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View Online  TIPSHEET PRESENTED BY MCDONALD'S Atlanta-area DA represents significant legal threat to Trump BY JOHN KRUZEL AND BRETT SAMUELS © AP-Mark Humphrey The Atlanta-area prosecutor's investigation into Donald Trump's effort to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat in Georgia poses the most significant legal threat to the former president, legal experts said, with the probe intensifying as Trump eyes a 2024 bid for the White House. Read the full story here Jury convicts Bannon of contempt of Congress BY HARPER NEIDIG A federal jury on Friday convicted Stephen Bannon of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read the full story here Ex-Trump DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Clark hit with legal ethics charges over post-election role BY REBECCA BEITSCH, JOHN KRUZEL AND CHLOE FOLMAR Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department attorney at the center of former President Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, was hit Friday with ethics charges alleging that his role in the post-election effort amounted to a breach of legal ethics. Read the full story here Content from our sponsor: McDonald's Big Scale Means Big Ideas: A Closer Look at ESG Under the Arches Whether it's working on building a more sustainable future or a more inclusive workplace, there has never been a more important moment for companies to help drive world-changing impact. Check out how McDonald's is progressing in its 2021-2022 Purpose & Impact Reporting here.  The biggest things we learned in each Jan. 6 hearing BY REBECCA BEITSCH The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack spent more than 15 hours presenting their findings over eight hearings this summer, culminating in Thursday night's prime-time presentation. Read the full story here Kinzinger: Jan. 6 panel has 'proven different components' of criminal case against Trump BY JULIA MUELLER Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Friday said the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol had "proven different components of a criminal case" against former President Trump. Read the full story here Trump rails against Jan. 6 committee during Arizona rally BY JARED GANS Former President Trump attacked the work of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at a rally supporting several candidates in Arizona on Friday.  Read the full story here Trump slams McConnell as 'disloyal' amid Jan. 6 hearings BY ALEXANDER BOLTON Former President Trump on Thursday vented his anger with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) during the House select Jan. 6 committee's hearing, slamming him as a "disloyal sleazebag" despite the recent victories McConnell helped secure for Trump's legacy. Read the full story here Biden makes first public appearance since COVID-19 diagnosis BY BRETT SAMUELS President Biden on Friday met virtually with his economic team to discuss gas prices, making his first public appearance on camera since testing positive for COVID-19.  Read the full story here Biden administration rolls out $270 million Ukraine weapons package BY JORDAN WILLIAMS The Biden administration on Friday rolled out a $270 million security assistance package for Ukraine that includes four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and hundreds of tactical drones. Read the full story here Southern states brace for 'whiplash' of extreme weather BY SAUL ELBEIN Dangerous heat and crushing drought conditions in southern U.S. states are unlikely to subside anytime soon, federal experts say, with many currently blighted regions expected to face a "whiplash" in extreme weather over the coming months. Read the full story here Content from our sponsor: McDonald's How McDonald's Feeds and Fosters Communities  Helping to dismantle barriers to economic opportunity is one of the ways McDonald's brings value to the communities it serves. Learn more in their 2021-2022 Purpose & Impact Reporting here.  Nixon v. Trump: Pardon v. prosecution BY EVAN A. DAVIS OPINION | President Gerald Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon is increasingly being cited as relevant to whether or not U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland should prosecute former President Donald Trump for any crimes he may have committed related to the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The comparison, however, is a false one and should have no bearing on Garland's decision. Read the full story here US needs a national cooling strategy BY MARK WOLFE AND DR. PETER KAHN OPINION | Last summer was the hottest on record in U.S. history, and this year we have already had two major heat waves with 92 record-breaking high temperatures around the country. In this, the U.S. is not alone. Europe is experiencing historically high temperatures, with Britain registering its highest temperature ever and wildfires raging in Portugal, France, and Greece. Read the full story here AP — 'Day by day': Trade bans, inflation send food prices soaring BY AYA BATRAWY, EILEEN NG, OMAR FARUK AND KAREEM CHEHAYEB Soki Wu's food stall, tucked in a food court in a shopping mall in Singapore, is a crowd favorite for its fresh, juicy "chicken rice," a national dish. But customers recently began complaining that his chicken didn't taste quite as good as it used to. Read the full story here WSJ: Heat Wave Hits U.S. Farms, Stressing Crops and Ranchers' Herds BY PATRICK THOMAS Intense heat and dry conditions are stressing U.S. agriculture, threatening corn, soybeans and other crops, as well as cattle herds. Read the full story here NYT: N.B.A. Mostly Keeps Low Profile in Public Campaign to Free Brittney Griner BY TANIA GANGULI The N.B.A. is a $10 billion corporation that has the power and reach to promote not just its teams and players but to provoke discussion and debate around social issues. It has used that influence most prominently to fight racism in the United States. Read the full story here WaPo: HBCU students are being disproportionately affected by Roe's reversal BY LAUREN LUMPKIN Many of the country's historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are scattered across the South, in states where Black Americans, in the wake of the Civil War, pooled their resources and finally gained access to higher education. 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