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August 25, 2017

Perry K. Wong
Aug 25, 2017 · 3 min read

It’s finally Friday! In top news, hurricane season kicks off this weekend, with Hurricane Harvey projected to hit the coast of Texas and make by land late tonight or early Saturday. The storm is expected to bring up to three feet of rain along with 125 mile per hour winds, leading to large evacuations in cities like Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, President Trump continued to excoriate Congress for not approving a budget or raising of the federal debt ceiling.

In other news, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., approved the Justice Department’s request to review the record of visitors to a website organizing Inauguration Day protests; President Trump issued a memo to the Defense Department setting guidelines for the president’s ban on transgender troops; and the Detroit Tigers got into a good old fashion basebrawl with the New York Yankees during an afternoon game.

As always, have a great weekend and thanks for reading the newsletter.

Cheers,

The Wonks Team

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  • The U.S. Interior Department recommended for a reduction of the borders of designated national monuments in a move that would ease fishing and hunting on federally maintained lands, the Washington Post reports.

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