📈 Take your time, Mr. President! Gasoline prices have already skyrocketed in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack, hitting their highest levels since 2014.

The American Automobile Association estimates that the average price for a gallon of gasoline nationwide is more than $3. Prices have steadily climbed since November 2020, when the cost was $2.13 per gallon on average throughout most of the country

Finally, they will start working, and stop making tik tok videos...

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously passed a bill that would ban U.S. federal workers from downloading the popular app TikTok onto U.S. government devices

#BREAKING | IDF air, ground forces launch strikes across Gaza Strip

👨‍💼 Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey joined a growing number of Republican governors who are stopping payment of an extra $300 a week for unemployed workers as a way to force people to return to work.

The governor’s action ends the use of federal virus relief funds for those benefits and goes into effect July 10.

Time to go back to work, guys

#BREAKING | Egyptian delegation leaves Tel Aviv after Israel rejects humanitarian ceasefire plans

#BREAKING | UN Secretary General calls for 'immediate' end to deadly hostilities in Israel, Gaza Strip

#URGENT | Multiple people injured amid drive-by shooting in Rhode Island

🖋 Biden plans to nominate Katherine Lamon to head the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.

As a reminder - she headed the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights from 2013 to 2017, when the Obama administration focused on combating sexual violence on college campuses.

P.S. Under the Obama administration, both the Department of Justice and the Department of Education stated that Title IX applies to and protects transgender students. The departments released guidance documents detailing how to apply Title IX protections to transgender students, instructing schools on an issue that otherwise varied at the state level

⚾️ Yet another fully vaccinated member of the New York Yankees has tested positive for COVID-19, making it the eighth 'breakthrough' case on the team. MLB and the New York State Department of Health are assisting the team with the outbreak, the team said in a statement.

Maybe it's still necessary to wear masks?

❗️ UPDATE | Police Chief reveals 9 people were shot in Providence drive-by shooting, 3 are critically wounded

💰 Do you want to get back the money you paid in taxes? Maybe you would also like to have the money your neighbor paid too? Well, there's a special offer being given to Ohioans to take part in the lottery!

Gov. Mike Dewine announced that vaccinated Ohioans will be able to participate in a raffle that will select five winners, each of whom will win $1 million in taxpayer money

📍Colonial Pipeline Co. paid hackers nearly $5 million to free their computer network Friday, despite claims they had no intention of doing so

😷 @RonDeSantiisChannel is pledging to pardon any state resident who was arrested for not following COVID-19-related restrictions.

“Floridians should not be penalized for rejecting the overreach of local authorities through unnecessary mask mandates” said DeSantis

🇺🇸Retired Brigadier General Donald Bolduc, one of the signatories of the letter questioning the mental and physical condition of President Joe Biden, has rebutted a spate of criticisms against him in an interview with Sputnik.
“Every service member has sacrificed to protect all citizens' ability to have a voice. I realize, with any course of action, others will speak out. I’m just proud to live in a country where we can do so freely,” Bolduc said.
Bolduc is currently running for a Senate seat in New Hampshire in 2022 as a Republican.

Check out our brief summary of the latest news:

▪️US Rep. Carlos Gimenez has called on the House to condemn "acts of terrorism" by Hamas.

▪️The US fully withdrew its forces from Kandahar Airfield, one of its largest operating bases in Afghanistan.

▪️A rescue operation is underway after two workers were trapped in an Oklahoma dam on Thursday evening.

▪️A report by NYT claims Blackwater founder Erik Prince recruited an ex-MI6 spy to run a “honey trap” operation to root out Trump enemies.

▪️The Pentagon is surveilling US citizens without a warrant, according to a letter by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.

❗️ Elise Stefanik picked to replace Liz Cheney in GOP No. 3 position

🤔 Is the US media turning a blind eye to important issues?

Meghan McCain – an avid critic of Donald Trump, argues that just because “Trump was so bad,” it doesn't mean ignoring problems under Biden is acceptable.

She says there’s a tonne of issues to discuss, including the migrant crisis at the southern border, inflation, unemployment, and tensions in the Middle East.

“These are real problems,” McCain says. “It's like the '70s all over again.”

❗️ Israel not seeking extra military aid from US amid Gaza tensions - Israeli ambassador to Russia

❗️ Facebook pledges to defend compliance with EU laws amid Irish privacy data probe

❗️US And Czech Republic included in list of countries that commit unfriendly actions against Russia

Do you remember the recent scandal over the CIA’s “woke” recruitment ad?

The US Army followed suit and released its own ad – which has already been dubbed “super-woke” by internet users.

Just like the CIA video, this new clip tells the story of a particular service member, although in the form of a cartoon.

While the CIA’s “Mijo” refused to “internalise misguided patriarchal ideas of what a woman can or should be,” the Army’s “Emma” attends a gay rights parade and “shatters stereotypes” by operating the Patriot missile system.