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• The Left Pushed This Dangerous Drug for Children, Now the FDA Issues Dire Warning About Permanent Damage

  26-07-2022 23:55
  
  Democrats have continually promoted the idea of providing “gender-affirming” health care for children, such as puberty blockers. But the Food and Drug Administration has issued new warnings about one puberty blocker that could have severe side effects.
  President Joe Biden himself has supported initiatives to “protect” such treatments for transgender individuals.
  In celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, Biden issued an executive order “Reaffirming
  
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• Family of American sentenced to hard labor in Russia calls on Biden administration to formally negotiate for his release

  26-07-2022 23:31 via cnn.com
  
  The family of an American sentenced to 14 years at a hard labor camp in Russia fears that he has been given what amounts to a "a death sentence" and is calling on the Biden administration to designate him as wrongfully detained, which would trigger formal diplomatic efforts to secure his release.
  
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• Lil Wayne Mourns Death of Cop Who Saved Him After Near-Death Experience: 'Refused to Let Me Die'

  26-07-2022 23:19
  
  Rapper Lil Wayne might never have become the star that he is if it hadn’t been for Robert Hoobler, a New Orleans police officer who helped save Lil Wayne’s life when he was just 12 years old.
  Sadly, Hoobler passed away at the age of 65 on Friday. The rapper is mourning the cop’s death and paid a heartfelt tribute to the man who saved his life after he shot himself as a child, People reported.
  In an Instagram post on Monday, Lil Wayne shared his thoughts about “Uncle Bob.&
  
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• As states ban abortion, contraceptive coverage put at risk in anti-Obamacare lawsuit

  26-07-2022 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  A lawsuit putting at risk Americans' access to free contraceptives took on new significance with last month's Supreme Court opinion that drastically altered the legal landscape around abortion. A federal judge in Texas with a history of ruling against the Affordable Care Act -- the target of this latest case -- is hearing arguments on the lawsuit's merits on Tuesday.
  
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• China tried to obtain internal info and build a network of informants inside the Federal Reserve, says a new GOP Senate report

  26-07-2022 23:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  China tried to obtain sensitive internal information and build a network of influence and informants inside the Federal Reserve, says a new GOP Senate report.
  
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• Cause of Death of Hank Williams Jr.'s Wife Revealed, Related to Surgery from Just One Day Before

  26-07-2022 22:49
  
  New details have emerged in the sudden death of Mary Jane Thomas, the wife of country music legend Hank Williams Jr.
  Thomas died in Florida in March. The former model was 58.
  Medical documents obtained by People and published Monday revealed that complications following plastic surgery led to her death.
  After undergoing liposuction and breast implant removal procedures at Baftis Plastic Surgery in Jupiter on March 21, Thomas was moved to a recovery facility, according to the Palm Beach County me
  
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• Doctors are stepping into political arenas across the country over reproductive rights

  26-07-2022 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Spurred by the fall of Roe -- and the ongoing Covid pandemic -- more doctors are considering or launching runs for state and local political office, seeing
  
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• Instagram has a Kardashian problem

  26-07-2022 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  Tati Bruening was once the textbook example of an Instagram user. Since the pandemic, she has been building her career as a photographer on the platform and attracted hundreds of thousands of followers in the process. But recently, her relationship with Instagram started to change.
  
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• Rapper Taunts Critics to Confront Him - 5 Minutes Later, He's Shot Dead in Front of His Home

  26-07-2022 22:16
  
  An aspiring rapper in Tampa, Florida, was shot dead Friday afternoon, minutes after he posted a message taunting his critics on Instagram.
  The incident occurred at around 3:30 p.m. Friday outside IQ Apartments in Tampa, according to a Friday news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
  Before he was shot, rapper Rollie Bands said on his Instagram post, “A lot of these n-ggas know where I live at fr. I sleep in peace. If a n-gga want smoke I’m at my crib in 5 minu
  
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• 9/11 survivors' group 'appalled' by 'hurtful' Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour ahead of event staged near Ground Zero

  26-07-2022 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  A 9/11 survivors' group has said it is "appalled" by the "offensive, disrespectful and hurtful" Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour as the event prepares to stage its next competition about 50 miles (80km) from the site of the deadly terror attack.
  
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• Soccer player dies after fight over referee decision

  26-07-2022 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  A 29-year-old California soccer player died 15-days after a large fight erupted during a match over a disagreement with the referee's decision, according to the Oxnard Police Department.
  
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• Medics Rush to Putin's Bedside in 'Late-Night' Health Scare

  26-07-2022 20:48
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered a devastating health problem at 1 a.m. Saturday, according to a Telegram social media channel that claims to keep track of the leader’s health.
  The General SVR Channel said Putin, 69, suffered “severe nausea,” the Daily Mail reported.
  The infamous Russian leader had medical personnel rushing to his bedside.
  “Putin on the night of Friday July 22 to Saturday July 23 needed urgent medical care,” the General SVR Channel said, ac
  
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• Meta considers easing Covid misinformation policy

  26-07-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook-parent Meta is weighing whether to relax its policies against Covid-19 misinformation, proposing a shift from removing false claims to simply labeling or demoting them.
  
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• Meta considers easing Covid-19 misinformation policy

  26-07-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook-parent Meta is weighing whether to relax its policies against Covid-19 misinformation, proposing a shift from removing false claims to simply labeling or demoting them.
  
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• Chinese Tanks Rolling Through City Streets, Here's What We Know So Far

  26-07-2022 20:28
  
  New video reportedly from the Shandong Province of China has shown the world an image that eerily calls back to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre: Chinese tanks rolling down city streets.
  The video that was originally posted to Reddit arose initially from local media sources and reached NDTV where the bizarre occurrence was characterized as being due to a “system upgrade” causing a wide denial of access to bank accounts.
  According to the South China Morning Post,”Deposits at f
  
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• Wisconsin Senate minority leader involved in fatal car crash

  26-07-2022 20:17 via cnn.com
  
  Wisconsin state Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley was involved in a three-vehicle fatal car crash on Friday, according to a statement from the Democrat's office.
  
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• Jared Kushner Reveals Serious Medical Diagnosis He Received While Working in the White House

  26-07-2022 20:12
  
  Jared Kushner is set to reveal an experience with thyroid cancer while serving as an advisor to former President Donald Trump in an upcoming memoir, according to the New York Times.
  Kushner learned of his cancer diagnosis on a presidential trip to Texas in Oct. 2019.
  “On the morning that I traveled to Texas to attend the opening of a Louis Vuitton factory, White House physician Sean Conley pulled me into the medical cabin on Air Force One,”  Kushner recounted in the memoir.
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• Hollywood Motion Picture Academy member Jeffrey Cooper sentenced to prison for child molestation

  26-07-2022 19:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A Los Angeles judge has sentenced an influential Hollywood figure and longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to eight years in prison for child molestation. Jeffery Cooper, 70, formerly an accomplished architect and acoustic engineer, entered the Van Nuys Courthouse in Van Nuys, California, handcuffed and wearing a blue and white prisoner’s uniform to learn his fate. His family attending the hearing, and his brother read a statement to the court before Judge Ala
  
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• The Bidens Just Lost Another Staff Member After Almost 3 Years of Service

  26-07-2022 19:52
  
  First lady Jill Biden’s press secretary has announced he’s resigning from the role.
  Michael LaRosa confirmed the news of his departure from the Office of the First Lady of the United States in an email to The Hill on Tuesday, the outlet reported.
  Biden praised him in a statement to CNN, which first reported the news.
  “For nearly three years, from the campaign to the White House, Michael has brought an encyclopedic knowledge of politics and media to my team as my spokesperson an
  
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• Karl Rove on 'America's Newsroom': Gavin Newsom's Florida, Texas ads were 'brilliant' strategy

  26-07-2022 19:52 via foxnews.com
  
  On "America's Newsroom" Tuesday, Fox News contributor Karl Rove shared his thoughts on why California Gov. Gavin Newsom is spending money on political ads in key battleground states, leading many to speculate he's planning to run for the Democratic nomination in 2024. HOW MANY OF HIS OWN CORONAVIRUS RECOMMENDATIONS DID GAVIN NEWSOM VIOLATE? KARL ROVE: I think it is totally brilliant on the part of Governor Newsom. Think about this: He has raised $23 million for his reelection campaign. He spent
  
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• Massachusetts truck driver whose crash killed 7 motorcyclists appears in New Hampshire trial

  26-07-2022 19:36 via foxnews.com
  
  The trial for a commercial truck driver charged with the deaths of seven motorcyclists in 2019 began Tuesday in a New Hampshire Superior Court.  Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide, manslaughter, driving under the influence and reckless conduct on July 18, according to NBC Boston. The not-guilty plea came nearly three years after the July 21, 2019, crash in Randolph, New Hampshire. The motorcyclists, originally from New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Islan
  
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• Tables turn in Missouri Senate race after Schmitt takes GOP lead over Greitens, Hartzler

  26-07-2022 19:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Attorney General Eric Schmitt leads the front-runners with a 12-point edge in the GOP primary race for the open Senate seat in Missouri, according to a new poll. The Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey showed that the tables have turned in the Republican primary. Schmitt took the lead in the race, receiving 33% of the votes. U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler came in second with 21%, and Eric Greitens fell behind with only 16%, a 10% drop in his support from the previous month.  Greitens' numbers
  
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• ICE developing program to give ID cards to illegal immigrants, as border crisis rages

  26-07-2022 19:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is moving forward with a pilot program that would see ID cards given out to illegal immigrants, as part of broader efforts to keep track on the tens of thousands being released into the country each month due to the historic crisis at the southern border. The ICE Secure Docket Card program is part of a pilot program the agency says will "modernize various forms of documentation provided to provisionally released noncitizens through a consistent, verifiab
  
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• California border agents rescue 11 illegal immigrants lost in mountains

  26-07-2022 19:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Border agents in California rescued 11 illegal immigrants who became lost in the mountains just north of the U.S.-Mexico border on Saturday, officials said. The El Centro station was notified around 12:20 a.m. of a 911 call from a migrant who stated he was lost with a group of 10 others and needed help, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday. Agents in the field responded to the phone’s last known GPS coordinates and located the lost migrants just before 1:30 a.m. one mile north of
  
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• Wisconsin semi-truck driver crashes into house, kills infant

  26-07-2022 19:22 via foxnews.com
  
  A baby was killed when a semi veered off an interstate and crashed into a house in Winnebago County, according to sheriff’s officials. Authorities said it happened about 6 p.m. Monday when the semi left Interstate 41 southbound, crashed through a fence line, crossed a nearby frontage road and smashed into the house in the town of Vinland, just north of Oshkosh. Officials say the baby boy who died in the crash was 8 months old, WLUK-TV reported. WI EMPLOYMENT BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL The
  
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• Rick Scott torches Biden admin for redefining 'recession': 'This is a do-nothing president'

  26-07-2022 19:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Florida Sen. Rick Scott countered the Biden administration's claim that America is not in a recession by noting that the state of the economy now meets the basic requirement. On "The Faulkner Focus" Tuesday, Scott called out President Biden for doing nothing to help Americans who are struggling with inflation, high taxes and the supply chain.CNN PANEL REJECTS BIDEN WHITE HOUSE SPIN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE DEFINITION OF RECESSION: ‘YOU CAN’T FAKE THIS' SEN. RICK SCOTT: If you go to Googl
  
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• 'Corrupted to Their Very Core': Top GOP Sen Goes Public with Damning Whistleblower Charges About FBI, Hunter Biden

  26-07-2022 19:16
  
  If there are still Americans who need a reason to suspect that Democratic politics have corrupted some of the highest levels of the Federal Bureau of Instigation and Justice Department, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley just gave it.
  In a news release issued late Monday, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee went public with word of FBI whistleblowers who had come to his office with damning allegations about the operation of FBI offices in Washington.
  And, naturally, its kid-glove handl
  
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• China, Mexico take center stage in Senate hearing on spike in fentanyl deaths

  26-07-2022 19:13 via foxnews.com
  
  China and Mexico took center stage Tuesday as Senators convened to discuss the deadly fentanyl crisis as deaths continue to spike, sparking partisan differences over border security. Senators on the right and left from the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee highlighted the rise in fentanyl overdoses in each of their states, pointing to the largest increase in U.S. overdoses from the deadly drug in half a century.  "In 2021 we saw the largest annual increase in opioid deaths in
  
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• Biden able to resume physical exercise as COVID-19 symptoms 'almost completely resolved'

  26-07-2022 19:12 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden "feels well enough" to resume his physical exercise regimen, the White House doctor said Tuesday.  The announcement comes on the presidents fifth day in isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus last week. BIDEN'S COVID SYMPTOMS ARE 'ALMOST COMPLETELY RESOLVED,' WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN SAYS "President Biden completed his five-day trial of Paxlovid last night. His symptoms have almost completely resolved," White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor 
  
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• This fast-food restaurant's founder bought a lottery ticket for the $810 million Mega Millions jackpot for all 50,000 of his employees

  26-07-2022 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  The Mega Millions lottery jackpot grew to an estimated $810 million Tuesday and players are testing their luck nationwide -- including Todd Graves, the founder of fast-food restaurant chain Raising Cane's.
  
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• Shopify to cut 10% of staff after making 'wrong' bet

  26-07-2022 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  Shopify will lay off approximately 10% of its global staff after making the "wrong" bet on how long the pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping would continue, the CEO of the Canadian e-commerce company announced Tuesday.
  
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• Inflation is changing how products are packaged

  26-07-2022 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Shoppers aren't imagining it.
  
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• Senate advances bill to boost US semiconductor production in key vote

  26-07-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  The Senate took a key vote on Tuesday to advance a long-awaited bill aimed at boosting US semiconductor production in a bid to increase American competitiveness. The vote was 64 to 32.
  
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• Biden feels able to resume exercise

  26-07-2022 18:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden feels well enough to resume physical exercise on his fifth day with Covid-19, his doctor said Tuesday in a letter.
  
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• Joe Biden Just Officially Got His First Challenger for the 2024 Democratic Nomination

  26-07-2022 18:18
  
  The 2024 Democratic Presidential Derby is under way.
  Activist Jerome Segal, who placed ninth among 10 candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in Maryland, at one point was also among the many Democrats seeking the nomination in 2020, said Monday he is in the race, according to Newsweek.
  “I was planning to delay the announcement of my candidacy until after the mid-term elections,” Segal said in a statement. “My decision to go public right now was triggered by J
  
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• Hours before Trump speaks, Pence outlines conservative 'agenda for future' and hints at 2024

  26-07-2022 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday delivered a speech outlining an "agenda for the future" in Washington -- just hours before a competing speech from Donald Trump during the former President's first visit to the nation's capital since January 2021.
  
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• Biden administration still deciding whether to extend student loan payment pause

  26-07-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  With just over five weeks to go before federal student loan payments are set to restart after a yearslong pandemic pause, the Biden administration has yet to decide whether to push back the expiration date -- again.
  
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• Mysterious Life Forms Discovered Underneath Hawaii - Might Point to Life on Mars

  26-07-2022 17:39
  
  Mysterious microbes found in Hawaiian lava caves could offer some clues about early life on Earth and life on Mars as well, according to a new study.
  The study was published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology.
  As noted by Gizmodo, the areas sampled have extremely high heat and contain chemicals that are toxic to most forms of life.
  However, in both older lava tubes formed more than 500 years ago and those currently active, there was a broad array of microbial life.
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• Levin Lays Out Five Reasons Jan. 6 Committee Cannot Find Trump Led An 'Insurrection'

  26-07-2022 17:15
  
  Fox News host Mark Levin listed five reasons he believes the Jan. 6 committee cannot find that former President Donald Trump engaged in an “insurrection.”
  Levin — who served a chief of staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese during the Reagan administration — posited that the committee’s goal is abundantly clear: to show that Trump engaged in an insurrection and, therefore, bar him from seeking elected office.
  Levin cited the 14th Amendment, which was adopted followin
  
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• IMF slashes world economic forecast again

  26-07-2022 15:36 via cnn.com
  
  The global economy is already in trouble, yet risks keep piling up.
  
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• Disgusted Parents Are Suddenly Boycotting Crayola as Company Turns Sickeningly Non-Kid-Friendly

  26-07-2022 15:12
  
  Crayola is under fire after angry parents protested the crayon manufacturer for pushing transgender propaganda in the marketing of its children’s art products.
  The brouhaha erupted after the company used transgender activist Julian Gavino — a woman who identifies as a man — to shill its crayons.
  For reference, the target market for Crayola is children ages 2 to 10. So parents’ concerns that the company is trying to brainwash kids with pro-trans agitprop are not baseless.
  
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• It Took 70 People to Make This: Biden Brags About Tiny Gas Savings in Tweet with Embarrassing Mistake

  26-07-2022 14:59
  
  President Joe Biden is bragging now that gas prices are down from record highs. He is not, however, bragging that his staff is terribly efficient.
  As CNN reported last month, the Biden administration has “over 70 people on staff who help create” digital content. Not one of them, apparently, knows how to run spell check.
  In a widely mocked tweet touting a slight lowering in gas prices on Monday, Biden’s crack team didn’t realize that the word “person” was missp
  
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• Use-of-Force Expert: Ashli Babbitt Was 'Murdered' Under the Color of Authority on Jan. 6

  26-07-2022 14:12
  
  The Capitol Police shooting of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed during the 2021 Capitol incursion, was unjustified, according to a use-of-force expert.
  Babbitt, 35, was shot by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, who was later cleared of any wrongdoing. She was shot in the left shoulder, and died at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
  Her death is being revisited by The Epoch Times in a documentary called “The Real Story of Jan. 6,” which is featured on Epoch TV.
  The documentary includes c
  
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• Leftist University Students Fought to Cancel Pro-Life Speaker, Plan Completely Backfires on Them

  26-07-2022 13:12
  
  Left-wing students at the University of Michigan Medical School attempted to make a woke statement on Sunday in a thankfully failed effort to cancel a pro-life physician who was asked to deliver the keynote address at a ceremony for the school’s medical students.
  Ahead of the address Dr. Kristin Collier, an assistant professor of medicine at UMMS, a group of over 300 students, alumni and physicians attempted to get her barred from the White Coat Ceremony, according to The Washington Free B
  
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• Elizabeth Warren demands airline crackdown amid travel chaos

  26-07-2022 12:31 via cnn.com
  
  Air travel is a mess right now and Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding that federal regulators do something about it.
  
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• Jill Biden's press secretary leaving White House

  26-07-2022 12:00 via cnn.com
  
  Michael LaRosa, the press secretary for first lady Dr. Jill Biden, is departing the White House, a White House official told CNN.
  
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• What could be Florida Gov. DeSantis’ undoing on the national stage? HBCUs.

  26-07-2022 11:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  DeSantis is the darling of the anti-woke movement, but he would have to explain it outside of Florida in places like Georgia, Ohio, and Texas —potential swing states with HBCUs.
  
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• Alibaba stock jumps after announcing Hong Kong primary listing

  26-07-2022 11:06 via cnn.com
  
  Alibaba announced a plan to allow more mainland Chinese investors to invest in the stock.
  
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• Biden administration to announce $1.75 billion in funding to improve rail station accessibility

  26-07-2022 11:02 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce $1.75 billion in infrastructure funding to improve accessibility at the nation's public rail stations, allowing local transit authorities to retrofit stations with elevators to accommodate travelers with disabilities.
  
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• Former congressman and an FBI agent trainee among 9 indicted for insider trading, prosecutors say

  26-07-2022 10:51 via cnn.com
  
  A former US congressman and an FBI agent trainee were among nine people indicted on federal charges connected to unrelated insider trading schemes, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced Monday.
  
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