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SLICE REPORT: February 4, 2022

ISIS LEADER KILLED IN SYRIA The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed, blowing himself and members of his family up, during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria, President Joe Biden said Thursday.   US TROOP DEPLYMENT TO EASTERN EUROPE Biden approved the deployment of 3000 troop to Eastern Europe as an act of solidarity with NATO.  The pentagon said the mission is combat centered but the US stand ready to adjust to condition there as tension between Russia and Ukraine mount.   BIDEN SPEAKS AT NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST At the National Prayer Breakfast Biden lamented distant relations between lawmakers, and prayed for unity.  He said politicians will like each other if they get to know one another  President Biden is reigniting the Cancer Moonshot with renewed White House leadership of this effort. Because of recent progress in cancer therapeutics, diagnostics, and patient-driven care, as well a...

Trump is a ray of sunshine for evangelicals at National Prayer Breakfast

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS EVANGELICALS VOTED FOR TRUMP AND EMBRACE THE NEW SCOTUS NOMINEE. . . Pres. Trump thanked the American people for praying for him this morning at the National Prayer Breakfast. Later in the day at the White House press briefing Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the president noted as he has traveled around the country, "The five words he has heard more than any others is 'I am praying for you.'" When asked if he thought the venue was appropriate for Trump to bash the "Apprentice" ratings drop since Arnold Schwarzenneger took his place, Spicer said it was a light hearted moment with the show's creator Mark Burnett who was at the breakfast. POTUS jokingly said we should pray for Swartzenegger and the ratings "disaster." More relevant to the occasion were Trump's remarks on religious liberties, which will bring relief to Evangelical right-wingers who overwhelmingly voted to put him in of...

The Slice News and Entertainment Weekly Report, Feb. 5, 2016

buzzz worthy. . . In this week's Slice Report with Moan Austin learn more about President Obama's views on religious tolerance, the unemployment rate, Super Bowl 50 performers, the NAACP Image Awards, the passing of Earth, Wind and Fire's Maurice White and why Donald Trump is calling for a recount of the Iowa caucus votes. Listen to the Slice Radio Report.