TODAY’S NEWS FLASH:
Political Landscape
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted following pressure from Trump
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday, days after President Donald Trump publicly said that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi should prosecute him and two other political adversaries.
"Unacceptable": ICE officer relieved of duties after videos show him shoving woman to the ground
A federal immigration officer who was captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been relieved of his duties while an investigation is conducted, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.
Global Impact
U.K. says it will introduce digital ID cards, reviving a contentious idea
British citizens and permanent residents will have to produce a mandatory digital identification card in order to get work, the government announced Friday, reviving an idea that has long been controversial in the U.K.
Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first time a former head of state has been sent to prison in modern French history.
Economic Pulse
Trump says U.S. will impose new tariffs on heavy trucks, drugs and kitchen cabinets
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a new round of punishing tariffs, saying the United States will impose a 100% tariff on imported branded drugs, 25% tariff on imports of all heavy-duty trucks and 50% tariffs on kitchen cabinets.
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Fed's favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly in August
The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier.
Quick Takes
Glen Powell insists his new Hulu series, Chad Powers, is not a modern copy of Robin Williams’ Mrs. Doubtfire.
According to the US National Library of Medicine, there’s one special food you should be eating daily.
Jane Austen’s 250th birthday is being marked by costume events across Britain.
Marine life is thriving on unexploded Nazi bombs sitting at the bottom of a German bay, a submersible has discovered, even capturing footage of starfishes creeping across a huge chunk of TNT.
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