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US & Canada · Palm BeachFormer President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he was running for president in 2024. “We are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation for millions of Americans,” Trump said in a speech at his Florida private club, speaking about President Joe Biden’s first two years running the nation. “I will ensure Joe Biden does not receive four more years.”See the Story
Donald Trump officially launches 2024 US presidential bid
40% Center coverage: 292 sources
Europe · KhersonPresident Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the city of Kherson days after it was liberated by Ukrainian troops. He spoke to soldiers gathered in the city, saying Ukraine is "moving forward" and is ready for peace.See the Story
Kherson: President Zelensky visits liberated city
37% Left coverage: 107 sources
Lula Da Silva · BrasíliaBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arguing votes from some machines should be "invalidated" in a complaint that election authorities met with initial skepticism.
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Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election he lost to Lula
43% Center coverage: 79 sources
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Democratic Party · WashingtonDemocrats will keep their narrow Senate majority for the next two years, CNN projects. The party defied the historical trend of midterm elections breaking against parties in power. The Senate win comes with control of the House -- where Republicans were widely expected to win a majority -- still up for grabs. The path to Democrats' surprisingly strong midterm showing was one in which they defied political gravity.See the Story
Democrats Favored to Control the Senate
37% Left coverage: 93 sources
Europe · KhersonThe United States meanwhile announced a new $400 million security assistance package for Kyiv, which will include defense systems and surface-to-air missiles as Ukraine is reeling from massive recent Russian airstrikes targeting key infrastructure.See the Story
Ukraine Says It Recaptured Dozens of Towns in Kherson Province
42% Right coverage: 65 sources
Business · New YorkCryptocurrency exchange FTX said on Friday it was commencing bankruptcy proceedings in the United States and Sam Bankman-Fried is resigning from his role as chief executive officer. The move comes days after larger rival Binance walked away from a proposed acquisition and left it scrambling to raise about $9.4 billion.See the Story
FTX: Crypto giant collapses into bankruptcy
47% Center coverage: 127 sources
Business · New Yorkast week Sam Bankman-Fried was the most important person in crypto. The floppy-haired 30-year-old former billionaire, who goes by sbf, is the founder of ftx, then the industry’s third-largest exchange. When crypto prices collapsed earlier this year he swooped in with loans for Voyager and BlockFi, handing the lending ventures hundreds of millions of dollars, and snapped up assets from Three Arrows, a crypto hedge fund. Many saw a new John Pierpont Morgan, the banker who saved the American financial system in 1907.See the Story
The spectacular fall of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried
56% Right coverage: 9 sources
The Democrats have done better than expected
50% Left coverage: 6 sources
Republicans sweep statewide offices; Texas Democrats respond
58% Center coverage: 12 sources
Protestors · IslamabadFormer Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was wounded on Thursday when his convoy was shot at in the country's east on Thursday, multiple local news channels said.See the Story
Imran Khan ‘shot in foot in assassination attempt’ in Pakistan
37% Right coverage: 155 sources
US Supreme CourtThe justices on Monday heard arguments in two cases that challenged the consideration of race to foster diversity in the application processes of Harvard and the University of North Carolina. If the conservative-leaning court rules that these programs are unconstitutional, many universities, especially elite universities like Harvard and Yale, say they would see a decrease in Black and Latino students.See the Story
Supreme Court considering eliminating Affirmative Action
34% Center coverage: 15 sources
