What Happened Was...

A lightning fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for August 28th - September 3, 2023

Image of Washington, DC, District Court Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, who made a decision this week to begin Donald Trump’s trial on March 4, 2024, well before 2024 election. (Photo via Getty Images)

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.

Gun Violence This Week

There were nine separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where six people were killed and 37 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. 

1. Sunday, August 27, 2023: Pueblo, Colorado

2. Sunday, August 27, 2023: Louisville, Kentucky

3. Sunday, August 27, 2023: Cleveland, Ohio

4. Sunday, August 27, 2023: Detroit, Michigan

5. Sunday, August 27, 2023: Mansfield, Ohio

6. Tuesday, August 29, 2023: Texarkana, Texas

7. Wednesday, August 30, 2023: Peoria, Illinois

8. Wednesday, August 30, 2023: Houston, Texas

9. Saturday, September 2, 2023: Lynn, Massachusetts

• An FBI whistleblower has filed a statement asserting that Rudy Giuliani “may have been compromised” by Russian intelligence while working as a lawyer and advisor to Trump during the 2020 campaign.

• A large study of people hospitalized with COVID-19 early in the pandemic has identified two proteins involved in blood clotting, fibrinogen and D-dimer, that are associated with cognitive deficits up to one year post-infection.

• The White House has lined up a war room of two dozen lawyers, legislative aides and communications staffers to lead an aggressive response to a likely Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

• Abortion rights supporters in Ohio filed a lawsuit Monday after officials approved new ballot summary language for a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution by changing the term “fetus” to “unborn child.”