An American soldier was kicked out of the Army but fled to North Korea instead of going home. And are more charges coming for Trump? He thinks so. |
👋 Hey there! Laura Davis here. It's time for Tuesday's news. |
US soldier detained in North Korea |
An American soldier was arrested in North Korea after sneaking across the border, and he may have done so on a tour bus. The soldier was being sent back to the United States to be kicked out of the Army after a conviction for assault, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. He was taken to an airport but returned through the security checkpoint and made his way to the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in the company of a tour group. The bizarre incident comes as tensions in the region have spiked over North Korea's continued launch of ballistic missiles. 👉 Here's everything we know. | The truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea, shown in 2022. Kim Hong-Ji, AP |
Heat wave engulfs Southwest, Gulf Coast |
Another scorcher. Heat warnings and advisories were in effect Tuesday for more than 90 million Americans as record-breaking temperatures swept across the South with little relief in sight. Phoenix, no stranger to extreme summer conditions, even set a new record: It has now endured 19 straight days with high temperatures of at least 110 degrees, the National Weather Service said. 🌡 Here's a look at the whole picture. |
💧 Water check: When was the last time you had some water to drink? Stop everything right now, and go grab a cup! Thank you. 😊 | Phoenix Zoo senior keeper Ron Pohl sprays cooling water on a Galapagos Tortoise to offer some relief from the extreme heatwave in central Arizona on July 18, 2023. Tuesday is the 19th day in a row of temperatures of 110 degrees or more which sets a new record. Rob Schumacher, Arizona Republic via USA TODAY NETWORK |
What everyone's talking about |
Biden's new mass student loan forgiveness plan begins |
Last summer, President Joe Biden laid out his plan to forgive student loan debt for more than 40 million borrowers. On Tuesday, with that plan undone by the Supreme Court, a very different process for erasing debt on such a wide scale begins. It's expected to take several months, if not longer. The resulting rule may also face legal challenges, which could drag things out further. In any case, what's typically a sleepy process only insiders follow is expected to garner unprecedented attention – and the stakes are high. 👉 Here's a rough guide to how things might unfold. |
Trump predicts another arrest, indictment |
Could Donald Trump be indicted again soon? In a statement on Tuesday, the former president said he's a target of a federal investigation into the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, and could be indicted soon on charges related to efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. In the statement, Trump said special counsel Jack Smith sent a letter "giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment." The former president, who has already been indicted twice this year, did not say whether he would appear before this grand jury, nor did he detail what specific charges may be pending. 🔎 Here's what we know. | | | | The young children, siblings from South Carolina, were ripped from their family's arms as they struggled to get to safety on Saturday. | | | | Nessel previously referred to the feds her probe into the group of Republicans who tried to award the state's Electoral College votes to Trump. | | | | The Coast Guard offloaded the haul of cocaine and marijuana worth an estimated $158 million on Monday at a port in San Diego. | | | | "There's going to be a good buzz," Danielle Geralds said of her all-expenses-paid wedding, happening on Oct. 5. "Everything will be heavily labeled." | | | | House Democrats will send a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Jim Jordan to disinvite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify in a hearing. | | | | No one won last night's Powerball jackpot causing the it to grow to an estimated $1 billion. Here are the winning numbers for July 17, 2023. | | | | A little-noticed provision of sweeping legislation to reauthorize the FAA would make it easier to fly human organs from donor to recipient. | | | | Frontier's anniversary sale runs through July 20 for travel through mid-November. | | | | The video of the Bidens was captured two days after cocaine was found at the White House. | | | | Mat Ishbia is building Michigan's largest occupied house, complete with an amusement park in Bloomfield Township. | | | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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