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     President Biden has signed an executive order and created a federal rule aimed at better securing the nation's ports from potential cyberattacks. LA Times    
             VOA VIEW: Count on nothing.    
     President Joe Biden condemned the recent Alabama court ruling that grants legal rights to frozen embryos, asserting that the decision is a consequence of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade. Newsmax    
     President Joe Biden's brother, James Biden, during a closed-door interview with members of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday altered his story on his involvement in a business deal involving Hunter Biden and several of his associates. Newsmax    
             VOA VIEW: James was caught cold.    
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         Most teachers say that state governments, local school boards, and parents have an outsized influence on the subject matter in school courses.
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             VOA VIEW: Teachers are controlled by unions.    
     White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Thursday the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were looking into an AT&T outage, and that the Federal Communications Commission was in touch with the company. Newsmax    
             VOA VIEW: As they should.    
     A senior Federal Reserve official confirmed Thursday that the U.S. central bank still intends to start cutting interest rates "at some point this year," but warned against the potentially inflationary effect of over-consumption. Newsmax    
             VOA VIEW: The FED will mess up the economy.    
     Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has come out against President Biden’s reported plans to issue an executive order to curb record-setting migrant crossings on the southern border . New York Post    
             VOA VIEW: AOC is an idiot.    
     The comments were a blunt tit-for-tat between the two adversaries. New York Times    
     The justices denied an emergency request by a group of victims to pause the deal, allowing the settlement to proceed. New York Times    
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         White House officials said the incident was under investigation, but it did not appear to be a cyberattack. Verizon and T-Mobile said their networks were operating normally. New York Times    
     Many nations insist on not taking sides in the war in Ukraine, while China, India and Brazil are filling Russia’s coffers. New York Times    
             VOA VIEW: Biden is a failure.    
     An alleged leader of Japan's Yakuza gang was arraigned in a Manhattan federal court Thursday on charges of trying to sell weapons-grade nuclear materials to Iran, though the suspect's ties to the international crime syndicate are being questioned by researchers who track the gang. Washington Times    
     Up to 134,395 cancer cases went undetected as COVID-19 restrictions kept seniors home during the first 10 months of the pandemic, according to an analysis of federal statistics published Thursday. Washington Times    
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         A federal appeals court judge berated the Biden administration for seemingly underhanded legal tactics in a key immigration case, accusing the Justice Department of "colluding" with the ACLU and other immigrant rights advocates to surrender a major new get-tough policy. Washington Times    
             VOA VIEW: Biden is destroying liberty in the US.    
     A new study from the Pew Research Center reveals that most teachers, students and adults agree that race is a more appropriate classroom topic than whether a boy can become a girl. Washington Times    
             VOA VIEW: None is appropriate in a class room.    
     The National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday that popular retailer Home Depot violated the law by firing an employee for wearing a work apron with Black Lives Matter messaging. Washington Times    
             VOA VIEW: The NLRB is wrong.    
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         Fani Willis, who is prosecuting the Georgia 2020 election case against Donald Trump, acknowledged a romantic relationship with a special prosecutor but denies improperly benefiting from it. CBS    
             VOA VIEW: How does he know what the relationship was or is?    
     Safes have reportedly been opened by dozens of unauthorized users, including a six-year-old. CBS    
     House Republicans have moved forward with the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, with the president's brother testifying behind closed doors on Wednesday. CBS    
             VOA VIEW: As they should.    
     People across the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada saw a dazzling light show on Wednesday night, as a fireball entered the atmosphere and burned up. CBS    
     The maximum monthly price for insulin was recently capped at $35 for millions. But many don't qualify and struggle to afford the life-saving medication.  CBS    
             VOA VIEW: The neediest suffer.    
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         A cellular outage early on Thursday hit thousands of AT&T users in the United States, disrupting calls, text messages and emergency services in major cities. CNBC    
             VOA VIEW: What was the real cause?    
     Sales of previously owned homes rose in January, boosted by lower mortgage interest rates of November and December. CNBC    
             VOA VIEW: Inflation and high interest rate are more problematic.    
     Credit card debt in the U.S. has reached a record high but around 23% of Americans are putting less money toward paying it down. CNBC    
             VOA VIEW: The US debt service is bad.    
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         U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens has revealed that more than 6,400 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions have been arrested in FY24, including 178 gang members. FOX News    
             VOA VIEW: The situation is very bad.    
      2 million New York City residents are living in poverty, including one in four children, as $53 million is being spent on asylum seeker credit cards. FOX News    
     Workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell to a seasonally adjusted five-week low of 201,000 last week, Labor officials said. UPI    
     Right-wing conspiracy theorist, election denier and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell must pay a $5 million arbitration award to a software developer who participated in his "Prove Mike Wrong Challenge." UPI    
     The Biden administration has made $115 million in grant funding available to develop and improve housing  for low-income seniors, officials announced Wednesday in Philadelphia. UPI    
             VOA VIEW: Biden is buying votes.    
     Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump and his adult sons in a civil fraud case asked the judge on Tuesday to delay enforcing their penalty of hundreds of millions of dollars. UPI    
             VOA VIEW: The judge will most likely not make delay.    
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