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In today’s briefing: Lawmakers reconvene in Washington after a month’s break, with averting a government shutdown high on their list. Meanwhile, China is gearing up for a military parade that is sure to garner attention for its notable visitors and weaponry displays.
Here’s what to know today.
Congress is back from its summer recess to address numerous challenges, such as avoiding a government shutdown, proceeding with votes on President Donald Trump’s nominees, and revisiting disputes around the Jeffrey Epstein documents.
Last Friday, the White House informed legislators of its intention to cut $4.9 billion in federal funding through “pocket rescission”—a controversial method that lets the president nullify funding within a short time frame, circumventing Congress’s input and approval.
While lawmakers from both parties criticize the technique, tensions are also high at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after several departures following leader Susan Monarez’s dismissal. This has led some Republicans to push Trump’s sub-Cabinet nominees forward using a “nuclear option.”
Besides tackling staffing vacancies in this key health agency, there’s also mounting pressure to disseminate the Epstein files. Representatives Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., intend to hold a press conference with Epstein’s abuse survivors. They introduced legislation in July to compel the Justice Department to release these files, but they claim the administration is dragging its feet.
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China to stage a ‘show of force’ with grand military parade
China is preparing to exhibit its military might with a grand parade on Wednesday, attended by leaders from Russia and North Korea. This elaborate “Victory Day” event commemorates 80 years since Japan’s surrender in World War II. For the first time, it will see Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and Vladimir Putin convening in a unified front against the United States.
Leaders from the United States and other Western governments have declined to attend, partly because of the presence of Putin.
The parade comes amid heightened military tensions in the region as China clashes with neighbors in the South China Sea and the U.S. and its allies brace for potential conflict over Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy that Beijing claims as its territory.
The event will involve more than 100 aircraft, hundreds and ground armaments and some equipment being revealed for the first time, according to the Chinese government. Many military observers will be eyeing the parade for any new intercontinental ballistic missiles and drones.
This will be China’s first military parade since 2019 and its third under Xi.
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Read All About It
- Trump said he plans to award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, just two days after the former New York City mayor was injured in a car accident.
- Over 1,000 people died in a treacherous landslide that leveled a village in western Sudan.
- Piotr Szczerek, the CEO of a paving company, apologized after he was seen on a viral video taking a hat signed by tennis player Kamil Majchrzak from a child during the U.S. Open.
- An evidentiary hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, is expected on Oct. 6 as the legal battle over his status in the U.S. continues.
- A football player at the U.S. Military Academy and his father pulled a man out of a burning vehicle in a life-saving effort after witnessing the aftermath of a car crash.
Staff Pick: Giving AI back the human touch
First, we were told artificial intelligence was coming for everyone’s jobs, and then came data to support the trend of AI replacements in certain sectors. Now we are learning what many critics have often said: There’s just no replacement for the human touch. It was fascinating to read from Angela Yang’s reporting the sort of cyclic period we’ve found ourselves in, from investing in AI to it make things faster, quicker and easier. We’re nearly back at square one in some instances, hiring humans to correct the small but salient mistakes automated assistants make. Rather than moving towards a world of full replacement of processes, the story challenges us to think more critically about how AI and humans can — and should — work symbiotically.
— Kaylah Jackson, platforms editor
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