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‼️When Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin called the conflict a "special military operation." On Thursday, he publicly acknowledged the conflict as a "war" for the first time. The apparent reversal prompted criticism from Russians who were prosecuted for calling it a war. 🇺🇸🏛 The Education Department told borrowers in an email they are not required to resume payments in January. Before Thanksgiving, the department announced another extension of the payment pause. The pause will go through June 30,...

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🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress in a moving speech yesterday. His visit to the US is his first international trip since Russia invaded in February. "Against all odds and doom and gloom scenarios, Ukraine didn't fall. Ukraine is alive and kicking,” he said. 🌌🚀 NASA ended its InSight mission on Mars after the lander stopped responding to communications from Earth. Dust accumulated on the lander's solar panels and slowly drained its energy over the last two years. ...

🗳 New Jersey Republican committeeman Tom Baio lost his re-election bid by three votes. Baio is seeking to throw out his daughter's absentee ballot, who voted Democratic. Republicans allege that several young Democrats who do not live in the state cast absentee ballots. 💔 MTG and her estranged husband, Perry Greene, moved to settle their divorce, per court documents. The filing said the pair "previously separated and remain in a bona fide state of separation." Perry Greene filed the initial pet...

🤔 In a newly declassified 2004 interview, then-President George W. Bush told the 9/11 Commission that he didn't know Al Qaeda had plans to strike the US homeland. The record shows otherwise. 📝 Trump boasted about "openly and transparently" moving official government records to Mar-a-Lago. ⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo is close to signing with Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, according to MARCA. The club is said to have offered him a deal worth $207 million annually. The move would see Ronaldo become t...

How a young Ghanaian football player went from unexpected construction worker to labor leader and worker advocate in Qatar. The Club Q and Robb Elementary shootings renewed discussion about the idea of a "good guy with a gun." Very few shootings are stopped by armed bystanders or even police — most end when a shooter flees. Stephen "tWitch" Boss died by suicide yesterday, according to People. He was a dancer and DJ best known for being on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Here’s a look at his life in ...

🚗 Trucks supplied by British farmers are being retrofitted in Ukraine to supply the military. The crowdfunded initiative Car4Ukraine has received more than 100 vehicles from the UK. The UK right-hand drive models confuse Russian snipers and have saved Ukrainian soldiers' lives. 📹 "Emily in Paris" star Ashley Park said she was recognized by men at the 2022 Super Bowl in LA. The actress told the Sunday Times she didn't expect anyone to know who she was. Park said she "never had more middle-aged ...

🏀 The WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from Russian detainment today. The US government executed a prisoner exchange with Russia to free her. The Biden administration agreed to release the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, per reports. 🇷🇺 Russia wants a pause in Ukraine fighting to prepare for a bigger attack next year, NATO's head, Jens Stoltenberg, said. Russia would then try to "launch a bigger offensive next spring," he said. ⚾ An Insider investigation, based on research by astrophys...