8/5: Democrats say they have the votes to pass deal to tackle climate change and inflation. Monkeypox declared a public health emergency.

Breaking news overnight, after months of negotiations, senate democrats say they finally have the votes to pass a massive spending deal to try to tackle climate change and inflation. Turning up the heat in the fight against monkeypox. It has declared a public health emergency, after weeks of pressure to do more to stop the outbreak. The U.S. leads the world in infections, and demand for the monkeypox vaccine is overwhelming the supply. Talk radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex jones has been ordered to pay more than 4 million dollars to the parents of a six-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre. It follows a dramatic trial where Jones admitted the massacre happened after years of claiming it didn't. A major development in the police killing of Breonna Taylor. The 26-year-old black woman was shot to death more than two years ago, in a mistaken raid on the apartment in Louisville where she was sleeping. Four of the officers involved now face federal charges in the case. China is still showing its anger over house speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan this week. China has dispatched naval ships and warplanes for a second day in a row and launched missiles into the Taiwan strait as part of the biggest military drills ever seen in the region.

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