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• What caused Yellowstone's 'unprecedented' flooding? Scientists saw it coming

  15-06-2022 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Extreme rainfall rates and rapid snowmelt prompted the flash flooding in Yellowstone National Park early this week, washing out roads and bridges in the park and causing "significant" damage to the town of Gardiner, Montana, at the park's entrance.
  
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• Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are a sham

  15-06-2022 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  Don't count Bill Gates among the fans of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
  
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• Driver Exposes Huge Problem with Electric Vehicles When It Takes an Entire Day to Drive 360 Miles

  15-06-2022 23:43
  
  Globalist environmentalists want everyone everywhere to switch to electric vehicles — even though traveling in one sounds more like a nightmare than a utopian dream come true.
  A driver in Australia documented a trip from Canberra to Sydney and back in an electric Hyundai Ioniq 5, according to News.com.au.
  It took TikTok user Suthocam a full day to complete the 360-mile journey in the $71,900 car.
  The trip was a reality check for electric car owners who do not have a vehicle compatible with
  
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• A newborn was abandoned in a gravel pit in 1985. Now, her mother has been charged with murder

  15-06-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  A Massachusetts woman has been arrested in connection with the 1985 death of a newborn baby in Frenchville, Maine.
  
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• Liz Cheney Lambasted for Focusing on Trump While Her State Is Ravaged by Natural Disaster

  15-06-2022 23:39
  
  With a disaster ravaging her voters, Rep. Liz Cheney gets more like a Democrat every day.
  Her home state is being battered by flooding bad enough to close the country’s oldest national park to the public, but the RINO Republican from Wyoming is half a continent away in Washington, D.C.
  And she’s focused on the priority that clearly matters to her more than the people she’s supposed to represent — getting former President Donald Trump.
  Cheney is the “ranking” R
  
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• State Strikes a Major Blow Against 6 Wall Street Giants Over 'Unfair Discrimination' Against Coal and Gas Industries

  15-06-2022 23:23
  
  If woke corporations are going to treat the industry that fuels the lives of Americans with a cold shoulder, they’ll get the same treatment from West Virginia taxpayers.
  Six Wall Street firms are slated to land on West Virginia’s Restricted Financial Institution List, with state treasurer Riley Moore notifying them in a Friday letter.
  The companies are BlackRock, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and U.S. Bancorp, according to Politico.
  Moore used a law that
  
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• Apple retail workers in Maryland to begin voting in historic union election

  15-06-2022 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Apple workers at a retail outpost in Towson, Maryland, are set to begin voting on Wednesday in a union election, with the potential to form the first labor union in one of the tech giant's US stores.
  
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• Extreme heat poses significant and growing health risk to babies and children, study shows

  15-06-2022 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  When Aaron Bernstein became a pediatrician roughly 25 years ago, it didn't occur to him that the climate crisis would grow into a critical health problem for his young patients.
  
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• 'WJ Live': Biden Shakes and Screams During AFL-CIO Speech

  15-06-2022 22:46
  
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• Grand Rapids police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya is fired

  15-06-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  A Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer has been fired less than a week after being charged with second-degree murder in the death of Patrick Lyoya, City Manager Mark Washington announced Wednesday.
  
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• Federal Reserve Announces Largest Interest Rate Hike in 28 Years, Citing High Inflation

  15-06-2022 22:35
  
  The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday it is raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — the largest increase in nearly three decades.
  The move is intended to fight the skyrocketing prices Americans have endured under President Joe Biden, the central banking system’s board of governors said in a news release.
  “Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher energy prices, and broader price pressures,&rdquo
  
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• Trump Takes Down His 1st Impeachment Betrayer on Big GOP Primary Night

  15-06-2022 22:31
  
  A South Carolina Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion paid the price on Tuesday night.
  According to The New York Times, Rep. Tom Rice lost in the Republican primary to state Rep. Russell Fry. Rice, and he is the fifth of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump who will lose their seat — as four others have chosen to retire.
  With 95 percent reported as of Wednesday, Fry had received 51.1 percent of the vote. Rice, meanwhile, o
  
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• They're Coming for George Washington: School Changes Mascot Name in Attempt to 'Unify Our Community'

  15-06-2022 22:16
  
  A university named after an American colonial has officially decided calling themselves “Colonials” is too offensive.
  According to a Wednesday news release from George Washington University, the Board of Trustees voted to discontinue the moniker, which the school has used since 1926.
  “The board recognizes the significance of changing the university’s moniker, and we made this decision only after a thoughtful and deliberate process that followed the renaming framework and
  
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• New Mexico county refuses to certify election results, citing false conspiracy theories

  15-06-2022 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted Tuesday to pass two reform measures to address how it deals with sexual abuse allegations within its churches, a statement on its communications website said.
  
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• Analysis: White supremacy's rigid views on gender and sexuality

  15-06-2022 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  The recent arrests of 31 people accused of planning to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho might be perplexing to some, but White supremacy goes beyond just intolerance for racial groups.
  
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• Lizzo’s ableism slur hurt people like me. But so did some of the reactions to the artist.

  15-06-2022 22:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Many tried to make reactions to Lizzo’s ableist slur something it wasn’t. Most disabled people didn't want to "cancel" the artist. We just wanted to be heard.
  
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• Anthony Fauci Tests Positive for COVID, Is 'Experiencing Mild Symptoms'

  15-06-2022 22:00
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci has tested positive for COVID-19.
  A statement released by the National Institutes of Health revealed that Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.
  The statement emphasized that Fauci has received the COVID-19 vaccine as well as two booster shots.
  “He is fully vaccinated and has been boosted twice,” the NIH said.
  The announcement said that Fauci is “experiencing mild symptoms&r
  
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• Group Seeking to Recall LA DA Gascon Reaches Required Number of Signatures for Ballot - Report

  15-06-2022 21:57
  
  The “Recall DA George Gascon” campaign said Wednesday it had crossed the required signatures threshold to place the recall of the Los Angeles County district attorney on the November general election ballot.
  “The campaign to recall LA DA @GeorgeGascon tells me they hit the necessary 567,000 signatures today, and have received 30,000+ signatures in the last few days alone,” Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin tweeted.
  “They need 566,857 *verified* by July 6t
  
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• Herschel Walker's campaign confirms he has four children

  15-06-2022 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  The campaign of Herschel Walker publicly acknowledged this week that the Republican Senate candidate has three children by women he was not married to in addition to his son by his former wife.
  
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• Yellowstone Park Completely Cut Off by Historic Floods, House Falls Into River and Floats Away

  15-06-2022 21:24
  
  In the past century, there have been a total of five significant floods in Montana.
  Now, another will be added to the tally.
  A series of record-level floodings — which started on Monday — have caused catastrophic damage across southern Montana and northern Wyoming.
  The floodings have resulted in washed away houses and bridges, and have even prompted evacuations, according to USA Today.
  Yellowstone River has hit record levels after rapid snowmelt and days of rain, causing havoc to the
  
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• Brilliant Viral Video Shows Just How Accurate Trump's Campaign Trail Predictions About Biden Really Were

  15-06-2022 20:57
  
  Political promises on the campaign trail almost never age well.
  But the predictions of then-President Donald Trump about what would happen if Joe Biden won the presidency in 2020 have had an uncanny accuracy.
  And with the midterm campaign season in full swing, a video going viral on social media is exactly the reminder Americans need.
  Posted on Monday to an apparently independent Twitter account called “Maze” the video mashes up scenes of Trump on the stump in 2020 with Biden now. (I
  
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• Elon Musk Reveals Who He's Leaning Toward in the 2024 Election, Predicts Midterm Red Wave

  15-06-2022 20:53
  
  Elon Musk offered insights into his political preferences in an early morning Wednesday tweet thread.
  The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was asked who he’s most seriously considering supporting for president in the 2024 election.
  The multibillionaire replied that he is leaning toward backing Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.DeSantis
  — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 15, 2022Musk’s statement in support of DeSantis stopped short of a full endorsement, even though the entrepreneur explained
  
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• Scaros: About Jan. 6 - Presidents Have a Right to Be Delusional

  15-06-2022 20:10
  
  Please consider this far-fetched scenario for a moment.
  In a televised basketball game, one team is beating the other by 14 points with only three minutes left. Then, the broadcast signal is lost and no one except those in attendance is able to watch the game. Once the game is over, the signal is restored temporarily, just in time for the announcer to say, “And the final score is…” before the signal cuts out again.
  Tragically, two minutes later, an explosion in the building ki
  
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• NBA Legend Shaquille O'Neal Gives Surprise to Every Customer at Packed Restaurant - Orders Staff to Keep it a Secret Until He Leaves

  15-06-2022 20:05
  
  The legendary basketball player Shaquille O’Neal is famous not just for his athletic career, but also for his generosity.
  On Sunday O’Neal and an unknown woman arrived at Jue Lan Club, a popular spot in New York City, Page Six reported.
  Sources said that by the end of the night O’Neal decided to pay for everyone’s meals and also bought the whole server team dinner.
  However, O’Neal apparently didn’t want to draw attention to himself, so he kept it a secret.
  He
  
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• US Retail Spending Unexpectedly Drops in Troubling Economic Indicator

  15-06-2022 19:45
  
  Retail sales in the United States fell during May, ending a five-month series of gains.
  Data released Wednesday by the Department of Commerce showed that retail sales fell by a seasonally-adjusted 0.3 percent.
  Retail sales include the money citizens, and residents spend shopping at brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce websites, on restaurants and automobile purchases, among other things.
  Once adjusted for inflation, the figure translates to more than a one-percent decrease in real retail sales
  
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• Ford Recalls EV Model, Warns of Serious Danger to Drivers

  15-06-2022 19:30
  
  Ford is recalling its flagship Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle. Again.
  This time, the recall affects roughly half of the nearly 100,000 Mustang Mach-Es sold, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company announced the move in a letter to dealers on Monday. Vehicles manufactured between May 27, 2020, and May 24, 2022 — 48,924 cars manufactured over two years — are being recalled because it’s possible the cars could overheat and lose power or fail to start.
  (Here at The Weste
  
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• The Biden Administration Is Quietly Urging Companies to Buy Products from Russia: Report

  15-06-2022 19:18
  
  A new report indicates that the Biden administration’s highly publicized sanctions against Russia have worked too well — to the point where officials are now trying, with limited success, to convince U.S. companies to buy and carry Russian products to lessen the “collateral damage” that’s been done to the American economy.
  “[S]ome Biden administration officials are now privately expressing concern that rather than dissuading the Kremlin as intended, the penalt
  
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• GOP Rep Counters Biden's 'Trickle-Down' Critique of the Economic Policies of Reagan and Trump

  15-06-2022 18:54
  
  Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida contended that “trickle-down” economics works, countering President Joe Biden’s oft-repeated claim that it does not.
  “The late, great Margaret Thatcher said it better than any of us ever could: Joe Biden and the Democrats would prefer the poor be poorer so the rich are less rich,” Donalds said at a Tuesday news conference on Capitol Hill.
  “Joe Biden would prefer to build an economy that doesn’t work for anybody, a
  
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• Primary Results: Trump-Endorsed Candidate Crushes Republican Congressman Who Fervently Backed Impeachment

  15-06-2022 18:35
  
  Rep. Tom Rice lost the GOP South Carolina Seventh Congressional District primary election to his Trump-endorsed competitor.
  State Rep. Russell Fry won the Republican nomination, garnering 51.1 percent of the votes, according to data from the New York Times.
  Rice was among the 10 Republicans in the House of Representatives who voted for Trump’s impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion.
  Even though the decision to vote for impeaching the former president cost the Republican congres
  
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• Sheriff Asking for Help with Investigation After Brutal Dog Attack that Left Man Without Legs

  15-06-2022 18:21
  
  When Calvin Stoy heard dogs barking on Thursday night, it wasn’t anything new. For at least a month, the neighborhood in Harris County, Texas, had become the stomping grounds of three aggressive dogs.
  The three pit bull mixes were referred to by some as “strays,” but locals knew who they belonged to, and they were frustrated that the neighbors who owned them did not seem interested in containing them.
  The dogs had chased pedestrians and cyclists alike, and some told KPRC-TV tha
  
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• Video of What Maxine Waters' Did with Her Face Behind Pelosi Goes Viral

  15-06-2022 18:16
  
  It might have been House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s news conference, but it was Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters who stole the show.
  A 15-second clip of Pelosi speaking at the Summit of the Americas conference in Los Angeles on Friday — with the congresswoman from California standing nearly motionless behind her — went viral on Tuesday.
  In the clip, Waters stared straight into the camera, expressionless. She appeared to be totally disengaged from what the speaker was saying.
  At the 11
  
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• Supreme Court tosses Republican effort to defend Trump-era 'public charge' immigration rule

  15-06-2022 18:15 via cnn.com
  
  • HHS unlawfully varied hospital reimbursement rates, Supreme Court says
  • Supreme Court steps into international custody dispute, giving lower courts more discretion
  
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• After Screaming 'Tax the Rich,' AOC Pushes Federal Spending to Make it Easier to Charge Her Car

  15-06-2022 17:42
  
  New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves the idea of taxing the rich. Why, she adores it so much she even had a high-priced fashion designer craft a dress emblazoned with those very words for the exclusive Met Gala in 2021.
  This all raises the question of what AOC wants to spend it on. The easy answer is: What won’t she spend it on? However, dig down a little deeper and you’ll find one of the bills Ocasio-Cortez is a co-sponsor on could have you paying to make it easie
  
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• More Than 40 Churches and Pro-Life Groups Have Been Attacked, But You Wouldn't Know It from Mainstream Media

  15-06-2022 17:26
  
  Churches and pro-life facilities have been attacked at least 41 times in less than two months, but it is a story of political violence that the media has ignored.
  Proving, once again, that the U.S. media is only interested in stories that further the liberal narrative.
  Over the last forty days there have been at least 41 instances of attacks on churches, pro-life organizations and pregnancy centers, according to a review by the Washington Stand.
  The site notes that the violence against these Chr
  
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• Severe damage may leave parts of Yellowstone National Park closed for 'substantial' time

  15-06-2022 17:16 via cnn.com
  
  As the turbulent waters begin to recede -- after forcing Yellowstone National Park to close temporarily and prompting the evacuations of dozens of local residents -- park officials and southern Montana communities are assessing the catastrophic damage while also bracing for the possibility of more flooding in the coming days.
  
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• Fake Anthrax Domestic Terrorist to Get 'Sex Change' Surgery Using Your Tax Dollars

  15-06-2022 17:12
  
  In yet another slap in the face to struggling Americans, a transgender domestic terrorist will be allowed to have a “sex change” surgery financed by your tax dollars.
  Cristina Iglesias is a white man who has used Hispanic names since 2004 and identifies as a woman, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
  His name at birth was Kenneth R. West.
  During his 28-year criminal career, the 47-year-old Iglesias has pleaded guilty to a variety of offenses, including:Car theft.
  Stealing crimin
  
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• Fueling the next generation of Black leadership

  15-06-2022 17:00 via juneteenthvirutal06162022.splashthat.com
  
  Join our livestream discussion on Thursday at 9am with Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer and CNN's Stephanie Elam
  
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• Crude Awakening

  15-06-2022 16:45
  
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• Elon Musk Announces He Just Voted Republican for the First Time, Helping GOP Candidate Pull Off a Historic Upset

  15-06-2022 16:25
  
  With one stroke, Elon Musk took part in a double dose of American political history Tuesday.
  The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla voted for Republican Mayra Flores in a Tuesday special election for the vacant 34th Congressional District seat in Texas, helping her flip a longtime Democratic stronghold.
  Flores will become the first member of the House who was born in Mexico. She came to the U.S. with her family when she was 6.
  The seat had been held by former Rep. Filemon Vela for almost 10 years, acc
  
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• Biden Warns Oil Companies That He's Prepared to Use Emergency Powers to Force Them to Comply

  15-06-2022 16:15
  
  President Joe Biden sent a letter to oil companies telling them to get with his program — or else.
  A letter dated Wednesday was sent to major oil companies warning them that if they do not increase gasoline flow to the pumps, he could force them to do so.
  The letter obtained by Axios repeats Biden’s claim that the major cause of the gasoline price spike in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  But after multiple castigations and finger-pointing at Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Biden s
  
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• Two California officers killed while trying to protect a family, mayor says

  15-06-2022 16:06 via cnn.com
  
  Two beloved El Monte police officers were killed Tuesday while responding to a possible stabbing at a motel, officials in the Southern California city said.
  
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• 2 Southern California police officers were killed while trying to protect a family, El Monte mayor says

  15-06-2022 16:06 via cnn.com
  
  Two beloved El Monte police officers were killed Tuesday while responding to a possible stabbing at a motel, officials in the Southern California city said.
  
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• 2 Southern California officers killed while trying to protect a family, mayor says

  15-06-2022 16:06 via cnn.com
  
  Two beloved El Monte police officers were killed Tuesday while responding to a possible stabbing at a motel, officials in the Southern California city said.
  
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• Rice's ouster in South Carolina underscores Trump's enduring popularity with most Republicans

  15-06-2022 15:38 via cnn.com
  
  Key races: ME | NV | ND | SC | TX
  
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• Southern Baptist Convention passes 2 reform measures aimed at improving its handling of sexual abuse allegations

  15-06-2022 15:14 via cnn.com
  
  Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted Tuesday to pass two reform measures to address how it deals with sexual abuse allegations within its churches, a statement on its communications website said.
  
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• Special Election: Republicans Flip Democratic Stronghold Congressional District as Hispanic Voters Move to the Right

  15-06-2022 15:09
  
  Republican Mayra Flores flipped a Democratic congressional seat in a special election Tuesday in Texas.
  Flores defeated Democrat Dan Sanchez and two other candidates to win the 34th Congressional District, a longtime Democratic bastion that is about 85 percent Hispanic.
  In addition to flipping the seat, Flores made Texas election history by becoming the first member of the House born in Mexico, according to Fox News. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was 6 years old.The far left are destroyi
  
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• Report: Biden Admin Set to Discipline Border Patrol Agents Falsely Accused of 'Whipping' Illegal Immigrants

  15-06-2022 14:50
  
  When photos that at first appeared to show Border Patrol agents on horseback whipping Haitian migrants trying to cross the border illegally last September, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas promised there would be an investigation concluding in “days, if not weeks.”
  Americans haven’t been privy to that investigation about the events in Del Rio, Texas. However, since then, we’ve discovered quite a bit about the incident. It turns out the agents w
  
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• Ford recalls 2.9 million vehicles that could roll away when placed in park

  15-06-2022 14:47 via cnn.com
  
  Ford is recalling 2.9 million vehicles that might not shift into the correct gear and could move in an unintended direction.
  
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• Biden moves to solidify senior team in advance of midterms with top lawyer set to depart

  15-06-2022 14:03 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden is set to announce a series of senior staff moves as he takes steps to solidify his team ahead of the November midterm elections, including the departure of the top White House lawyer.
  
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• Musk Finally Agrees to Talk to Twitter Employees: Turns Out He Could Be Playing Them

  15-06-2022 13:53
  
  Though there have been recent doubts surrounding Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, Musk is set to start fielding questions from Twitter employees later this week.
  A virtual meeting is set for Thursday, a Twitter representative told CNN. At that meeting, Musk will answer pre-submitted employee questions.
  Throughout the drama of Musk’s $44 billion Twitter deal, employees have voiced concerns.
  The day after the acquisition agreement was announced in late April, the social media platfo
  
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