Aug. 2022 News, Views
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in August 2022
Aug. 1
Top Headlines
- Politico, U.S. kills Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in drone strike
- Washington Post, Major legal fights loom over abortion pills, travel out of state
- New York Times, Russians Use Nuclear Plant as Shield, Complicating Ukraine’s Strategy, Andrew E. Kramer
- Politico, Manchin to Sinema: Believe in this bill, Burgess Everett
New York Times, The Wind Is at Biden’s Back for a Change. Will Voters Care?- Washington Post, Millions will be affected if Inflation Reduction Act becomes a reality. Here’s what it would do
New York Times, As Latin America Shifts Left, Leaders Face a Short Honeymoon- Washington Post, Exclusive: Hot mic captured Gaetz assuring Stone of pardon, discussing Mueller redactions, Jon Swaine and Dalton Bennett
Jan. 6 Hearings, Radical Violence, Election Probes, Missing DHS Messages
- Politico, Texas militia member gets most serious Jan 6. sentence yet: Just over 7 years: Judge rejects terrorism sentencing penalty in Jan. 6 case
- Washington Post, U.S. seeks 15-year sentence for Guy Reffitt, citing terrorism
- Washington Post, The status of key investigations involving former president Donald Trump, Matt Zapotosky, Matthew Brown, Shayna Jacobs, Devlin Barrett and Jacqueline Alemany
- Washington Post, Opinion: The Jan. 6 committee showed Congress how to run a blockbuster hearing, Jennifer Rubin
Ukraine War
- Washington Post, First ship carrying grain leaves Odessa in deal to ease global food crisis
- Washington Post, Ukraine Live Updates: Black Sea port Mykolaiv hit in ‘brutal’ shelling
Bill Russell Dies
CelticsBlog, Commentary: Bill Russell dies at 88, Keith P. Smith- Washington Post, Perspective: Bill Russell made America better by demanding better from America, Jerry Brewer
U.S. Politics, Governance, Elections
Politico, Toomey defends delay of veterans health bill, says he will back it if amendment passes- New York Times, In Races for Governor, Democrats See a Silver Lining
- New York Times, Midterms Updates: Nancy Pelosi Backs Mondaire Jones in New York Race
- New York Times, Opinion: Liz Cheney Is Prepared to Lose Power, and It Shows, Katherine Miller
- Washington Post, 3 more GOP impeachers face their primary juries, Paul Kane
- Washington Post, Analysis: Trump vs. DeVos in Michigan, and a key week for the Senate, Theodoric Meyer, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Tobi Raji
- Washington Post, Opinion: In a normal year, the GOP should sweep.
