Headlines for July 22, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5MFHX)
- WHO: Global COVID Cases Jumped 12% Over Past Week
- Pelosi Rejects GOP Reps. Jordan & Banks for Jan. 6 Select Committee
- Armed DEA Agent Arrested for Taking Part in Jan. 6 Insurrection
- Republicans Block $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
- Opioid Crisis: States Reach $26 Billion Settlement with J&J and Drug Distributors
- Four Colombian Mercenaries Tied to Moise Assassination Were Trained at Fort Benning in U.S.
- U.S. Launches First Drone Strike on Somalia Under President Biden
- Biden Administration Seeks 9-Year Sentence for Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale
- Argentina Issues Gender-Neutral ID Cards in First for Latin America
- Federal Courts Block Anti-Trans Laws in Arkansas and West Virginia
- Israel Asks U.S. States to Probe Ben & Jerry's for Violating Anti-BDS Laws
- Report: Government Informants Played Key Roles in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor
- Texas Starts Jailing Immigrants on State Charges After Crossing U.S. Border
- Biden Taps Leading Antitrust Attorney to Key DOJ Post
- Head of U.N. Climate Talks: Nations "Must Consign Coal Power to History"
- 3 Die in Iran Protests Sparked by Historic Drought
- Toronto Police Arrest 26 While Evicting Unhoused Residents at Encampment
- Tokyo Olympic Committee Fires Director of Opening Ceremony over Holocaust Joke
- Spanish Swimmer Slams Olympic Rules Preventing Her from Breastfeeding Son During Games