Extreme heat batters the United States and other nations, while Democratic Senators in DC are in a frenzy to pass anything. / Punchbowl News The head meteorologist for the UK's national weather service says heatwaves caused by the climate crisis are likely to be regular things. / The Guardian People
Shortly after officials requested the Secret Service's texts from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, the messages were deleted as part of a "device-replacement program." / The Intercept See also: A DC police officer has corroborated details from Cassidy Hutchinson's secondhand account that Trump
Biden pledges executive action on climate change following Manchin's choice to sink the administration's environmental legislation. / Associated Press The fossil-fuel industry is doubling down on plastic. A major player is Saudi Arabia, though the costs are being felt in Texas. / Public Health Watch How record-
The FDA authorizes a Novavax Covid vaccine, in hopes the shot will convince holdouts who fear mNRA technology to get inoculated. / STAT For two months of intense lockdown, a network of volunteers delivered necessities to Shanghai's vulnerable. Then the bureaucracy shut it down. / 1843 Magazine A Los Angeles
Disturbing footage from the Uvalde school shooting shows the infuriating inaction by law enforcement, who loitered in the hallway as children were murdered. (Discretion advised.) / Austin American-Statesman Globally, banning abortion tends not to reduce (by much) the number of abortions. But it makes every pregnancy more dangerous. / The Economist
The White House says hospitals must provide abortion services in "emergency situations" to save the life or health of the patient, citing a federal law that supersedes state bans. / BuzzFeed News Related: Such emergency conditions include "ectopic pregnancy, complications of pregnancy loss, or emergent hypertensive disorders, such
The world's population will reach eight billion in November, with India likely to surpass China in 2023 as the world's most populous nation. / Quartz A round-up of significant events that happened in China last week. / Twitter The US census is flawed. One answer? Expand the
Biden signs a mostly noncommittal executive order on abortion access, and tells women it's up to them to vote for representatives who will protect abortion rights. / The 19th Ana Marie Cox on why it's time to make Democratic leadership fear voters. / The New York Times In
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated while campaigning, killed reportedly with a homemade gun. / NPR, The Guardian There were 10 shooting incidents in Japan last year, leaving one person dead and four wounded. / Bloomberg Around 2,000 migrants in Morocco attempt to cross into a Spanish
Following mass resignations by his party, Boris Johnson finally announces he'll resign as prime minister—but wants to stay on until a successor is chosen. / Vox See also: A laundry list of the major scandals from Boris Johnson's three-year premiership. / Reuters Here are the most
