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Biden promoted Jennifer Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council; Vinay Reddy, Biden’s director of speechwriting; and Emmy Ruiz, the White House director of political strategy and outreach, to the role of assistant to the president. “Each are Day One members of our team, and I am proud to announce their promotions to assistants to the President and have them as senior most members of this White House and trusted advisors,” Biden said in a statement. “The work they do across this Administration is seen and felt by Americans all across this country.”Ron Klain, the White House…

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London CNN Business  —  A huge gamble by the UK government aimed at rescuing the economy from recession and boosting long-term growth sent the pound plunging on Friday. Announcing the biggest tax cuts in 50 years at the same time as boosting spending, Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng said the government needed a “new approach for a new era, focused on growth.” The sweeping tax cuts, which include slashing the top rate of income tax to 40% from 45%, reductions in duties paid on house purchases, and the cancellation of a planned hike in business taxes, would wipe £45 billion ($50…

The schoolgirl was making her way home from a day of classes at around 3.50pm, when she noticed a ‘suspicious man’ waiting in his car as he asked her to ‘come here’ through the open window A ‘suspicious’ man ordered a 12-year-old girl to ‘get in his car’ during a terrifying kidnapping attempt. The Year 7 pupil was approached on September 7 in Feltham, West London as she walked home from school. It was around 3.50pm when the scared schoolgirl noticed a ‘suspicious man’ waiting in his car. The man then asked the girl to ‘come here’ through the open…

Everything really is bigger in Texas!A North Texas town recently installed a 50 x 80-foot flagpole to fly the American flag as high as possible. Mayor Kevin Fowler of Rockwall, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas and Fort Worth metro areas, joined “Fox & Friends” on Thursday morning, Sept. 22, 2022, to talk about the idea and how the symbol of patriotism arrived in town. LEE GREENWOOD ON BIBLE, FAITH AND 9/11: ‘WE PRAY FOR GOD’S HAND’ OVER US ALL”It started in 2016,” he said. “We had a council member, Bennie Daniels, who had this dream of having a giant 50 x 80-foot…

A North Dakota prison guard was fired over the suicide of a man who was serving life sentences for killing four people.Sgt. Deandre Adams violated corrections policy in failing to adequately check on Chad Isaak, according to a termination letter from the warden at North Dakota State Penitentiary. Adams was fired Thursday.Warden James Sayler noted that Adams had received two previous written reprimands, for failing to report that he had left a missing inmate in a recreational area and for not intervening when two prisoners were potentially exchanging contraband, the Bismarck Tribune reported.”Your credibility, professionalism, and the trust I had…

The world’s human population is forecast to surpass 8 billion in the coming months. Compared to ants, that is a mediocre milestone.Researchers have made the most thorough assessment to date of the global population of ants – insects that have colonized almost everywhere on the planet – and the estimated total is a mind-blowing 20 quadrillion of them, or approximately 2.5 million for every human.It should come as little surprise considering how ubiquitous these busy and social insects are and the fact that they have thrived since the age of dinosaurs, with the oldest-known ant fossil dating back about 100…

Democrats are blasting the new “Commitment to America” agenda that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy rolled out this week, calling it a “political stunt,” and accusing Republicans of trying to distract voters just weeks before the November midterm elections.”Republicans are mistaken if they think their political stunt less than 7 weeks before the election will be enough to distract voters from their toxic record,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spokesperson Chris Taylor said in a statement.”While Democrats deliver critical investments, bring jobs back home from China, and fight to lower costs, Republicans stoke fear for power, obstruct popular legislation that…

The Boston Celtics held a press conference one day after suspending head coach Ime Udoka for the entire 2022-2023 NBA season for “violations of team policies.” Udoka reportedly had a consensual relationship with a female staffer within the Celtics organization.  Celtics majority owner Wyc Grousbeck and President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens were present at the press conference. CELTICS SUSPEND IME UDOKA FOR ENTIRE 2022-23 SEASON FOR ‘VIOLATIONS OF TEAM POLICIES’Grousbeck told reporters that the suspension came after a months-long investigation by an external law firm that conducted a “thorough investigation.””We learned over the summer, some part of the summer, that there…

Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year’s Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation and non-discrimination, a report commissioned by the social media company has found.The report Thursday from independent consulting firm Business for Social Responsibility confirmed long-standing criticisms of Meta’s policies and their uneven enforcement as it relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: It found the company over-enforced rules when it came to Arabic content and under-enforced content in Hebrew.It, however, did not find intentional bias at Meta, either by the company as a whole or among…