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White House Responds After Sinema Leaves Democrat Party

December 9, 2022
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The White House on Dec. 9 responded after Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) revealed she was leaving the Democrat party. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre indicated that the Biden administration does not think Sinema’s decision will affect the upper chamber, particularly after the new Congress begins in January 2023. “Senator Sinema has been a key…

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White House Denies Saudi Arabia Helped Mediate Brittney Griner’s Release

December 9, 2022
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The Biden administration has said that the release of WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner from a Russian penal colony was negotiated only between the United States and Russia and there was no involvement from Saudi Arabia. Griner, 32, was released by Russian authorities in a prisoner swap on Dec. 8, which saw her exchanged for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout,…

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Judge Blocks Depositions of 3 High-Ranking Biden Admin Officials in Big Tech–Government Collusion Case

December 9, 2022
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A federal judge on Dec. 7 ruled that three high-ranking officials within the Biden administration will not be required to testify under oath at depositions in a lawsuit that alleges federal government collusion with Big Tech companies to censor users. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in October ordered the depositions of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…

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Marine Veteran Paul Whelan, Teacher Marc Fogel Among Americans Still Imprisoned in Russia

December 8, 2022
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While professional basketball player Brittney Griner was freed from prison and is expected to return to American soil on Dec. 9, U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan remains behind bars in Russia on espionage charges that he and the U.S. government say are false. Griner, 32, was serving a nine-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to…

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‘Don’t Understand’: US Marine Vet In Russian Prison ‘Greatly Disappointed’ After Britney Griner Swap

December 8, 2022
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Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who is currently imprisoned in Russia, said he was “greatly disappointed” after the United States reached a deal with Russia to exchange WNBA star Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap after Griner. “She is safe, she is on a plane, she is on her way home,” President Joe Biden…

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DOE Funding CCP-Linked Company ‘Endangers Our National Security’: Barrasso

December 8, 2022
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The Department of Energy is under fire for allegedly undermining U.S. national security by giving hundreds of millions of dollars to a company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. At the heart of the controversy is the DOE’s decision to award $200 million to Microvast Holdings, a U.S.-based lithium battery company that does most…

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FDA Authorizes Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Babies, Toddlers

December 8, 2022
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U.S. drug regulators on Dec. 8 announced emergency clearance for two COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months of age. The updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are now able to be administered to younger children after previously only being available to those 5 and older, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

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FDA Says Ivermectin Doesn’t Work Against COVID-19 but Points to Studies That Show It Does

December 8, 2022
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says a drug called ivermectin does not work against COVID-19 but links to studies that show it does, an Epoch Times review has found. The FDA’s website states, “Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19.” But half of the studies to which the FDA…

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Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft Awarded $9 Billion Cloud Deals: Pentagon

December 8, 2022
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Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle have been awarded lucrative cloud contracts valued at up to $9 billion in total, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Dec. 7. The contracts were awarded to the four tech companies to help build the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), which will replace the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) and effectively streamline…

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White House Reveals When Biden Will Make 2024 Decision

December 7, 2022
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President Joe Biden will decide whether to run for president in 2024 during the upcoming holiday break, confirmed White House chief of staff Ron Klain earlier this week. “When will the president make the decision?” Klain a crowd Monday during the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit. “I expect it shortly after the holidays. But I…

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