This week’s NATO summit in Lithuania ended with the military alliance agreeing to extend membership to Ukraine at some point in the future but declining to give a firm timeline. Meanwhile, Sweden is set to become the newest member, bringing the alliance to 32 countries, after it started in 1949 with just 12 founding members.
Television and film actors are going on strike after a breakdown in negotiations between the SAG-AFTRA union and Hollywood studios. More than 160,000 members of the union are taking part in the first major actors’ strike since 1980. This also marks the first time since 1960 that actors and screenwriters have been on strike at the same time, with members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines since early May.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles. But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddharth Kara, an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.
Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo declared that Trump “didn’t drain the swamp” after he offered his reasoning for hiring people he “didn’t like” in his administration.
The audience chanted Trump’s name as the former Arkansas governor, who has been critical of the former president, made his case for 2024.
The former Biden White House press secretary called out the Texas Republican’s priorities.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
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Lauren Boebert filed articles of impeachment against Biden. That doesn’t mean he was impeached
CLAIM: President Joe Biden was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors in June 2023.
THE FACTS: Biden has not been impeached.
The activist and political leader said he’s resigning as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded in 1971.
Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.
From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns.
DeSantis will appear on CNN following reports of slow campaign contributions, bloated staff and lagging poll numbers.
UPDATE: Monday, Jul 17, 2023 · 4:13:30 AM +00:00
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My last update for tonight:
xThe Russian Ministry of Transport is now reporting that despite what other Officials have said, the 145th Pillar on the Kerch Strait Bridge has not Collapsed and it’s only the Roadway on the Bridge which suffered any kind of Damage from the Attack.
The United Nations this week released its annual report on nutrition, finding that the pandemic, extreme weather shocks and the war in Ukraine have all contributed to food insecurity around the world — now higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials estimate that the world saw an increase of more than 100 million people facing hunger in 2022 compared to 2019.
This week’s NATO summit in Lithuania ended with the military alliance agreeing to extend membership to Ukraine at some point in the future but declining to give a firm timeline. Meanwhile, Sweden is set to become the newest member, bringing the alliance to 32 countries, after it started in 1949 with just 12 founding members.
Television and film actors are going on strike after a breakdown in negotiations between the SAG-AFTRA union and Hollywood studios. More than 160,000 members of the union are taking part in the first major actors’ strike since 1980. This also marks the first time since 1960 that actors and screenwriters have been on strike at the same time, with members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines since early May.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles. But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddharth Kara, an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.
“No president is ever on vacation,” argued the CNN host before pointing to one of former President Donald Trump’s hobbies outside the Oval Office.
Greene described some of Kennedy’s policies as “far, far left” after naming where she agrees with the conspiracy theorist.
Kennedy’s remarks gave an antisemitic flavor to this week’s press dinner turned shouting match.
Mace backed an amendment to block a Pentagon abortion policy despite calling on her fellow Republicans to “stop targeting women.
The guitarist, who is British, previously railed against COVID-19 vaccine mandates on a podcast with the U.S. presidential candidate and conspiracy theorist.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles. But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddharth Kara, an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.
The Florida governor trolled Trump over the frozen treat after the former president remarked on the Blizzard in Iowa last week.
The Florida governor previously called the Russian invasion a “territorial dispute” and had to backtrack.
“I’ve never used the word insurrection, Tucker, over the last two years,” the former vice president said. “But it was a riot that took place at the Capitol.
“The American public has a right to learn about technologies of unknown origins, non-human intelligence, and unexplainable phenomena,” the Senate majority leader said.
Rep. Colin Allred has a Democratic primary opponent, the state lawmaker who represents Uvalde, in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat.
When the various states send off their newest Republican elected officials to the U.S. Congress, they are not sending their best and brightest. They are sending weirdos. They are sending conspiracy cranks. They are sending … Matt Rosendale.
xRosendale: We have drag shows at Malmstrom Air Force Base. There are 150 ICBM missiles that are being controlled by that Air Force Base and by these individuals.
One of the supposed “moderates” in the House Republican caucus railed on Thursday against several right-wing amendments to the military budget bill. First, she did so privately.
“We should not be taking this fucking vote, man. Fuck,” Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina fumed, venting to her staff about an extremist measure overturning Pentagon policies to facilitate abortion access for service members.
ABC News and The New York Times are reporting that another Trump Organization employee has been sent a target letter in the criminal federal case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents. Special counsel Jack Smith sent the unnamed “low-level” employee a target letter in recent weeks indicating that the employee could be facing an indictment.
That as-of-yet unnamed employee testified to a grand jury in Washington, D.C., in May.