Fact & Spin

Facts & Spins for June 03, 2023 Top Stories: Mike Pence won’t be charged for retaining classified documents, The US military denies that an AI-controlled drone killed its operator, The US Senate passes the debt ceiling bill, New documents on Jeffrey Epstein's death are released, The US and Taiwan sign a new trade deal, Zelenskyy renews calls for Ukrainian NATO membership, An abducted Pakistani lawyer and activist returns home, Twitter’s head of safety resigns, The US Senate halts Biden's student loan relief plan, and the FDA reportedly considers importing unapproved cancer drugs.
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Facts & Spins for June 02, 2023 Top Stories: Trump was reportedly recorded admitting he retained classified documents, Amazon settles Ring- and Alexa-related privacy complaints, a decorated Australian soldier loses his war crimes defamation case, Mike Pence is reportedly set to announce his 2024 presidential bid, Senegal’s opposition leader is sentenced for 'corrupting youth,' Russia claims the US spied on thousands of iPhones, BRICS foreign ministers meet in South Africa, a study finds 7 of 8 safe boundaries for human life have been surpassed, Australian researchers make a breakthrough in endometriosis treatment, and Canada announces plans to label individual cigarettes with health warnings.
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Facts & Spins for June 01, 2023 Top Stories: NATO launches Arctic exercises, China warns of AI risks, The US debt ceiling drama continues, Chris Christie throws his hat into the 2024 ring, Ron DeSantis stumps in Iowa, Ukraine continues strikes on Russia, The UAE withdraws from a key maritime treaty, China is warned about South China Sea airspace, The US is urged not to use bomb-grade uranium in a power experiment, and NASA holds a public UFO hearing.
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Facts & Spins for May 31, 2023 Top Stories: A group of experts warn AI could lead to extinction, several GOP members consider ousting House Speaker McCarthy, China declines a US request for a defense chiefs meeting, Moscow and Kyiv are targeted in an exchange of drone attacks, El Salvador’s former president is sentenced for negotiating with gangs, blood-testing start-up Theranos’s founder begins her prison sentence, a transgender-critical professor’s speech is interrupted by protesters at Oxford, a top Chinese scientist says the COVID lab leak theory shouldn’t be ruled out, Nepal shelves plans to move its Everest base camp, and an alleged Russian spy whale reappears off Sweden’s coast.
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Facts & Spins for May 30, 2023 Top Stories: Biden and the House GOP reach a tentative debt ceiling deal, Erdoğan wins re-election in Turkey after a presidential runoff, Japan says its on alert for a North Korea ‘satellite’ launch, Kyiv and the rest of Ukraine face a fresh wave of Russian attacks, The Texas House of Representatives votes to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, A deadly vigilante movement in Haiti is reported to be deterring gang violence, China’s first home-built passenger jet makes its inaugural flight, London’s Met police say they’ll stop attending emergency mental health calls, The Texas GOP passes bills targeting elections administration in a Houston-area county, and a pencil given to Adolf Hitler by Eva Braun goes up for auction.
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Facts & Spins for May 27, 2023 Top Stories: Russia summons German, Danish and Swedish envoys over their Nord Stream investigations, a Belgian aid worker and Iranian diplomat are released in a prisoner swap, Nvidia is close to becoming the first trillion-dollar chip firm, a US doctor is reprimanded for discussing an abortion provided to a child rape victim, a Rwandan genocide fugitive is arrested in South Africa, DeSantis’s campaign says it raised $8.2 million in the first 24 hours, the US unveils a national strategy to combat antisemitism, Amnesty alleges that Peru displayed racial bias in its crackdown on protests, Elon Musk’s Neuralink says it has received FDA approval to test brain chips in humans, and a new superbug-killing antibiotic is discovered using AI.
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Facts & Spins for May 26, 2023 Top Stories: DeSantis officially launches his 2024 presidential bid, UN officials and others in Armenia were reportedly hacked by Pegasus spyware,  Germany enters a recession, Net migration to the UK hits a record 606,000, The Oath Keepers’ founder is sentenced to 18 years in prison, Canada and Saudi Arabia announce plans to restore diplomatic relations, 14M Syrian refugees are reportedly at risk of losing their homes, The UN says 500 migrants are adrift in the Mediterranean, US cities will reportedly pay a record $80M to people injured in the 2020 BLM protests, and a paralyzed man walks again following brain and spine implants.
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Facts & Spins for May 25, 2023 Top Stories: The UN says the world is failing to protect civilians in global conflicts, Ron DeSantis is reportedly set to announce a 2024 run via Twitter, a new report finds 50M people are trapped in “modern slavery”, South Carolina approves a six-week abortion ban, Donald Trump’s criminal trial is set for March 2024, OpenAI calls for more regulation, the UK’s inflation rate drops but concerns remain, an Illinois probe reveals Catholic Church abuse, Greenpeace says recycled plastics may actually be toxic, and rock icon Tina Turner passes away.
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Facts & Spins for May 24, 2023 Top Stories: The US’ general surgeon warns of social media’s risk to children, Colombia suspends its ceasefire with a rebel group, two anti-Putin militias overrun Russia's Belgorod region, Florida faces a lawsuit over its foreign property ban, Italy is accused of exerting its influence over state media, France signs a security protocol for the upcoming Olympics, a Twitter buyout lawsuit against Musk is thrown out, the EU seeks to make Apple pay $14.B in Irish taxes, Guam braces for a super Typhoon, and the UK says it won’t repatriate an Ethiopian prince’s remains.
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Facts & Spins for May 23, 2023 Top Stories: The EU fines Meta a record $1.3B over data privacy, The ruling Conservatives win the Greek election, China bans US chipmaker Micron from infrastructure projects, The FBI is accused of misusing a database for Jan. 6 and BLM protests, An Indian court issues the BBC with a summons over its Modi documentary, Russia warns the US not to allow Ukraine to attack Crimea, A soccer stadium stampede in El Salvador leaves at least 12 dead, SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts to the International Space Station, Trump was reportedly warned about keeping classified documents, and The UN says climate change has caused 2M deaths in the last 50 years.
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