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US TikTok Ban On The Cards

Sarah Moran — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:43:14 +0000

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would require TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the US.

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Ron DeSantis Ends Presidential Bid: What Went Wrong?

Teguan Harris — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 13:15:14 +0000

Announcing his departure from the race on X, DeSantis backed Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. The Florida governor suspended his campaign after losing to Trump in the Iowa primary, only narrowly defeating the last remaining opponent, Nikki Haley.

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Elon Musk cleared of fraud in trial over ‘Funding secured’ tweets

Ellie Henderson — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:56:25 +0000

Elon Musk has been found not liable in a fraud trial over tweets he made in 2018 claiming that he would take Tesla private.

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FDA allows sale of abortion pills at US pharmacies for first time

Poppy Lindsey — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 19:19:10 +0000

Three days into the New Year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the sale of abortion pills at pharmacies for the first time. The move will expand access to abortion for many US citizens who had their legal right to abortion withdrawn last year, after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court.

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Brittney Griner released from Russian prison in exchange for Viktor Bout

Tamara Rapajic — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:43:15 +0000

Brittney Griner has been released from a Russian prison, in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, after being detained in February 2022 for possessing cannabis oil.

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America Leads The Way As Women’s Sport Sponsorships Increase in 2022

BeauRoddis — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 17:47:10 +0000

According to the sports and entertainment intelligence platform, SponsorUnited, sponsorship deals across women’s sports in the U.S. have increased by 20 per cent yearly.

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Breaking down the Electoral Count Reform Act currently before the Senate

Maebh Springbett — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:09:18 +0000

Since July of this year, two bills have been presented before the Senate calling for the reform of the 1887 Electoral Count Act. Headed by a bipartisan group of senators, the Electoral Count Reform Act seeks to rectify the ambiguity of the existing law which has proven easy to exploit.

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Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act

Aaliyah Fooks — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 20:45:04 +0000

US President Joe Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The $700bn (£579bn) bill targets climate change and rising healthcare costs.

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Social Media Reacts To Overturning of Roe v. Wade

Khushboo Malhotra — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 16:30:01 +0000

Are we entering a "new era" or stepping into the "dark future?" On 24 June, the United States Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, a seminal ruling from 1973 that had established national reproductive rights for over five decades, and decimated the right to abortion in the United States.

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Is the future of sport sponsorship female?

Claire Thomson — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:06:32 +0000

Up until now, women’s sport has suffered in terms of sponsorship, media and marketing, with male athletes and men’s sport dominating the industry, leaving female teams and athletes as an afterthought.

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