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Flash Briefing For September 18, 2018

The worst storm of the year hit this weekend (and it's not Florence), the medical community updates its policies to support trans youth, and Elon Musk is getting sued.

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Flash Briefing For September 17, 2018

The best and worst of TV premieres this fall, Hurricane Florence cleanup begins, and Paul Manafort reaches a plea deal.

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Flash Briefing For September 14, 2018

The FBI has a new secret letter about Brett Kavanaugh, immigrant parents coerced into forfeiting claims of asylum are getting a second chance, and some really devastating statistics about suicide and transgender youths.

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Flash Briefing For September 13, 2018

There's a suspicious money trail around the infamous Trump Tower meeting, Trump transferred money from FEMA to ICE ahead of hurricane season, and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris speaks out about *that* episode.

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Flash Briefing For September 12, 2018

Millions ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Florence approaches, Trump avoids another lawsuit, and a Kenyan filmmaker sues to get her film about same-sex love distributed.

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Flash Briefing For September 11, 2018

A Louisiana town bans Nike (sort of), BuzzFeed launches a new suicide prevention initiative, and a group of girls named Nicole became friends.

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Flash Briefing For September 7, 2018

Leaked emails conflict with Judge Brett Kavanaugh's testimony, the Trump administration is trying to change a court agreement that says immigrant children can't be detained for more than 20 days, Alex Jones gets booted from Twitter, and the Oscars ditch their newest category.

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Flash Briefing For September 6, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh gets asked about Roe V. Wade on day two of his hearing, Europe has a major anti-vaxxer problem, and Marco Rubio and Alex Jones have a lil spat.

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Flash Briefing For September 5, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing has started, Jon Kyl is named as John McCain's Senate successor, and the head of USA Gymnastics has resigned.

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Flash Briefing For August 31, 2018

The last Celebgate hacker gets sentenced, the FBI arrests the guy who violently threatened the Boston Globe, and Detroit shuts down the entire school district's water supply.

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Flash Briefing For August 29, 2018

A new Puerto Rico death toll number, Democrats don't want to focus on impeachment, Louis C.K. performs for the first time in ten months, and Erin Brockovich is at it again!

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Flash Briefing For August 28, 2018

We separate facts from fake news re: the Jacksonville shooting, engineers and programmers don't want to work at any tech giants anymore, and Antoni from Queer Eye is opening a diner.

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Flash Briefing For August 27, 2018

Do people actually care about plastic straw use? Turns out: yes! And we do a quick breakdown of the wild world of Australian politics.

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