🎙 According to a press release from Radio Liberty, after the visit of the bailiffs to the Moscow bureau of the US agency, the bank accounts of RFE / RL in Russia were frozen, and a search warrant was sent to the Moscow bureau. The seizure of the agency's accounts was carried out to ensure payment of unpaid fines in the amount of 5 million rubles (US $ 68,000)

🛒 "Beginning today, vaccinated customers and members are welcome to shop without a mask, and we will continue to request that non-vaccinated customers and members wear face coverings in our stores and clubs," the Walmart company said

House Democrats have introduced a new bill that would provide the District of Columbia Air National Guard with $200 million to create a quick reaction force of service members ready to respond to any violence or threats on Capitol Hill.

Is there something they're still worried about?

🖋 Texas has sued the Biden administration over its decision to rescind the previous administration's approval of changes to its Medicaid program, saying the move was meant to pressure the state into expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

In a complaint filed, the Texas said that the loss of the approval could cost the state more than $30 billion and would have an "almost incalculable effect on Texas' most vulnerable citizens."

Check out our brief summary of the latest news:

▪️ Texas sues to block 'Biden's power grab' to strip state of Medicaid waiver

▪️ Kamala Harris has gone 52 days without a news conference since being tapped for the border crisis role

▪️ Neera Tanden joins Biden WH as adviser after OMB nomination pulled

▪️ The United States is set to deploy two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton drones at Misawa air base in Japan's Aomori prefecture for five months

▪️ President Joe Biden reportedly had an angry temperamental outburst when confronting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra over how his department was dealing with the influx of migrant children

#BREAKING | White House on Gaza AP office strike: Safety of reporters is 'paramount responsibility'

#BREAKING | Netanyahu tells Biden Israel 'is doing everything' to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza

#BREAKING | Palestinian President Abbas gets 'important' call from President Biden

❗️ Biden talks to Netanyahu, reaffirms 'strong support for Israel's right to defend itself'

#BREAKING | Hamas announces two-hour ceasefire with Israel beginning at 10 pm local time Saturday

🤔 House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that the only reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its masking rules for vaccinated Americans was to distract people from the skyrocketing gas prices

It seems that the sordid story of harassment by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will soon come to an end.

Four women who have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment have received subpoenas to testify under oath, the latest indication that the state Attorney General's investigation into Mr. Cuomo's conduct has entered a critical phase

😷 Democratic Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey has his own ideas of what state residents should do in order to avoid getting sick with coronavirus.

The governor announced that he would maintain the state's mandate for full-face masks, effectively ignoring new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

He told the residents of his state that he was not willing to let his power over them slip - at least not yet - despite the fact that the CDC allowed Americans not to wear masks if they are vaccinated

⚡️Air raid sirens were heard in Israel’s Tel Aviv around midnight and explosions were heard after that (the sound was likely that of the the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System intercepting rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip).

According to a Sputnik correspondent, rockets started to be launched toward Israel from Gaza on the night from Saturday to Sunday, right around midnight (21:00 GMT on Saturday).

🚔 The police seem to be becoming a minority targeted by LGBT activists, as the Annual New York City Pride Celebration, which began 51 years ago as a showy celebration of an anti-police uprising and turned into a city-sanctioned gathering promoting equality, will take steps to reduce the presence of law enforcement at its events.

Starting this year, police and corrections officers will also not be allowed to participate as a group in the annual pride march until at least 2025. The ban includes the Gay Officers Action League, an organization of the Los Angeles Police Force that announced the decision in a statement Friday night