Today's headlines: After hitting multiple islands and southwestern Florida last week, Hurricane Ian again made landfall on the coast of South Carolina over the weekend as a category 1 storm. In Cuba, where power for the entire country of 11 million people was knocked out by the storm, residents gathered to protest the lack of electricity. Russia attempted to unilaterally annex 4 regions of Ukraine, with Putin claiming that the annexations of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia this past Friday; Ukraine disagrees on the risk of Putin actually using nuclear weapons; Ukraine formally submitted its fast-tracked application for NATO membership. The Justice Department accused a couple of conspiring to provide the Russian government with medical information about U.S. soldiers and their relatives on Friday. Finally for today, Donald Trump escalated his war with none other than Mitch McConnell this weekend.
Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

Washington Post: Florida begins cleanup in aftermath of Ian

Reuters: Havana protests flare for second night as Cuba scrambles to turn on lights

USA Today: Putin proclaims he's annexing four regions of Ukraine; U.S. slaps new sanctions on Russia: Sept. 30 recap

NPR: The pope makes his strongest plea yet for an end to Russia's war on Ukraine

NBC: Ukraine retakes a key city Putin claimed to have annexed. Here's why it matters.

NBC: Johns Hopkins doctor and Army doctor spouse charged with conspiring to give U.S. soldiers' medical info to Russia

Washington Post: Trump escalates attacks on McConnell with ‘DEATH WISH’ post

 
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