New testimony in Georgia's Trump investigation

Georgia Gov. Kemp must testify in Georgia election probe; unrelenting monsoon rains leave Pakistan under water.

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Georgia governor will testify in Trump election case

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• A federal judge has rejected Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s efforts to block a subpoena requiring him to testify before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s interference in the 2020 election. [Washington Post / Amy B Wang and Ann E. Marimow]
• Gov. Kemp argued that immunity protected him from the subpoena, which he claims is politically motivated as he faces Democrat Stacey Abrams in his re-election bid for Georgia governor. The judge delayed Kemp’s testimony until after the November 8 election. [NBC News / Dareh Gregorian, Charlie Gile, Blayne Alexander]
• Prosecutors want to know about Trump pressuring Georgia election officials to find enough votes to overturn President Joe Biden’s narrow victory there. [Associated Press / Kate Brumback]
• In December 2020, Kemp angered the former president when he refused to help appoint a new set of pro-Trump electors in Georgia. [New York Times / Richard Fausset]
• A judge is expected to rule on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) claim that legislative immunity protects him from complying with the Georgia grand jury’s subpoena this week. [USA Today / Kevin Johnson]

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Pakistan floods displace 3 million

• Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,000 people and stranded millions since June. [Washington Post / Shaiq Hussain, Haq Nawaz Khan, and Susannah George]
• The country is facing its eighth cycle of monsoon rains this year; it usually sees three or four per year. The unrelenting rains led to flooding, which has overwhelmed roads and wiped away half a million homes. [CNN / Sophia Saifi and Kathleen Magramo]
• Climate change is melting glaciers in northern Pakistan faster than usual, worsening the rain’s impact. [Guardian / Martin Farrer]
• Roughly half a million people are in relief camps as international aid began arriving. On Tuesday, the UN is expected to appeal for further assistance. [AP / Munir Ahmed]

Monday, NASA delayed the Artemis 1’s mission to the moon after engineers faced several issues. The next launch window is September 2. [Vox / Rebecca Heilweil]

• The last member of an isolated indigenous group in Brazil died of natural causes at age 60. [BBC / Vanessa Buschschlüter]
• According to a new study, Greenland’s melting ice sheet will raise sea levels nearly a foot by 2100 — even if greenhouse gas emissions stopped today. [Washington Post / Chris Mooney]
• On Monday, Ukraine announced a counter-offensive to take back Russian-held regions in the country’s south. [Reuters]

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“I have never in my life seen such rains and the floodwaters. We thought these were our last hours before death.”

[Bashir Ahmed Mallah, a 62-year-old farmer in Sindh, Pakistan / Washington Post]

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