The Georgia State Election Board approved a new rule on Friday requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling stations on election day. The decision comes just 45 days before the election. Critics worry this could delay the reporting of election night results.
The House voted unanimously on Friday to pass a bill bolstering Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates. The move comes in the wake of two assassination attempts targeting former President Donald Trump. Also on Friday, the acting director of the Secret Service admitted that a breach of protocol occurred before the first assassination attempt, saying the employees involved “will be held accountable.”
Israel launched a rare airstrike into a suburban area of Beirut on Friday, killing a senior Hezbollah military official. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack.
