As of this week, @Militarydotcom as we knew it is effectively dead. Talented journalists and other guild members were fired Wednesday evening, and others have been pushed out. Several who are gone are veterans. (1/4)

Number of first responders, others with 9/11-linked cancer skyrockets to nearly 50,000. Read today's cover here: trib.al/6EKrFET

NEW: 12-acres of Central Park's Great Lawn will be closed until at least April 2024 following damage from Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 23 - per Gale Brewer. "The combination of heavy rain, foot traffic, and machinery used for staging destroyed one-third of the Great Lawn."

Today we will lead the world in commemorating the 22nd anniversary of 9/11. Twenty-two years after the day that changed our world forever, we will come together to read aloud the names of those lost. Join us live: ow.ly/SRN250PIw2N

In DC court today, Judge Chutkan has rejected both Trump and the DOJ’s proposed trial dates. (April 2026 and Jan. 2024, respectively.) Chutkan noted that setting a trial date would “not depend and should not depend on the defendants personal or professional obligations.”

“If Ukraine is not helped then Russia will not stop in Ukraine or Moldova” Moldovan President @sandumaiamd says “Ukraine needs to get more support… The security of the continent &… the international rules-based system” is at stake Our interview airs 7pCET @cnni & tonight @PBS

Meet the tiny State Department offices clearing billions of dollars’ worth of weapons for Ukraine | They’ve handled a 150-fold increase in work by doing in hours what used to take months. buff.ly/47LonbI

Today time stands still at 8:50 a.m. ET. No One Left Behind stops to remember the lives lost in the 2021 Kabul Airport attack. Though two years have passed, our hearts have not forgotten the 13 U.S. service members who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Here's today's official booking photo of former President Donald Trump. This is the first mug shot from his four indictments this year. #gapol

Dozens of websites are using AI chatbots to copy and repurpose articles from NYT, CNN and Reuters, @rachelmetz reports bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board also dead bbc.in/44gN116

“To create a snapshot of the absurd gantlet our former friends and allies have to run, I gathered quotations from text messages and emails that they sent to my organization, [@n1leftbehind], seeking help,” Annie Yu Kleiman writes in a guest opinion. wapo.st/445PNGh

Veteran and service member suicide continues to happen. Doing 22 push ups a day accomplishes nothing. It’s not raising awareness; everyone already knows. It would be more helpful to pick up the phone and check on friends. People who recently ETS’d or are going through hardship

What’s happened in Afghanistan 2 years after the fall of Kabul taskandpurpose.com/news/afgh…

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Veterans and survivors now have until Monday, August 14, 2023, 11:59PM to file your PACT Act claim—or submit your intent to file—and be eligible for benefits backdated to August 10, 2022. Take advantage of this extension and file now: va.gov/PACT

Lahaina -- all the buildings in red are destroyed (from Wall Street Journal) wsj.com/articles/hawaii-maui…

The Maui fire that tore through Lahaina is one of the worst wildfire disasters in US history. The town of 12,000 people is virtually destroyed, with at least 53 dead and many more missing. More than 1,700 structures have been destroyed, including entire neighborhoods. Maui is in great need of outside assistance. Imagery via @Maxar

New video from Front Street shows virtually all of downtown Lahaina has been burned down.

Today, let us stop and share this moment to honor our brave men and women who were wounded in battle or made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. #PurpleHeartDay

It's time American public school teachers got a raise.