| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, July 24AT LAST: MUELLER’S PUBLIC TESTIMONY Robert Mueller will give his highly anticipated public testimony to Congress today, about three months after the special counsel’s team released a redacted report. He will testify about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and President Donald Trump’s possible obstruction of justice. [HuffPost]BORIS JOHNSON TAKES OVER AS UK PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson is set to become the United Kingdom’s new prime minister today, taking over from Theresa May. After winning leadership of his party, Johnson, who propelled the successful - but highly-criticized - 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, exulted: “I say to all the doubters, ‘Dude, we are going to energize the country.’” [HuffPost]CONSPIRACISTS CAPITALIZE ON YOUTUBE CRACKDOWN Six months ago, YouTube announced that it would recommend fewer videos “that could misinform users in harmful ways.” The announcement triggered panic within YouTube’s sprawling network of conspiracy theorists. But the audience for YouTube’s top conspiracy theory channels is still growing. [HuffPost]WARREN’S BILL TO CANCEL $640 BILLION IN STUDENT DEBT Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren wants to relieve student debt for 42 million people — an estimated $640 billion in loans held by mainly middle- and lower-income Americans. [HuffPost]HOW A 9/11 FIRST RESPONDER SHOOK MCCONNELL INTO ACTION Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer credits Jon Stewart as a key strategist behind the push for a permanent 9/11 fund. But if you ask Stewart, the driving force was a construction worker from Long Island, who called Senate Leader Mitch McConnell an asshole on television -- and got him to go along anyway. [The Daily Beast]DOJ HIT BIG TECH WITH ANTITRUST PROBE The U.S. Justice Department has opened a sweeping antitrust investigation of big technology companies, exploring whether their online platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed consumers. [AP]
.   THE REAL STORY BEHIND AL FRANKEN ALLEGATIONS A lengthy New Yorker report suggests that Al Franken got a raw deal when he was pressured to resign from the Senate in January 2018 amid claims of sexual misconduct. But the story fails to scrutinize extremely credible allegations from women the writer wasn’t able to speak to. [HuffPost]FBI: 100 DOMESTIC TERRORISM ARRESTS IN 9 MONTHS FBI Director Christopher Wray indicated in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee that about 100 targets of FBI domestic terrorism investigations were arrested in the first three quarters of the federal government’s 2019 fiscal year. [HuffPost]TRUMP’S DECEITFUL DAY WITH YOUNG REPUBLICANS Trump on Tuesday used his speech to Turning Point USA to further his racist and false attacks on four minority congresswomen. The group, the largest group for collegiate Republicans, has more than 1,000 chapters and a pattern of racism and white supremacy in its top ranks. [HuffPost]PUTIN AND XI’S ALLIANCE TRIGGERS CHAOS Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a clear message: They are ready to test the limits of their budding military partnership in the Pacific. Early on Tuesday, South Korea and Japan scrambled fighters to respond to Russian and Chinese military aircraft flying a joint sortie through a region. [CNN]‘MISSING’ TEENS NOW SUSPECTS IN DOUBLE MURDER Two Canadian teenagers who were initially believed to be missing are now suspects in the double murder of Australian Lucas Fowler, 23, and American Chynna Deese, 24, in Northern British Columbia last week. [The Daily Beast]HOW CHINA IS EXPANDING ITS POWER IN AFRICA In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru village is made from corrugated metal, and doesn't have running water. Yet outside, where chickens roam the yard, the father of two has a large Chinese-built satellite dish. [CNN]
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