Tensions escalated on Sept. 15 as Democratic representatives, led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, gathered at Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel to address the immigration crisis in New York City. Their speeches were quickly interrupted by protesters calling for border closures.
In Michigan, a jury acquitted three men in connection to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s kidnapping plot. This likely concludes the trial over the kidnapping attempt that took place in October 2020.
Hurricane Lee is expected to make landfall in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Saturday afternoon. Parts of New England are under hurricane watch, and residents are preparing for storm surges this weekend.
Thirty-two of former President Donald Trump’s private, direct Twitter messages were handed to special council Jack Smith as part of the federal investigation into President Trump’s efforts to dispute the 2020 election results, according to newly unsealed court filings. X, formerly known as Twitter, resisted producing the records at first, but was slapped with a hefty fine for non-compliance.
The United Auto Workers started the first-ever simultaneous strike against Detroit’s three largest automakers. President Joe Biden sided with the union, which is demanding 40 percent pay raises to compensate for soaring inflation.
