Fact & Spin

December 3, 2022: Arizona elections results, Mar-a-Lago documents, and baby wormholes

Facts & Spin for December 3, 2022 top stories: Arizona County certifies its election results, The Pentagon unveils its first new bomber in 30 years, Biden and Putin say they’d be open to talk under certain conditions, The EU sets a $60 price cap on Russian oil, An appeals court gives the Justice Department access to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents, The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announce they’re halting anti-IS operations, The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses M23 rebels of killing 50 civilians, The US labor department reports job growth and wage increases for November, Pfizer says it will invest more than $2.5 billion to expand its European manufacturing, and Caltech physicists simulate a tiny “wormhole” in a lab.
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December 2, 2022: Trump tax returns, IS leader death & Afghan bloodbath

Facts & Spin for December 2, 2022 top stories: A blast kills at least 15 in northern Afghanistan, CDC's Director is under fire for her Tuskegee Syphilis tweet, five more letter bombs reported in Spain as nine killed in fires across Ukraine, a US House committee receives Trump's tax returns, IS acknowledges leader's death, the EU reportedly threatens a Twitter ban over content moderation, South Africa's President under pressure over 'Farmgate' scandal, 2k have allegedly been killed fighting Myanmar's Junta, a Hong Kong protester shot by police in 2019 is jailed for Six Years, the UN seeks record $51B In aid for 2023, and Elon Musk's Neuralink is ready for human testing.
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December 1, 2022 top stories: Lethal police bots, gay marriage law and Chinese nukes

Facts & Spin for December 1, 2022 top stories: San Francisco Police get approved to use lethal robots, Pentagon claims China will quadruple its nuclear warheads, the EU proposes a special court for Russian war crimes and using frozen assets for Ukraine, the US Senate passes a bill protecting same-sex marriage, NYC will involuntarily hospitalize mentally ill, Hakeem Jeffries will succeed Pelosi as Democratic House Leader, the Oath Keepers founder is convicted of seditious conspiracy, four are killed by a suicide bomb targeting a Pakistan polio campaign, an Alzheimer's drug slows cognitive decline but may have killed people, and the French Baguette controversially makes UNESCO's Cultural Heritage List.
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November 30, 2022: COVID crackdown in China but opening on Twitter

Facts & Spin for November 30, 2022 top stories: Twitter ends its COVID misinformation policy, Musk says Apple threatened to boot Twitter from its app store, China cracks down on COVID protests, 4 Palestinians are killed in the West Bank, The US accuses Russia of using winter as a weapon, The Georgia runoff sets an early voting record, Congress and Biden intervene in planned railroad strikes, Another crypto company goes bankrupt, Pakistan's Taliban ends its truce, and Qatar says up to 500 World Cup migrant workers died.
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November 29, 2022: China protests, Somalia bloodbath and Musk+DeSantis

Facts & Spin for November 29, 2022 top stories: China cracks down amid unprecedented COVID protests, newspapers urge US to drop Assange charges, at least 14 are killed in a Somali hotel siege, the US reportedly mulls 100-mile weapons for Ukraine, Trump is criticized for meeting with far-Right Nick Fuentes, Musk says he'll back DeSantis for President, the Buffalo Mass Shooter pleads guilty to murder, police bust a cocaine 'Super-Cartel' in Dubai and Europe, the US allows Chevron to pump oil in Venezuela, China is portrayed as a military space threat, and the WHO renames Monkeypox to "Mpox"
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November 26, 2022: Vaccinated deaths, space energy beams and African ceasefire

Facts & Spin for November 26, 2022 top stories:  Vaccinated people now make up a most US COVID deaths,The US claims that Turkish airstrikes in Syria directly threatened its troops, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo agree to a ceasefire, The EU struggles with a Russian oil price cap amidst deadly Kherson strikes,Georgia reinstates a 6 week abortion ban, A US writer sues Trump for defamation and battery, Alaska's Murkowski and Peltola win reelection, Musk will reinstate suspended Twitter Accounts, Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as Prime Minister after year in jail, Pakistan's Army Chief admits military meddling in politics, and  Europe will fund a study on beaming solar energy from space.
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November 24, 2022 top stories: Terrorist Russia, Trump tax release and Jerusalem bombs

Facts & Spin for November 24, 2022 top stories: The EU designates Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, The Supreme Court rules that Trump's tax returns will be released, the gunman who killed six at a Virginia Walmart is among the dead, Canada's Trudeau will testify about his controversial use of the Emergencies Act, twin Jerusalem blasts kill 1 and injure many, Ukraine claims that Russian struck a maternity ward and killed a newborn, iPhone factory protests erupt in China, the UK Supreme Court vetoes Scotland's Independence Referendum, Brazil's Bolsonaro challenges his election loss, Alabama's governor suspends executions and Biden extends his student loan repayment pause.
 
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November 23, 2022: Hunter laptop confirmation, Iran enrichment and crypto heist

Facts & Spin for November 23, 2022 top stories: CBS verifies Hunter Biden's laptop, Republican states look to preserve a Trump border policy, Republicans accuse the Pentagon of harmful race and gender-based policies, Iran boosts uranium enrichment and the IAEA condemns them, Ukraine evacuates Kherson and Mykolaiv residents, A factory fire kills at least 38 in China, Fight between armed Colombian groups kills at least 18, The EU raises alarm over the license place dispute between Kosovo and Serbia, The Senate investigates a 2nd potential Supreme Court leak, and Two Estonian men arrested over $575M crypto scheme.
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November 22, 2022: Java earthquake, mass shooting, and ”Loss & Damage” fund

Facts & Spin for November 22, 2022 top stories: An Indonesia quake kills over 160, an LGBTQ+ nightclub shooting kills 5, Russia pounds Ukrainian strongholds while the UN urges an end to nuclear power plant attacks, rocket attacks against a Turkish border town kills 2, Kazakh President Tokayev wins re-election, Malaysia's currency and stock are volatile after a hung Parliament, House GOP leader McCarthy plans a Special Committee on China, a $6B student loan settlement is approved, Bob Iger is returning to Disney as CEO, the Climate Summit adopts a historic "Loss and Damage" Fund, and European World Cup soccer teams scrap "OneLove" armbands
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November 19, 2022: Hunter Biden probe, Trump special counsel and Gaza fire tragedy

Facts & Spin for November 19, 2022 top stories: House republicans move forward with a Hunter Biden probe, A special counsel appointed to investigate Trump, Jeffries will run for House democratic leader, Lake refuses the Arizona Governor race and enlists legal support, Twitter locks out its staff after mass resignations, Remains of explosives are found at the Nord Stream blast sites, A Gaza residential building fire kills 21, The Biden government says that the Saudi crown prince is immune from the Khashoggi lawsuit, A Quebec man is charged with terrorism over a Haiti coup plot, and climate negotiations stalled on a "loss and damage" fund.
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