straight it august 27

Alex Peebles

Straight To It: Gwen’s Friday, August 27 recap

Aug 27, 2021

Alex Peebles

By Alex Peebles

Gwen’s picks for Friday, August 27 include:

Threats remain in Kabul, following Thursday’s deadly attacks.
President Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
Hurricane Ida heads toward the Gulf Coast.
TikTok bans ‘Milk Crate Challenge’ videos.

Politics

Republicans could increase tax on stock buybacks, sports team ownership

1 hr ago

Migrant mugshots displayed along White House lawn

UK to test transgender children for autism, mental illness

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U.S.

Columbia University janitors sue protesters over Hamilton Hall takeover

40 mins ago

Trump calls for an investigation into ‘fake’ polls showing lower approval rating

Trump vows to reinstate Columbus Day in October

Alex Kent/Getty Images

International

Shein, Temu prices spike as much as 300% due to US tariffs

4 hrs ago

Conclave to elect new pope set to begin May 7. What is that?

Sistine Chapel closed for conclave to elect new pope

Shingo Tosha/AFLO via Reuters Connect

Tech

BMW announces DeepSeek integration in new models amid privacy concerns

Thursday

YouTube celebrates 20 years of disrupting how we watch

Scientists aim to dim sunlight to fight climate change: Report

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