Flash Briefs

The Chicago Police Department was so understaffed in 2021 that more than half of high-priority emergency service calls were not answered.

On Wednesday, The West Virginia Coal Association and other state-based coal industry groups blasted the tax and spending deal that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced last week, warning it will “severely threaten American coal” and an estimated 381,000 jobs.

Regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic closing government offices, the federal workforce increased to a record level over the past two years.

Days after Iran’s state media implied a nuclear threat against the United States, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi reportedly might attend next month’s United Nations General Assembly session in New York City.  

Recently, The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. was rededicated with a new Wall of Remembrance, introducing the names of nearly 43,000 U.S. servicemembers and South Korean allies who perished during combat. 

Certain U.S. cities have consistently battled violent crime, particularly homicide, throughout the past three decades: Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York City.

Several nations have enforced regulations on the agriculture industry, such as limits on nitrogen emissions, which have drawn criticism from farmers in those countries.

After Taiwan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is due to visit South Korea and Japan, both key U.S. security partners in Asia. 

A Wikipedia administrator has taken action to pause edits to Wikipedia’s “Recession” page by unregistered users up until early August to halt “vandalism” and “malicious” content after the page was amended 41 times over the past seven days. 

China has suspended imports from 35 Taiwanese exporters of biscuits and pastries.