In a filing on Thursday, with Delaware’s Court of Chancery, Elon Musk requested that Twitter drop its litigation against him so he could secure financing and consummate the deal to buy on its original terms by October 28.

“Twitter will not take yes for an answer. Astonishingly, they have insisted on proceeding with this litigation, recklessly putting the deal at risk and gambling with their stockholders’ interests,” Musk's lawyer, Alex Spiro said in the filing.

In response, Twitter filed with the court later in the day, saying it doubts Musk's intentions, and asking the court to not stay the trial, arguing that Musk should be ready to close on the deal regardless of the litigation's status. “Until Defendants commit to close as required, Twitter is entitled to its day in Court,” they said.

Delaware Chancery Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, granted Musk's request to stay the trial but offered the condition that the transaction needs to be done by 5PM on October 28. If it doesn't happen by then, she will set a new date for a trial.

According to South Yorkshire Police, Adam Clapham 31, was pronounced dead on the scene, after emergency services at an address in Spring Street, Rotherham on Monday, and found him unresponsive.

"Officers were called to reports of concern for a man at around 10.48am on Monday (19 September) on Spring Street," police said in a statement. "Upon arrival, 31-year-old Adam Clapham, was found unresponsive and was sadly confirmed dead at the scene."

The statement continues, "Robert Crookes, 31, of no fixed address, Lynette Myers, 38, of Hounsfield Crescent, Rotherham, and a 16-year-old boy who cannot be named due to legal reasons, have all been charged with murder, false imprisonment, section 18 grievous bodily harm and oral rape. Martin Shaw, 43, of Norfolk Street, Rotherham, has also been charged with assisting an offender." The accused appeared at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court on Friday September 23.

Clapham was a father to a young daughter.

The suspect was reportedly spotted by the girl at about 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, outside her window. She immediately left the room and told her father, who went outside their home in the northwest part of San Antonio, Texas, to confront the 'Peeping Tom.'

The father told police that the suspect then lunged at him with a knife. He shot at the man several times.

The Peeping Tom fled from the scene by the time police arrived. Officers did not find anyone in the area at the time with reports of gunshot wounds.

According to authorities, the father will not be charged for firing his gun at the suspect. It is still an active investigation.

A supervisor at Chipman Junior High School, Bakersfield, California, on Friday, discovered the deadly pills during a search conducted on the teen suspect in an unrelated altercation with another student. Apparently the supervisor opened the pill bottle to check it and inadvertently overdosed on the pills due to them being an "inhalation hazard."

Narcan was administered to the supervisor, who was then transferred to a local hospital and was listed in stable condition.

Bakersfield Police Department reportedly responded Friday, after the school reported that a student was in possession of about 150 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet. The 13-year-old also had about $300 on his person, though BPD could not immediately say if any of the pills were sold or given to another student.

The suspect was charged with possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of sales and was taken to a juvenile hall after the arrest. Investigation was still ongoing.

Congresswoman Liz Cheney(R-Wyoming) lost 28% - 50% in Tuesday's Republican primary election, to her opponent Harriet Hageman who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump.

The liberal Republican congresswoman has been a bitter political foe of the former president, and voted to impeach him early last year. She also serves in the discredited January Committee investigating the Capitol Protest. In her widely-mocked concession speech Tuesday night, she brazenly compared herself to popular former United States president Abraham Lincoln.

Trump took to social media late Tuesday to hail Hageman's win, and slam Cheney. "Congratulations to Harriet Hageman on her great and very decisive WIN in Wyoming," he wrote. "This is a wonderful result for America, and a complete rebuke of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs. Liz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, the way she acted, and her spiteful, sanctimonious words and actions towards others. Now she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion where, I am sure, she will be much happier than she is right now. Thank you WYOMING!"

'ByeLiz' and 'LoserLiz' also briefly trended on social media as critics slam the neoconservative Jewish congresswoman. "It appears that Liz Cheney, one of the GOP's chief warmongers, is about to lose," former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard wrote. "This is good news for every American regardless of party."

POLITICS

Supreme Court of The United States SCOTUS, in a ruling last month overturned Roe v. Wade -- a decades-old unconstitutional abortion ruling -- leaving abortion regulation up to the states. The court's majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization which was authored by Justice Samuel Alito, ruled that there is no constitutional right to kill an unborn baby.

The ruling drew criticisms from world leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Prince Harry and French President Emmanuel Macron.

During a July 21 speech delivered at a Notre Dame Law School conference on religious liberty in Rome, Alito called out Johnson, Macron, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for their past remarks blasting the SCOTUS ruling.

“Over the last few weeks since I had the honor this term of writing, I think the only Supreme Court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders who felt perfectly fine commenting on American law,” Alito said to loud laughter. “One of these was former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. But he paid the price.” Johnson recently resigned as leader of his Conservative Party, and will resign as PM after a new leader is elected in the fall.

WATCH Samuel Alito's remarks.

POLITICS

The United States vice president made the remarks Tuesday, during a roundtable meeting with advocates about the importance of abortion. What?

“I want to welcome these leaders for coming in to have this very important discussion about some of the most pressing issues of our time,” Kamala Harris said at the beginning of the meeting which was captured by the media. “I am Kamala Harris. My pronouns are ‘she’ and ‘her.'”

The vice president went on to describe herself as “a woman wearing a blue suit.”

The footage went viral online as critics mock President Joe Biden administration's studious focus on degenerate woke agenda at the expense of more important problems facing Americans -- like high inflation, open borders, and violent crime in Democrat-run cities across the country.

Several left-wing politicians and activists have faced online mockery recently after they bizarrely refused to answer a simple a question: 'what is a woman?'

WATCH Kamala Harris' remarks

BUSINESS

Woke ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s last year controversially announced that it would halt sales in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in support of the global antisemitic 'BDS' boycott movement against Israel.

The ice cream maker's corporate parent company Unilever has since sold its Israel division to a local franchisee Avi Zinger who plans to resume doing business in West Bank and East Jerusalem.

“There is plenty for Ben & Jerry’s to get their teeth into on their social justice mission without straying into geopolitics,” Unilever CEO Alan Jope told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. “I’m sure the brand will continue to enjoy a very bright future doing just that.”

Jope said the Vermont-based ice cream maker should instead focus on climate change and social justice issues.

Ben & Jerry’s earlier this month, filed a lawsuit requesting that a federal judge in Manhattan issue a preliminary injunction blocking the sale of the brand to Zinger. The ice cream maker and Unilever then agreed to a two-week mediation period to see if the two sides can strike a deal to avoid litigation.

Ben & Jerry's will continue seeking an injunction if no agreement is reached by Thursday. But despite the lawsuit, Jope said that Unilever has no plans to sell off the ice cream maker.

HEALTH

The 79-year-old American president on Thursday tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus infection, just days after returning from meetings in Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

The president’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a statement that Biden “is currently experiencing mild symptoms, mostly rhinorrhea (or ‘runny hose’) and fatigue, with an occasional dry cough, which started yesterday evening.”

The oldest-ever American president posted a photo of himself on social media, writing, “Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called [Pennsylvania Sen. Bob] Casey, Congressman [Matt] Cartwright, and [Scranton] Mayor [Paige] Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to send my regrets for missing our event today. Keeping busy!”

Biden released a video message Thursday afternoon, saying in a raspy voice, “Hey folks, I guess you heard. This morning I tested positive for COVID.”

“But I’ve been double-vaccinated and double-boosted, the symptoms are mild and I really appreciate your inquiries and your concerns. But I’m doing well and getting a lot of work done, gonna continue to get it done."

In a letter update Friday, O’Connor said the president's "symptoms have improved," and that he "completed his first full day of PAXLOVID last night."

Critics online pointed out that Biden and other administration officials had falsely claimed last year, that the coronavirus vaccine would prevent the contraction of the virus. He had received four shots of Pfizer’s vaccine, but that did not help apparently.

TALKING HEADS

The Fox News host slammed Democrats and their mainstream media allies for pushing open borders policy which he argued eventually leads to chaos and societal collapse. He correctly pointed out that left-wing politicians and activists are pursuing the so-called 'Great Replacement' strategy by letting in millions of illegal aliens which they hope, will help them gain and consolidate political power.

In senate floor speech Wednesday, Democrat Chuck Schumer(D-NY) smeared Carlson, while misrepresenting what he said.

"The more that MAGA radicals like Carlson spread replacement theory, it is not out of the question that racially-motivated violence will further ignite the country. Fox News should be ashamed that they’re enabling these racist views and giving them an enormous platform on their network.," Schumer said. "It is dangerous and un-American for one of the biggest news networks in the world to amplify conspiracy theories that are eerily similar to those cited by the Buffalo shooter."

Head of the discredited far-left group Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt called Carlson a 'white supremacist.'

“It’s getting more difficult to spot the difference between a Tucker Carlson monologue and white supremacist talking points," Greenblatt wrote on social media. "Don’t believe us? Just take a look at what they’re saying after last night. This is dangerous and @FoxNews is responsible for platforming this bigot.”

CRIME

The gunman opened fire inside Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana on Sunday evening. He had a long rifle with several magazines of ammunition, according to police, and began firing at the food court at around 6pm local time, before armed 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken shot back and killed the gunman.

“We believe at this time, investigators are still questioning the individual involved, but it appears that a good Samaritan who was armed observed the shooting in progress and shot the shooter,” Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said during a press conference. He the person is cooperating fully.

Four people including the shooter are dead, and 2 were injured, according to police.

Ison identified the good Samaritan who shot the gunman, only as a 22-year-old man from Bartholomew County, which is about 35 miles south of the mall, adding that he was lawfully carrying a gun.

In a statement, Mayor Mark Myers praised the 22-year-old's actions. “Someone we are calling the ‘good Samaritan’ was able to shoot the assailant and stop further bloodshed,” he said. “I am grateful for his quick action and heroism in this situation.”

“I’ve been a police officer most of my life,” Myers said of the shooting in an interview. “Still, this is incredibly shocking, to not only me but our entire community.”

WATCH police press conference on the Greenwood Park Mall shooting in Indiana

ECONOMY

Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard Professor Larry Summers made the remarks Friday, in an interview with Bloomberg. The economist said the Fed “lost its way” by talking about the environment and social justice while dismissing inflation concerns.

“I think in 2021, our central bank lost its way," Summers said. "It was talking about the environment. It was talking about social justice in a range of things. It was confidently dismissing concerns about inflation as transitory, and it made mistakes in the core functioning of a central bank, including leaning into highly expansive fiscal policies rather than accommodating them as our central bank did. So, I don’t think we were…asking too much of our central bank. But I think, in 2021, our central bank let us down quite badly. And as a consequence, they find themselves in a very, very difficult position, not least because they don’t have the credibility that they once enjoyed, given their repeated poor forecasting record.”

He continued, “And I have to say that it’s not something that’s been fully fixed. Their most recent dot plot is suggesting that unemployment would get to — get only to 4.1%, even as inflation came completely down. That seemed to me to be highly implausible. And the fact that the most pessimistic person of the 19-member Open Market Committee was saying 4.5% seemed to me to suggest a degree of highly problematic groupthink.”

President Joe Biden has been widely criticized by economists for pursuing unrealistic green energy and degenerate woke policies detrimental to national security and the economy.

CRIME

A security footage released by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office shows 3 men gathering and chatting in front of a residence on July 7. Then one of them opens the door and shoves the homeowner inside.

One of the suspects can be seen standing guard outside with what appears to be a pistol, while two suspects barged in.

According to police, the homeowner dropped his gun while trying to fend off the attack. The pistol was picked up by one of the suspects.

The homeowner managed to scramble to another part of the house where he kept additional firearms and opened fire, sending the assailants on the run for dear lives. They fled in a nearby getaway car driven by a fourth suspect, according to police.

Sheriff Chip Simmons said the homeowner will not face any charges for shooting at the invaders. “If someone breaks into my front door, barges in and attacks me or my family, they are going to get shot,” he told Fox News. “I afford that same consideration to the residents of my county.”

Suspects Da’Torrance Hackworth, 20, and Antonio Dewayne Dean Jr., 18, have been arrested. Another, Joseph Roman Sanders, 18, remains at large, according to police. Officers are still trying to identify a fourth suspect.

WATCH the moment Florida home invaders sprinted for dear lives after homeowner opened fire.

POLITICS

During a recent appearance on CNN, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó discussed the Russia-Ukraine war, among other topics, with host Christiane Amanpour.

The far-left host claimed that Hungary welcomes “Ukrainian, white, Christian refugees” but “not so white, not so Christian refugees coming in from the southern border.” The eastern European nation has adamantly opposed European Union's open borders policy which has led to influx of violent mostly North African muslin migrants.

Szijjártó calmly and thoroughly schooled the far-left host, explaining the major difference between economic illegal aliens coming from the southern border and Ukrainian refugees fleeing actual war.

WATCH the exchange between Péter Szijjártó and Christiane Amanpour.

COMEDY

"Some of you probably know this about me, I’m a very stubborn guy," Schulz told his fans in a video he posted on social media last week. "So long story short, I took my fucking life savings and I bought my special back," he added referencing his new comedy special Infamous. The comedian reportedly had a 7-figure deal with woke company Amazon, to stream the special.

Schulz in the video then asked his fans to "spread the word" so that his "gamble" pays off.

The edgy comedian has released a promotional clip of the special in which he told a hilarious joke about abortion. At one point, he calls the abortion clinic he used to live near in New York a “carnival.” He made a Harry Potter-themed abortion joke, with quips on modern sonograms; and one quip that may have triggered the woke feeble minds of Amazon executives -- he says “fetus deletus!”

Apparently, the woke executives fear a backlash from the usual online woke mob, especially with the special coming after recent overturning of Roe v. Wade abortion ruling by the United States supreme court.

WATCH Andrew Schulz's clip, part of his comedy special Infamous, released this July

LIFE

According to a recently revealed court document, Shivon Zilis, 36 had twins last November, with the world's richest man and SpaceX CEO. She is the head of his neurotechnology firm Neuralink.

The couple filled a petition last May in Austin, Texas, to change the twins' names in order to ‘"have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name,'” according to Daily Wire. The order was approved by a judge.

The twins were born weeks before Musk and Claire Boucher(a.k.a. Grimes) had their second child via surrogate in December.

The world's richest man has fathered children with three other women. Zilis' twins bring the number of children he has to 9 including Nevada, Griffin, Xavier, Kai, Saxon, Damian, X AE A-Xii, and Exa Dark Sideræl.

Zilis reportedly met Musk 51, through her work with OpenAI, the artificial-intelligence research nonprofit he cofounded in 2015. She moved to Tesla In 2017, where she was a project director. She is currently the director of operations and special projects for Neuralink.

The 36-year-old has reportedly defended Musk on social media as he has recently become the target of left-wing online mob and politicians since he announced he will be voting for Republicans in this year's elections.

Musk who has in the past warned about global decline in birth rate, made light of the report on Thursday. The world's richest man is apparently a fan of big families.

"Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis.," Musk wrote on Twitter, a platform he has struck a deal to buy. "A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far."

In another tweet he wrote: "I hope you have big families and congrats to those who already do!"

Responding to another Twitter user's question, Musk wrote "Far too many people are under the illusion that Earth is overpopulated, even though birth rate trends are so obviously headed to population collapse."

POLITICS

The prime minster is facing renewed calls Wednesday to resign, even from his own party members of parliament(MPs) following the latest scandal over his handling of sexual misconduct claims against former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher.

At least 42 ministers and aides have quit in the past day, including senior ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak. Former ally and Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove also called for the PM to resign.

Home Secretary Priti Patel and Nadhim Zahawi, who was just appointed as chancellor, were reportedly believed to be among a group who visited No 10 and urged Johnson to resign. While another group -- including allies Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg reportedly visited to show support for the PM.

Attorney General and 'Brexiteer' Suella Braverman has also called on the prime minister to resign -- and said she'd stand for potential Conservative Party leadership election.

Johnson appears at least for now, determined to stay on. He fired Gove, and is reportedly planning a cabinet reshuffle.

Many Tory members fear the prime minster's refusal to resign will hurt the party in the next elections. Others claim he will have to resign within weeks, even as early as this week.

Johnson's liberal policies have alienated many conservatives and populists who see his government as no different than what a typical woke left-wing Labor Party government would be.

CULTURE

Far-left singer and actress Bette Midler apparently broke the 'LGBTQ language code' in a tweet Monday. The woke Democrat activist who is known for her social media unhinged rants is among the vociferous Hollywood celebrities triggered by the recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion. And she has been tweeting about it since.

"WOMEN OF THE WORLD!" Midler tweeted on Monday. "We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us 'women' anymore; they call us 'birthing people' or 'menstruators,' and even 'people with vaginas!'  Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!"

It seems the woke actress has not been updated on the language code. In degenerate LGBQ-speak, definition of 'women' is complicated apparently, and includes any man who self- identifies as a woman!

Midler has broken the rules and is now banished as a hateful good for nothing 'TERF!'

The online woke mob were swift and merciless in attacking Midler, a supposed ally?

"Many folks use that language to be more inclusive of trans masculine people - when you ignore the fact that trans men can get pregnant, it can lead to them missing vital medical help (e.g being called in for smear tests)," one woke 'trooper' replied to Midler on Twitter.

Yes men can get pregnant too! according to woke police.

The rest of sane humanity online found itself in the awkward position of having to defend Midler against her woke allies.

"Thank you, Bette," Twitter user @BillboardChris wrote. "Please also dig into the child abuse of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones being given to children, in addition to the thousands of double mastectomies performed on girls."

BUSINESS

Michael Lopez, a production coordinator at Universal Music Enterprises was apparently so extremely triggered by the Supreme Court's recent abortion ruling, that he took to 'mourning' the decision instead of doing his day job.

“Last Friday, like countless other folks, I was devastated by the news of the supreme court’s [sic] attack on abortion rights,” Lopez wrote on LinkedIn last week. “Paired with the flood of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation, it’s been hard to process how company’s [sic] expect us to be productive while our rights are being stripped away.”

Lopez explains that each Friday “one of my tasks was to process reports for upcoming releases” and then to email his work to 275 people. But instead of doing the usual process reports, he wrote an email that read: “I didn’t do them today. I’m in mourning due to the attack on people with uteruses in the US. Federally guaranteed access to abortion is gone. Vivendi and Universal Music Group must stop donating to anti-abortion, anti-queer and anti-trans politicians. Politicians like Marsha Blackburn, Ken Buck, Victoria Spartz, etc. Or expect more unproductive days.” He signed off with “Yours in fury, Michael Lopez.”

The whiny 'entitled' woke activist said he was told by a manager to “take the rest of the day off,” following his email rant. He found out he has been terminated during a zoom call with HR when he returned to work the following Monday.

“I was being let go for (paraphrasing) ‘Not doing your job, disrupting the day of 275 people and poor judgement’,” Lopez wrote. He said he sent a “follow up” to the email list, informing his colleagues.

“Just got fired for this email from Friday, so they’re letting you know where they stand on employees speaking out on politicians that support marginalization for folks like me,” he reportedly wrote, according to his LinkedIn post. “A brown queer person terminated during Pride month speaking in support of abortion rights. Seems like that’s exactly what America is all about right now.”

Universal Music Group is apparently not woke enough.

“In the wake of the recent US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade, the company has extended its efforts to assure that these important healthcare services remain accessible to employees,” UMG said in a statement. “We also financially support non-profit groups working in this area and offer a match for employee’s contributions to those groups, as well.”

BUSINESS ▪ MARKETS

The Twitter handle of the United states President Joe Biden is known to post random illogical and incoherent woke proclamations which are often roundly mocked by all including by multibillionaire-trolls and left-wing allies like Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos -- the second richest man in the world.

The Biden administration has been blaming the results of his failed policies on everyone and everything but itself. Biden has falsely blamed high inflation and economic slowdown on Russia-Ukraine war. Recently the administration has without evidence, added price gouging in the oil & gas industry to the list. Industry experts have rejected the claim challenging the president to provide evidence if the administration has any.

“My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril,” Biden tweeted on Saturday. “Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you’re paying for the product. And do it now.”

The post drew swift criticism and mockery on social media. Market analysts have pointed to the administration's economy-ruining green energy policies and flooding the market with trillions in printed dollars -- among other bad policy decisions -- as the main causes of high inflation.

Bezos later commented on the president's tweet: “Ouch. Inflation is far too important a problem for the White House to keep making statements like this. It’s either straight ahead misdirection or a deep misunderstanding of basic market dynamics.”

During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Biden's National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby was asked about Bezos' tweet. He rejected the idea that the president is trying to distract or misdirect the American people by blaming the oil & gas industry.

"Anybody who knows President Biden knows he’s plainspoken," Kirby said. "And he tells you exactly what he’s thinking and in terms that everybody can understand. So I think we obviously take great exception at the idea that this is somehow misdirection."

TALKING HEADS

Rogan had American actress Gina Carano on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast episode published on Tuesday. The pair discussed a range of subjects from entertainment to politics and the UFC. The actress was a former MMA fighter, and the podcaster himself is a UFC fight commentator.

During a discussion about the economic and social woes under United States president Joe Biden, Rogan said "we have a dead man as a president,” referring to the president's obvious mental deterioration and unfitness as president.

“Are you throwing out any support towards anyone or are you gonna hold off?” Carano asked Rogan, regarding the 2024 elections. “Didn’t [SpaceX CEO]Elon Musk, come out recently for DeSantis?”

“I think Ron DeSantis would work as a good president,” Rogan replied referring to the Florida governor's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “I mean, what he’s done for Florida has been admirable.”

“I feel like I’m doing breaking news right now that wasn’t even on purpose,” Carano laughed.

“I feel like what he did for Florida, a lot of people gave him a lot of grief, but ultimately he was correct,” Rogan said. “He was correct when it comes to like deaths, he was correct. And when it comes to protecting all vulnerable populations, he was correct in terms of distribution of monoclonal antibodies.”

The podcaster commentator continued: “He was furious when the government tried to pull those, they were trying to pull very effective treatments. You know, he is not perfect. He’s a human being, but, um, what he’s done is stand up for freedoms. People think that, that this was some weird gas lighting shit that went on where people equated freedom and saying the word freedom to like right wing bigotry and hate is so strange.”

WATCH Joe Rogan remarks about Ron DeSantis

SCIENCE ▪ HEALTH

Dr Norman MacLean shows the important details to consider before you decide to kill your baby in the womb: not pretty.

WATCH Norman MacLean illustrate abortion procedure

BUSINESS ▪ MARKETS

Powell made the comments Wednesday, at the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing on monetary policy and economic issues, in Washington D.C.

United States President Joe Biden falsely blames the country's economic woes on factors like Russia-Ukraine war, and without evidence, on price gouging in the oil & gas industry. Administration officials dishonestly call current high inflation 'Putin price hike.'

However, economists have debunked such claims, pointing out that Biden's green energy policy is the root cause of the high inflation and imminent recession ailing the economy.

“I realize there are a number of factors that play a role in the historic inflation that we’re experiencing," Senator Bill Hagerty(R-Tennessee) said at the hearing Wednesday. "Supply chain disruptions, regulations that constrain supply, we’ve got rising inflation expectations and excessive fiscal spending. But the problem hasn’t sprung out of nowhere. In January of 2021, inflation was at 1.4%. By December of 2021, it had risen to 7%, a five-fold increase.”

Hagerty continued: “Now, since the war in Ukraine began in late February, the rate of inflation has risen incrementally, another 1.6% to a current level of 8.6%. So again, from 7% to 8.6%. Given how inflation has escalated over the past 18 months, would you say that the war in Ukraine is the primary driver of inflation in America?”

Powell responded: “No inflation was high before, certainly before the war in Ukraine broke out.”

“I’m glad to hear you say that,” Hagerty replied. “The Biden administration seems to be intent on deflecting blame annd as recently as just this past Sunday spread the misinformation that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is the biggest single driver of inflation. I’m glad you agree with me that that is not the truth.”

Powell also admitted at the hearing, that the feds' effort to tame inflation by raising rates, could trigger a recession.

“It’s certainly a possibility,” Mr. Powell said. “We are not trying to provoke and do not think we will need to provoke a recession, but we do think it’s absolutely essential” to tame inflation.

CONFLICTS ▪ CRIME

The 22-year-old (real name Tione Jayden Merritt) was reportedly shot around midnight local time Wednesday, at The Promenade shopping center in Edgewater, New Jersey.

According to TMZ, the shootings happened at 2 sites -- at a Chipotle Restaurant and at a nearby Exxon Gas station. The victim at the former was shot several times, while the one at the latter was shot once.

Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that two 22-year-olds were shot at The Promenade shopping center at around 12:05 a.m. One victim was found with multiple gunshot wounds at the scene, which was outside a Chipotle. Another was found at a nearby Exxon station on River Road with a single gunshot wound.

Prosecutors said one victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition but is now stable and the other was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and is in "good" condition.

Lil Tjay is reportedly out of surgery and is recovering.

BUSINESS

Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly told executives in an email that they need to cut 10% of the electric car company's workforce and pause hiring.

The reduction Musk said, would shed excess staff recruited during a long growth phase. Markets and the economy in general have nosedived in recent months due in part to President Joe Biden's failed green policy which has caused a spike in energy costs worldwide and the resulting inflation across all sectors.

Apparently the Tesla chief and his team used the opportunity to shed the company of parasitic activist woke employees, the types who have become a torn in the side of many businesses across the west.

The electric car company reportedly laid off Bobby Berretta-Paris, the president of its LGBTQ+ community; and another senior software engineer who leads the diversity and inclusivity programs.

Musk has made clear in his tweets that he is not a fan of what he calls the "woke mind virus," which he recently blamed for streaming giant Netflix's "unwatchable" content. He once said in an interview with Babylon Bee that: "At its heart, wokeness is divisive, exclusionary, and hateful. It basically gives mean people a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in false virtue."

POLITICS ▪ GOVERNMENT

During a ride in his home state of Delaware Saturday, the United States president fell down from his bicycle. Video clips of the fall quickly went viral online.

The video shows Biden stop in front of a waiting crowd before he tumbled to the ground. Secret Service agents quickly swarmed him, and helped him up. The First Lady Jill Biden was reportedly riding further along, and missed the moment her husband fell.

It was not immediately clear if the president sustained any injuries. "I'm good," he reportedly said when asked if he was ok.

“As the President said, his foot got caught on the pedal while dismounting and he is fine," a White House official said in a statement. "No medical attention is needed. The President looks forward to spending the rest of the day with his family.”

This is not the first time Biden has stumbled physically in public. He tripped twice and then fell while climbing a stairway to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews Base in March last year. Critics have long argued that he is obviously senile, frail and cognitively unfit to be president.

WATCH the moment President Joe Biden fell off, literally.

CONFLICTS ▪ SPIES

According to a press release by Dutch intelligence service AIVD, Russian GRU agent Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, had claimed to be a 33-year-old Brazilian citizen named Viktor Muller Ferreira.

Authorities also released what they call the spy's 'legend,' likely written by him, including fictitious details of troubled father relationship, crush on a teacher, and addresses of his favorite restaurant and trance music club in Brasilia.

Cherkasov was declared a threat to national security and refused entry to the Netherlands in April.

Had he succeed in infiltrating the International Criminal Court, ICC which is probing war crimes in Ukraine, the Russian spy would have been able to gather intelligence or recruit sources, access the court's digital systems and "might also have been able to influence criminal proceedings of the ICC."

CULTURE ▪ LIFESTYLE

Conservative podcaster Savanah Hernandez captures the woke insanity at a Washington D.C pride parade.

Confused, clueless, brainwashed, and gibberish are some of the words that can describe the mind-numbing responses she got from attendees. Most of them are apparently unsure of their own gender identity. It changes daily or weekly or monthly?

"It was around 10 that I started questioning if I was bi," explained one attendee. "Since then it was a slippery slope - am I bi, omni, lesbian? Now recently I'm like, am I pan? Now I'm starting to realize I'm queer"

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BUSINESS ▪ TRANSPORTATION

Kristin Zimmerman was stumped by a reporter's ultimate question after she brags about their new "clean" Chevy Volt electric car.

Turns out the battery charging grid is powered by electric company that relies entirely on COAL!

WATCH the exchange

TECH ▪ MOBILE DEVICES

The rule will apply to electronic devices including tablets, digital cameras, headphones, handheld video game consoles, and e-readers. Laptops will have to comply with the rule at a later date. The legislation also includes provisions designed to address wireless chargers in the future, as well as harmonizing fast-charging standards.

An agreement on the scope of the legislation which has been under development for over a decade, was reached this week following negotiations between different EU bodies.

“Today we have made the common charger a reality in Europe!” said the European Parliament’s rapporteur Alex Agius Saliba in a press statement. “European consumers were frustrated long with multiple chargers piling up with every new device. Now they will be able to use a single charger for all their portable electronics.”

Upon approval later this year by the EU Parliament and Council, the law will be in place “by autumn 2024,” according to European Parliament press release. All devices covered by the law and sold in the EU will have to use USB-C for wired charging, by this date.

While phone manufacturers will have 24 months after the legislation is adopted this summer to adapt their devices, that deadline is longer for laptop-makers: 40 months.

Critics say the new legislation will stifle innovation. But the EU disagrees, saying it will update the legislation as new technology is developed.

“Don’t think we’re setting something in stone for the next 10 years,” Thierry Breton, commissioner for the EU’s internal market, told the press. “We have a standard that is being developed, and we have a dedicated team that will keep a close eye on all this and adapt as time goes by. We will evolve.”

While Android manufacturers have converged upon micro USB and then USB-C as the common charging standard of choice, Apple which has raised concerns over the EU legislation, went from offering phones with its proprietary 30-pin connector to Lightning.

However Apple's concerns may be mute as manufacturers adopt wireless charging as standard. Also the company is reportedly testing iPhones with USB-C internally, and could make the switch as early as next year. It already uses the USB-C standard on laptops and some tablets.

POLITICS ▪ LAWMAKERS

Following revelations that the British prime minister, other parliamentarians and staff were hosting “wine-time Fridays”  during the peak in 2020, of coronavirus lockdown restrictions across the nation, opposition party members and some members of his own Conservative Party, have called for his resignation.

Johnson reportedly encouraged aides to “let off steam” despite indoor socializing being banned under lockdown rules.” “The regular event was so popular that staff even invested in a £142 drinks fridge to keep their bottles of white wine, Prosecco and beer cool.”

The prime minister was subsequently fined for breaking his own lockdown rules, and he had publicly apologized.

At least 15 per cent of Conservative Party Members of Parliament had to write a letter saying they no longer support Johnson, to trigger the no-confidence vote. To survive the vote, Johnson needed 50% of his MPs’ support plus one (180 votes).

He indeed survived the no-confidence vote Monday night: 211 to 148, Sir Graham Brady Chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, announced. However the numbers were far worse than Downing Street had hoped -- raising questions about Johnson's ability to govern going forward.

During a meeting with Cabinet Tuesday, Johnson told senior ministers to  "get on with the job," urging them to push the "massive agenda" of Levelling Up investment.

"We are able now to draw a line under the issues that our opponents want to talk about," the prime minister said, referencing the opposition Labor Party.