📺 🏆 Jean Smart got the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, for her performance as a legendary stand-up comic in HBO Max’s “Hacks.” The same lead actor award went to Jason Sudeikis for his work in the Apple TV+ comedy “Ted Lasso.”

The USAF birthday greeting posted by U.S. Southern Command has been removed from its Twitter account 😐

⚡️ Pfizer says that its Covid jab is safe for children aged 5-11

⚡️ The Biden administration is launching an initiative to protect Americans from extreme heat - statement

💬 "Extreme weather cost America $99 billion in damage last year – and we will break that record in 2021"

⚡ U.S. to relax EU and UK travel restrictions for vaccinated passengers - reports

⚡️The White House confirms it will require foreign nationals arriving in early November to be fully vaccinated

⚡️The White House says it plans to lift restrictions against most foreign nationals who have been in the UK, China, Brazil and other countries

⚡️The White House also says that Americans who are not vaccinated will be subject to stricter COVID-19 testing requirements

⚡️US extends restrictions on non-essential travel at Canada, Mexico land borders until 21 October – the White House

⚡️US President Biden has asked to speak with French President Macron, the time for call not yet set, says official

⚡️Biden wants to stress to Macron his desire for a close working relationship in the Indo-Pacific and other issues, the senior administration official added

🇺🇸🇮🇳🇯🇵President Joe Biden will welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan when he hosts the first summit for Quad leaders, which will be held in Washington, DC on 24 September, the White House announced on Monday.

“The Biden-Harris Administration has made elevating the Quad a priority, as seen through the first-ever Quad Leaders-level engagement in March, which was virtual, and now this summit, which will be in-person. Hosting the leaders of the Quad demonstrates the Biden-Harris Administration’s priority of engaging in the Indo-Pacific, including through new multilateral configurations to meet the challenges of the 21st century," the White House statement said.

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⚡️'Multiple injuries' reported in shooting at Virginia High School

"Police are on scene of a shooting at Heritage High School," Newport Police Department said in a statement.

"Students are being evacuated and sent to the tennis courts. Parents can meet them there."

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is heading to Texas on Monday to oversee the removal of mostly Haitian migrants from a sprawling makeshift camp they set up after wading across the Rio Grande from Mexico. According to a statement from his office, Mayorkas will meet with local officials and hold a news conference.

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❗️WAVY, a local news outlet in Norfolk, Virginia, reported that two people had been rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds after an altercation at Heritage High School in the city of Newport News, Virginia, although the wounds were not thought to be life-threatening.

Police haven't released information about how many suspects there are or their identity, but they dismissed reports of active shooters on the school campus.

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⚡️US launches air strike on 'senior al-Qaeda leader' in Idlib, Syria

⚡️Twitter down for users worldwide

🇺🇸 Texas Governor Greg Abbott asks US President Joe Biden to declare a federal state of emergency in response to the influx of migrants through the Mexico border after the town of Del Rio was inundated with around 13,000 mostly Haitians migrants.

👩‍🏫 An Iowa teacher detailed how she got around the state's ban on critical race theory by luring her students to ask questions about what she was able to discuss.

Lange explained how she told her students that she was not allowed to discuss certain questions, which then opened up an opportunity for her students to ask questions that she was allowed to answer.

🧐 It is so important for these people to narrate a critical theory of race in their classrooms that they are willing to break the law?

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