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▪️Tropical Storm Mindy hit Florida on Wednesday, and is expected to bring heavy rains across the state's northwest.

▪️Democrat Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been mocked online for using the term “menstruating person" while discussing a Texas abortion law.

▪️A group of Republican senators has demanded hearings relating to the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and sworn testimony from Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, General Mark Milley, General Kenneth McKenzie, and General Scott Miller.

▪️Louisiana has decided to delay its autumn elections due to the significant damage caused by Hurricane Ida.

▪️A mother who made a false bomb threat on a plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was just worried that her child would miss school, media reported.

🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden declares September 10-12 Days as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

The NYPD has arrested Reginald Bellot, 28, in connection with the rape of a 70-year-old woman in her apartment building in the Bronx.

The assault happened back on 27 July at around 2 a.m., when the woman was coming home to her apartment in the Belmont neighbourhood, police say. The suspect, wearing two masks, grabbed the victim, took out his gun, and forced her to go to a staircase. There, he sexually assaulted and raped her at gunpoint.

The woman didn’t immediately report the crime, although she sustained injuries across her body, police say. Only around a week later did she go to a hospital for a medical check-up, where the incident was then reported to law enforcement.

The NYPD released footage of the suspect on 3 August – and apprehended Bellot a month later.

🧑‍⚖️ The Biden administration is planning legal action against Texas over its abortion law, the WSJ has reported. The lawsuit could be filed in the coming days.

On what grounds is Biden planning to sue the state?

It isn’t clear, but, according to the report, the upcoming lawsuit will "pursue an argument that the Texas law illegally interferes with federal interests".

A professor at Portland State University has decided to resign after suggesting that the institution had “transformed a bastion of free inquiry into a Social Justice factory”.

Years ago, in an attempt to demonstrate that “morally fashionable papers — no matter how absurd — could be published”, Professor Peter Boghossian wrote absurdist articles on “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct” and rape among dogs.

Both of them were approved by editorial boards.

But after the professor revealed they were hoaxes, he was blasted for what was called an “experiment on human subjects” and has since faced insults and threats.

Now, Boghossian says that the university has failed students and is not a place “for people who intend to think freely and explore ideas”.

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#BREAKING: US Justice Department sues Texas over state law

The US Justice Department plans to sue Texas over the state's restrictive abortion law following the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in favor of the constitutionality of the bill.

Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon to announce the measure and clarify the grounds of the lawsuit.

❌ “I'm not resigning, but you should”

Kellyanne Conway has refused to quit the advisory board of the Air Force Academy at Biden’s request and shared a screenshot of her letter to the president.

Conway, who served under Trump, described the request as "petty and political, if not personal", adding that its aim is to distract the public from a series of problems the Biden administration has recently faced.

😱 Home security video from the Tahoe Keys home of a California man evacuated due to the Caldor Fire revealed a surprise guest milling about his premises.

🐻 The house holder said that he received a cell phone alert notifying him that his security camera had picked up movement at his home — the opportunistic trespasser turned out to be a small bear

#URGENT | Plane сrashes in Provincetown, Massachusetts, multiple injuries reported

It smelled fried! Apparently, in the light of recent events, Biden felt a robust threat from @real_DonaldJTrump, otherwise why should he toss Trump's 18 appointees, who currently hold a three-year term on the advisory boards of the service academy.

🗣 Here is what Psaki said about this: "the president's objective is what any president's objective is - was to ensure you have nominees and people serving on these boards who are qualified to serve on them and who are aligned with your values. And so, yes, that was an ask that was made. "

😑 That is, according to Psaki, Trump appointed 18 unskilled workers?

🦠 A Republican congressman has branded Dr. Anthony Fauci a liar based on recently-released documents that he claims contradict Fauci's remarks on research funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which Fauci has led for the past 37 years.

Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher believes that Fauci controlled funding for research to increase functionality, in which a natural virus becomes more powerful and deadly, despite Fauci's denial that he does nothing of the kind

Endorsement of @HarrietHageman

I strongly endorse Republican House of Representatives Candidate @HarrietHageman from Wyoming who is running against warmonger and disloyal Republican, Liz Cheney. Harriet is a fourth-generation daughter of Wyoming, a very successful attorney, and has the support and respect of a truly great U.S. Senator, Wyoming’s own Cynthia Lummis. Harriet Hageman adores the Great State of Wyoming, is strong on Crime and Borders, powerfully supports the Second Amendment, loves our Military and our Vets, and will fight for Election Integrity and Energy Independence (which Biden has already given up). Unlike RINO Liz Cheney, Harriet is all in for America First. Harriet has my Complete and Total Endorsement in replacing the Democrats number one provider of sound bites, Liz Cheney. Make America Great Again!

#URGENT | At least 12 shot in mass shooting in Illinois, US - reports

🇺🇸✈️😷 The US federal transportation agency doubled the fine for not wearing masks on flights to $1,000 and tripled the penalty for second time offenders to $3,000.

❗️ A mass shooting in East St. Louis has drawn a large police presence to the scene.

According to the local NBC-affiliated KSDK network, the 500 block of Martin Luther King Drive is the location of the incident

❗️🇺🇸At least six people have been hospitalized after a shooting incident in the city of East St. Louis, Illinois, NBC reports.

💸 According to a recent study by the US Treasury Department, the richest 1% of Americans avoid up to $ 163 billion in annual taxes.

The Treasury specialist did not indicate income levels in his analysis of the richest 1% of taxpayers, but suggested that the lost income is at least equal to all taxes paid by 90% of low-income taxpayers. The report estimates that the richest Americans must pay about 28% of all unpaid income taxes

#URGENT | Shooting reported at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, US