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U.S. Intelligence Documents Accuse Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Of Directing Jamal Khashoggi Murder
The United States intelligence community released documents on Friday accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of approving the assassination operation of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The CIA originally assessed soon after Khashoggi’s killing in 2018 with high confidence that crown prince Salman personally ordered the kill. The United Nations agreed saying it was “inconceivable” that Salman wasn’t aware of the operation, which was his initial claim. Friday’s briefing also led the U.S. Treasury to institute sanctions on Saudi Arabia. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in...
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Kanye West spent 12.5m of own money on presidential run
Kanye West spent nearly $12.5 million of his own money on his presidential campaign. The 43-year-old rapper - who ran for office under the Birthday Party - self-funded the majority of his late-entry run for office, attracting just $2 million from outside contributors, and, having earned just 66,000 votes across the US, meant each tick in the ballot box cost an average of $200 each. According to a report from the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the majority of Kanye's $14,538,989 campaign funds paid for "ballot access", and he was left with $1.3 million at the end of the campaign. $7.5 milli...
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President Biden Visits Bob Dole After Cancer Diagnosis
While he is busy running the country, President Joe Biden still made time to visit an old friend. During an unscheduled stop at the Watergate apartment building in D.C. on Saturday, Biden visited former Republican presidential candidate Sen. Bob Dole. The 97-year-old senator recently announced that he was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. When asked about meeting Dole at his apartment, Biden stated that the former presidential candidate was “doing well.” Dole worked closely with Biden over the years on several issues, including the National World War II Memorial. In November, Dole was one...
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Perseverance rover is in 'great shape'
NASA's Perseverance rover is in "great shape" on the surface of Mars. The American space agency landed its rover in a crater near the planet's equator called Jezero earlier this week, and Matt Wallace, the mission's deputy project manager, has confirmed it's still in good condition. He said: "The good news is the spacecraft, I think, is in great shape." The landing on Mars thrilled engineers at NASA's mission control in California and the six-wheeled vehicle is now busily looking for evidence of past life on the planet. Allen Chen, who led the landing team, shared: "We are in a nice flat spot....
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Biden Calls For Gun Regulation On Anniversary Of Parkland Massacre: ‘The Time To Act Is Now’
On the third anniversary of Parkland massacre that claimed the lives of 14 student and three staff members at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, President Joe Biden offered condolences to families forever changed by the violence. “In seconds, the lives of dozens of families, and the life of an American community, were changed forever,” Biden said in a statement released Sunday. Biden also used this opportunity to urge Congress to strengthen gun regulations. Specifically, he called on House Members and Senators to introduce mandatory background checks on gun sales and a formal ban of assau...
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President Joe Biden: Mario Kart Champ
President Joe Biden may be the leader of the free world, but he just reclaimed an even more prestigious title: Mario Kart Champ. Biden’s granddaughter, Naomi Biden, posted a video of her grandfather, the commander-in-chief, behind the wheel of Mario Kart Arcade GP DX to Instagram this weekend. The Bidens were visiting Camp David both for some well-deserved relaxation, as well as a scheduled meeting with national security advisors for uncle, or grandpa, Joe. Critics were initially stunned to see Biden playing as Luigi, but experts now believe the green-capped second-in-command plumber was Biden...
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Biden Administration Seeks To Reverse Trump-Era Obamacare Challenge
President Joe Biden‘s administration has formally withdrawn federal support for an a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better know as Obamacare, filed during Donald Trump‘s presidential term. Biden’s Department of Justice formally submitted their withdrawal from the challenge on Wednesday. “Following the change in administration, the Department of Justice has reconsidered the government’s position in these cases,” Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler wrote. The federal government, he explained, “no longer adheres to the conclusions in the previously filed brief of the federal res...
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Biden endorses $75,000 threshold for full $1400 coronavirus stimulus checks
House Democrats, on Monday, introduced a stimulus plan that would send $1,400 stimulus checks to Americans earning up to $75,000 annually. This proposal rejects the call from the party’s centrist wing to significantly lower the income threshold. President Joe Biden also cleared his stance on the bill, saying he supports the House Democrats’ proposal of sending $1,400 coronavirus stimulus checks to those earning up to $75,000 annually. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Coronavirus stimulus checks: Biden supports House Democrats’ proposalBiden’s comments on the House Democrats’ bi...
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Huawei seeks better relations with new US administration
Huawei hopes to develop better relations with the new US administration. The Chinese telecoms giant has previously been accused of using its equipment for spying, but Ren Zhengfei - the company's founder - hopes new US President Joe Biden will be more collaborative than Donald Trump. He said: "I hope the new US administration will come up with more open policies that are in the interests of US companies and the US economy as a whole." At present, the firm finds itself on the US Department of Commerce’s Entity List, meaning its access is restricted to US technology and software. He added: "I th...
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Biden Shouldn’t Deregulate The Proxy Advisory Firms
Most of us in Washington are breathing a collective sigh of relief now that Donald Trump is no longer president and we look forward to a government that operates outside the bounds of tweets and impetuous executive actions. President Biden’s day one action of issuing a number of executive orders to pause or end various Trump Administration initiatives is a hopeful manifestation of the return to normalcy. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more ERISA Fiduciary Rule 2.0 Was A Right MoveWhile no one is more anxious to see all evidence of Trump disappear from this city than myself, the ne...
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