Kyle Rittenhouse insists during the interview with Fox News that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement and says that the shooting incidents during the Kenosha riots on 25 August 2020, had "nothing to do with race."

🇺🇸 Saule Omarova, who has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as a top banking watchdog at the US Treasury Department, was once a member of the USSR communist youth organization Komsomol, which could have served as springboard for her political career had she not moved to the US, Laura Sharkubenova, the director of the school where Omarova graduated in Kazakhstan, tells Sputnik.

Photo credit: Omarova’s Twitter

The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies parade group says their members are among the victims of the Wisconsin incident

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❗ Sen. Warren pledges to oppose Biden's nomination of Jerome Powell for second term as Fed chair

❗️🛢The US is preparing to release oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as soon as Tuesday in concert with other consuming nations, Bloomberg reports.

The plans still could change, but the country is allegedly weighing a release of more than 35 million barrels over time.

The United States has added four Afghan men to its Designated Global Terrorists list, the US Department of the Treasury said

President Joe Biden said he and his family were praying for the families of the five people who were killed in the the Waukesha, Wisconsin attack, saying the entire community was struggling to cope with the deadly incident that occurred just days ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday.

⚡️ Waukesha Parade suspect charged with five counts of intentional homicide

According to Waukesha Police Chief Daniel Thompson, the suspect was involved in a domestic disturbance just minutes before he drove his automobile through a police barricade at the parade. Authorities have denied that they were pursuing the suspect at the time of the fatal incident.
The act has not been labeled a terrorist attack.

DeSantis says that people have returned to work amid recent Florida's resistance to vaccine mandates

🗣“We provided protections for Floridians so they wouldn’t lose their job because of these mandates,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

DeSantis signed multiple bills regarding vaccine mandates on Thursday during Florida’s special legislative session. Under one of the bills, private employers must give workers the option of opting out of the vaccine mandate, including medical and religious exemptions.

⚡️🇷🇺US imposes sanctions on two vessels, one entity as targets over Nord Stream 2

⚡️🇺🇸 The Biden administration is considering sending lethal weapons and military advisers to Ukraine amid fears over a Russian incursion, CNN reported. The weapons would include new Javelin anti-tank, anti-armor missiles and mortars, according to the report.

The families of the Parkland high school massacre victims settled their lawsuit with the Justice Department after suing the agency and the FBI for not acting on tips warning about the shooter, according to a federal court filing on Monday.

On Valentine's Day 2018, Nikolas Cruz entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and murdered 17 students and faculty members and injured 17 others. According to the lawsuit, the FBI received tips about Cruz's violent behavior, mental instability, and a large purchase of firearms, yet failed to intervene.

⚡️ Jan. 6 Panel subpoenas Roger Stone, Alex Jones over participation in 'Stop the Steal' rally

🚀 Defending Humanity: NASA mission to crash spacecraft into asteroid to change its direction launches this week.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is set to launch Tuesday night aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

The test mission intends to check if slamming the object into an asteroid will effectively make it redirect its path, this way providing “further insights into how we can deflect potentially dangerous near-Earth objects in the future.”

🔁 Joe Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed.

Asked whether the commander-in-chief would be considering a 2024 bid, Psaki relayed to reporters that he would indeed be jumping back into the campaign seat.

If reelected to serve, Biden would be 82 years old at the start of his second term, marking him once again as the oldest serving commander-in-chief.

🇺🇸🇷🇺The new US sanctions over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline are unacceptable, Moscow regards all attempts against Russian oil and gas exports to Europe as unfair competition that undermines the principles of a free market, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Facebook.

⚡️ Daughter of Malcolm X Malikah Shabazz found dead in Brooklyn home - report

🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧The Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties will hold an inquiry into the AUKUS alliance between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, SBS World News reports.