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Straight To It: Gwen’s Monday, August 23 recap

Aug 23, 2021

By Alex Peebles

Gwen’s picks for Monday, August 23 include:

Deadly flooding in Tennessee, power outages along the Northeast.
Pfizer’s COVID-19 gets full approval from FDA.
Angelina Jolie joins Instagram.
Instagram to remove ‘swipe up’ feature.

Politics

Tax return shows Bidens earned nearly $620K in 2023

4 hrs ago

Dozens of jurors excused as Trump’s hush money trial begins

What Senate rules say about dismissing Mayorkas impeachment

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U.S.

USPS asks for billions more in aid 2 years after getting $107B

20 hrs ago

France says it has contingency plans as Olympics security questions arise

Thousands of Baltimore port workers not getting paid after Key Bridge collapse

Reuters

International

Church and mall stabbings leave trail of death, injuries in Sydney

23 hrs ago

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting amid fears of growing war

Israeli war cabinet meets after Iran’s direct attack

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Tech

Chinese hackers target US infrastructure with new persistence

19 hrs ago

Biden admin deal will give $6.4B to Samsung to boost chip production

US sends top commander to Israel amid Iran threat

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