LETTER

The News

August 24, 2017

Perry K. Wong
Aug 24, 2017 · 3 min read

It’s Thursday. In headline news, President Trump continued his end-of-summer tour of the west by giving another speech in Reno, Nevada before the American Legion on the need for national unity after threatening to shutdown the government in an effort to urge Congress to approve funding for his border wall.

In other news, the Federal Trade Commission approved Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods; a federal judge in Texas threw out the state’s voter ID law for discriminating against minority voters; and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill came up short of throwing a perfect game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after the team committed an error in the ninth inning and losing a no-hitter bid by surrendering a homerun to hitter Josh Harrison in the tenth.

As always, good luck on the day ahead and thanks for reading Wonks This Way.

Cheers,

The Wonks Team

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  • The New York Times writes about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, explaining how war and the destruction of the country’s weak economy and infrastructure has created the largest cholera epidemic since the outbreak in Haiti in 2010.
  • NPR reports on the resurgence of France’s salt industry, noting the growing demand for sea salt harvested manually off the country’s coasts due to changing tastes and preferred methods for food preservation.

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