Tracy Lee

AP @cbsnews Foreign Desk. Previously:@Newsweek, Foreign Policy Association, Freelancer in Brazil, @NY1, Former UN Correspondent. Traveler.

[Vera Bergengruen @VeraMBergen]

NEW: Wearing a wig and a disguise, Maria Corina Machado evaded 10 military checkpoints to reach a small fishing skiff that would take her out of Venezuela to Curaçao.

The group alerted the US military: “We coordinated that she was going to leave by a specific area so that they would not blow up the boat."

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The Trump administration has promised to distribute food aid before it spoils. But 500 tons of emergency food in a U.S. warehouse are about to expire and are slated for the incinerator, @hanamkiros reports. https://t.co/SpN7gah010

[Texas Monthly @TexasMonthly]

“The river house broke. We rushed in the river.”

On July 4, the Guadalupe River pulled senior editor Aaron Parsley and six members of his family into its waters. Read his firsthand account: https://t.co/Lcpm4fP2J1

[ProPublica @propublica]

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://t.co/yIuu16QoSg

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in a court affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from Washington. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late.

[Nancy Guan @nancyguann]

ICYMI: @kerrsheridan and I took a look at how schools may handle ICE presence. Florida districts walk a fine line between assuring families and abiding by federal law. However, there are rights all students have regardless of immigration status.

https://t.co/2xz9bP9OMl.

[POLITICO @politico]

USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites https://t.co/0P4uR4qnHR

[Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman]

NOW: A judge has temporarily paused the Trump admin's plan to freeze funding for certain grants and federal assistance, entering an administrative stay through Feb. 3 as she decides whether to block longer-term (order applies to funds already awarded) https://t.co/CaqUXq3Bl5

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw

The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization.

WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks, often in dangerous places where others cannot go.

The United States was a founding member of WHO in 1948 and has participated in shaping and governing WHO’s work ever since, alongside 193 other Member States, including through its active participation in the World Health Assembly and Executive Board.
For over seven decades, WHO and the USA have saved countless lives and protected Americans and all people from health threats. Together, we ended smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of eradication. American institutions have contributed to and benefited from membership in WHO.

With the participation of the United States and other Member States, WHO has over the past 7 years implemented the largest set of reforms in its history, to transform our accountability, cost-effectiveness, and impact in countries. This work continues.

We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world https://t.co/QegUkpf35B

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.

Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: More than 100 pregnant women were turned away from ERs or negligently treated since 2022, an AP analysis finds. https://t.co/kJo7QjWYrO

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: A massive prisoner swap is taking place between Russia and the United States, an AP source says. https://t.co/PEH0jsAPOP

[New York Times World @nytimesworld]

Security-camera footage obtained by The Times shows that Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, spent two nights at the Hungarian Embassy in an apparent bid for asylum. https://t.co/jOv9bev1aq

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Alabama lawmakers pass legislation to protect IVF providers; governor expected to sign it into law https://t.co/XSEihfrrpO

[The Associated Press @AP]

Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to an abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. The outcome adds to a string of wins for abortion rights advocates in numerous states since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
https://t.co/jzBGyd4xtu

[The Associated Press @AP]

The father of freed American teen hostage Natalie Raanan says she’s doing well after her release by Hamas. Uri Raanan of Illinois told The Associated Press that he spoke to his daughter by telephone. “She’s doing good. She’s doing very good," he said. https://t.co/XppssDwrlj

[Gary Hershorn @GaryHershorn]

On the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a rainbow forms in the sky between One World Trade and the Empire State Building in New York City, Monday evening #NewYorkCity #nyc #newyork @empirestatebldg #sunset @agreatbigcity #NeverForget911

[AccuWeather @accuweather]

“Local people have lost everything.”
Aerial footage shows the destruction caused by wildfires in Western Maui. https://t.co/YXpK5f7WLF

[The Associated Press @AP]

Federal prosecutors said in the indictment filed Tuesday that Trump knew his lies about his loss in the 2020 presidential election were false but pushed them anyway.

Read the indictment in full here: https://t.co/Sc6C82VO70