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Ryan Zinke, the Republican nominee for Montana's new House seat, lied to the Interior Department's internal watchdog during a probe of an tribal casino application while he led the department under then-President Donald Trump, according to an official report released Wednesday.Zinke and his chief of staff "made statements to [Interior's Office of the Inspector General] with the overall attempt to mislead them," the OIG's report said."We found that both Secretary Zinke and the [chief of staff] made statements that presented an inaccurate version of the circumstances in which the [Interior Department] made key decisions," the watchdog's report added."As a result, we concluded that Secretary Zinke and the [chief of staff] did not comply with their duty of candor when questioned."Zinke's al...

At least 22 people have been killed and 50 wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian railway station, as the country marked six months since Moscow's invasion on a sombre independence day overshadowed by warnings of further “brutal” attacks.Addressing the UN late on Wednesday, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said the rockets struck a train in a station in the town of Chaplyne, about 145km (90 miles) west of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.“Rescuers are working, but, unfortunately, the death toll could increase,” Zelenskiy said.An 11-year-old child died in the attack, said Kirill Timoshenko, deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration, in a message on his Telegram channel. Ukraine had been bracing for especially heavy attacks around the national holiday that commemo...

Joe Biden has announced nearly $3bn in new military assistance to Ukraine, including anti-aircraft missiles, artillery, counter-drone defenses and radar equipment.It is the biggest tranche of US military aid to date, bringing to over $13bn the total the US has supplied or pledged to Kyiv under the Biden administration. The new equipment, however, will have to be ordered by defense manufacturers and will not be delivered for months or years. US officials said it represented a longer-term investment in Ukrainian security.The new package was announced on the country's independence day and in the run-up to an expected Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russian-occupied territory.“The United States of America is committed to supporting the people of Ukraine as they continue the fight to d...

A Russian rocket strike hit a railroad station in central Ukraine Wednesday as Ukrainians were celebrating Independence Day, killing at least 15 people and wounding 50 others, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.The assault came amid warnings about a possible revenge attack after a car-bomb blast four days ago outside Moscow killed a hardline commentator who was the daughter of a Russian ultranationalist. Ukraine disavowed involvement in the incident. Besides being the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union, Wednesday also marks six months since the war began.Zelenskyy had banned large public gatherings Wednesday and told government employees to work from home in anticipation of “something particularly nasty, something particularly cruel” from Russia amid the ...

In 2014, I graduated college with a tidal wave of medical school rejections. In search of a new career plan, I spent the next few years making money however I could — modeling, tutoring, and even working as a real estate agent.But in 2018, I began posting personal finance videos on Youtube. It wasn't a lucrative side hustle until the pandemic hit in 2020, when one topic struck a chord: stimulus and relief efforts, and what they meant for people's wallets.When my videos went viral, I registered for YouTube Adsense to further monetize my channel. That's when my passive income journey began. In 2021, I made $1.5 million dollars in revenue.And this year, I've been grossing an average of $114,000 a month in passive income through my videos, online courses and social media posts.Here are ...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will cancel at least $10,000 in student loan debt for millions of borrowers, giving long-sought relief to Americans saddled by payments and taking a major gamble to energize young voters ahead of the midterm elections.Biden announced his long-awaited decision in a speech from the White House’s Roosevelt Room, delivering on a campaign promise yet falling short of demands from progressive Democrats who wanted even more debt forgiven.Biden, who made the move using executive authority, said it’s become out of reach for many Americans to go to college.“That ticket has become too expensive for too many Americans," he said. "The burden is so heavy that even if you graduate, you might not have the ticket that graduating college once offered."He...

PABLO SCARPELLINI los angeles Updated Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - 21:04The measure could benefit 43 million people with some type of federal loan after completing university studiesJoe and Jill Biden.Manuel Balce CenetaAPAmerica Three Arkansas police officers suspended after being recorded beating a detainee USA Biden 2022. 'Midterm' and chips President Joe Biden has announced the forgiveness of a portion of the debt for most student loans in the United States, up to 10,000 dollars per person for those with incomes below 125,000 dollars a year as a measure of financial relief for millions of families nationwide. Biden thus fulfills one of his promises of campaign and extends the payment freeze that was put in place during the pandemic and has been in effect since March 2020."In ac...

Yon February 2020, as Elena Rybakina's rise up the rankings became impossible to ignore, she and her coach, Stefano Vukov, made a mischievous bet during the Qatar Open. If she won Wimbledon, he said, he would get a tattoo of her name from her. She recorded her pledge, but then forgot about it. Covid struck soon after, and instead she spent the next two years trying to recover her form from her.Today, Vukov carries Rybakina's name and the date of this year's Wimbledon final in indelible ink on his right arm, a permanent reminder of this golden summer. A month ago, Rybakina capped off her startling rise to the big stage in July by winning her first grand slam title at Wimbledon.I already forgot [about the bet] – we were laughing around,” Rybakina says. “Before the end, he told me tha...

Coal is unloaded onto large piles at the Ulan Coal mines near the central New South Wales rural town of Mudgee in Australia, March 8, 2018.David Gray | ReutersShares of Australian coal producer Whitehaven has risen 200% this year.The share price of the Australian-listed miner has risen about 150% since the Russia-Ukraine crisis started in late February, and hit a record high of 7.90 Australian dollars ($5.47) on Wednesday.In other words, an investor who purchased Whitehaven shares late last year would have seen his or her investment increase more than three times.Chatter among stockwatchers on the popular online Australian stock market forum HotCopper has also increased.Some were excited about Whitehaven's all-time high while others were careful that its share price could be "too high....

Climate activists, including members of Extinction Rebellion, participate in a demonstration in front of the Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse against a recent Supreme Court ruling on June 30, 2022 in New York City, United States.Lokman Vural Elibol | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesAmericans care about climate change, but don't think that their peers care about it as much as they do.That's the rough takeaway from new research published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.Between 80 and 90 percent of Americans underestimate the concern their fellow Americans have for climate change and their support for "transformative" climate change mitigation policies like a carbon tax or 100-percent renewable energy mandates, the research said.Between 66 and 80 percent of Americans support cli...