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• Trump Will Have to Pay Six Figure Bond as Part of Condition of Release in Georgia

  21-08-2023 23:56
  
  Former President Donald Trump will be required to pay a $200,000 cash bond in order to be released after his arraignment later this week in Georgia.
  Trump was indicted last week on 13 felony counts by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and is scheduled to appear in court Friday by noon.
  Willis charged Trump with interference in the 2020 election when he and his legal team challenged the results.
  Eighteen other people were also targeted in the indictment.
  ABC News reported that as part o
  
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• FDA approves first RSV vaccine for pregnant mothers to protect babies

  21-08-2023 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  The FDA-approved vaccine is administered to pregnant mothers to protect their babies from RSV for their first six months. It's the first RSV shot of its kind.
  
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• US FDA Approves Pfizer's Maternal RSV Vaccine to Protect Infants

  21-08-2023 23:48
  
  By Patrick Wingrove and Bhanvi Satija(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV...
  
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• Fed-Up Ted Cruz Sends Letter Directly to Anheuser-Busch Belgium Headquarters: They Don't Want to Ignore This One

  21-08-2023 23:45
  
  Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has taken action on an oft-overlooked aspect of Bud Light’s recent Dylan Mulvaney fiasco.
  Three months ago, Cruz and Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee launched an investigation to determine whether Anheuser-Busch, maker of Bud Light, advertised its beer to minors and those below the legal drinking age when it partnered with Mulvaney.
  In a Tuesday letter to Michel Doukeris, CEO of the Belgian-based Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Cruz noted that the
  
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• Trump’s Release Conditions: $200,000 Bond, Social Media Restrictions

  21-08-2023 23:30
  
  As part of the agreement, the former president must not intimidate witnesses, co-defendants or others – including on social media.
  
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• Cyclist Caught on Camera Kicking Trump Sign, Returns at Night for Something Even Worse

  21-08-2023 23:30
  
  For a supporter of former President Donald Trump in North Carolina, Trump Derangement Syndrome hit home — literally.
  A sign he had on his lawn proudly declaring “Trump won” — an apparent reference to the 2020 election — was set on fire last week by a cyclist whose actions under cover of darkness were caught on a video camera.
  And thanks to social media and some reward money, he thinks he knows who the culprit is.
  As reported Monday by WRAL-TV in Raleigh, prominent R
  
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• Japan, South Korea Criticise North Korea Satellite Launch Plan

  21-08-2023 23:23
  
  By Elaine Lies and Hyonhee ShinTOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea told Japan on Tuesday that it would launch a satellite between Aug. 24-31, its...
  
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• Kenyan Officials Meet With Haiti Police to Discuss Gangfighting Force

  21-08-2023 23:21
  
  By Ralph Tedy Erol and Sarah MorlandPORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -A Kenyan delegation met with leaders of Haiti's national police on Monday, a day...
  
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• Senegal Brings Back Survivors of Drifting Migrant Boat

  21-08-2023 23:10
  
  DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese authorities on Monday brought home 37 migrants who were rescued off the coast of Cape Verde last week after their boat...
  
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• The 30-year mortgage rate hits 7.48%, the highest level since 2000

  21-08-2023 22:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mortgage interest rates continue to climb, putting homeownership further out of reach for many potential buyers.
  
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• Bidenomics Fail: Americans Increasingly Forced to Dip Into Retirement Accounts to Make Ends Meet, Major Bank Reveals

  21-08-2023 22:52
  
  More Americans are tapping their retirement accounts to get by as President Joe Biden and Democrats portray the economy as healthy, a new report claims.
  A look through Biden’s Twitter account reveals numerous but unspecific claims about an economic turnaround following two years of skyrocketing prices.
  In February, the president bragged about a “record breaking economy” and plentiful jobs.Our economic plan is breaking records. pic.twitter.com/5YvftWL6yV
  — President Biden
  
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• Special Counsel Appointed to Investigate Hunter Biden Worked 'Hand-in-Glove' with Brother Beau for Years - Report

  21-08-2023 22:46
  
  The connection between Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss and the Biden family runs far deeper than Weiss’ investigation of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden.
  Weiss was the federal prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden criminal investigation and the controversial plea agreement that fell apart on July 27. Two weeks later, Weiss was appointed as the Justice Department’s special counsel in the case.
  All of this has triggered a renewed focus on his early career.
  The Washingt
  
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• Two Dead, Thousands Homeless in Chile After Heavy Rains

  21-08-2023 22:43
  
  By Natalia A. Ramos MirandaSANTIAGO (Reuters) - Two people are dead from flooding in the central-southern region of Chile on Monday, while...
  
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• Trump Faces $200,000 Bond, Order Not to Make Threats, in Georgia Election Case

  21-08-2023 22:39
  
  By Jasper Ward(Reuters) - Donald Trump will face a $200,000 bond and orders not to send threatening social media messages as the former U.S....
  
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• Israel Launches Missiles Targeting Vicinity of Syria's Damascus

  21-08-2023 22:33
  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel late on Monday launched missiles targeting the vicinity of Syria's Damascus that left one Syrian soldier injured and "...
  
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• House GOP chairmen subpoena IRS and FBI officials as part of Hunter Biden probe

  21-08-2023 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Republicans believe the officials are familiar with a meeting where U.S. Attorney David Weiss purportedly said he wasn't the authority on any charges filed.
  
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• Freedom Caucus rebels against a short-term funding bill with new demands

  21-08-2023 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House Freedom Caucus is demanding a series of conservative policy changes in any short-term bill to avert a government shutdown on Sept. 30.
  
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• CNN Analyst Runs Through Three New Polls, Warns Viewers Trump Has a Real Shot at Beating Biden in 2024

  21-08-2023 22:18
  
  Imagine if the Justice Department weren’t being weaponized. Or if the establishment media were only halfway honest.
  Donald Trump would now be well into the third year of his second term — and likely cementing in place the kind of policies that made his first term a resounding success compared to the United States under Joe Biden.
  Instead, Trump is running for president again, and even CNN is admitting he’s got a decent shot at winning it all.
  In a segment that aired on the libe
  
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• Virginia Democrats raise alarms that Gov. Glenn Youngkin could be building toward a national bid

  21-08-2023 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Virginia Democrats are worried the national party isn’t doing enough to stop Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, warning he could mount a presidential bid.
  
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• Iowa poll shows GOP divide over Trump's remaining party leader

  21-08-2023 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Forty-one percent of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers believe former President Donald Trump should continue as the Republican Party’s leader.
  
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• Russia's Prigozhin Posts First Video Since Mutiny, Hints He Is in Africa

  21-08-2023 21:59
  
  (Reuters) -Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin posted his first video address since leading a short-lived mutiny in late June, appearing in a...
  
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• Nikki Haley will be the lone woman on the GOP debate stage. Why that could help — or hurt.

  21-08-2023 21:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will be the only woman on stage at the first GOP presidential debate, a distinction that presents special challenges.
  
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• Spanish World Cup Star Finds Out Her Father Has Died Just After Winning Against England

  21-08-2023 21:49
  
  In what can only be described as the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, Spain’s Olga Carmona scored the winning (and only) goal of the Women’s World Cup finals — only to learn of a shocking family tragedy immediately thereafter.
  On Sunday, Spain captured its first-ever Women’s World Cup title, beating the Lionesses of England 1-0 off of a Carmona goal.Olga Carmona with THE GOAL to crown Spain as the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Champions! pic.twitter.com/Uwr4Fa
  
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• Police accused raided Kansas newspaper of lying to get records. A reporter used public info.

  21-08-2023 21:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  A journalist’s seemingly routine public records search sparked unprecedented law enforcement raids on a Kansas newspaper office and the publisher's home, court papers revealed.
  
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• Guatemala's Unlikely Presidential Victor Follows in Father's Footsteps

  21-08-2023 21:42
  
  By Sofia Menchu and Diego OréGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Bernardo Arevalo, who won Sunday's presidential run-off by double-digits, is...
  
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• Pushing Trump's federal Jan. 6 case to 2026 would deny public a speedy trial, DOJ says

  21-08-2023 21:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Delaying Donald Trump's election interference trial until 2026 would "deny the public its right to a speedy trial," special counsel Jack Smith's team said in a court filing.
  
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• Prominent NYU Doctor Sounds Alarm on Illegals Bringing Deadly, Drug-Resistant Diseases to US: 'Porous Border Is Health Emergency'

  21-08-2023 21:30
  
  Dr. Marc Siegel, a professor at New York University Medical School, warns that migrants crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico are bringing contagious diseases into the country and creating a “public health emergency.”
  Siegel recounted in an article published last week in USA Today that when his grandfather immigrated to the country from Poland in the early 1900s he first waited at Ellis Island where he could be screened for tuberculosis and other diseases.
  Those with contagio
  
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• US State Dept OKs Possible Sale of Apache Helicopters to Poland for $12 Billion -Pentagon

  21-08-2023 21:15
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of AH-64E Apache helicopters and related equipment to Poland in a...
  
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• Trans Weightlifter Smashes Women's Record, International Consortium Humbles the 'Mediocre Male' with a Big Reminder

  21-08-2023 20:57
  
  “Mediocre male” athletes take note: Women are beyond sick and tired of having you gentlemen infiltrate their sports just so your fragile egos can be massaged a bit.
  (To be clear, the above warning is meant only for the male athletes seeking fortune and/or glory in women’s sports.)
  The latest, and perhaps loudest, example of this transgender backlash came following a weightlifting competition in Canada held Aug. 10-13.
  The 2023 Canadian Powerlifting Union’s Western Canadia
  
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• Eight Dead in Car Crash in Southern Russia, Including Four Children

  21-08-2023 20:46
  (Reuters) - Eight people, including four children, have died after two cars collided in southern Rostov region in Russia, the local governor said...
  
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• 'Hell on wheels' teen who killed boyfriend and his friend in crash is sentenced to 15 years to life

  21-08-2023 20:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Ohio teenager dubbed "hell on wheels" — who was convicted of intentionally crashing her car at 100 mph into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend — was sentenced to two concurrent 15 years-to-life sentences Monday.
  
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• Netflix Engineer Goes Missing After Last Being Seen Getting Into an Uber - Then Person Spots Something on Grassy Hill

  21-08-2023 20:35
  
  Yohanes Kildane had made it. After graduating from Cornell University in May, he was hired as an engineer by Netflix. The 22-year-old New Yorker flew across the country to California’s Bay Area to start his new job in July.
  But the dream may have turned to ashes already. His family last heard from him on Aug. 14, when surveillance video showed him entering an Uber, according to KTVU-TV.
  Kildane never returned to his San Jose residence, leading the family to contact the police after they sa
  
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• Russia Plays the Blame Game After Return to Moon Catastrophically Fails

  21-08-2023 20:32
  
  The head of Russia’s space agency said Monday that the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly, and he blamed the country’s decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap.
  The pilotless Luna-25 had been scheduled to land Monday while aiming to become the first spacecraft to touch down on the south pole of the moon, an area where scientists believe important reserves of frozen water and precious elements might exist.
  Roscosmos D
  
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• US Judge Blocks Georgia Ban on Treatment for Transgender Youth

  21-08-2023 20:20
  
  By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - A U.S. judge has blocked the state of Georgia from enforcing a new Republican-backed law that bars doctors from...
  
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• GOP will lose 'up and down the ballot' with Trump, New Hampshire governor warns

  21-08-2023 20:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu warned Republicans that the party is doomed to lose “up and down the ballot” in 2024 if Trump is the nominee.
  
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• Turkey Says UN Peacekeepers Intervention of Turkish Cypriot Roadworks Unacceptable

  21-08-2023 20:16
  
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the physical intervention of United Nations peacekeepers during...
  
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• Group of House Conservatives Unveil Demands to Support Spending Bill and Avoid Shutdown

  21-08-2023 20:04
  House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September
  
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• Georgia Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Groping TV Judge Hatchett

  21-08-2023 20:04
  
  A Georgia sheriff has pleaded guilty to groping TV judge Glenda Hatchett during a law enforcement conference last year
  
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• West Africa's ECOWAS Rejects Niger Junta's Proposed Three-Year Delay for Elections

  21-08-2023 20:01
  
  ABUJA (Reuters) -West Africa's main regional bloc ECOWAS has rejected a proposal by Niger's military junta to hold elections within three years of...
  
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• Five Indications That Joe Biden Is Not Running for President in 2024: Retired GOP Politician

  21-08-2023 19:56
  
  President Joe Biden is setting the stage to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election, former Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah wrote Monday in an Op-Ed for Fox News.
  Chaffetz cited five factors he said are clues:
  • The lack of campaign staff.• Limited travel.• The Kamala Harris factor.• Biden’s response to the Hawaii disaster.• The president’s dealing with the burgeoning scandal around his son, Hunter, which has enveloped him as well.
  The former cong
  
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• Greece to Train Ukrainian F-16 Pilots, Zelenskiy Says

  21-08-2023 19:52
  
  (Reuters) - Greece will take part in training of Ukrainian air force pilots for F-16 jets, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on...
  
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• Bubba Wallace Clinging to Final Playoff Spot as NASCAR Shifts to Unpredictable Daytona

  21-08-2023 19:52
  
  Bubba Wallace will be in a precarious position at Daytona International Speedway this weekend
  
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• CNN Host Admits It on Air After Biden News Breaks: 'Trump Was Right'

  21-08-2023 19:51
  
  When a ship is sinking, it’s the cowards and the rats that are usually the first to flee.
  Now, whether you think CNN is more cowardly or vermin-like — take your pick — the point remains that even the “Clinton News Network” is publicly souring on President Joe Biden in real time.
  And it’s a glorious sight to behold.
  Case in point, observe CNN host Jake Tapper utter the actual words “Trump was right” on-air:CNN’s Jake Tapper: “Trump was r
  
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• Pope Francis Discusses Ukraine War and Peace With US Military Chief

  21-08-2023 19:40
  
  By Philip Pullella(Reuters) - Pope Francis and General Mark Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed the war in Ukraine...
  
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• Cyprus Rescues 115 Syrian Migrants Aboard 3 Separate Boats Over the Last Three Days

  21-08-2023 19:40
  Cyprus police have rescued 18 Syrian migrants after their boat started taking on water some 3.5 miles off the Mediterranean island nation’s southeastern coast
  
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• Saudi Border Guards Killed Hundreds of Ethiopian Migrants, HRW Says

  21-08-2023 19:35
  By Andrew Mills, Tiksa Negeri and Milan PavicicDUBAI/HARAR, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian border guards have killed hundreds of Ethiopian...
  
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• Analysis-Election Won, Guatemala's Next Leader Faces Deeply Entrenched Foes

  21-08-2023 19:29
  
  By David Alire Garcia(Reuters) - Guatemala's Bernardo Arevalo triumphed in Sunday's presidential runoff, but a bitter post-election battle is...
  
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• Reds-Angels Game Is Postponed Due to the Effects of Tropical Storm Hilary. Doubleheader Is Wednesday

  21-08-2023 19:28
  
  The Los Angeles Angels’ game against the Cincinnati Reds scheduled for Monday night has been postponed due to the effects of Tropical Storm Hilary
  
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• House Freedom Caucus to Oppose Measure to Avert Shutdown Unless Demands Met

  21-08-2023 19:24
  
  The hard-line group of conservatives said that its members would oppose a ‘clean’ continuing resolution to keep the government funded, listing policy demands.
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Slams Facebook for Blocking Canada Wildfire News

  21-08-2023 19:18
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Facebook of putting profits over people’s safety during Canada’s wildfire emergencies
  
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