President Trump’s primetime address reiterated unsubstantiated claims that U.S. voting systems are “rigged,” promising to declassify intelligence documents but offering no new evidence of fraud, while courts have blocked his executive actions and his SAVE America Act lacks Senate support. In Texas, catastrophic flooding has killed at least two people and prompted hundreds of rescues, prompting officials to shift from emergency response to recovery as rain eases. Meanwhile, hazardous air quality persists across several states due to smoke from over 800 wildfires burning in Canada and the northern U.S., affecting millions in major cities.
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