"NASA is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft could offer an alternative ride home for some ISS crew members after a Russian capsule sprang a leak."

>"Announcement reportedly on success of fusion experiment that produced more energy than was put in"

"The new Politburo and Politburo Standing Committee make it very clear that there now is no alternative power centre in China beyond Xi Jinping, says Christian Le _...Read More_

Great WSJ piece on Biden progress on Guantanamo closure _...Read More_

>"The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump's lawyers proposed two selections each to a federal judge for who should serve as "special master" in the Mar-a-Lago investigation."

[http://edition.cnn.com/webview/uk/live-news/liz-truss-new-uk-prime-minister-gbr-intl/index.html](http://edition.cnn.com/webview/uk/live-news/liz-truss-new-uk-prime-minister-gbr-intl/index.html) >"Liz Truss is officially Britain's new prime minister after she met with Queen Elizabeth II today. She will have to immediately face the _...Read More_

"The White House will also set aside more doses for jurisdictions hosting large LGBTQ events."

"Trump made the remark on his Truth Social account after the Islamic fundamentalist group swept into the capital of Kabul prior to the U.S. military’s tumultuous departure from the country one year ago today."

>"Pete Buttigieg wasn't quite feeling it."

[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/08/asia/pakistan-taliban-leader-killed-intl/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/08/asia/pakistan-taliban-leader-killed-intl/index.html) >A senior founding leader of the Pakistani Taliban was killed Sunday night in a targeted attack, according to two sources within the group's _...Read More_

"The strike, carried out over the weekend, was the first attack since American forces left Afghanistan last year."

[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/economists-democrats-package-downward-pressure-inflation/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/economists-democrats-package-downward-pressure-inflation/index.html) “This proposal addresses some of the country’s biggest challenges at a significant scale. And because it is deficit-reducing, _...Read More_

The Guardian: White House attempts to use Biden’s Covid diagnosis as ‘teachable moment’. >"President ‘takes reasonable precautions against Covid but _...Read More_