🖋 Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to invalidate the subpoenas issued by the House select committee examining the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The suit describes the subpoenas for documents and testimony issued to Meadows in September as “overly broad and unduly burdensome”.
The key issue in the filing is the committee’s bid to obtain cell phone records from Meadows and “a third-party telecommunications company,” records which Meadows argues the panel “lacks lawful authority to seek and to obtain.”
❓ The committee had no immediate response to the Meadows lawsuit. Will they now move forward with contempt proceedings?
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The key issue in the filing is the committee’s bid to obtain cell phone records from Meadows and “a third-party telecommunications company,” records which Meadows argues the panel “lacks lawful authority to seek and to obtain.”
❓ The committee had no immediate response to the Meadows lawsuit. Will they now move forward with contempt proceedings?
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🇺🇸 🌟 Time has named 18 year old American singer-songwriter, Olivia Rodrigo, entertainer of the year for 2021.
🔎 After releasing her music in pandemic-era isolation, Rodrigo sang at multiple awards shows, earned 7 Grammy nominations, and was revealed to have the most-streamed album and song of the year around the world on Spotify.
🌟Simone Biles, American artistic gymnast, has been crowned the athlete of the year.
🔎 With a combined total of 32 Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is tied for the most decorated gymnast of all time.
🔎 After releasing her music in pandemic-era isolation, Rodrigo sang at multiple awards shows, earned 7 Grammy nominations, and was revealed to have the most-streamed album and song of the year around the world on Spotify.
🌟Simone Biles, American artistic gymnast, has been crowned the athlete of the year.
🔎 With a combined total of 32 Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is tied for the most decorated gymnast of all time.
❗ Man with gun trying to clear security at congressional office building arrested, reports say
Biden announces Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal at Democracy Summit
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❗️A new 'D11' alliance may result from the Summit for Democracy, which is being hosted by Biden amid rising tensions with Russia and China, former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells Newsweek.
The alliance could be led by G7 members, as well as Australia, India, and South Korea.
Overseen by a permanent secretariat, it would set global norms and standards for the use of emerging technology, such as AI and social media. The democratic alliance should also create an "economic Article 5" inspired by NATO's collective defense article, Rasmussen believes.
The alliance could be led by G7 members, as well as Australia, India, and South Korea.
Overseen by a permanent secretariat, it would set global norms and standards for the use of emerging technology, such as AI and social media. The democratic alliance should also create an "economic Article 5" inspired by NATO's collective defense article, Rasmussen believes.
🔎 New York AG reportedly seeking deposition from Trump in fraud probe into ex-president's businesses
Data shows that over the past 18 months, carjackings have risen exponentially in many US cities, experts say.
"In 2020, Chicago carjackings were up a staggering 134%, with 1,416 people being forcibly removed from their vehicle," the National Insurance Crime Bureau says. "This trend has continued in 2021, with Chicago seeing a 44% increase, Washington, D.C. up 45%, and New York an 81% increase."
The Public Policy Institute of California says car thefts are up 24% since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
"In 2020, Chicago carjackings were up a staggering 134%, with 1,416 people being forcibly removed from their vehicle," the National Insurance Crime Bureau says. "This trend has continued in 2021, with Chicago seeing a 44% increase, Washington, D.C. up 45%, and New York an 81% increase."
The Public Policy Institute of California says car thefts are up 24% since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
⚡London court will decide on appeal for the extradition of Assange on 10 December
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The blind leading the blind, or just the US president leading a blind guy – or vice versa? You decide.
❗ US weekly jobless claims hit 1969 lows on dynamic recovery from COVID-19
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🎤 Rapper Travis Scott has denied having any knowledge that some fans were gravely injured during his performance at the tragic Astroworld music festival in Texas, which resulted in 10 people dead, until later on.
🔎 The Biden administration plans to put pressure on the Ukrainian government to cede autonomy to the breakaway Donbass territories, the Associated Press reports
Ian Brzezinski, the former George W. Bush-era deputy assistant of defence for Europe and NATO Policy and son of famed US geopolitical grand strategist Zbigniew Brzezinski, proposed “punishing” Russia financially preemptively over actions it has not taken in Ukraine: “We ought to be taking some preliminary economic steps now ... may be stopping some payments on oil and gas transfers, maybe in a couple days shutting Russia off from SWIFT. These are steps that would demonstrate that the larger sanctions that we’re threatening are real.”
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🎥 The Russian Defence Ministry: Russian fighters escorted five US and French military aircraft over the Black Sea
⚡️ White House brands Russia troop movement inside own country as 'aggression' against Ukraine
⚡️The Zelenskyy-Biden conversation ended after 1.5 hours, the US president spoke about the negotiations with Putin, Zelenskyy's office said
⚡️ Ukrainian President does not support idea of freezing Donbas conflict