 million miles during his "fourth or fifth year as vice president", although Negri had resigned from Amtrak in 1993 - while Biden was a US senator, not a vice president.
One more gaffe to add to the collection?
🗣 Republican candidate for California governor Caitlyn Jenner has weighed in on former President Donald Trump’s stint in the Oval Office, assessing him favourably as a “disruptor”
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🗣 Republican candidate for California governor Caitlyn Jenner has weighed in on former President Donald Trump’s stint in the Oval Office, assessing him favourably as a “disruptor”
“What I liked about Donald Trump is he was a disruptor, you know. He came in and shook the system up, OK. A lot of people didn’t like that in Washington, DC, but he came in and shook the system up. I think he did some things that I agree with, some things I didn’t agree with.”
#URGENT | US reportedly supports Ukraine's entry into NATO sptnkne.ws/GhN4
➕ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law a new voting measure that strengthens the existing voter identification requirements, prohibits the mass mailing of ballots and bans voter harvesting.
The new law requires additional identification when a voter seeks to change any registration information or requests a vote-by-mail ballot.
The new law requires additional identification when a voter seeks to change any registration information or requests a vote-by-mail ballot.
#URGENT | Three injured as gunman opens fire at Idaho middle school sptnkne.ws/GhP4
🗣 Defense Secretary Austin on U.S. troops withdrawal from Afghanistan this year: "We're going to do just that".
🚫 Germany and the United States “work closely” in all major areas but “have differing positions on Nord Stream 2,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said.
“This is a subject in which we have different positions, and will continue to have different positions,” he told journalists on Thursday.
“This is a subject in which we have different positions, and will continue to have different positions,” he told journalists on Thursday.
❗️An account that attempted to post comments from a blog by former President Donald Trump on Twitter was suspended.
"As stated in our ban evasion policy, we’ll take enforcement action on accounts whose apparent intent is to replace or promote content affiliated with a suspended account," the social media giant said.
"As stated in our ban evasion policy, we’ll take enforcement action on accounts whose apparent intent is to replace or promote content affiliated with a suspended account," the social media giant said.
✈️ Your turn at the wheel, AI !
The US Air Force announced on Thursday that on April 29, a Skyborg autonomous AI piloting system took the helm of an aircraft for the first time, as it test flew an unmanned combat aerial vehicle at Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base.
“We’re extremely excited for the successful flight of an early version of the ’brain‘ of the Skyborg system. It is the first step in a marathon of progressive growth for Skyborg technology,” Brig. Gen. Dale White, program executive officer for fighters and advanced aircraft, said in a press release. “These initial flights kick off the experimentation campaign that will continue to mature the ACS and build trust in the system.”
The US Air Force announced on Thursday that on April 29, a Skyborg autonomous AI piloting system took the helm of an aircraft for the first time, as it test flew an unmanned combat aerial vehicle at Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base.
“We’re extremely excited for the successful flight of an early version of the ’brain‘ of the Skyborg system. It is the first step in a marathon of progressive growth for Skyborg technology,” Brig. Gen. Dale White, program executive officer for fighters and advanced aircraft, said in a press release. “These initial flights kick off the experimentation campaign that will continue to mature the ACS and build trust in the system.”
❗️FBI, Minnesota police responding to 'hostage situation' at Wells Fargo in St. Cloud
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❗️FBI, Minnesota police responding to 'hostage situation' at Wells Fargo in St. Cloud
UPDATE | Several streets have reportedly been blocked off and the public has been told to avoid the immediate area. There have been no reported injuries at this time.
🧐 One does not simply improvise!
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted that the US president's communications team has recommended that he not take impromptu questions from reporters.
"That is not something we recommend. In fact, a lot of times we say ‘don’t take questions,'" she noted. "But he's going to do what he wants to do because he's the president of the United States."
She recalled a story of when Biden was asked by a CNN reporter if an increase in the minimum wage, to $15, would be included in the new coronavirus relief package, and the president gave 'the honest' answer that he didn't think the increase would be included in the bill.
Is avoiding new gaffes one of administration's main jobs?
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted that the US president's communications team has recommended that he not take impromptu questions from reporters.
"That is not something we recommend. In fact, a lot of times we say ‘don’t take questions,'" she noted. "But he's going to do what he wants to do because he's the president of the United States."
She recalled a story of when Biden was asked by a CNN reporter if an increase in the minimum wage, to $15, would be included in the new coronavirus relief package, and the president gave 'the honest' answer that he didn't think the increase would be included in the bill.
Is avoiding new gaffes one of administration's main jobs?
The United States remains committed to supporting India in overcoming the latest COVID-19 surge, and both countries are ready to address other common challenges, the Defense Department’s deputy press secretary, Jamal Brown, said.
Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin H. Kahl and Indian Defense Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar underscored that the bonds between the two nations deepen in times of crisis, according to the release.
Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin H. Kahl and Indian Defense Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar underscored that the bonds between the two nations deepen in times of crisis, according to the release.
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UPDATE | Several streets have reportedly been blocked off and the public has been told to avoid the immediate area. There have been no reported injuries at this time.
UPDATE | One hostage released as FBI, Minnesota police negotiate with bank robbery suspect
🇺🇦 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he held 'productive' talks on Russia and reforms with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukranian officials.
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UPDATE | One hostage released as FBI, Minnesota police negotiate with bank robbery suspect
UPDATE | Two hostages released as FBI, Minnesota police negotiate with bank robbery suspect