Fact & Spin

October 26, 2023 Top Stories: Israel demands UN chief’s resignation, Mike Johnson elected House speaker and 33 states sue Meta

Facts & Spins for October 26, 2023 Top Stories: Israel demands the resignation of the UN Secretary-General over Gaza remarks, Mike Johnson is elected House speaker after a historic impasse, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Iran not to attack US troops, China will replace a defense minister not seen in two months, Joe Biden meets hosts Australian Prime Minister Albanese at the White House, a Russian anti-war activist dies in a reported fall, Spain’s socialists reach a coalition deal with the far left, Texas’ Attorney General sues the Biden admin. for cutting razor wire, the National Hockey League drops its ban on colored tape to express social issues and 33 US states are suing Meta over its apps’ alleged impact on kids’ mental health.
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October 25, 2023: Erdoğan OKs Sweden’s NATO bid, massive women’s strike in Iceland and inevitable Antarctic ice melt

Facts & Spins for October 25, 2023 Top Stories: Turkey's Erdoğan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament, China’s foreign minister schedules a visit to Washington, Israel amps up its bombardment of Gaza as two Israeli hostages are freed, the US seeks the forfeiture of a sanctioned Russian businessman's $300M yacht, several Republicans call for Ukraine-Israel aid to be separated, Iceland’s prime minister joins the largest women's strike in decades, Georgia upholds a six-week abortion ban, an off-duty US pilot is accused of trying to tamper with a plane mid-flight, three Chinese drugmakers are accused of using endangered animals in their products, and the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is found to be 'unavoidable.'
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October 24, 2023: Gaza ground invasion delay, Dems tie House chaos to PRC propaganda and Philippines military AI image ban

Facts & Spins for October 24, 2023 Top Stories: The US and European nations push for a delay in Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza, The UN claims to have new evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine,  María Corina Machado claims victory in Venezuela’s opposition primary, Milei and Massa head for Argentina’s election runoff, Democrats seek a classified briefing on whether House chaos helps China, A second Trump lawyer pleads guilty in the Georgia case, Detroit police find no evidence of a hate crime in the murder of a synagogue president, A search is underway for the suspected killer of a Maryland judge, A key Stallantis pickup truck plant joins the simmering US autoworkers strikes, and the Philippines bans its military from using AI image generators.
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October 21, 2023: Trump leads Biden among youth, expanding Chinese nuclear arsenal and Amazon humanoid robot test

Facts & Spins for October 21, 2023 Top Stories: Trump pulls young voters away from Biden, Several bases housing US forces are attacked in Iraq, The US warns of China’s expanding nuclear arsenal, The US soldier who fled to North Korea faces several charges, Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India, Trump is fined for violating a gag order, France arrests 18 after fake bomb threats trigger nationwide evacuations, The US says it recorded over 270 UFO sightings in the last 8 months, OpenAI considers selling its shares at an $86B valuation, and Amazon tests humanoid robots in its warehouses.
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October 20, 2023 Top Stories: US-Venezuela sanctions relief, Gaza aid secured and soaring Pfizer COVID drug cost

Facts & Spins for October 20, 2023 Top Stories: The US temporarily lifts Venezuelan oil sanctions, Biden secures aid for Gaza, Rep. Jim Jordan presses on with his House speaker bid, Ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in the Georgia election case, the UK’s MI5 warns of an 'epic scale' of Chinese espionage, Russia detains an American journalist, Nicaragua releases 12 jailed Catholic priests to the Vatican, Texas installs a razor wire barrier along its border with New Mexico, China joins an IAEA survey over the release of water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, and Pfizer more than doubles the price of its COVID medication Paxlovid.
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October 19, 2023 Top Stories: Biden Israel trip and Gaza hospital comments, Venezuela election date and Amazon drone deliveries

Facts & Spins for October 19, 2023 Top Stories: Biden suggests the Gaza hospital bombing was not Israel’s fault during his historic trip, the US imposes sanctions on Hamas-linked people and entities, Venezuela agrees to hold 2024 elections, the UK says ethnic cleansing was committed in Sudan’s Darfur region, the US accuses China’s air force of “risky” behavior in Pacific skies, same-sex couples are awarded public housing rights in Hong Kong, a US police deputy in Georgia kills a Black man who was wrongly incarcerated, a powerful PAC pulls the plug on Tim Scott’s TV and digital advertising, X, formerly Twitter, will pilot a $1/year plan for basic features and Amazon will soon begin delivering prescription medicines by drone.
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October 18, 2023: Jordan speaker ballot loss, global gathering in China and India same-sex marriage ban

Facts & Spins for October 18, 2023 Top Stories: Jim Jordan loses the first-round vote to become House speaker, China kicks off its Belt and Road forum, Biden makes plans to visit Israel, Liberia’s presidential election heads to a likely runoff, India declines a petition to legalize same-sex marriage, SCOTUS allows Biden to continue regulating ‘ghost guns,’ Trump faces another gag order, the former Bank of China chairman is arrested on bribery charges, violent crime in the US is found to have decreased to pre-pandemic levels, and the Amazon rainforest’s water level falls to a 121-year low.
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October 17, 2023: Iran says it won’t be a Gaza ’bystander,’ Biden’s sagging polls and Pfizer’s plummeting revenue

Facts & Spins for October 17, 2023 Top Stories: Iran says it won’t be a “bystander” if a political solution isn’t found in Gaza, Vladamir Putin claims Ukraine is suffering “massive losses” in its counteroffensive, The US claims North Korea has shipped arms to Russia, Daniel Noboa wins Ecuador's presidency, Christopher Luxon is elected New Zealand’s prime minister, Poland’s Law and Justice party looks set to lose its majority, Australians vote “no” in a historic indigenous rights referendum, Joe Biden is far outspending Donald Trump in the quest for the White House, Biden’s polling still sags amid the Israel-Hamas war, Republican Jeff Landry is elected as Louisiana’s new governor, and Pfizer plans to slash jobs and expenses as its COVID-related revenues plummet.
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October 14, 2023 Top Stories: 1M+ Gazans warned to evacuate, Jim Jordan House speaker attempt and Sen. Menendez foreign agent charges

Facts & Spins for October 14, 2023 Top Stories: Israel warns over 1M civilians to immediately evacuate northern Gaza, Human Rights Watch alleges possible use of white phosphorous munitions by Tel Aviv, the US and Qatar blocks Iran’s access to $6B from the prisoner swap, while the White House and Ron DeSantis alike criticize Trump’s Hamas comments, Pro-Palestinian protests become heated in France and other nations, Russia launches a major offensive in eastern Ukraine, Jim Jordan is the GOP’s latest nominee to make a run for House speaker, a report states that the US must prepare for a two-front war with Russia and China, US Senator Bob Menendez is indicted as a ‘foreign agent’ for Egypt, and Japan seeks to revoke the Unification Church’s legal status.
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October 13, 2023: Scalise House speaker nomination, Cenk Uygur presidential bid and UK prisons at capacity

Facts & Spins for October 13, 2023 Top Stories: The GOP nominates Steve Scalise for House speakership, Media host Cenk Uygur announces his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Israel says its Gaza blockade will stand until all hostages are freed, Saudi’s Crown Prince and Iran’s president hold their first talks since resuming ties, the White House says it’s nearing its end on Ukraine aid, Poland and the Czech Republic extend border controls with Slovakia, a China-detained Australian journalist is released after three years, the UK’s prisons near their capacity, Goldman Sachs sues Malaysia over a dispute about their 1MDB scandal settlement, and SCOTUS hears a South Carolina racial gerrymandering case.
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