News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan's capital of Taipei, arriving for a controversial stop on her tour of Asian countries that has become a flashpoint amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China. https://t.co/AcZAFGLItM pic.twitter.com/J7HpNBSBpf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 2, 2022
JUST IN: Speaker Nancy Pelosi issues statement after landing in Taiwan despite warnings from mainland China.
— ABC News (@ABC) August 2, 2022
“Our visit is one of several Congressional delegations to Taiwan – and it in no way contradicts longstanding United States policy.” https://t.co/meUzgoGfdz pic.twitter.com/qczgiI7I8Z
The Defense Department wiped the phones of top departing DOD and Army officials at the end of the Trump administration, deleting any texts from key witnesses to events surrounding the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Watch CNN's @KaraScannell for more: https://t.co/uU3ptGqyjz
— CNN (@CNN) August 2, 2022
The United States has killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda and one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists, who oversaw the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, alongside the group’s founder, Osama bin Laden, announced President Biden. pic.twitter.com/lfX0yY5wDs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2022
Biden tested positive for COVID again today and is experiencing "a bit of a return of a loose cough," his physician said.https://t.co/WYZXmvtfsR
— Axios (@axios) August 2, 2022
The Biden administration has filed a lawsuit against Idaho for restricting access to abortion to patients who need lifesaving medical treatment, the first such Justice Department challenge since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer. https://t.co/59NEGGsomb
— CNN (@CNN) August 2, 2022
Brittney Griner's defense argues vape examination violated Russian lawhttps://t.co/O2OJNqniGI
— Axios (@axios) August 2, 2022
Russia’s Supreme Court labeled Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist group, a move that could bring terror charges against some fighters who made their last stand in Mariupol's steel plant. The group accused Russia of making excuses for “its war crimes." https://t.co/yksOhoAjMC
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 2, 2022
Arizona AG Brnovich says his investigators found just one dead voter after thoroughly reviewing findings from a partisan review of the 2020 election that alleged 282 ballots were cast in the name of someone who had died. https://t.co/9rqjNeOslZ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 2, 2022
The RNC has been relying on ‘Stop the Steal’ advocates to train thousands of poll workers in eight battleground states, according to recordings of organizing summits obtained by POLITICO.https://t.co/0F6qroSTlO
— POLITICO (@politico) August 2, 2022
"My life will never, ever be the same."
— CNN (@CNN) August 2, 2022
Victims' loved ones are taking the stand during the Parkland high school shooter's death penalty trial to speak out about how their lives have changed.https://t.co/F5m0nR5mEb
The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting testified Tuesday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his life a "living hell" by pushing claims that the murders were a hoax. https://t.co/X95lbA42Kt
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 2, 2022
The Senate on Monday approved a bill that allows the families of public safety officers who die by suicide to seek death benefits, sending the measure to President Biden's desk for his signature. https://t.co/sDzXA80IGr
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 2, 2022
