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How the mainstream media backed Biden’s controversial nominees
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According to the White House, Biden’s former nominee for comptroller of the currency, Saule Omarova, was "one of the country’s leading academic experts on issues related to regulation of systemic risk and structural ...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg tries to clarify controversial policy memo, says it gave ‘wrong impression’
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Bragg, who took on the elected role at the beginning of the year, was speaking at the New York University’s School of Law Thursday afternoon when he said he took "full accountability" for the confusion the January 3 ...
Biden’s controversial nominee Holly Thomas confirmed as 9th Circuit federal judge
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Thomas will be the second Black woman to serve on the Ninth Circuit. She currently serves as a judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court in California, and was formerly an assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense a...
Biden administration in court to defend controversial Trump-era border policy barring asylum seekers
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The Biden administration will be in court Wednesday defending the use of a controversial Trump-era policy that's resulted in more than 1 million expulsions of migrants arrested at the US-Mexico border. The public h...
Education Secretary Cardona facing calls to resign after email shows he solicited controversial NSBA letter
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The NSBA's Oct. 22 letter, which it has since apologized for, called for federal action to address hostilities toward school boards as possible acts of "domestic terrorism" and suggested using the Patriot Act against...
Gal Gadot says controversial ‘Imagine’ video was in ‘poor taste’
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Gal Gadot has kicked off 2022 by thoroughly addressing the controversial, star-studded "Imagine" video that went viral for all the wrong reasons at the start of the global pandemic. In an interview with InStyle for ...
Arsenal vs. Manchester City: Rodri seals win for Premier League leader in controversial thriller
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Premier League leader Manchester City moved 11 points clear of Chelsea after a 2-1 win over 10-man Arsenal in a game filled with drama and controversy. With Arsenal manager Arteta isolating after positive Covid-19 t...
Audi agrees ‘Wheel of Fortune’ contestant deserves her prize after losing on a controversial technicality
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The car maker confirmed on Twitter that they have tracked down the contestant and are planning to give her an all-new Audi Q3. Charlene Rubush competed on Tuesday’s episode of the show and sparked a major discussion...
Formula One driver Nicholas Latifi received death threats after controversial season finale
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Latifi crashed with five laps to go, which led to a safety car period and decisions by the race director that erased the commanding lead held by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and set up a pass to claim the win and t...
Los Angeles DA Gascon launches controversial ‘diversion’ program for youth criminals
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The "Restorative Enhanced Diversion for Youth Pathway" aims to move young people from incarceration into rehabilitation, a move that Deputy DA Jonathan Hatami called "a slap on the wrist" for some felonies. ...
Border agents crushed after Senate Democrats confirm controversial Biden CBP nominee: ‘He’s pretty much hated’
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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Chris Magnus, formerly the police chief in Tuscon, Arizona, despite numerous controversies surrounding Magnus' nomination, including his support for sanctuary cities. Maine Sen. Susan ...
Colombian football player receiving death threats over controversial match
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Bogota, Colombia A Colombian football player announced he and his teammates have received death threats following a controversial match in Colombia on Saturday. The match in question, between Llaneros Football Club a...
India formally repeals controversial farm laws after year of protests
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New Delhi India has formally repealed three contentious farm laws that sparked more than a year of protests, nearly two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pushed into a rare policy reversal that saw the leg...
Controversial Theodore Roosevelt statue outside of New York museum finds a home in North Dakota
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A controversial statue of US President Theodore Roosevelt in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City has found a new home in Medora, North Dakota, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library...
Ghana launches scathing attack on South Africa with FIFA set to review controversial penalty in World Cup qualifier
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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has emphatically hit back at match manipulation allegations made by South Africa after the sides' World Cup qualifying match on Sunday. In an extraordinary statement Thursday, ...
German navy chief resigns after controversial comments favorable to Putin
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"I have asked Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to relieve me from my duties with immediate effect," Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach said in a statement, according to Reuters. "The minister has accepted my reque...