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• Man Makes Disturbing Discovery on Property 1.4 Miles from Ohio Toxic Chemical Burn

  22-02-2023 23:44
  
  It’s another day, so there are new misadventures in the sad story of the destructive train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
  Now a man says ashes have fallen on his home more than a mile away from a controlled burn at the wreck. And near his house, an undetonated blasting cap was found that he believes is related to the burn.
  What is going on with this event? Why is it unique?
  In nearly 200 years of railroad history, there have been plenty of derailments.
  Many are no more than what motor
  
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• Kimberly Guilfoyle Announces New Show: 'Establishment's Worst Nightmare'

  22-02-2023 23:43
  
  Kimberly Guilfoyle will host a new show twice a week on the video platform Rumble beginning next month.
  The Fox News alumnus announced the show, which will be called “The Kimberly Guilfoyle Show,” during an interview with Breitbart.
  Guilfoyle, who spent 12 years with Fox, told the outlet she is excited to offer people who are tired of traditional media an alternative.
  “So many millions of Americans feel left behind by the establishment media from all sides and they are looking
  
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• Royal Family Member Could Be Evicted After King Charles Slashes Allowance - Report

  22-02-2023 23:35
  
  It’s been a rough few months for Britain’s Prince Andrew.
  In December, the younger brother of the soon-to-be-crowned King Charles III was informed he would no longer be provided office space at Buckingham Palace.
  In January, he was evicted from his personal apartments at the palace — forcing him to find a new home for his extensive teddy bear collection.
  Now 63-year-old Duke of York is facing another drastic lifestyle adjustment that will make it virtually impossible for him to
  
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• George Santos Makes Major Drag Queen Confession After Piers Morgan Presses Him on His Past

  22-02-2023 23:30
  
  An embattled freshman congressman admitted that he lied about his resume and background during his campaign for the House of Representatives.
  Republican Rep. George Santos did reject one allegation leveled by his critics — that he’s an experienced drag queen performer.
  However, he admitted that he “dressed up in drag” a single time.
  “I was never a career drag queen. … Once, I dressed up in drag. I paid somebody,” Santos said of his history in a Tuesday
  
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• Pentagon releases selfie taken by US pilot showing the Chinese spy balloon in air

  22-02-2023 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  • Video: Inside a Chinese factory that made high-tech balloons in 2015
  
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• Trump Steps Up After Biden Failure, Brings Truckloads of Gifts to the Citizens of East Palestine

  22-02-2023 23:00
  
  The Biden administration is taking well-deserved criticism for neglecting the train derailment disaster in Ohio, but even as President Joe Biden seems to be ignoring it, former President Donald Trump is stepping up to help.
  Biden has paid scant attention to the train derailment and its aftermath, preferring instead to fly to Ukraine, where he pledged hundreds of millions of our tax dollars to support their defense against Russian invaders.
  Worse, the one U.S. official who is supposed to be deali
  
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• Uranium Fire at US Nuclear Facility Triggers Evacuation, Major Emergency Response

  22-02-2023 22:32
  
  A fire broke out at a maximum security Department of Energy nuclear storage facility in eastern Tennessee on Wednesday morning.
  A uranium fire started at 9:14 a.m at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Building 9212, a uranium processing facility, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, WATE-TV reported, citing a news release from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
  The building and others in the adjacent areas were evacuated.
  The cause of the fire is not yet known, alt
  
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• East Palestine derailment spurs rare signs of bipartisan agreement on rail safety. Will Washington act?

  22-02-2023 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  A fiery train wreck that released toxic materials in an Ohio town is raising new questions in the halls of the nation's capital over the regulation of the rail industry and if stricter measures could have prevented the disaster.
  
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• Trump Sends Pete Buttigieg a Message from East Palestine, Ohio: 'Like a Third-World Country'

  22-02-2023 22:23
  
  Former President Donald Trump hammered Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Wednesday afternoon during his visit to eastern Ohio, where a Feb. 3 train derailment spilled toxic chemicals into the air and water.
  Trump visited East Palestine on Wednesday to speak with local residents and deliver pallets of water and cleaning supplies to the community more than two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and a controlled burn released hazardous chemicals.
  Trump denied that rail deregulation
  
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• FDA fines e-cigarette makers for selling products illegally in 'wakeup call' to tobacco manufacturers

  22-02-2023 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  The US Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has filed complaints against four makers of e-cigarette products, as the companies did not get authorization from the FDA to sell their products in the US market. This is the first time that the agency has filed what it calls a civil money penalty, or CMP, against e-cigarette makers who have not complied with the federal process.
  
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• CNN Guest Throws Cold Water on Grand Jury Investigating Trump After Forewoman Makes Big Mistake: 'Prosecutor's Nightmare'

  22-02-2023 22:05
  
  CNN legal analyst Elie Honig did not appear confident in a Georgia investigation into former President Donald Trump after the grand jury’s forewoman turned what was a political witch hunt into a national spectacle.
  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, has pursued Trump for two years, alleging he tried to tamper with the state’s 2020 election results.
  A special grand jury was convened to investigate the matter and has spent a year forcing everyone from GOP Sen. Lin
  
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• Details Revealed After Epstein-Linked Clinton Adviser Found Hanging with Gunshot Wound in Chest - Ruled Suicide

  22-02-2023 21:47
  
  Further details have been revealed in the death of a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, although questions linger.
  In May, Mark Middleton was found hanging from a tree with an electrical wire around his neck and a gunshot wound in his chest, according to the Daily Mail. His death was ruled a suicide.
  The release of the police report was delayed by Middleton’s family, who feared that photos of the gruesome scene would spill onto the internet.
  A judge ruled that no photos of the scene
  
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• As Biden Visited Europe, the House Oversight Chief Sent His Admin a Demand Regarding Ukraine

  22-02-2023 21:33
  
  With the Russia-Ukraine war still raging after nearly a year, House Republicans are demanding the Biden administration provide documentation of all the funds the U.S. has provided for the conflict.
  Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and 22 other Republicans on the panel signed a letter to administration officials Wednesday seeking “documents and information” showing how the Defense and State departments and the U.S. Agency for International Devel
  
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• Pentagon warns troops eating poppy seeds could lead to failed drugs tests

  22-02-2023 21:25 via cnn.com
  
  The US Defense Department issued an official warning to troops last week: If you don't want to test positive on a drug test, you should avoid poppy seeds.
  
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• Biden admin cuts some mortgage fees amid housing affordability crisis

  22-02-2023 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration announced Wednesday a change that will save an estimated 850,000 home buyers — primarily low- and middle-income and first-time buyers — an average of $800 on home financing costs this year.
  
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• Biden administration sanctions Mexican drug cartel network for supplying and operating fentanyl labs

  22-02-2023 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration on Wednesday sanctioned a network of Sinaloa Cartel members and associated entities for their involvement in the illegal and deadly fentanyl and methamphetamine trade, providing chemicals to "super labs" that produce illicit drugs for the cartel once run by the notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán.
  
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• Biden Trips and Falls Going Up Stairs of Air Force One Again as He Departs Poland

  22-02-2023 20:33
  President Joe Biden tripped while walking up the stairs of Air Force One as he prepared to depart Europe on Wednesday.
  Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine this week ended with him losing his balance and falling upward as he navigated the steps.
  The New York Post reported that the incident occurred in Warsaw, Poland.
  Biden, 80, turned to face onlookers after the face-plant. He waved at them and then boarded the plane.JUST IN – Biden stumbled and fell forward while going up the main stai
  
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• Twin sisters named valedictorian and salutatorian of their high school

  22-02-2023 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  The two best students at one New York high school aren't just related -- they're twins, and they're bringing sibling rivalry to a whole new level.
  
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• Dairy Farmers Angry After FDA Makes Announcement on Oat and Soy 'Milk'

  22-02-2023 20:21
  
  Soy, oat, almond and other drinks that bill themselves as “milk” can keep using the name, according to draft federal rules released Wednesday.
  Food and Drug Administration officials issued guidance that says plant-based beverages don’t pretend to be from dairy animals — and that U.S. consumers aren’t confused by the difference.
  Dairy producers for years have called for the FDA to crack down on plant-based drinks and other products that they say masquerade as animal-
  
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• Did DeSantis Just Show His 2024 Hand? New Book Reveals How He Really Feels About Trump - Report

  22-02-2023 20:18
  
  Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis might have shown his hand regarding a potential run for president next year.
  DeSantis has been mum about seeking the Republican Party nomination.
  Thus far, only two candidates have entered the race with former President Donald Trump. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was joined in the primary by anti-woke tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday.
  DeSantis is widely considered a contender despite the fact that he has not announced any intention to r
  
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• No bond for ex-University of Alabama basketball player charged with murder

  22-02-2023 20:14 via cnn.com
  
  Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, 21, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in a shooting that killed a 23-year-old woman last month, will be held without bond and his case will go before a grand jury, according to Tuscaloosa County court records.
  
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• Florida's 'Reverse Woke Act' Aims to Hold Leftist Execs 'Accountable' for the Consequences of Their Policies

  22-02-2023 19:45
  
  It’s the gender transition version of “you break it, you bought it.”
  Florida Republicans and Gov. Ron DeSantis have made a national name for themselves by standing up to progressive incursions into American life — from critical race theory and sexual dysfunction in schools to Big Tech’s unauthorized surveillance.
  Now, under a bill introduced for the upcoming legislative session, the state would be going on offense on one front in the cultural wars, taking the fight
  
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• Norfolk Southern is paying $6.5 million to derailment victims. Meanwhile, it's shelling out $7.5 billion for shareholders

  22-02-2023 19:16 via cnn.com
  
  Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw pledged Tuesday the freight railroad will spend $6.5 million to help those affected by the release of toxic chemicals from its derailment nearly three weeks ago in East Palestine, Ohio. But in a plan released earlier this year, the company said it's planning to spend more than a thousand times that amount — $7.5 billion — to repurchase its own shares in order to benefit its shareholders.
  
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• Lawyers for Proud Boys member take steps to subpoena Trump in seditious conspiracy trial

  22-02-2023 19:04 via cnn.com
  
  Lawyers for a Proud Boys member on trial for seditious conspiracy related to his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are taking steps to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify as a witness for the defense.
  
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• Couple and Dog Asleep in Home as It Burns: Stranger's 'Heroic Actions' Save Them All

  22-02-2023 19:03
  One of the many benefits of living in a community is that people can look out for each other. Good neighbors are one of the most wonderful and valuable assets you can have, and one Minnesota family was reminded of that during a recent emergency.
  A couple and their dog were sound asleep in their home in Hibbing, about 180 miles north of Minneapolis, on Sunday night when a fire broke out. They continued sleeping as the fire started to eat through the attic.
  Thankfully, a stranger passing by spotte
  
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• Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to visit Ohio town affected by toxic train derailment on Thursday

  22-02-2023 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday.
  
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• JPMorgan restricts employee use of ChatGPT

  22-02-2023 18:21 via cnn.com
  
  JPMorgan Chase is temporarily clamping down on the use of ChatGPT among its employees, as the buzzy AI chatbot explodes in popularity.
  
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• Why UK supermarkets are rationing fruit and vegetables

  22-02-2023 18:15 via cnn.com
  
  Major UK supermarkets have started rationing the sale of some staple fruits and salad vegetables, blaming poor weather that has depressed production in Spain and north Africa.
  
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• Breaking Report: Biden May Be Out of 2024 Race, Top Aides and Potential Candidates Quietly Scrambling

  22-02-2023 18:10
  
  It was widely believed that President Joe Biden would announce his plans to run for re-election shortly after his State of the Union address Feb. 7.
  More than two weeks later, no such announcement has come — and a report Wednesday indicated Biden might not be planning to enter the 2024 race after all.
  Four people “familiar with the president’s thinking” told Politico that plans to launch his campaign in February have come and gone.
  “A final call has been pushed asid
  
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• Keith Olbermann Goes Full Fascist, Says Fox News Must Be Deplatformed and Closed for National Security

  22-02-2023 17:51
  
  Former MSNBC and ESPN anchor Keith Olbermann is calling for Fox News to be shut down and deplatformed.
  The belligerent fascist, who is known for losing high-profile jobs and for his unhinged Twitter rants, referred to the network as a “threat” to the country’s security in a Twitter video he used to advertise his podcast.
  In a Tuesday screed against the network, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, the deranged leftist portrayed rel
  
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• Op-Ed: Yes, There Is a Battle Raging Between Normal and Crazy - But We Know Who Wins in the End

  22-02-2023 17:47
  
  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ response to the president’s State of the Union address struck a chord with millions of Americans. Strangely, the elites in Washington and New York are puzzled by her assertion that there is a struggle in our country between normal and crazy.
  The crazy in just the last few weeks includes CBS, one of the nation’s oldest and most trusted television networks, broadcasting the 2023 Grammy Awards, in which so many expletives had to be bleeped out
  
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• Southwest Airlines encounters disruptions in latest winter storm

  22-02-2023 17:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Southwest Airlines experienced more flight delays and cancellations than other carriers as another winter storm in the northern U.S. disrupted flight travel across the country early Wednesday.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Reaction to TikToker's Viral NYC Dance Accidentally Caught on Video

  22-02-2023 17:27
  
  A TikTok influencer managed to land a cameo from a major American political figure in her newest dance video.
  Don’t expect Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to know what’s going on in the viral clip, however.
  Sanders appears in a dance video filmed by Taylor Champ, uploaded to TikTok on Tuesday.
  The democratic socialist walked behind Champ and a hotel doorman as they danced, before moving away with an irritated expression.
  “Nailed it @bernie,” Champ captioned the video.
  Sanders
  
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• Rick Warren's Saddleback Church Expelled from Southern Baptist Convention After Being Deemed 'Not in Friendly Cooperation'

  22-02-2023 17:18
  
  The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday expelled Saddleback Church in California for having a woman serving as a pastor. The megachurch founded by former pastor Rick Warren had the second-largest congregation and had been in the eye of the storm over the role of women in the church for two years.
  The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee formally ruled that Saddleback Church was “not in friendly cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention,” according to the
  
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• Starbucks adds olive oil in coffee; CEO calls it a 'market maker'

  22-02-2023 17:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Starbucks’ new line of olive oil-infused coffee drinks could disrupt the industry, interim CEO Howard Schultz told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday.
  
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• Parents Furious After School Board Buries Report on Sexual Assaults of 2 Students by Boy Wearing Skirt

  22-02-2023 16:57
  
  There’s an old saying: “The cover-up is worse than the crime.”
  That statement is usually applied to politics, but it is even more disturbing when applied to a politicized response to horrific assaults committed against kids.
  The crime is already monstrous; subsequent efforts by public servants to hide the criminal actions committed under their watch amplify the shame, disgrace and distrust. Only those who have replaced their moral code with political priorities would participat
  
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• Supreme Court sides with Arizona death row inmate seeking to challenge sentence in federal court

  22-02-2023 16:48 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of an Arizona death row inmate who argued he should be able to challenge his sentence in federal court but was stopped from doing so by a state procedural rule.
  
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• State Investigates After Poll Watcher Says Ballot Shredding Captured on Video During 2022 Election Night

  22-02-2023 16:33
  
  State officials are investigating a claim that ballots were shredded on election night last year in Carbon County.
  Carbon County poll watcher Chip Bennett and his wife, Lisa Bennett, originally filed a complaint locally, but it is now in the hands of the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, according to KTVQ.
  Chip Bennett said that a piece of surveillance video appeared to show Carbon County Elections Administrator Crystal Roascio in the process of shredding documents that the Bennetts be
  
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• 'X-Date' for US Government Is Closer Than Previously Thought Despite 'Extraordinary Measures': New Estimate

  22-02-2023 16:27
  
  The U.S. could face an unprecedented default on its obligations as soon as early June if Congress does not act to lift the debt limit, a Washington think tank said Wednesday.
  The Bipartisan Policy Center, which forecasts the approximate “X-date” when the government will no longer be able to meet its financial obligations on time, said the U.S. will reach its statutory debt limit as soon as the summer or early fall of 2023.
  That inches up from the center’s previous prediction in
  
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• 19-Year-Old Winds Up Shot Dead by Dad After Allegedly Breaking Into Home with Mom and Kids Inside

  22-02-2023 16:06
  
  A Kentucky homeowner shot and killed a 19-year-old man who allegedly broke into his house in the middle of the night as his wife and children were asleep in their bedrooms.
  Lexington police officers arrived at the home at around 1:10 a.m. Monday while responding to a burglary report, according to WKYT-TV in Lexington.
  When police arrived, they found the 19-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside the house.
  “The suspect was declared deceased at the scene,” the Lexin
  
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• 22-Year-Old's Heart Stops Seven Times in 11 Days - Family Has No History of Heart Conditions

  22-02-2023 15:47
  
  A 22-year-old woman from Northern Ireland survived seven cardiac arrests over an 11-day period.
  Aoife Boyle of Eglinton comes from a family with no history of heart disease, according to the BBC.
  Her ordeal began last month.
  “Aoife was meeting her friends for lunch at a pub. They just got in through the door, they didn’t even make it to sit down, and the next thing she just collapsed and started taking seizures,” said Tanya Boyle, Aoife’s mother. “They rang me strai
  
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• Women's Golf Legends Respond to Furor Over Tiger Woods Tampon Incident: 'Fun Between Two Friends'

  22-02-2023 15:36
  
  Two high-performing women golfers downplayed a joke some on social media had lambasted as “immature” and “stale,” as well as anti-woman.
  After a seven-month break, Woods appeared at the Genesis Invitational and was teamed with his good friend Justin Thomas along with Rory McIlroy, who made up the third member of the team.
  Woods’ play wasn’t particularly impressive, but by the ninth tee he gotten into something of a groove.
  After Woods popped a longer drive tha
  
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• Israel Informs Biden Admin It's Prepared to Attack Iran Nuclear Program After 'Extremely Grave Development': Report

  22-02-2023 15:35
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a series of secret meetings with top military officials over preparations for a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, according to Israeli broadcaster Channel 12.
  Netanyahu held at least five meetings with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, the heads of two of Israel’s intelligence services and other top officials to discuss striking Iran’s nuclear program, Channel 12 reported Wedne
  
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• Russia's economy is hurting despite what Putin says

  22-02-2023 15:18 via cnn.com
  
  When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine one year ago, Western countries hit back with unprecedented sanctions to punish Moscow and pile pressure on President Vladimir Putin. The aim: to deal an economic blow so severe that Putin would reconsider his brutal war.
  
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• 'Anti-Woke' CEO Announces Run for GOP Presidential Nomination, But Has One Big, Red Flag

  22-02-2023 15:18
  
  On Tuesday, conservative author and business executive Vivek Ramaswamy became the third person to officially declare his intention to seek the GOP nomination for president in 2024.
  If the first thing that comes to your mind when hearing that news is, “Uh, who?”, you’re not alone. That said, Ramaswamy is one of those individuals who has the potential to turn into this cycle’s version of Pete Buttigieg or Andrew Yang.
  Ramaswamy is the Ohio-born son of Indian immigrants to t
  
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• A Ford Electric Truck Can Power Your Home, But These Journalists Found It'll Cost $18,000

  22-02-2023 14:57
  
  Listen to certain people and electric vehicles come across like magical unicorns that run on fairy dust and can do anything you want them to — including powering your house.
  President Joe Biden certainly thinks so. In November, giving one of his numerous interminable speeches about infrastructure, he told America that your Tesla or Chevy Bolt could keep the electricity on in your home.
  “And by the way, in your home, you know, the batteries that we have now — and they’re g
  
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• Russia's economy is hurting despite Putin's bluster

  22-02-2023 13:57 via cnn.com
  
  When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine one year ago, Western countries hit back with unprecedented sanctions to punish Moscow and pile pressure on President Vladimir Putin. The aim: to deal an economic blow so severe that Putin would reconsider his brutal war.
  
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• Trump Was Right Again: NYC Forced to Scrap Equipment Former POTUS Told Them They Wouldn't Need

  22-02-2023 13:41
  
  It may have been nearly three years ago now, but I remember the days when midday cable news programming was dominated by the media briefings by two elected officials.
  First, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would take to the air to offer up his views on the COVID pandemic. He was the good guy. He was the one who said New York State needed more ventilators, more hospital beds, more money, more more more. It was even more dire than our worst nightmares, he said during his overlong harangues.
  And he was
  
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• Don Lemon Makes Another Apology Before His Return to Air, But Twitter Users Quickly Point Out What's Missing

  22-02-2023 13:28
  
  CNN anchor Don Lemon tweeted an apology to viewers for his remarks about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley shortly before returning to work on Wednesday, then stuck to the news.
  He made no mention of his comments last week that Haley was not in “her prime” during “CNN This Morning,” instead reporting on stories such as President Joe Biden’s trip to Ukraine, the Ohio train derailment and winter weather.
  Lemon, within the hour before he went on the air, tw
  
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• Big Retail's cautious forecasts are spooking Wall Street

  22-02-2023 13:23 via cnn.com
  
  Forecasts from Walmart and Home Depot made for a grim day of trading on Tuesday. The mega retailers' predictions of a weakening economy and a dip in consumer spending this year sent markets tumbling as Wall Street seemed to realize that the Federal Reserve's campaign to quell inflation could yet lead to recession.
  
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