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▪️An Illinois judge is facing backlash after he reportedly reversed a teenager's sexual assault conviction, saying that the 148 days the 18-year-old spent behind bars since his arrest is enough.
▪️President Biden's approval rating has dropped to 33%, reaching a new low, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
▪️The US has released 870,000 barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Shell Trading Co. The deal, already the 4th, is aimed at reducing prices of fuel at the pump.
▪️Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep after their talk veered towards Trump's purported role in the events of 6 January.
▪️The US has confirmed the death of American citizen Omar Assad near Ramallah on Wednesday and is seeking details from the Israeli government.
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▪️An Illinois judge is facing backlash after he reportedly reversed a teenager's sexual assault conviction, saying that the 148 days the 18-year-old spent behind bars since his arrest is enough.
▪️President Biden's approval rating has dropped to 33%, reaching a new low, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
▪️The US has released 870,000 barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Shell Trading Co. The deal, already the 4th, is aimed at reducing prices of fuel at the pump.
▪️Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep after their talk veered towards Trump's purported role in the events of 6 January.
▪️The US has confirmed the death of American citizen Omar Assad near Ramallah on Wednesday and is seeking details from the Israeli government.
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📸: Take a look at the White House’s new 10-foot concrete wall.
The construction was first spotted at the beginning of the week – without any explanation from the White House itself.
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The construction was first spotted at the beginning of the week – without any explanation from the White House itself.
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🤔 Could Hillary Clinton face Donald Trump in a presidential race again?
Such a scenario is possible, the Wall Street Journal says.
The former secretary of state could make a comeback in 2024, the WSJ writes, as Democrats are witnessing a crisis within their party, Joe Biden’s low approval ratings aside.
Clinton will begin to position herself as a candidate who can lead the Democrats on a new, successful path if the party loses control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 mid-term elections – something the WSJ reckons likely.
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Such a scenario is possible, the Wall Street Journal says.
The former secretary of state could make a comeback in 2024, the WSJ writes, as Democrats are witnessing a crisis within their party, Joe Biden’s low approval ratings aside.
Clinton will begin to position herself as a candidate who can lead the Democrats on a new, successful path if the party loses control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 mid-term elections – something the WSJ reckons likely.
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📸: Take a look at the White House’s new 10-foot concrete wall. The construction was first spotted at the beginning of the week – without any explanation from the White House itself. Subscribe to @sputniknewsus
📹: Some more images and videos of the new “temporary” concrete fence around the White House from a Sputnik correspondent
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❗️🇺🇸 Leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers group Stewart Rhodes was arrested by US law enforcement officials after being charged alongside 11 other defendants with seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the January 6 breach of the Capitol, the Justice Department said.
⚡US Supreme Court blocks Biden's workplace vaccine-or-test mandate for large businesses
The US Supreme Court blocked enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers but backed the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, according to two decisions filed Thursday.
"Applicants now seek emergency relief from this Court, arguing that OSHA’s mandate exceeds its statutory authority and is otherwise unlawful. Agreeing that applicants are likely to prevail, we grant their applications and stay the rule," the Supreme Court said in a per curiam opinion on the larger employer mandate case.
However, the Supreme Court backed the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ mandate to require facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding to ensure that their staff – unless exempt for religious reasons – are vaccinated against COVID-19 to continue receiving the money.
The US Supreme Court blocked enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers but backed the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, according to two decisions filed Thursday.
"Applicants now seek emergency relief from this Court, arguing that OSHA’s mandate exceeds its statutory authority and is otherwise unlawful. Agreeing that applicants are likely to prevail, we grant their applications and stay the rule," the Supreme Court said in a per curiam opinion on the larger employer mandate case.
However, the Supreme Court backed the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ mandate to require facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding to ensure that their staff – unless exempt for religious reasons – are vaccinated against COVID-19 to continue receiving the money.
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⚡Sullivan: US vows to respond 'decisively' if Russia puts forces in Latin America
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⚖ Thousands of federal inmates to be released under 2018 law
The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons this week as part of a sweeping criminal justice overhaul signed by President Donald Trump more than three years ago.
The bipartisan law is intended to encourage inmates to participate in programs aimed at reducing recidivism, which could let them out of prison earlier. It also eases mandatory minimum sentences and gives judges more discretion in sentencing. The programs range from anger management and drug treatment to educational, work and social skills classes.
While the transfers are expected to begin this week, it isn’t clear how many inmates will be released. The department would only say that “thousands” of inmates are being affected.
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The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons this week as part of a sweeping criminal justice overhaul signed by President Donald Trump more than three years ago.
The bipartisan law is intended to encourage inmates to participate in programs aimed at reducing recidivism, which could let them out of prison earlier. It also eases mandatory minimum sentences and gives judges more discretion in sentencing. The programs range from anger management and drug treatment to educational, work and social skills classes.
While the transfers are expected to begin this week, it isn’t clear how many inmates will be released. The department would only say that “thousands” of inmates are being affected.
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🚫 US Senate Rejects Bill to Sanction Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Within 15 Days
The US Senate on Thursday rejected Republican Senator Ted Cruz's bill that would impose sanctions within 15 days on companies building and operating the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
The US Senate failed to get the 60 votes needed to pass the legislation.
Biden administration officials were on Capitol Hill this week lobbying against support for the bill due to concerns it could compromise cooperation between the United States and European partners in early security talks with Russia to address issues in Eastern Europe.
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The US Senate on Thursday rejected Republican Senator Ted Cruz's bill that would impose sanctions within 15 days on companies building and operating the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
The US Senate failed to get the 60 votes needed to pass the legislation.
Biden administration officials were on Capitol Hill this week lobbying against support for the bill due to concerns it could compromise cooperation between the United States and European partners in early security talks with Russia to address issues in Eastern Europe.
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❗️Jan. 6 Panel subpoenas records from Alphabet, Meta, Twitter & Reddit after 'inadequate responses'
🍻 Conor McGregor’s $2.2 Million Dublin Pub Attacked by Petrol Bombs
UFC star Conor McGregor had his Dublin pub attacked on Wednesday when “suspects on scooters” threw Molotov cocktails at the establishment, which had been hosting a taste testing event at the time.
McGregor bought the building in his hometown for a costly $2.2 million in 2019. The 33-year-old mixed martial artist was hosting a taste testing event at the pub the same night of the attack, but was not present when the incident occured. No injuries and no damages to the building were found.
“There was no damage done to any patrons, employees, or the Forge, and Mr. McGregor was not on the premises at the time of the incident,” Black Forge Inn management said in their statement to MMA Fighting. “The Gardai have opened an investigation into the event. We are open and busy as always.”
The Gardai is the national police service of the Republic of Ireland. To date, no arrests have been made in the case.
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UFC star Conor McGregor had his Dublin pub attacked on Wednesday when “suspects on scooters” threw Molotov cocktails at the establishment, which had been hosting a taste testing event at the time.
McGregor bought the building in his hometown for a costly $2.2 million in 2019. The 33-year-old mixed martial artist was hosting a taste testing event at the pub the same night of the attack, but was not present when the incident occured. No injuries and no damages to the building were found.
“There was no damage done to any patrons, employees, or the Forge, and Mr. McGregor was not on the premises at the time of the incident,” Black Forge Inn management said in their statement to MMA Fighting. “The Gardai have opened an investigation into the event. We are open and busy as always.”
The Gardai is the national police service of the Republic of Ireland. To date, no arrests have been made in the case.
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❄️ A Good Samaritan was knocked to the ground and mugged in New York City by a homeless man after giving him a coat on Wednesday, the third assault arrest for the attacker in two weeks as he repeatedly skirts jail due to the new District Attorney's 'woke' policies.
Surveillance video of the incident shows the unidentified 59-year-old victim as he tried to help 25-year-old Xavier Israel, who had been lying on the sidewalk at 476 5th Avenue. The victim gently places a jacket he was wearing on Israel before the homeless man springs up and pushes him into the ground.
The victim can be seen on the ground after being pummeled by Israel, left, Israel ran off with the man's wallet, which had $1500 cash in it after police recovered it during his arrest. Israel was charged with assault, robbery and grand larceny.
Prosecutors under the new DA's policy must now ditch felony armed robbery charges and instead charge suspects with petit larceny.
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Surveillance video of the incident shows the unidentified 59-year-old victim as he tried to help 25-year-old Xavier Israel, who had been lying on the sidewalk at 476 5th Avenue. The victim gently places a jacket he was wearing on Israel before the homeless man springs up and pushes him into the ground.
The victim can be seen on the ground after being pummeled by Israel, left, Israel ran off with the man's wallet, which had $1500 cash in it after police recovered it during his arrest. Israel was charged with assault, robbery and grand larceny.
Prosecutors under the new DA's policy must now ditch felony armed robbery charges and instead charge suspects with petit larceny.
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❌ California’s governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the 1968 slaying that the governor called one of America’s “most notorious crimes.”
🗣 “Mr. Sirhan’s assassination of Senator Kennedy is among the most notorious crimes in American history,” Newsom wrote in his decision.
🇺🇸 Aside from causing Kennedy’s then-pregnant wife and 10 children “immeasurable suffering,” Newsom said the slaying “also caused great harm to the American people.”
☠️ Sirhan originally was sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life when the California Supreme Court briefly outlawed capital punishment in 1972.
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🗣 “Mr. Sirhan’s assassination of Senator Kennedy is among the most notorious crimes in American history,” Newsom wrote in his decision.
🇺🇸 Aside from causing Kennedy’s then-pregnant wife and 10 children “immeasurable suffering,” Newsom said the slaying “also caused great harm to the American people.”
☠️ Sirhan originally was sentenced to death, but that sentence was commuted to life when the California Supreme Court briefly outlawed capital punishment in 1972.
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