Forest and Bird announced that the pūteketeke, a small, black and white bird native to New Zealand, has won the Bird of the Century contest. This was due to John Oliver's humorous campaign on his HBO show, which resulted in a surge of foreign interference in the voting. The success of the pūteketeke is hoped to raise awareness of the plight of New Zealand's native birds and encourage people to take action to protect them.
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President Joe Biden visited Wisconsin to make his case for a strong economy and to continue the fight for the social safety net, highlighting US manufacturing and calling out Republican lawmakers who had previously expressed support for cuts to Social Security and Medicare. The union workers in the room cheered his commitment to protecting these programs, and Biden's message is likely to be a major theme of his 2024 campaign in the battleground state.