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- Associated Press
GOP leaders diverge on Trump, putting party in limbo
One by one, the Republican leaders of Congress have made the trip to Mar-a-Lago to see Donald Trump. Kevin McCarthy visited after the deadly Jan 6 Capitol insurrection, counting on the former president's help to win back control of the House in 2022. The chair of the Senate Republican campaign committee, Rick Scott, stopped by to enlist Trump in efforts to regain the Senate.
- Business Insider
Top US general in Europe says there's a low-to-medium risk Russia invades Ukraine in the next few weeks
Russia has amassed roughly 80,000 troops along Ukraine's borders, raising alarm bells across Europe and in Washington.
- INSIDER
Name of Chicago Police officer who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo revealed in incident report
The report identifies the officer as Eric Stillman, 34, listing the officer as a victim in an aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer.
- The Independent
Ivanka Trump causes MAGA meltdown after sharing photograph getting vaccine
Trump supporters called Ivanka a ‘disappointment’ for getting the jab
- INSIDER
7 details you may have missed in the latest 'Fast & Furious 9' trailer
A new "Fast 9" trailer teases the return of some characters from "Tokyo Drift" and the bucket list item Helen Mirren has been waiting years to do.
- Business Insider
McConnell reportedly wants GOP senators to praise Manchin and Sinema, so they won't move to scrap filibuster
He told Senate Republicans that the Democratic duo could "save this institution" with their resistance to eliminating the filibuster, Politico reports.
- The Independent
Fox News pundits outraged that word ‘mistress’ has been ‘canceled’
‘They could not break one of the 10 commandments and just be faithful to their marrieds,’ host says
- Associated Press
Beijing official in Hong Kong warns against foreign meddling
Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong on Thursday warned foreign forces not to interfere with the “bottom line” of national security in the city, threatening retaliation amid tensions between China and Western powers. The U.S., Britain and their allies have condemned China's tightening control over Hong Kong's freedoms, including the sweeping national security law and electoral reforms that have all but silenced the once-vibrant opposition in the semi-autonomous territory. “When it is time, actions must be taken in relation to any external or foreign forces that may interfere Hong Kong affairs or attempts to use Hong Kong as a pawn,” said Luo Huining, director of the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong.
- The Independent
Mitch McConnell refused to allow Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in state in Capitol, book claims
‘Mitch McConnell is not a force for good in our country,’ Nancy Pelosi reportedly told author
- Miami Herald
Cuba’s budding civil society asks to be heard as island prepares for historic congress
Hundreds of young artists protest on a sidewalk outside the white mansion housing Cuba’s Ministry of Culture in Havana’s once aristocratic Vedado neighborhood. Famous musicians long aligned with the communist government poke a finger at the revolution with a song that mocks a slogan penned by Fidel Castro. Rights activists march through the streets demanding greater protections for animals.
- INSIDER
9 Bachelor stars who identify as LGBTQ
Colton Underwood joins eight other Bachelor stars from around the world who identify as LGBTQ.
- Business Insider
An Army sergeant who was filmed shoving a Black man has been charged with 3rd-degree assault
Jonathan Pentland's social-media accounts list him as a drill sergeant at the Fort Jackson garrison, the Associated Press reported.
- INSIDER
Stellan Skarsgård spent 8 hours a day transforming into his 'Dune' character
"He's such a frightening presence where even if he doesn't say anything, I think you'll be afraid of him," the actor said of his character.
- INSIDER
What a onetime 'fittest woman on Earth' eats in a day, from a bagel breakfast to a nightcap of steamed CBD oat milk
Katrin Davidsdottir starts her day with a cinnamon and raisin bagel with butter, cream cheese, honey, and a fried egg. She trains 10 times a week.
- The Telegraph
Should you invest in Coinbase after its blockbuster stock market debut?
Cryptocurrency has crossed another milestone in its journey to mainstream adoption with the stock market flotation of Coinbase, the largest exchange for buyers and sellers of virtual coins in America. Coinbase is the first crypto exchange to list its shares on America's stock market. The company's market value surged to $100bn (£73bn) as the shares started trading, which makes the nine-year-old firm more valuable than BP or GlaxoSmithKline. But how does it make money, and are the shares a good investment? What is Coinbase? Coinbase allows DIY investors to buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies, including Ether, Bitcoin and XRP. The company was founded in 2012 with the mission of making cryptocurrency more accessible and safer to buy. At the time, Bitcoin was complicated to trade and associated with criminals because Bitcoin allows people to pay for things anonymously. Coinbase makes money by charging a flat fee for trades and a percentage fee for conversions between virtual coins. In the first three months of the year Coinbase made $730m (£530m) profit on revenues of $1.8bn (£1.3bn), bolstered by Bitcoin’s meteoric rise. The exchange lured 13m new users in the first three months of 2021. Coinbase has been profitable since 2017, according to chief executive and founder Brian Armstrong. Is investing the same as owning Bitcoin? Not quite, but the shares will be correlated to the price of price of cryptocurrencies because the more interest there is in crypto, the more trades are made and the more money Coinbase makes. It is similar to backing companies which sell picks and shovels during a gold rush. Investors do not have to believe that cryptocurrency is the future and will replace regular currencies, just that other people will continue buying and selling virtual coins.
- USA TODAY Opinion
To get more vaccines worldwide, US companies need to give up their intellectual property rights
The world is not short of leaders taking admirable measures to beat the pandemic within their borders. But ending the pandemic cannot be achieved by one country alone.
- INSIDER
John Corbett says he's joining the 'Sex and the City' reboot. Here's everyone who will and won't be in the new show.
In January, former "Sex and the City" stars shared a teaser for the show's reboot. Since then, multiple former leads have confirmed they've signed on to the new series.
- Reuters
Appeals court upholds Canada-U.S. asylum-seeker agreement
A Canadian appeals court on Thursday upheld a Canada-U.S. agreement to turn back asylum seekers, overturning a lower court ruling, siding with the federal government and setting up a possible Supreme Court showdown. The Canadian government had launched an appeal defending the agreement and, by association, U.S. immigration detention practices. Canada had argued the pact was necessary to manage its border with the United States.
- Associated Press
Biologists defy Cyprus' ethnic divide to protect environment
There’s something regal in the sprightly step and curious gaze of the long-horn sheep that roam the hills near Varisia, an abandoned village inside a U.N. buffer zone that cuts across ethnically divided Cyprus. The endangered Mouflon sheep that’s endemic to the eastern Mediterranean island nation is one of many rare plant and animal species that have flourished in this no-man’s land, which stretches for 120 miles (180 kilometers) and divides the island's breakaway north from its internationally recognized south. This unlikely refuge has been embraced by two environmental scientists, one Greek Cypriot and one Turkish Cypriot, as an open-air laboratory where complex politics and physical divisions can be put aside to focus on the overriding concern of protecting the parched country’s fragile ecosystem.
- The Independent
Biden news: Pence undergoes pacemaker operation as Sanders pays Trump rare compliment on Afghanistan
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