News Recap - August 20, 2024

Highlighted news events from August 19, 2024

Each day is packed with events happening all over the world. Cut through the noise so you can stay on top of what matters most.

Election 2024

• The Dem National Convention continues. Former President Barack Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, casting her as is heir, while former first lady Michelle Obama dealt verbal attacks at former President Donald Trump. [More]

• The Harris campaign has raised nearly $500 million in the past month. (Meanwhile, donors across the United States deny ever making donations to ActBlue.)

• A court has ruled that New York’s early mail in voting law is constitutional. [More]

Domestic

• The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $3.5 billion sale of helicopters, related equipment, and missiles to South Korea. [More]

• A federal judge in Texas blocked a Biden administration rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers to prevent them from joining their employers' competitors or starting competing businesses. [More]

International

• Superyacht sinks, 6 missing. They are presumed dead after their yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. Among them are tech magnate Mike Lynch and Morgan Stanley executive Jonathan Bloomer.

• India and Japan are holding security talks in New Delhi to strengthen their partnership in the Indo-Pacific, amid the threat of China.

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