🎬💍Amazon’s Prime Video has released a teaser of the upcoming Lord of the Rings series and revealed its full noscript.

The show, adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, is officially noscriptd The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor rebutted a recent NPR claim, which was later cited by many media outlets, that the conservative judge refused to wear a mask on the bench despite requests to do so.

🗣 "Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends," Gorsuch and Sotomayor said in a joint statement to the media

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Cardi B is covering the cost of burying the victims of the deadly fire in her hometown of Bronx.

🗣 'I'm extremely proud to be from the Bronx and I have lots of family and friends who live and work there still. So, when I heard about the fire and all of the victims, I knew I needed to do something to help,' said the Grammy-winning recording artist in a statement released Wednesday through the NYC mayor's office.

The fire killed 17 people aged between two and 50 from smoke poisoning due to a faulty heater in the apartment

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⚡️ Biden says Putin has never seen sanctions like the ones US preparing now over Ukraine

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An ABC journo asked Biden about his signature Build Back Better package and whether he needed to be more realistic and scale down his priorities in order to get something passed

🗣 “No, I don’t think so”, Biden replied

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How come Biden picks a reporter off a list, in all cases softball questions, and then reads the answer? I would never have been allowed to get away with that, nor would I have to!

The US Supreme Court has blocked an attempt by former President Donald Trump to keep White House records related to the January 6 Capitol riot from the US House Select Committee investigating the incident, according to a court order.

🗣 "The application for stay of mandate and injunction pending review presented to the Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied. The questions whether and in what circumstances a former President may obtain a court order preventing disclosure of privileged records from his tenure in office, in the face of a determination by the incumbent President to waive the privilege, are unprecedented and raise serious and substantial concerns," the US Supreme Court said in the order on Wednesday

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🗣 US President Joe Biden said at his presser that Russian President Vladimir Putin would see tougher sanctions than ever before if tensions escalate in Ukraine

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❗️🇰🇵🇺🇸North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly ordered the government to reconsider all trust-building measures with the United States in response to what he describes as the hostile policy of Washington.

❗️ The Supreme Court has made a ruling allowing the release of Trump's presidential records to the House Select Committee to go forward.

As a result, more than 700 documents said to pertain to the days leading up to the insurrection will now be sent to Congress

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Alec Baldwin is being sued by the family of Marin for slander, as he falsely accused the soldier who was killed in Afghanistan during the 2021 withdrawal, media reported Wednesday.

💸 After the soldier’s death, Baldwin found Rua, one of Marin’s sisters, and sent her a $5,000 check for his widow Jenna Creighton and her newborn, according to a lawsuit.

But then he suddenly another one of his sisters, Roice, of taking part in last year's riots in the nation's capital and called her a "rebel" after she posted an Instagram photo she took on January 6, 2021 at the Washington Monument.

🗣 “Your activities resulted in the unlawful destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer, an assault on the certification of the presidential election. I reposted your photo. Good luck,” Baldwin wrote back, according to the lawsuit.

According to The NY Post, Roice, who attended a demonstration in support of President Donald Trump, was not involved in the riot and was never charged with any crimes during the riot.

Roice was soon assaulted with “hostile, aggressive, hateful” messages from Baldwin’s followers, including one that said, “Get raped and die, worthless c— (kiss emoji). Your brother got what he deserved,” the lawsuit reportedly says

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⚡️ Sens. Manchin and Sinema joined Republicans on Wednesday in blocking the filibuster rule change. Sen. Schumer withdrew the motion to reconsider the election reform bill

Biden's press conference touched on a range of issues

▪️ Biden said that there will be no lockdown-like mass school closures against the backdrop of omicron.

▪️ Biden is convinced that Putin does not want war, but he himself promised Russia a "catastrophe" in the event of an escalation around Ukraine.

▪️ Biden is convinced that the Republicans will obstruct his agenda.

▪️ He said, "Like the most important thing is that President Biden doesn't follow through. Think about it: why do we need Republicans?" The United States does not intend to reduce its military presence in Europe, Biden said.

▪️ At the same time, speaking of NATO, the American president said that Sweden and Finland did not express a desire to join NATO, but voiced concern to Washington about "Russia's actions in Europe."

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😳 The challenges of live reporting are endless and journalists have to be ready for every possibility…

One such example of these perils is the story of a reporter from the US, who was hit by a car live on air. However, what left everyone stunned was the fact that she continued reporting.

🇺🇸➡️🇷🇺 A new draft of US sanctions proposed by Republican Jim Banks seeks sanctions against Russian officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, businessmen Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, according to the bill obtained by The Washington Post.

🔎 The new draft entails measures against Nord Stream 2 as well as organizations related to the project.

🔎 The draft suggests banning transactions with Russia's sovereign debt.