Fact & Spin

December 09, 2023: Putin’s re-election bid, new Hunter Biden charges and sickle cell breakthrough

Facts & Spins for December 09, 2023 Top Stories: Vladamir Putin announces his re-election bid for Russia’s presidency in 2024, Joe Biden signals he’s ready to compromise with the GOP over Israel and Ukraine aid, US Secretary of State Blinken voices concern over Gaza casualties, Hunter Biden is indicted on nine new tax charges, Peru’s ex-president is released from jail after 16 years, A watchdog group sounds the alarm on dangers for journalists worldwide, A Texas judge grants a pregnant woman an emergency abortion, The US FDA approves a breakthrough sickle cell disease treatment, X (formerly Twitter), reportedly adds 10M new users in December, and McDonald’s spins off a new chain to compete in the beverage market.
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December 8, 2023 Top Stories: 4th GOP debate, war crimes in Sudan and $4.8B student debt forgiveness

Facts & Spins for December 8, 2023 Top Stories: GOP presidential hopefuls clash at the party’s 4th debate, UN Chief António Guterres invokes the rarely-used Article 99 over Gaza, Ukraine is accused of assassinating two pro-Russia officials, Russia’s Putin makes a rare foreign trip to the Middle East, the US warns of alleged ethnic cleansing in Sudan, EU talks on world-leading AI regulations stall, Cambridge researchers find COVID jabs can cause an unintended immune response, the Biden administration forgives another $4.8B in student debt, the US House censures Jamaal Bowman for falsely pulling a fire alarm, and Meta launches end-to-end encryption on Facebook and Messenger.
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December 7, 2023 Top Stories: McCarthy resignation, UK COVID inquiry and climate tipping points

Facts & Spins for December 7, 2023 Top Stories: Kevin McCarthy plans to quit Congress, Israeli forces reportedly surround the house of Hamas’s leader, Kyiv’s mayor accuses Zelenskyy of becoming an autocrat, Boris Johnson faces a COVID inquiry, Biden says he’s only running for re-election to counter Trump, Trump says he'll only be a dictator for one day, the Hollywood actors union approves a new 3-year contract, a US senator claims foreign governments use push notifications for spying, the World Food Program suspends distribution in North Yemen and a study claims the Earth is nearing five climate tipping points.
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December 6, 2023: Cheney presidential bid, global censorship plot and UK migration cuts

Facts & Spins for December 6, 2023 Top Stories: Liz Cheney considers running for US president, Israeli forces enter Khan Younis, Israel investigates claims that traders had prior knowledge of the Hamas attacks, the UK reveals new measures for its "biggest-ever" migration cut, a whistleblower claims US and UK military contractors sought global censorship, teen math and reading skills plummet in the US and around the world, a Nigerian military drone attack mistakenly kills 85 civilians, child pneumonia cases increase in Europe, cyclone Michaung causes severe flooding in India, and Calif.-based DNA tester 23andMe says hackers accessed the data of 6.9M people.
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December 05, 2023: US funds squeezed for Ukraine, Israel advances on south Gaza and SCOTUS rift on opioid settlement

Facts & Spins for December 05, 2023 Top Stories: The White House says funds for Ukraine are running out, A former US ambassador is accused of secretly serving as a Cuban spy, Israeli troops advance on the southern Gaza Strip, The corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumes, Burkina Faso and Niger quit a regional anti-jihad force, The US continues naval engagement with Houthi drones in the Red Sea, The UN sounds the alarm on two adrift boats with 400 Rohingya migrant passengers, A Hong Kong activist won’t pay her bail to the PRC and is remaining in Canada, Doug Burgum suspends his GOP bid for the US presidential nomination, and the US Supreme Court is divided over a landmark opioid settlement.
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December 02, 2023: George Santos expulsion, Gaza truce expiration and COP28 climate summit breakthrough

Facts & Spins for December 02, 2023 Top Stories: George Santos is expelled from Congress,  SCOTUS’s first female justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, dies at 93, A federal appeals court rules that Trump can be sued for Jan. 6, Fighting in Gaza resumes after a week-long truce expires, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says the war has reached a new phase, A senior Paraguayan official is sacked after signing a deal with a non-existent country, The UK joins an effort to patrol vulnerable undersea cables, Russia extends the detention of a US journalist, A judge blocks Montana's TikTok ban, and hundreds of nations commit to a climate damage fund at the COP28 climate summit.
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December 1, 2023: Henry Kissinger passing, PRC US election-meddling allegations and US military aircraft crash

Facts & Spins for December 1, 2023 Top Stories: Henry Kissinger dies at the age of 100, Meta shuts down thousands of China-based accounts allegedly intended to sway voters, Taiwan’s president says that a Chinese invasion is unlikely, Brazil mobilizes its military amid a potential Guyana-Venezuela conflict, the US links a Sikh separatist's attempted assassination to an Indian official, New Zealand seeks to strengthen its ties with the US, Saudi Arabia is selected to host the 2030 World Exposition, a dozen new countries secure the IAEA's approval to build nuclear power plants, SCOTUS hears arguments over the Security and Exchange Commission's powers, and a US military aircraft crashes off the coast of Japan.
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November 30, 2023 Top Stories: CIA warns staff after pro-Palestine post, Iran says it’s buying Russian jets and US life expectancy makes a comeback

Facts & Spins for November 30, 2023 Top Stories: The CIA warns its personnel after a staffer makes a pro-Palestine social media post, Israel and Hamas are considering a broader hostage and ceasefire deal, Argentina’s Milei looks for an IMF reset after meeting with US officials, Iran says it’s finalized a deal to buy Russian fighter jets, the UK and Greece have a diplomatic squabble over cultural artifacts, Joe Biden and Barack Obama reportedly have a rift in ideology over Israel, an EU court says public employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, Hunter Biden says he will testify before the GOP-led House, but only in public, Hawaii’s Attorney General subpoenas three Maui agencies over the deadly wildfires and the CDC says life expectancy rose in 2022 after two years of decline.
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November 29, 2023 Top Stories: Koch network endorses Nikki Haley, China-Myanmar drills and nearing Idaho abortion ban

Facts & Spins for November 29, 2023 Top Stories: The billionaire-backed Koch network endorses Nikki Haley for president, two missiles are fired toward a US Navy ship from Yemen, three Chinese Navy ships arrive in Myanmar for joint drills, Russia intensifies its assault on the Donetsk city of Avdiivka, the UN warns that the global response to AIDS is 'under threat' due to stigmas, Idaho asks SCOTUS to allow its near-total abortion ban, Portland’s first-ever teachers’ strike comes to an end, Mozambique authorizes an $80B energy transition plan, New Zealand scraps its world-leading ‘generational’ smoking ban, and an outbreak of bird flu in Argentina kills hundreds of flamingos.
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November 28, 2023: Nations ink non-binding AI pact, 3 US students of Palestinian descent shot and Meta official on Kremlin’s wanted list

Facts & Spins for November 28, 2023 Top Stories: The US, UK, and 16 other nations ink non-binding AI security guidelines, Israel and Hamas agree to a 2-day Gaza temporary ceasefire extension, A House Republican suggests Israel and Ukraine aid is unlikely before 2024, Sierra Leone’s government arrests alleged attackers of a military barracks, A Ukraine negotiator confirms that Boris Johnson squashed a 2022 peace deal, Three college students of Palestinian descent are shot in Burlington, Vermont, A cargo ship sinks off the coast of Greece with multiple people missing, Three kidnapped journalists are freed in Mexico, Meta’s chief spokesperson makes Russia’s wanted list, Joe Biden won’t be attending COP28 in Dubai, and US employers are expecting to hire fewer seasonal workers this holiday season.
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