3 Things To Know Today

1 Severe Weather In South Leaves Two Dead In Alabama

Parts of the Southeast are dealing with the aftermath of severe storms and tornadoes that hit the region Tuesday and early yesterday. Officials say at least two people – a woman and child – were killed in Alabama after a tree fell on their mobile home. In all, more than two dozen tornado reports have been made since Tuesday afternoon, including in places like Mississippi and Louisiana. Rain and thunderstorms also left homes and structures destroyed. Heavy winds also knocked down trees in Tennessee and Georgia while Texas and Kentucky got golf ball-sized hail. Weather watchers say EF-1 and EF-2 tornadoes have been confirmed elsewhere in the region, including in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, and Magnolia, Mississippi.

2 House Dems In Possession Of Trump Tax Returns

They’ve got ‘em…now what? House Democrats are now in possession of former President Trump's tax returns after a multiyear court battle. It’s been confirmed that the House Ways and Committee now has access to six years of Trump's financial records. This, as a result of last week's Supreme Court decision denying Trump's emergency appeal to block the handover. It's all part of an investigation by House Democrats into the IRS's presidential audit program. When asked about the next steps, Committee Chairman Richard Neal said he “can’t talk about that” and added, “I’ll have better answers after meeting with the attorneys.” Here’s the thing – Republicans are taking over the House next month – on January 3rd – and many have all but explicitly promised to dismantle the various investigations surrounding the former President.

3 Giving Tuesday Donations Total $3.1B

Economic worries aside, Americans donated more than three-billion dollars to nonprofits on Giving Tuesday. The tenth annual event raised an estimated three-point-one billion dollars. For the record, that's 15-percent more than last year and 25-percent more than in 2020. Participation was up six-percent over 2021 and not all of the 37-million Americans who contributed gave money. “That’s really what we saw…that whatever it is that people are experiencing, they were as generous as they had the capacity to be,” Giving Tuesday Executive Director Asha Curran said in a statement. “[People] give in a multitude of ways. It does not always have to do with money. It often has to do with community. It is very collective. It has a lot to do with people feeling like they are a fractal of a larger whole.”


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