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A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: Attorney General Garland says DOJ is moving to unseal search warrant from FBI raid of former Pres. Trump’s estate “in light of the president’s public confirmation of the search, the surrounding circumstances and the substantial public interest." https://t.co/XTiUys5zlB pic.twitter.com/KYiXrlpFIC
— ABC News (@ABC) August 11, 2022
NEW: Armed man with AR-15 style rifle fires nail gun into FBI Cincinnati building, leading to police pursuit and shots fired on an interstate, authorities say. https://t.co/zeJRDRRIgj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 11, 2022
A potential informant would have to be really close to Trump to know where he was storing documents at Mar-a-Lago, said former Trump admin acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
— POLITICO (@politico) August 11, 2022
“My guess is there’s probably 6 or 8 people who had that kind of information.” https://t.co/w5F2IIhEpf
The CDC no longer recommends staying at least 6 feet away from other people to reduce the risk of exposure, instead asking the nation to focus on reducing severe disease from Covid-19. https://t.co/HdFMf6ivoy
— CNN (@CNN) August 11, 2022
Resuming business in Kyiv will help foster a "sense of normalcy" in the war-torn country, a company executive says. https://t.co/l30lIwYcLL
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 11, 2022
Russia confirms negotiations with US on prisoner exchange https://t.co/XqIqstOSkb pic.twitter.com/HQgRHDBWoH
— The Hill (@thehill) August 11, 2022
Russia is struggling to replenish its troops as its military continues to suffer losses in Ukraine. Moscow has turned to a covert recruitment effort that includes using prisoners to make up for the manpower shortage. https://t.co/omHZJY7a5T
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 11, 2022
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the IRS to avoid increasing the number of audits for middle-class Americans with any new funding from the Democrats' health care and climate bill. https://t.co/PbgCPuqS5T
— Axios (@axios) August 11, 2022
Twitter will now label and demote misinformation about the upcoming US elections as part of a broader set of content enforcement policies, the company said https://t.co/QAbxiTKcur
— CNN (@CNN) August 11, 2022
In her closing ad before next week's primary, Liz Cheney criticized fellow Republicans who she said are spreading "poisonous lies" about the 2020 election.
— Axios (@axios) August 11, 2022
"History has shown us over and over again how these types of poisonous lies destroy free nations.”https://t.co/Hmx3HT6C3F
“It may be funny to you motherf—–, but it’s not funny to me,” Beto O’Rourke said after a supporter of Gov. Abbott appeared to laugh at a Uvalde massacre reference as O’Rourke was discussing his hopes to curb mass shootings. https://t.co/7aoOuEa7HB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 11, 2022
Stunning new photos show two galaxies on the cusp of colliding – and scientists say it's a preview of what's to come for our own galaxy, the Milky Way. https://t.co/loTXUcEAr0
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 11, 2022