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U.S. Rail Strike Narrowly Averted; Governors Abbot and DeSantis Send Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, DC; China Questions Russian Invasion of Ukraine

September 15, 2022

Rail unions negotiated a tentative agreement Thursday, narrowly avoiding a nationwide rail strike. Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard and Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in DC is a “cruel, premeditated political stunt.” Chinese leader Xi Jinping has "questions and concerns" over Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Thursday.

New York Gov. Declares Disaster Over Polio; Judge Tosses Trump Suit Against FBI, Clinton; Texas DPS Chief Rejects Uvalde Cover-Up Claims

September 9, 2022

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an emergency declaration on Friday in an attempt to ramp up vaccination efforts for polio. A federal judge in Florida dismissed former president Donald Trump's lawsuit against Hilliary Clinton and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday. Texas DPS Chief Col. Steven McCraw said on Thursday that he would fire any member of the Texas Department of Public Safety who did not do their job the day a mass shooter entered Uvalde Elementary.

Judge Agrees to Special Master in Trump Search; 20 US States Under Flood Watch; Cloudflare Drops Hate Site KiwiFarms

September 5, 2022

A Trump-appointed federal judge ruled Monday that a third-party special master should review documents seized from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI. Twenty US States are currently under a flood watch as a storm system that produced a 1 in 1000 year rain event heads towards the east coast. Cloudflare has stopped providing services to notorious hate site KiwiFarms, citing an “immediate threat to human life." 

Biden: MAGA Republicans Threat to Democracy; Full Mar-a-Lago Search Inventory Released; Iran Seizes Two US Navy Maritime Drones

September 2, 2022

In a Thursday night speech, President Joe Biden said that the "extreme ideology" of former President Donald Trump and his supporters “threatens the very foundation of our republic,”. A full inventory of the search conducted at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was released on Friday. Two US Navy drones were seized in international waters in the Red Sea on Thursday by the Iranian Navy.

DOJ Filing Shows Trump Obstructed Investigation; Jackson, Mississippi’s Water Crisis Leaves Thousands Without Water; Widespread Flooding Creates 100km Lake in Pakistan

August 31, 2022

An official court filing from the Department of Justice on Tuesday shows that Trump "likely concealed and removed" classified documents from a storage room at Mar-a-Lago. Years of neglect coupled with torrential rain have led to the failure of the main water treatment facility in Jackson, Mississippi. Record flooding in Pakistan has killed 1,162 people since mid-June and has turned a large portion of Sindh Province into a 100-kilometer-wide (62-mile) lake.

Artemis I Launch Delayed; Named Tropical System Likely by Labor Day; Counteroffensive Under Way In Ukraine

August 29, 2022

NASA's planned launch of the Artemis 1 spacecraft was delayed this morning. NHC is tracking an area of low pressure over the central Atlantic that has an 80 percent chance of becoming a named system within the next five days. Senior US officials have said that Ukrainian forces are conducting "shaping" operations ahead of a planned counteroffensive in the southern region of the country. 

Arkansas Police Officers Suspended After Brutal Beating; Russia Blames Ukraine for Car Bombing; US Battles Overlapping Health Emergencies

August 22, 2022

Three Arkansas police officers were suspended after a video surfaced of them beating a suspect. Russia is blaming the Ukrainian secret service for the car bombing death of Russian political commentator Darya Dugina. Overlapping health emergencies has some health officials concerned as the country moves towards cold and flu season.

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