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A Pentagon-funded company is seeking proposals to feed America’s soldiers lab-grown meat in a bid to "reduce the CO2 footprint" at Defense Department outposts.

BioMADE, a public-private company that has received more than $500 million in funding from the Defense Department, announced earlier this month that it is seeking proposals to develop "innovations in food production that reduce the CO2 footprint of food production at ... DoD operational environments," according to an online announcement.

These include "novel cell culture methods suitable for the production of cultivated meat/protein," or lab-grown meat, a product that is still in its experimental phases. This type of meat is grown in a lab from animal cells with the aid of other chemicals, and has emerged as a flashpoint in debates about the efficacy and morality of manufacturing meat products without slaughtering animals.
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Hunter Biden is agreeing to drop a civil lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani's former lawyer Robert Costello, according to a court filing Thursday.

The president's son last year formally accused Giuliani and Costello of violating computer fraud and data access laws, alleging they manipulated data from his "devices or storage platforms."

Attorneys for all three parties filed the agreement, which stipulates that Biden agrees to drop the lawsuit and that each man will pay his own legal fees.

The lawsuit initially sought more than $75,000 in damages, as well as attorneys’ fees and other penalties.
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There’s 17 bottles in this picture posted by Trump’s Deputy Director of Communications (Margo Martin).

What a “coincidence” 🐸

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House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) said Thursday he has subpoenaed the Biden administration for documents on President Joe Biden’s March 2021 executive order (EO) to federal agencies to partner with local election officials, which he said is an attempt to “tilt the scales ahead of 2024.”

Steil has subpoenaed 15 cabinet members for documents related to the EO, titled “Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting,” which directs federal agencies to promote access to voting through the use of federal agency resources.
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ELDERLY Joe Biden has given his "worst ever" performance at a major international summit, G7 insiders say - after he was bizarrely caught freezing again.

Global powerhouse leaders, including the UK's Rishi Sunak, were set to get a group photo but a wayward Biden wandered from the shoot before being shepherded back by Italian PM Giorgia Meloni.
After the concerning shuffle, sources questioned the US President.

The 81-year-old has been "losing focus" during the gathering of world leaders in Puglia, Italy, according to well placed diplomatic sources.

One told The Sun: "It's the worst he has ever been".

Another insider added that while the President had shown moments of sharpness and clarity during meetings, at other times he had appeared to be "losing focus" and concentration.
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Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s aide Mikhail Podoliak has rejected a peace initiative put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, suggesting it was not “realistic.” Putin has described his proposal as an attempt to end the conflict by initiating a ceasefire and launching bilateral negotiations.

During a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Putin outlined the conditions that should be met in order to immediately halt hostilities and begin peace talks. These include a withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Russia’s new territories, which should be internationally recognized, a promise by Kiev not to join NATO or seek to obtain nuclear weapons, and the lifting of sanctions on Russia.
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NRA under new management

The National Rifle Association is getting back to business, eager to put leadership woes and legal battles behind it and focus on what made it one of the most influential groups in the country: its members and donors.

“We’ve got a brand that will be rebuilt, and we’re going to come back stronger than ever,” newly installed Executive Vice President and CEO Doug Hamlin said.

“We’re here to stay. Yeah, we’re going to make it, and we’re going to work really hard to rebuild it,” said Hamlin, elected at a recent board meeting to succeed Wayne LaPierre, credited with creating the modern NRA before resigning in January amid a financial scandal.
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BREAKING🔥: Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks for firearms

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with a Texas man who challenged a federal rule enacted during the Trump administration that outlawed bump stocks, devices that greatly increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons.

The 6-3 ruling invalidates the ban on bump stocks that was put in place following the 2017 mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas and finds that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms exceed its authority when it issued the ban in 2018.
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