What Happened Was...
A lightning fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for September 11th - 17, 2023
Below is a catch-up of the significant events of this past week. You can check in with a minimal time commitment, read about the big stuff, and stay in the know before we’re on to the next. If you want more information on the past week's events, you can scroll through my Twitter feed for more detail on other topics that I don’t mention below.
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Gun Violence This Week
There were five separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where two people were killed and 20 were injured. My Sunday recap covers this, as well as the week's most critical news. Here at SHERO, we document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform.
Sunday, September 10, 2023: Jersey City, New Jersey
Sunday, September 10, 2023: Indianapolis, Indiana
Sunday, September 10, 2023: Detroit, Michigan
Monday, September 11, 2023: Palm Bay, Florida
Wednesday, September 13, 2023: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
With kids back in school, COVID hospitalizations on the rise across the country and flu season right around the corner, health experts say now is the time to get young people vaccinated.
The head of the Libyan delegation for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says that 10,000 people are missing this week after devastating flooding in that North African country, warning that the death toll could reach thousands.
On Monday, Donald Trump filed a motion to disqualify Judge Chutkan from overseeing the criminal case against him, claiming that her public statements would prejudice his right to a fair trial in US District Court in Washington, DC.
A Federal court on Monday denied Alabama Republicans' request to pause a ruling last week that ordered them to strike down their congressional map and redraw it to create a Black majority district.
The FDA approved a new round of Covid boosters on Monday, that will arrive alongside the seasonal flu vaccine and shots to protect infants and older adults from RSV, with a follow-up advisory meeting on Tuesday to discuss who should get the new shots.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday announced he is directing a trio of House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, which is a direct reversal of his previous statement that a House vote would be held to launch such a probe.
The Department of Justice accused Google of rigging the market in its favor by locking in its search engine as the default choice in a plethora of places and devices on Tuesday, at the opening of the biggest US antitrust trial in a quarter century.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday for what the Kremlin said would be a "comprehensive discussion" with President Vladimir Putin - amid warnings from Washington they should not trade in weapons.
In response to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's impeachment inquiry against President Biden on Tuesday, the White House has released a 14 page "memo" countering the seven main false points being peddled by House Republicans. You can read the memo here.
The Judicial Conference of the United States met Tuesday, and despite the numerous calls from lawmakers to amend the rules regarding televising federal court proceedings, the judicial body made no substantive changes to the rules. For more on this issue read:
A US District Court Judge appointed by George W. Bush ruled on Wednesday that a Biden administration effort to codify the DACA policy into a federal regulation is unlawful, but refrained from ordering officials to terminate protections.
Nearly two dozen leaders of tech companies and other groups, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Sam Altman, met Wednesday behind closed doors with US Senators, as part of a broader discussion into how Congress can regulate artificial intelligence.
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), the 2012 Republican nominee for president, who made a historic break with his party when he voted to remove former President Donald J. Trump from office, announced on Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2024.
A coalition of abortion rights groups filed a petition with Nevada’s Secretary of State on Thursday to get a question about enshrining abortion rights into the state constitution on the ballot after the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last year.
On Thursday, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced it will resume abortion care services next week, after a judge ruled in July that a centuries-old state law that appeared to ban the procedure doesn’t apply to abortions.
Hunter Biden was indicted on Thursday on federal firearms charges for allegedly lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine.
The United Auto Workers union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors on Friday, kicking off the most ambitious US industrial labor action in decades.
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was fully acquitted on Saturday of all 16 corruption charges following an historic impeachment trial, in a resounding verdict that reaffirms the power of the GOP’s hard right in Texas and allows an indicted incumbent under FBI investigation to remain in office.
For more detail on the events of the last few weeks, please read the following articles listed below:
McCarthy's Real Problem
No Changes on Cameras in Federal Court
The Multi-Layered Attack on a Wealth Tax
"Violence Lies Like Molten Lava Under Our Streets"
Amee Vanderpool writes the SHERO Newsletter, is an attorney, published author, contributor to newspapers and magazines, and an analyst for BBC radio. She can be reached at avanderpool@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter @girlsreallyrule.
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