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July 16 2000 UTC Brief
In U.S. politics
President Trump is set to address the country Thursday night on elections and voting machines, and the preview is familiar, recycled, and still unsupported. Georgia senators Raphael Warnock and John Ossoff have already pushed back on the false fraud claims tied to their 2020 wins, while Sen. Thom Tillis is now openly criticizing OMB Director Russell Vought over the lack of results from the shuttered DOGE effort.
Elsewhere in Georgia, U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins is facing new scrutiny over ties to his son-in-law, a pro-white nationalist influencer who has shared antisemitic material and Nazi imagery online. That orbit keeps getting smaller, which is not the same thing as getting better.
In public safety and justice
Fort Worth police say dentist Chrishelle Hemphill caused the death of 4-year-old Aithana Arriaga during a tongue-tie removal in April. Investigators say the child was given a lethal dose of Demerol along with other sedatives and nitrous oxide, and that staff used the wrong drug during resuscitation attempts. Hemphill was arrested July 15 and later released on bond.
In global security and corruption
The U.S. Treasury Department has designated Mexico’s Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras as transnational terrorist organizations. In Iraq, authorities say they seized the equivalent of $19 million in cash and several kilograms of gold jewelry from hideouts linked to a former oil minister.
In health news, Uganda has discharged its last remaining Ebola patient, while the World Health Organization says the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than any previous Ebola outbreak.
In science and industry
SpaceX was preparing for the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket from South Texas on Thursday. In nuclear energy, Rockwell Automation will provide the control platform for Aalo Atomics’ Aalo-X test reactor, part of a push to speed small modular reactor development for big power users, especially data centers. Nuclear start-ups do love a deadline, especially when the PowerPoint comes with a reactor.
In business and labor
Italian police have raided several luxury brands in a labor abuse probe focused on subcontracting networks that allegedly relied on exploitative conditions for Chinese workers. Massachusetts is also moving to cap how much secondary ticket sellers can mark up prices, a rare moment when someone at least says the quiet part of the market out loud.
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