Plus, millions displaced by Pakistan floods.
Georgia Gov. Kemp must testify in Georgia election probe; unrelenting monsoon rains leave Pakistan under water. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin. | | | Georgia governor will testify in Trump election case | Megan Varner/Getty Images
| - A federal judge has rejected Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's efforts to block a subpoena requiring him to testify before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump's interference in the 2020 election. [Washington Post / Amy B Wang and Ann E. Marimow]
- Gov. Kemp argued that immunity protected him from the subpoena, which he claims is politically motivated as he faces Democrat Stacey Abrams in his re-election bid for Georgia governor. The judge delayed Kemp's testimony until after the November 8 election. [NBC News / Dareh Gregorian, Charlie Gile, Blayne Alexander]
- Prosecutors want to know about Trump pressuring Georgia election officials to find enough votes to overturn President Joe Biden's narrow victory there. [Associated Press / Kate Brumback]
- In December 2020, Kemp angered the former president when he refused to help appoint a new set of pro-Trump electors in Georgia. [New York Times / Richard Fausset]
- A judge is expected to rule on Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) claim that legislative immunity protects him from complying with the Georgia grand jury's subpoena this week. [USA Today / Kevin Johnson]
| | | 📍 Go deeper Vox's Ben Jacobs explains how the grand jury investigation in Georgia intensified this summer — and how it could be the greatest legal threat Trump faces. [Vox / Ben Jacobs] | | | Pakistan floods displace 3 million | | | Monday, NASA delayed the Artemis 1's mission to the moon after engineers faced several issues. The next launch window is September 2. [Vox / Rebecca Heilweil] | - The last member of an isolated indigenous group in Brazil died of natural causes at age 60. [BBC / Vanessa Buschschlüter]
- According to a new study, Greenland's melting ice sheet will raise sea levels nearly a foot by 2100 — even if greenhouse gas emissions stopped today. [Washington Post / Chris Mooney]
- On Monday, Ukraine announced a counter-offensive to take back Russian-held regions in the country's south. [Reuters]
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