1 Americans Collecting More Gold
Americans athletes continue to collect medals and make history at the Tokyo Games. Among them? Swimming star Caeleb Dressel is ending his run at the Tokyo Olympics with a total of five gold medals including the first three individual golds of his career. Dressel is the fourth U.S. swimmer ever to win five golds at a single games – and this puts him in league with Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz, and Matt Biondi. In one of the longest races of the Games, Bobby Finke won the 1500-meter swimming freestyle yesterday. This is his second gold medal in Tokyo after an unexpected win earlier this week in the 800-meter freestyle. Finke, who is competing in his first Olympics, won the 1500-meter in 14-minutes and 39-point-six-five seconds. Speaking of making waves, Xander Schauffele is bringing home the first gold medal in men's golf for the U.S. since 1900. He finished the tournament at 18-under-par to hold off Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini, who fired a 10-under in his final round to earn the silver medal.
2 Russians Hacked 27 U.S. Attorney Offices Last Year, Including SDNY
The Department of Justice says Russian hackers breached 27 different U.S. attorney offices. High profile offices like Los Angeles, Miami, Washington and the Eastern District of Virginia were among the offices nationwide that had at least one email account compromised last year – with New York getting hit particularly hard. The Microsoft email accounts used by 80 percent of the staffers in New York's four U.S. attorney offices were compromised. The hackers apparently hit a large number of staff in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, with these districts handling some of the most high-profile cases in the country. Like who? Try the including ongoing probes of former President Trump and his attorney, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The DOJ did not say what kind of information was taken or if it would impact any cases.
3 Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Written, Advances In The Senate
A bipartisan infrastructure bill is written and about 27-hundred pages long. Senators are fine-tuning the text of the bill so amendments can be debated in the coming days. The U.S. Department of Transportation stands to gain the most in the 550-billion dollar package of additional spending. It would get nearly half the funds, at 274 billion to repair and expand roads and bridges and help for rail. It also includes money to improve the electric grid and expand broadband. It does so without raising taxes. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the body would be ready to vote on the bill in a matter of days.