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The head of the Wagner private army has claimed that Russian troops and mercenaries have surrounded the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, bringing Moscow closer to another major victory in half a year.

The House Ethics Committee has extended its investigation into whether Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accepted impermissible gifts at the 2021 Met Gala.

Virginia Attorney General is investigating religious discrimination cases after Inova Loudoun Hospital revoked Covid-19 vaccine exemptions, leading to the firing of experienced health workers.

"When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools," said NYC Democrat Mayor Eric Adams said.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland on the disparity between pregnancy centers and abortion clinic attacks.

A bill proposed in Montana seeks to bar people injected with Covid-19 mRNA jabs from donating to a blood bank.

Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton, a Republican, has put forward a proposal to provide a property tax credit to married, opposite-sex couples, with up to a 100% credit for couples with enough kids.

A World Obesity Foundation suggests 51% of the global population will be overweight by 2035.

A recent study of 4,341 individuals who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines at a clinic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, found that systemic side effects were common among vaccine recipients, with nearly half of all individuals experiencing whole-body side effects, 43 experiencing serious complications.

The US Navy's "doomsday plane," the E-6B Mercury, has landed in Iceland to conduct operations in the US European Command zone, amid rising tensions with Russia over the suspension of the New START nuclear treaty.