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The News Roundup For August 19, 2022


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Wyoming's lone member of Congress, Liz Cheney, lost her seat to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman this week – and she didn't seem surprised at the outcome.

President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act Tuesday.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced the organization was hitting reset after falling short in its response to COVID-19. The CDC also announced a new strategy for distributing monkeypox vaccine.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's president is calling on the United Nations to "ensure the security" of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. It's Europe's largest nuclear power station and has been occupied by Russia since March.

The head of the World Health Organization spoke out this week about the crisis in Ethiopia's blockaded Tigray region. The 6 million people living in the area have been cut off from the world since violence erupted there in late 2020.

We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.

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