Western US faces dangerously hot Labor Day
A new heat wave emerging ahead of the Labor Day weekend will put at least 55 million people from Southern California to the Northwest at risk of dangerous heat and fires. Huge swaths of the West could see temperatures surpass 100 degrees Fahrenheit, while the Southwest could endure heat above 110 degrees into the coming weekend, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). And throughout the weekend, these regions will find little relief even at night, the weather service warned. Phoenix is already sweltering
Read MoreSome Republicans drift from Trump as Democrats warm up to Biden
Some Republican candidates are trying to publicly distance themselves from former President Trump just as President Biden is beginning to see small signs of Democrats more openly embracing him. Trump-endorsed candidates including Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz and Arizona Attorney General nominee Abe Hamadeh have scrubbed aspects of Trump’s presence from their Twitter accounts following their primary victories. In Arizona, Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters removed language from his campaign website asserting that if the 2020 presidential election
Read MoreHillicon Valley — Lyft drivers, passengers sue over safety
Seventeen new lawsuits were filed against Lyft alleging that the company doesn’t protect riders and drivers from potential physical and sexual assault. In other news, the FBI is deploying a team of cybersecurity experts to Montenegro to investigate a massive cyberattack that hit the country’s critical infrastructure over the weekend. This is Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Send tips to The Hill’s
Read MoreUS troops involved in Afghanistan withdrawal to receive awards
The thousands of U.S. troops involved in last year’s withdrawal and evacuation from Afghanistan will be awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation or its equivalent, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Wednesday. The decision, made at President Biden's direction, means all units involved in the retrograde operation from Afghanistan — as well as those from 10 military installations that later housed more than 80,000 Afghan evacuees — will be awarded. Austin will also direct an expedited review of all units present at the evacuation a
Read MoreNotedDC — Classified material raises pressure on Garland
More pressure is building on Attorney General Merrick Garland to charge former President Trump after the Department of Justice (DOJ) asserted that documents at the former president's Florida estate were likely shielded from federal investigators. The DOJ’s most recent court filing, detailing how federal officials’ attempted to recover records and classified documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, revealed that Trump's team “likely concealed and removed” documents to obstruct the probe. The classified documents retri
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