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TL/DR - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is promoting new clean energy investments enabled by U.S. tax incentives as President Joe Biden struggles to earn voter recognition for the benefits. Yellen is touring a facility in North Carolina that processes lithium hydroxide, used in electric vehicle batteries. She highlighted that $614 billion…

TL/DR - The Vatican's doctrinal office has confirmed that transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings, and receive baptism themselves. The Pope has previously met with transgender people and has expressed a desire to make the Church more welcoming to the LGBT community without changing Church…

TL/DR - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv to provide support to Ukraine's four-month long counteroffensive against Russia. Blinken is expected to announce a new US wartime assistance package amounting to over $1 billion. This visit was overshadowed by a Russian attack on the…