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Feb 16 2021
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WHO COVID-19 Investigator Tried To Hide Involvement In Pro-China Statement, Email Reveals
A World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 investigator tried to hide his involvement in organizing a pro-China statement to condemn the “lab-leak theory” as a “conspiracy theory,” a newly revealed email shows.
Dr. Peter Daszak, a British-American zoologist on the WHO team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in China, helped rally scientists to sign a statement in Feb. 2020 that
The Daily CallerFeb 17 2022
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Multiple celebrities backing Kenyatta in Pennsylvania Senate race
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Malcolm Kenyatta has received donations from multiple celebrities, including actresses Halle Berry and Amy Schumer.
Kenyatta, a Democratic state representative, collected between $500 and the maximum $5,600 from Berry and Schumer, along with singer Robin Thicke and actresses Susan Sarandon, Tasha Smith, Debra Messing and Wanda Sykes, The Philadelphia
Yahoo NewsJun 25 2021
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Justice Department Sues Georgia over Election Integrity Law
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the state of Georgia over its new election integrity law, alleging that it is discriminatory and aims to restrict citizens from voting.
Attorney General Merrick Garland and Kristen Clarke, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced the suit, which alleges that the Georgia law discriminates against black
National Review (News)Dec 23 2021
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Biden signs bills on forced labor in China, ALS research
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Thursday to block imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made without forced labor, the latest in a series of intensifying U.S. penalties against the Asian power for alleged abuses.
The measure had to overcome some initial hesitation from the White House, as well as corporate opposition, to win final
Associated PressFeb 27 2020
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What exactly is Tom Steyer planning to do?
Polls say the billionaire environmentalist is poised for a top-three finish in South Carolina. What that gets him is less clear.
As Democrats begin to lose patience with the size of their 2020 presidential primary field, one candidate could be poised to seize attention with an unexpected finish Saturday.
Tom Steyer, the California activist billionaire who has largely been a
NBC News DigitalNov 23 2021
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Kevin Spacey to pay $31m to studio after abuse claims
A mediator has ordered Kevin Spacey to pay nearly $31m (£23.2m) to the studio that made the hit Netflix show, House of Cards, for breach of contract following sexual harassment allegations against the US actor.
The secret ruling was made last year, but became public on Monday after lawyers for the studio, MRC, filed a court petition to confirm the award.
The actor has faced
BBC NewsAug 22 2021
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Biden says Kabul evacuations have 'long way to go'
The U.S. has gotten thousands of people out of Afghanistan but has a long way to go, President Joe Biden said on Sunday afternoon.
Biden, despite the weekend's progress in evacuating people out of Afghanistan, said, "We have a long way to go. And a lot could still go wrong."
And with thousands of Americans remaining in Afghanistan, Biden said his administration is in talks about
USA TODAYJan 17 2022
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Omicron surge shows signs of easing in states hit early by the fast-spreading variant
Following weeks of soaring infections, the latest Covid surge is showing signs of slowing in a handful of areas hit earliest by the omicron variant — offering a glimmer of hope that this wave is starting to ease.
The U.S. has reported an average of nearly 800,000 cases per day over the past week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, more than three times the level
CNBCAug 22 2021
Opinion
In Afghanistan, China Is Ready to Step Into the Void
The speed and scope of the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan have prompted introspection in the West over what went wrong, and how, after billions of dollars spent on a 20-year war effort, it could all end so ignominiously. China, though, is looking forward. It is ready to step into the void left by the hasty U.S. retreat to seize a golden opportunity.
While Beijing has yet to formally
New York Times (Opinion)Nov 23 2021
Fact Check
Are Donald Trump's California Gas Price Claims Accurate?
Rising fuel costs have become a major talking point for Republicans, who blame the Biden administration's energy policies. Donald Trump has weighed in on the debate, contending that under President Joe Biden California has seen gas prices surge to $7.50 a gallon, noting that people are paying four times more than when he was president.
That's up from "$1.87 a year ago," Trump told Fox
Newsweek