Fact & Spin

Facts & Spin for September 28, 2022 top stories: The US Congress proposes a bill to avoid a government shutdown, Japan holds a state funeral for former PM Abe, Russian referenda in Ukraine conclude, A UN envoy says Haiti is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, The sedition trial for Oath Keepers' leaders begins, A report says more than half of US schools are facing staff shortages, Biden's student loan forgiveness could cost $400 billion, A super typhoon sweeps across the Philippines, A chess champion accuses his rival of cheating, and NASA successfully crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid.
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Facts & Spin for September 27, 2022 top stories: Republicans are reportedly considering an impeachment vote against Biden, Arizona is allowed to enforce a near-total abortion ban, A right-wing coalition wins the Italian election, A school shooting kills at 13 in Russia as more burial sites are found in Izyum, At least 50 drown when a boat capsizes in Bangladesh, An autopsy report shows that Elijah McClain died from a forced post-arrest sedative, Russia's Yevgeny Prigozhin admits to owning the Wagner mercenary force, Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike, North Korea fires a missile ahead of US drills, Uganda's ebola outbreak spreads, and the UN claims that Australian climate inaction violated islanders' rights.
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Facts & Spin for September 24, 2022 top stories: Over 70 migrants drown off the Syrian coast, Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine vote on joining Russia, A jury rules against Project Veritas, A leak suggests that British labour party operatives undermined British democracy by sabotaging Jeremy Corbyn, The trial begins for a Trump ally accused of secretly lobbying for the United Arab Emirates, Micronesia criticizes Japan's plan to release radioactive Fukushima water, The UN requests an urgent report on south Sudan sex abuse allegations, At least 7 are killed by a blast near an Afghan mosque, Pakistan bonds plummet amid flooding and default fears, and the pound sinks as markets react to UK's tax-cutting budget.
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Facts & Spin for September 23, 2022 top stories: Hunger reportedly kills one person every four seconds, world leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners while draft protests erupt in Russia, the US claims that it killed 27 al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia, an appeals court cancels the "special master" for Trump's Mar-a-Lago records, Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with the Jan. 6 committee, the NY Attorney General sues Trump's family and business, the Fed announces its fifth interest rate hike since March, a former Khmer Rouge leader loses his genocide appeal, and a Pentagon report claims lack of oversight regarding Junior ROTC abuse.
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Facts & Spin for September 22, 2022 top stories: Putin escalates the Ukraine war with a partial military mobilization, Pentagon orders a review of its overseas social media campaigns, Biden calls for an end to political "Dark Money",the House will vote on a bipartisan election law overhaul, Trump's lawyers oppose releasing document declassification details, a former officer is sentenced to 3 years over George Floyd's death, a joint investigation says that Israel killed a journalist deliberately, China pushes for a peaceful reunification with Taiwan, the UN Chief calls for an Energy Windfall Tax on polluters, and a health panel says that US adults need routine Anxiety screening.
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Facts & Spin for September 21, 2022 top stories: The UN says all sides are committing atrocities in Ethiopia's civil war, Ukraine reports gains ahead of UN general assembly, The US sees a record-breaking 2 million southwestern border arrests, 47 people are charged for stealing $250M in COVID relief funds, Social media reportedly continue to boosts election fraud claims, 3 are killed in protests against Iran's morality police, A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocks Mexico, Elon Musk will seen a sanctions exemption for activating Starlink over Iran, and The man convicted in the Syed murder case has his judgement overturned after 20 years in jail.
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Facts & Spin for September 20, 2022 top stories: Biden declares the pandemic 'Over', Biden reaffirms that the US would defend Taiwan if China attacks, the Taliban and US agree on a prisoner swap, Zelenskyy promises no 'lull' in Ukraine's war effort, the EU proposes suspending billions in Hungary funding, New York's Mayor supports a bill granting non-citizens voting rights, Palestinian schools strike over alleged Israeli censorship, the UN denounces the exclusion of Afghan girls from school, Yeshiva University suspends all clubs in response to SCOTUS ruling, Hurricane Fiona knocks out power to Puerto Rico, and cheetahs are reintroduced to India after 70 years.
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Facts & Spin for September 17, 2022 top stories: West Virginia passes a sweeping abortion ban, a 'Special Master' is named to oversee Trump's Mar-a-Lago files, a mass burial site is discovered near recently recaptured Izyum in Ukraine, Depositors storm banks across Lebanon, FedEx warns of a global Recession, California files an Antitrust Lawsuit against Amazon, a book claims that Trump gave serious thought to buying Greenland, Biden will meet families of Americans imprisoned in Russia, South African president Ramaphosa will be probed over 'Farmgate', and Roger Federer retires from tennis. 
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Facts & Spin for September 16, 2022 top stories: Florida flies migrants to an affluent Massachusetts island, Zelenskyy is in a car crash and Russian strikes cause flooding, Sweden's PM resigns after losing election to parties on the right, Armenia and Azerbaijan negotiate a ceasefire, the WHO says that the COVID Pandemic end is in sight, US mortgage rates breach 6%, a tentative deal is reached to avoid a US rail strike, South Korea fines Google and Meta $72M for violating privacy, Patagonia's founder donates his company to fight Climate Change, and woman holds up a Beirut bank to withdraw her own savings.
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Facts & Spin for September 15, 2022 top stories: 50M People are reportedly stuck in "Modern Slavery", the US considers sanctioning China to support Taiwan, an EU court fines Google $4B for antitrust violations, the EU chief says that it's solidarity with Ukraine is unshakeable, Trump is accused of meddling in a prosecutor's office, Trump-endorsed Karoline Leavitt wins her New Hampshire GOP primary, FBI seized the phone of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Ken Starr, who prosecuted Clinton, dies at 76, British cops are criticized for arresting anti-royal protesters, and the Boston Marathon adds an option for nonbinary runners.
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