
Ida left more than 1 million without power for possibly weeks, and now comes the scorching heat
CNN
The Gulf Coast is still sifting through the aftermath and launching rescue missions in the wake of Ida's landfall as a hurricane, and officials say some areas could spend up to the next month of their recovery without power.
The desperation of those who rode out the storm can be seen in the four- to five-hour-long lines at the one or two gas stations still open in St. Bernard Parish, Council Member Richard Lewis said. Many stocked up for their generators -- preparing to weather however long it takes for their communities to open back up.
Botched Epstein redactions trace back to Virgin Islands’ 2020 civil racketeering case against estate
A botched redaction in the Epstein files revealed that government attorneys once accused his lawyers of paying over $400,000 to “young female models and actresses” to cover up his criminal activities

The Justice Department’s leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida Tuesday to volunteer over the “next several days” to help to redact the Epstein files, in the latest internal Trump administrationpush toward releasing the hundreds of thousands of photos, internal memos and other evidence around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting up the Trump administration’s fight against European regulations that have impacted digital platforms, far-right politicians and Trump allies, including Elon Musk.










