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Biden administration considers proposal to end military COVID vaccine mandate

President Joe Biden's administration is mulling a proposal from Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to repeal the U.S. military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the White House said on Saturday. McCarthy, who is vying to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, earlier told Fox News he had won bipartisan agreement to lift the mandate at a White House meeting with Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. [snip] B ...

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Feds arrest Texas man charged with threats to Boston doctor who cares for transgender children

A Texas man was arrested Friday on a federal charge that he left a threatening voicemail message for one Boston doctor who provides care to transgender community, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Massachusetts. The man, Matthew Jordan Lindner, 38, of Comfort, Texas, was charged with one count of transmitting interstate threats. Comfort is in Kendall County, about 50 miles northwest of San Antonio. Lindner, whose company Lindner Ammo was a federal firearms license in 2019, is accused ...

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Ukraine war: New images show Russian army base built in occupied Mariupol

Russia is consolidating its military presence in the captured port city of Mariupol by constructing a large army base, satellite photos released from the Earth observation company Maxar appear to show. The new, U-shaped compound sits near the centre of the city. On its roof, the red, white and blue star of the Russian army can be seen, with letters reading: "For the people of Mariupol." Moscow's forces laid siege to the city for almost three months earlier this year, and constant art ...

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Iran reviewing mandatory headscarf law amid ongoing protests

Iranian authorities said they would review a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as the country struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code. “Both parliament and the judiciary are working [on the issue],” of whether the law needs any changes, Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said on Saturday. Quoted by an Iranian news agency, he did not specify what could be modified in the law by the two bodies, which are both largely in t ...

mysteryowl

Senate Democrats to reportedly push banking reforms for cannabis industry

Democrats in the Senate will push to liberalize banking access to the cannabis industry during the lame duck session, it was reported on Saturday, in moves being watched closely by the Department of Justice which is concerned that reforms could ‘complicate’ the industry’s legal status. ...

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Georgia man arrested for shooting boy campaigning for Sen. Warnock

A Georgia man was arrested for allegedly shooting a 15-year-old boy who was at his front door campaigning for Sen. Raphael Warnock in his runoff election with Republican challenger Herschel Walker. “At this point, there is no indication the shooting was politically motivated," Savannah Police said in a statement. Thursday's shooting of the boy, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries to his leg, came five days before the runoff between the Democratic ...

Kennah

Putin soiled himself after falling down stairs, report claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin fell down the stairs and soiled himself at his official residence, a report claims. According to the anti-Kremlin Telegram channel "General SVR," Putin's mishap took place on Wednesday evening. The report sources the claims to Informants within Putin's security team. "General SVR" also claims to be operated by a former Russian spy. Putin's alleged fall comes as concerns over his overall health have increased. The Russian leader is battling ...

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Edward Snowden swears allegiance to Russia and receives passport, lawyer says

Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about U.S. surveillance programs, swore an oath of allegiance to Russia and has collected his Russian passport, his lawyer told state media on Friday. “Edward received a Russian passport yesterday and took the oath in accordance with the law,” lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency. “He is, of course, happy, thanking the Russian Federation for the fact that he received citizens ...

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Democrats vote to move forward with Biden plan to put South Carolina first on 2024 primary calendar

CNN -- The rule-making arm of the Democratic National Committee on Friday voted to approve a proposal to drastically reshape the 2024 presidential nominating calendar and make South Carolina the first state to hold a primary, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on the same day a few days later, and then Georgia and Michigan before Super Tuesday. President Joe Biden this week asked DNC leaders to adopt this early state lineup, which strips Iowa of its first-in-the-nation status. The proposal b ...

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Elon Brings One of America's Most Prominent Nazis Back to Twitter

Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin has been reinstated to Twitter under Elon Musk’s new policies for the platform. The founder of the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer had been banned from Twitter since 2013.  Anglin has publicly indicated that the goal of his operation and adherence to white nationalist ideology is to “ethnically cleanse White nations of non-Whites and establish an authoritarian government. Many people also believe that the Jews should be exterminated.” Anglin is a staunch supp ...

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Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post

2 hrs ago - (CNN)Former President Donald Trump called for the termination of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 election and reinstate him to power Saturday in a continuation of his election denialism and pushing of fringe conspiracy theories. "Do you t ... (CNN)

Senate Democrats to reportedly push banking reforms for cannabis industry

7 hrs ago - Democrats in the Senate will push to liberalize banking access to the cannabis industry during the lame duck session, it was reported on Saturday, in moves being watched closely by the Department of Justice which is concerned that reforms could ‘comp ... (The Guardian/US)

Iran reviewing mandatory headscarf law amid ongoing protests

7 hrs ago - Iranian authorities said they would review a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as the country struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code. “Both parliament and the judiciary are working [on th ... (The Guardian/US)

Biden administration considers proposal to end military COVID vaccine mandate

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Ukraine war: New images show Russian army base built in occupied Mariupol

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Feds arrest Texas man charged with threats to Boston doctor who cares for transgender children

10 hrs ago - A Texas man was arrested Friday on a federal charge that he left a threatening voicemail message for one Boston doctor who provides care to transgender community, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Massachusetts. The man, Matthew Jordan Lind ... (Texas Tribune)

South Dakota man accused of threatening Gov. Noem, judge

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Russian troops mutiny as conscripts storm off military base and head home in protest

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Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider

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Proud Boys want DC police officer to testify in their defense at upcoming trial

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Judge blocks Indiana abortion ban on religious freedom grounds

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Elon Brings One of America's Most Prominent Nazis Back to Twitter

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Edward Snowden swears allegiance to Russia and receives passport, lawyer says

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Putin soiled himself after falling down stairs, report claims

Friday - Russian President Vladimir Putin fell down the stairs and soiled himself at his official residence, a report claims. According to the anti-Kremlin Telegram channel "General SVR," Putin's mishap took place on Wednesday evening. The report ... (KOMO News)

Georgia man arrested for shooting boy campaigning for Sen. Warnock

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Democrats vote to move forward with Biden plan to put South Carolina first on 2024 primary calendar

Friday - CNN -- The rule-making arm of the Democratic National Committee on Friday voted to approve a proposal to drastically reshape the 2024 presidential nominating calendar and make South Carolina the first state to hold a primary, followed by Nevada and ... (CNN Politics)

Finland PM says Europe is 'not strong enough' and warns against depending on China

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Despite ban on lobbyists' campaign money, Lightfoot took $53K from lobbyist's companies

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European Union officials set Russian oil price cap at $60 a barrel

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