Today’s edition of quick hits.
* The latest on the investigation into Saturday’s shooting: “The FBI has accessed [Thomas Matthew] Crooks’ phone, but based on a preliminary analysis, the information has not helped investigators determine a motive for the attempted assassination.”
* Mass shooting in Alabama: “Four people were killed and several others were injured after at least one gunman fired into a Birmingham, Alabama, nightclub where a birthday party was being held Saturday night, police said. … There have been no arrests, and police asked the public for any information.”
* In Gaza: “Israeli strikes killed at least 90 people and injured hundreds more in the Mawasi area west of Khan Younis on Saturday, according to Palestinian health officials, in an operation the Israel Defense Forces said targeted two top Hamas officials, including Mohammed Deif, the head of Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing.”
* Too many Texans still don’t have power: “Hurricane Beryl landed on the Gulf Coast a week ago … knocking out power for almost 3 million people. … CenterPoint Energy, the Houston-area utility that maintains the infrastructure for more than 2.8 million customers across Texas, said it has been restoring power faster than in recent storms. But the company estimates that about 226,000 customers will still not have their power back eight days after Beryl struck.”
* In Russia: “U.S. journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia Monday by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military and was sentenced to eight years in prison. The Moscow-born Gessen, a staff writer for The New Yorker and a columnist for The New York Times who lives in the U.S., is a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and an award-winning writer.”
* Waiting for a rate cut: “Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the central bank will not wait until inflation hits 2% to cut interest rates. Speaking at the Economic Club of Washington D.C., Powell referenced the idea that central bank policy works with ‘long and variable lags’ to explain why the Fed wouldn’t wait for its target to be hit.”
* The trial on the NRA’s financial future gets underway: “The former board president of the National Rifle Association spent Monday on a witness stand trying to ward off an effort by New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, to have an outside monitor appointed to oversee the gun group.”
See you tomorrow.
