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| In the fallout of the FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, supporters of the former president are rallying behind him. What parents should know about monkeypox in kids. A look at Serena Williams' 23-Grand-Slam-champion career. |
| 🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert, and here's Wednesday's news. |
| 🌅 Up first: 1980s revival? Count Chocula and Franken Berry are among four classic General Mills cereals back on shelves, according to the manufacturer. If that's not enough to warp you back in time, limited-edition releases of the four KAWS-designed Monsters Cereal boxes also come with a potential toy prize. Read more |
What does the Mar-a-Lago search mean? |
| It's a big week for Donald Trump news. The former president will be questioned under oath Wednesday in New York Attorney General Letitia James' long-running civil investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul, he confirmed in a post on social media. Meanwhile, Democrats and the GOP are reacting to revelations the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home Monday. The White House said President Joe Biden was "not aware" of the search before it happened. Read more |
| The political fallout of the Mar-a-Lago search: |
| • | Discuss it over drinks: Trump held a dinner meeting with a dozen House Republicans on Tuesday, and his guests said he radiated confidence despite the search of his home. | | • | Perspective: Many people assumed Trump would never face the law, but a glimpse of accountability was cathartic. | | • | Comparisons to Watergate: Historians and legal analysts pan Trump's claims. | | • | Law and order: This week presented a chance for Republicans to distance themselves from Trump – instead they doubled down in support. | |
| ❓ Here's the big question: Did Democrats just give Trump another reason to rally his troops? |
 | | Protesters stand in front of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. | | Seth Wenig, AP | |
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 | | Rising smoke can be seen from the beach at Saky after explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase near Novofedorivka, Crimea, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. | | AP | |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, hear the latest on the aftermath of the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Primary takeaways: Democrats vie to maintain momentum in Wisconsin |
| Wisconsin's first Black lieutenant governor, Mandela Barnes, coasted to victory Tuesday in the state's Senate primary. State Democrats believe Barnes can unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in a race that could determine which party controls the upper chamber next year. The biggest shock of the night came out of Minnesota, where Rep. Ilhan Omar had an unexpectedly close contest in the Democratic primary that could rattle progressives who've leaned into police reform. Read more in our primary Tuesday recap. |
 | | Mandela Barnes leaves the voting area after casting his vote Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, at GreenTree Preparatory Academy in Milwaukee. Barnes is the Democratic candidate running for U.S. Senate. (Ebony Cox/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP) ORG XMIT: WIMIL210 | | Ebony Cox, AP | |
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FDA OKs new injection technique to improve monkeypox vaccine access |
| The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued an emergency use authorization for the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine so it can be available for adults as a so-called intradermal injection, which penetrates only the top layer of skin and allows health officials to conserve doses. The federal government has purchased and already allocated more than 600,000 Jynneos doses. States and localities can order additional vaccines once they have used 90% of the stock allocated to them. Read more |
| • | Trying everything: Doctors are looking to use smallpox vaccines to curb the epidemic. | | • | Monkeypox in children: Everything to know about symptoms, vaccines and treatments. | | • | Fact check: Monkeypox is not a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine, experts say. | | • | Related: The flu may be coming back with a vengeance, experts say, and children could be at risk. | |
 | | Healthcare and LGBTQ rights activists holds signs as they stage a protest outside of the San Francisco Federal Building on August 08, 2022 in San Francisco, California. | | Justin Sullivan, Getty Images | |
Latest consumer price index report to show inflation trends |
| The consumer price index (CPI) report for July is due on Wednesday. Thanks to help from lower gas and oil prices, economists expect headline inflation to ease to 8.7% year over year after it reached 9.1% in June, the highest in four decades. However, they expect the core rate which includes price changes for everything except food and energy to rise from June rates. And that core is expected to remain red hot, which could prompt the Federal Reserve to continue with aggressive rate hikes, economists say. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said the central bank needs to see a series of declining monthly core inflation readings before it would consider pausing its interest rate increases. Read more |
| • | Rent's the new gas: Surging rental prices become a top inflation worry. Who's hit hardest? | | • | Here's how the Inflation Reduction Act could save consumers money and protect the planet. | | • | ''Pure capitalism'': Republicans nix insulin price caps on private insurance in blow to Democrats. | |
 | | Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gives the thumbs up as he leaves the Senate Chamber after passage of the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol August 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. | | Drew Angerer, Getty Images | |
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 | | A man walks past a damaged pavement in Seoul Tuesday. | | ANTHONY WALLACE, AFP via Getty Images | |
Serena Williams returns to the court after announcing she'll soon retire |
| Serena Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, is set to play her first match since announcing her decision to retire from the sport in the coming weeks. Williams will end her career after the U.S. Open – a tournament she has won six times that is set to begin August 29. She will take on No. 12 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the second round of the National Bank Open in Toronto on Wednesday night. Williams, the 40-year-old, 23-time Grand Slam champion, made the announcement that she is stepping away from tennis in Vogue's September edition, saying "it's the hardest thing that I could ever imagine." Read more |
📷 Photo of the day: Serena Williams: Her career in photos 📷 |
| Serena Williams, one of the greatest and most accomplished athletes in the history of her — or any other — sport, wrote in an essay published in Vogue magazine that she does not like the word "retirement" and prefers to think of this stage of her life as "evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me." Read more |
| Click here to see more photos of Williams' career through the years. |
 | | 11 Sep 1999: Serena Williams poses with her trophy after winning the US Open at the USTA National Tennis Courts in Flushing Meadows, New York. | | Jamie Squire, Getty Images | |
| Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY. Send her an email at NFallert@usatoday.com or follow along with her musings on Twitter. Support journalism like this – subscribe to USA TODAY here. |
| Associated Press contributed reporting. |
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