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Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia

In 2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum in Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.

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John Mark Dougan, who has been granted asylum in Moscow, above, has become a key player in the Kremlin’s information operations against the West.

Biden Announces $3.3 Billion Microsoft AI Center at Trump’s Failed Foxconn Site

The president’s visit to Wisconsin celebrated the investment by Microsoft in a center to be built on the site of a failed Foxconn project negotiated by his predecessor.

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President Biden at the Intel campus in Chandler, Ariz., in March. His “Investing in America” agenda has focused on bringing billions of private-sector dollars into manufacturing and industries such as clean energy and artificial intelligence.

Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s worries about support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement.

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Public health groups supporting the ban of menthol cigarettes cited years of data suggesting that the cigarettes, long marketed to African American smokers, make it more palatable to start smoking and more difficult to stop.
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