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- A Georgia appeals court set a December hearing for arguments whether to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the Trump election interference case.
- As the war in Gaza continues to grind on, health officials in the enclave are sounding the alarm about a concerning spike in skin diseases.
- President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail for the first time since the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
- Donald Trump’s pick for his vice-presidential running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, was once a vocal critic of the former president and is now a staunch MAGA Republican. Meanwhile, Democrats sounded the alarm over Vance’s track record, with President Biden calling him ‘a clone of Trump.’
- Governor Gavin Newsom signed several new bills into law this week, including one aimed at easing the financial burden for Californians recovering from addiction and mental health treatment.
- The UC Berkeley Labor Center released an updated tool this week, compiling data on who gets paid low wages in California.
- Unhoused and formerly unhoused Oakland residents spoke out today across from Oakland City Hall, addressing Oakland’s rising homelessness crisis.
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