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A Fulton County, Ga., grand jury suggested charges for a more sweeping group of allies of former President Trump — including three U.S. senators — as it evaluated charging recommendations for those involved with election interference after he lost the 2020 contest. Included among the list of recommended indictments were two former senators from Georgia who ran for reelection in 2020, former Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, as well as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Georgia Lt. Gov Burt Jones. The report, released in full Friday after a failed effort from Trump to bar its sharing, details the May charging recommendations from a group of 22 jurors tasked with hearing evidence in the case. After the report was partially released in February, the foreperson of the grand jury made news by suggesting it would include few surprises. The 28-page report in many ways aligns with the indictment filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), who brought charges against Trump and 18 co-defendants. But it includes some notable deviations, including recommending charges for Trump-aligned attorney Cleta Mitchell and for Michael Flynn, who briefly served as Trump’s national security adviser. Neither was ultimately included in the August indictment. The grand jury also recommended charges for Boris Epshteyn, a longtime aide to Trump, who was not charged by Willis but is listed as a not yet indicted co-conspirator in the federal Jan. 6 case. FULL REPORT

After months under seal, a report by the Georgia special grand jury that investigated whether any charges should be brought against former President Trump and a throng of co-defendants was released Friday. The report names 39 individuals whose actions following the 2020 presidential election were investigated over an alleged effort to subvert the state’s election results and keep Trump in the White House. While only 19 people were ultimately charged, the report offers insight into the sweeping investigation by Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (D), laying out a roadmap to the 41-count indictment handed up last month. Here are five takeaways from the full special grand jury report. Trump recommendations not unanimous None of the charging recommendations against Trump were unanimous, the report revealed. For each of the 10 recommendations to charge the former president, one dissenting vote was recorded; between 17 and 20 jurors voted to recommend indictment each time. A few abstentions were also recorded for the various votes. “The Georgia Grand Jury report has just been released,” Trump wrote Friday on Truth Social. “It has ZERO credibility and badly taints Fani Willis and this whole political Witch Hunt.” FULL STORY

A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled several government entities including the White House, the FBI, the Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention likely violated the First Amendment by pressuring social media companies to moderate their content on misinformation surrounding vaccines. In a decision issued Friday evening, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said government actors “likely coerced or encouraged” social media companies to moderate their content, affirming a decision by a lower court with respect to the White House, the FBI, the CDC and the Surgeon General. The three judges issuing the decision were all appointed by Republicans. The decision represents a significant win for conservatives who have long argued the government has gone too far in pressuring social media companies to make content decisions in lockstep with government opinion. At the same time, the court largely vacated an injunction by a lower court that prohibited the government from contacting social media companies about their content, ruling the previous injunction was both too broad and vague. It issued a modified injunction that prohibits parts of the government from coercing or significantly encouraging a social media platform’s content moderation decisions. It said this conduct would include threats of adverse consequences, even if those threats were not verbalized or did not materialize, “so long as a reasonable person would construe a government’s message as alluding to some form of punishment.” FULL STORY

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken part in a ceremony to reveal what Pyongyang says is its first submarine capable of launching nuclear weapons. State media said the sub strengthened the country's nuclear deterrent by "leaps and bounds". It has been named Hero Kim Kun Ok after a North Korean naval officer and historical figure. A submarine capable of firing nuclear weapons has long been on the list of weapons North Korea wants to build. In photographs released by state media, Mr Kim is seen standing in a shipyard, surrounded by naval officers, and overshadowed by an enormous black submarine. He is quoted as saying that the sub will be one of the navy's main means of "underwater offensive." "The nuclear attack submarine, which has been a symbol of aggression against our nation for the past few decades, now symbolises our threatening power that strikes fear into our unscrupulous enemies," he said. FULL STORY

Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, says she will seek re-election next November. Mrs Pelosi, 83, was first elected to her San Francisco district in 1987, before serving two terms as speaker between 2007-2011 and 2019-2023. She led House Democrats for two decades before standing down as leader after Republicans won last year's election. Her decision to run again is sure to reignite debate about the age of US political leaders. "Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our recovery," Ms Pelosi wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Our country needs America to show the world that our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for ALL. That is why I am running for re-election - and respectfully ask for your vote." Mrs Pelosi is the first woman in US history to serve as speaker of the House and has played a critical role in advancing - or thwarting - the agendas of multiple presidents. She is widely credited with marshalling the passage of former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare legislation, as well as bills to address infrastructure and climate change under incumbent President Joe Biden. FULL STORY

Elon Musk says he refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to avoid complicity in a "major act of war". Kyiv had sent an emergency request to activate Starlink to Sevastopol, home to a major Russian navy port, he said. His comments came after a book alleged he had switched off Starlink to thwart a drone attack on Russian ships. A senior Ukrainian official says this enabled Russian attacks and accused him of "committing evil". Russian naval vessels had since taken part in deadly attacks on civilians, he said. "By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military (!) fleet via Starlink interference, Elon Musk allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities," he said. "Why do some people so desperately want to defend war criminals and their desire to commit murder? And do they now realize that they are committing evil and encouraging evil?" he added. The row follows the release of a biography of the billionaire by Walter Isaacson which alleges that Mr Musk switched off Ukraine's access to Starlink because he feared that an ambush of Russia's naval fleet in Crimea could provoke a nuclear response from the Kremlin. FULL STORY

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It can be a bit daunting trying to get in the recommended amount of exercise each week, which for adults is at least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or at least 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Everyone should do daily activity and exercise for at least 30 to 40 continuous minutes” to improve both physical and mental health, Dr. Jay Lee, an internal medicine physician with Kaiser Permanente, tells Yahoo Life. But something as simple as walking can help you reach those exercise goals. “Walking can be one of the best ways to achieve this daily exercise,” says Lee. It doesn’t require any special equipment, can be done indoors or outdoors, and can be performed alone or in a group. It’s also easy to change the intensity of your exercise simply by changing where or how fast you walk. Unlike other forms of exercise, it’s possible to combine walking with other activities, such as running errands or participating in a work meeting by phone. Although most people have heard that they should walk 10,000 steps a day, many experts don’t think it’s necessary to walk that much. Dr. Ann Hester, internist and author of Patient Empowerment 101, tells Yahoo Life that “aiming for at least 7,000 to 8,000 steps a day” can help meet the WHO’s guidelines for physical activity. However, other studies show that some health benefits start to accrue with as few as 4,000 steps or 10 minutes of walking. What do studies say about walking’s impact on health? It may reduce the risk of dementia. A study published in JAMA Neurology found that taking 9,800 steps may be “optimal” to lower the risk of developing dementia. However, the study found that taking as few as 3,800 steps per day may lower the risk of dementia by 25%. Walking may help you live longer. A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that older women taking about 4,400 steps per day had a 41% lower risk of dying. Another study, this one published in JAMA Network Open, found that taking 7,000 steps a day was linked to a 50% to 70% lower risk of mortality. Yet another study, this one published in Nature, found that walking briskly for as little as 10 minutes a day may lower your biological age by 16 years and help you live up to 20 years longer. FULL ARTICLE

A new poll from CNN is providing bad news for the White House and President Biden, who scores just a 39 percent approval rating a little more than a year before Election Day. Sixty-one percent disapprove of Biden’s job performance in the poll, and his approval rating is down from 45 percent in CNN’s polling at the beginning of the year. The poll also finds former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is the only GOP presidential candidate who is leading in a hypothetical matchup with Biden.The CNN poll, conducted by SSRS, found that Haley led Biden 49 percent to 43 percent, while every other major Republican candidate remains neck-and-neck with him. Those results are good news for Haley, a former United Nations ambassador under President Trump who is looking to build on a strong performance in the first GOP presidential debate late last month to challenge her former boss for the Republican nomination. Haley is far behind Trump in polls of Republican primary voters, however, underscoring the uphill climb she faces. Still, the CNN poll suggests she’d be a better general election GOP nominee against Biden than her competition — a potential talking point as she makes her case in Iowa, New Hampshire and other early primary and caucus states. A couple other GOP candidates were ahead of Biden in the CNN head-to-head polling. FULL STORY

GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said former President Trump’s latest attack makes him “really concerned for his mental health.” “When he says stuff like that about somebody who supported him in 2016, prepared him for the debates with Hillary Clinton, supported him in 2020 and prepared him for the debates with Joe Biden — if I was so useless and dumb and deranged, how did all that stuff happen?” Christie said late Wednesday on Newsmax’s “The Balance” with host Eric Bolling. “It’s sad. He’s under a lot of stress and a lot of pressure, and saying these things makes me really concerned for his mental health,” Christie added. Christie was responding to a handful of attacks Trump dished out during a radio interview on the “Hugh Hewitt Show” early Wednesday. Trump called Christie a “crazed lunatic” and took shots at him over his time as New Jersey governor. “I couldn’t care less. I think he’s not a very smart person,” Trump said when asked about whether he is “afraid” Christie will come after him. “I think he’s a very disturbed person. He and maybe deranged Jack Smith should get together for dinner.” Christie also said Trump did not think he was unqualified when he asked him to be a part of his administration numerous times. “I feel bad for Donald. I really do. You know, he’s on there saying that I’m not very smart, that I’m very deranged,” he said. FULL STORY

Former President Trump slammed former Vice President Mike Pence for his recent criticism of his call to “terminate” parts of the Constitution, accusing his former running mate of making up “absolutely false” stories about him. “Was just watching Mike Pence make up stories about me, which are absolutely false,” Trump wrote Wednesday in a Truth Social post. “I never said for him to put me before the Constitution – I don’t talk that way, and wouldn’t even think to suggest it.” While speaking in New Hampshire on Wednesday, Pence had called on Republicans to reject the “siren song of populism” promoted by Trump and his followers. The former vice president argued that those who favor populism over conservatism erode constitutional norms, and pointed to Trump’s call last year to “terminate” parts of the Constitution, which the former president later tried to walk back. Trump went on to claim Pence “failed badly on calling out voter fraud” in the 2020 presidential election. The former president has long argued that Pence had the authority to overturn the election results, a claim Pence has repeatedly rejected. In a separate post Wednesday, Trump called out the former vice president for going to the “dark side” ahead of the 2024 presidential election. “For 7 years Mike Pence only spoke well of me. Now he’s decided to go to the ‘Dark Side.’ Why didn’t he do this years before, just like why didn’t DOJ [Department of Justice] and Deranged Jack Smith bring these fake indictments three years ago,” Trump wrote. “Why did they wait until the middle of my campaign where I am beating DeSanctiminouoius and all others badly, and beating Biden in almost every Poll?” FULL STORY

Former Trump aide Peter Navarro has been convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to co-operate with an inquiry into efforts to overturn the 2020 election result. Prosecutors said Navarro acted "above the law" by ignoring a subpoena from a congressional investigation. He faces up to a year in prison for each of the two contempt counts. Another key Trump ally, former strategist Steve Bannon, was convicted last year of contempt of Congress. Outside the court in Washington DC on Thursday, Navarro said it was a "sad day for America", vowing to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. "This is the first time in the history of our republic," he said, "that a senior White House adviser, an alter ego of the president, has ever been charged with this alleged crime." He argued that the Department of Justice had had a policy for more than 50 years that senior White House advisers could not be compelled to testify before Congress. "Yet they brought the case," Navarro said. He was found guilty by the 12-member jury after four hours of deliberations, following a trial that lasted two days. As well as an appeal, Navarro's lawyers are motioning for a mistrial, alleging that jurors went outside court during their deliberations and encountered protesters. Navarro, who served as senior trade adviser to former President Donald Trump, was served with a subpoena by a US House of Representatives select committee in February 2022. But he did not hand over any of the requested emails or documents or appear to testify before the Democratic-led panel. FULL STORY

German and Israeli officials have condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for comments he made about Jews and the Nazi Holocaust in a speech. Mr Abbas said Adolf Hitler ordered the mass murder of Jews because of their "social role" as moneylenders, rather than out of animosity to Judaism. Israel's ambassador to the UN accused him of "pure antisemitism". "History is clear," Germany's Ramallah mission said. "Millions of lives were erased - this cannot be relativized." "We strive to promote a dignified and accurate memory of the victims." The German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, added: "The Palestinians deserve to hear the historical truth from their leader, not such distortions." Hitler used the Jewish people as a scapegoat for Germany's ills. He also considered them an inferior race which had to be exterminated. The Palestinian president, who is 87, has previously been denounced by Jewish groups as a Holocaust denier for his doctoral thesis on the Nazis and Zionism. Yet over the years, he has continued to give long, rambling speeches expounding his offensive views. His address to the Fatah Revolutionary Council was made last month and later aired on Palestine TV. His remarks were then translated and publicised by the Middle East Media Research Institute on Wednesday. The translation has been verified by BBC News. "They say that Hitler killed the Jews for being Jews, and that Europe hated the Jews because they were Jews. No. It was clearly explained that they fought them because of their social role and not their religion," Mr Abbas says at one point. Later, he specifies that he was referring to the role of Jews involving "usury, money and so on". FULL STORY

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India or Bharat? As the history books show, this is a question that goes back centuries. As India prepares to host the G20 summit this weekend, state-issued invitations sent to world leaders using the word “Bharat” have ignited rumours that Narendra Modi’s nationalist government might plan to phase out the English name. Some have declared it a triumphant move to finally throw off colonial chains, others have called it a disastrous vanity project by the prime minister. In 1947, when British rule was finally overthrown, India ostensibly had three coexisting names, each with its own history, connotation and legitimacy. There was India, a name thought to have its origins in Sanskrit, referring to the Indus River that runs through the north of the country. It was first used in different iterations by the Persians, the ancient Greeks and Romans more than 2,000 years ago and was widely adopted by British maps in the 18th century to refer to the territory in the subcontinent under British rule. There was Hindustan, the name used by the Persians, the Greeks, Delhi sultans and the Mughals for hundreds of years to refer to a large stretch of the north and centre of the subcontinent. Finally there was Bharat, a name that is traced back to an ancient Sanskrit text, the Rig Veda – written around 1500BC – which mentions the Bharata clan as one of the principal tribes occupying an area now known as north India. It is also the name of a legendary king that appears in the Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata, who Hindus claim was the father of the Indian racFor Jawaharlal Nehru, the anti-colonial leader who would go on to be India’s first prime minister, his country was all three. In his seminal book, The Discovery of India, written in 1944 after being jailed by the British, he stated: “Often, as I wandered from meeting to meeting, I spoke to my audiences of this India of ours, of Hindustan and of Bharata, the old Sanskrit name derived from the mythical founders of the race.” FULL STORY

A Canadian trans teacher who became infamous for wearing massive prosthetic Z-cup breasts to class was photographed arriving to school dressed as a man. Kayla Lemieux has claimed to be suffering from a condition called "gigantomastia," which is a "rare condition" during which one's breasts "become excessively large," according to the Cleveland Clinic. But when Lemieux arrived to Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School in Hamilton, Ontario, for a planning day before students arrive on Tuesday, the teacher was dressed as a man and ditched the massive breasts. Lemieux was spotted by photographers driving a Mazda SUV, and the New York Post reported the teacher was "given a police escort" to the school. Lemieux was sporting a noticeable beard. TRANS TEACHER KNOWN FOR MASSIVE PROSTHETIC BREASTS RETURNING TO CANADIAN CLASSROOM Follow the links provided for more.

Special counsel David Weiss will seek to indict Hunter Biden before the end of this month, the prosecutor said in a court filing updating a judge on his investigation into the president’s son’s failure to pay taxes. “The Speedy Trial Act requires that the Government obtain the return of an indictment by a grand jury by Friday, September 29, 2023, at the earliest,” Weiss wrote. “The Government intends to seek the return of an indictment in this case before that date.” The filing from Weiss comes as a plea deal with Biden fell apart before it could be approved by a judge. Biden was prepared to plead guilty to two counts of willful failure to pay taxes as well as enter a diversion program relating to a failure to acknowledge drug use when purchasing a gun. But the agreement collapsed as it was reviewed by a judge, with prosecutors and attorneys for Biden left unclear of the extent the president’s son would be immune to prosecution on other matters. Weiss — the U.S. attorney for Delaware who was shortly thereafter appointed as a special counsel in the case — subsequently notified the court he may seek to file charges against Biden in other venues, including Washington, D.C., and California. Both locations were pointed to by IRS officials who have since spoken with congressional investigators as whistleblowers as locations where the Justice Department was able to gather stronger evidence of tax crimes. FULL STORY

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vowed Wednesday to keep his job as Senate Republican leader at least through 2024 and to finish his seventh Senate term, which runs through 2026, despite recent health problems. “I have no announcements to make on that subject,” McConnell, who is 81, told reporters when asked about calls from fellow conservatives to step down as Senate Republican leader. “I’m going to finish my term as leader and I’m going to finish my Senate term,” McConnell declared. He made his statement after the National Review, a high-profile conservative magazine, called on McConnell in an editorial last week to “step aside.” “McConnell has noticeably aged since his bad fall in March, when he sustained a concussion and a broken rib, and he should want, for his own sake and that of his colleagues, to go out on his own terms,” the magazine’s editors wrote Aug. 31. Longtime political commentator Bill O’Reilly, a former Fox News anchor, also said Aug. 31 that “McConnell should resign tomorrow.” McConnell pointed to a letter from the Capitol’s attending physician, Dr. Brian Monahan, when asked by reporters Wednesday to discuss two recent incidents when he froze while speaking to television cameras. FULL STORY

A judge denied a request Wednesday from attorneys representing former President Donald Trump, his family and his business to delay a business fraud trial in New York scheduled for Oct. 2 in New York. Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling came a day after the aforementioned attorneys’ request. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) brought the charges against Trump, his family and his business last year, claiming that the former president inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion for lower taxes and better insurance coverage. “While this is just the tip of a much larger iceberg of deception Plaintiff is prepared to expose at trial — which would result in carving off billions more from Mr. Trump’s net worth — it is more than sufficient to permit this Court to rule as a matter of law that each [statement of financial conditions] from 2011 to 2021 was false or misleading,” James wrote. A later appeals court ruling released Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, from the suit. The ruling also found some of the business fraud counts fall outside the statute of limitations under New York law. Trump’s attorneys accused James of ignoring the appeals court decision and asked for a possible delay until a judge considered both sides’ motions for summary judgment. “A trial of this magnitude should not begin in chaos,” the Tuesday filing from Trump’s legal team read. “The Court and the Defendants are entitled to know the claims and issues to be tried sufficiently in advance to prepare adequately for trial.” FULL STORY

A Yamaha baby grand piano used by late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury to compose some of the group's most iconic hits sold at auction for £1.7m. The final sale came slightly below estimates but was nonetheless a record for a composer's piano, auctioneers Sotheby's said. Thousands of items belonging to Mercury were sold during a live auction on Wednesday after weeks on display. Several further auctions, including two live sessions, are to follow. Items to sell early in the auction included the door of his Garden Lodge home in west London for £412,750, including buyer's premium and fees - far in excess of the £15,000-25,000 estimate. Mercury fronted the UK band whose mix of glam rock, heavy metal and camp theatrics made them one of the most popular bands of the 1970s. FULL STORY

US President Joe Biden's administration has cancelled oil and gas leases in an Alaskan wildlife refuge. The interior department said revoking the drilling leases granted under ex-President Donald Trump would preserve 13 million acres of wilderness. But Mr Biden has not reversed his recent approval of an $8bn (£6.4bn) drilling project in the same region. The refuge is home to grizzly and polar bears, caribou and migratory birds - and an estimated 11bn barrels of oil. "We have a responsibility to protect this treasured region for all ages," Mr Biden, a Democrat, said in a statement on Wednesday. The decision would protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, he said, and honour "the culture, history, and enduring wisdom of Alaska Natives who have lived on these lands since time immemorial". The decision drew praise from some local tribespeople. The Arctic Village and Venetie Tribal governments said it was "a significant step towards true, meaningful protection of these lands that are so vital to the survival of our people now and into the future". But Republicans in the state said the move would harm Alaska Native groups who might have benefited economically from the drilling projects. Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan said at the US Capitol in Washington DC: "[Biden administration officials] love to talk about racial equity, racial justice, environmental justice, taking care of people of colour, but one big exception - the Indigenous people of Alaska. They screw them every time." FULL STORY

Mexico's supreme court has decriminalised abortion nationwide. The judgement comes two years after the court ruled in favour of a challenge to the existing law in the northern state of Coahuila. It had ruled that criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies were unconstitutional. Mexico's states and the federal government had since been slow to repeal penal codes. The new ruling legalises abortion across all 32 states. The supreme court said the denial of the possibility of a termination violated the human rights of women. "In cases of rape, no girl can be forced to become a mother - neither by the state nor by her parents nor her guardians," said the head of the supreme court, Arturo Zaldívar. "Here, the violation of her rights is more serious, not only because of her status as a victim, but also because of her age, which makes it necessary to analyse the issue from the perspective of the best interests of minors." The judgement opens the door for the federal healthcare system to provide abortions. It has been welcomed by women's rights groups. Mexico City was the first of the country's states to decriminalise abortion in 2007 and a dozen others followed suit. But in addition to a lack of facilities to carry out the procedure, "many women don't know that they have this right because local governments have not carried out publicity campaigns about it", women's rights activist Sara Lovera told AFP news agency. "That's why today's decision of the Supreme Court is important." FULL STORY

California's legislature has become the first in the US to approve a bill banning caste discrimination. Legislators said the measure would protect people of South Asian descent who allege unfair treatment. The governor must now decide whether to sign the bill into law. Seattle became the first US city to ban caste discrimination in February. The caste system in India dates back over 3,000 years and divides Hindu society into rigid hierarchical groups. The measure, which passed on Tuesday by 31-5, was sponsored by Democratic state senator Aisha Wahab, who said it would add caste as a protected category in the state's anti-discrimination laws alongside gender, race, religion and disability. The divisive debate over California's anti-caste bill Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination Why the West is reckoning with caste bias now "We shined a light on a long-hidden form of discrimination thousands of years old, invisible shackles on the wrist of millions of people," said Ms Wahab, who is the first Muslim and Afghan-American woman elected to the state legislature. Five Republican state senators voted against the legislation, arguing that discrimination was already illegal under state law. FULL STORY