Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act; Ahmaud Arbery Killer Gets 2nd Life Sentence; Trump-Backed Candidate Involved in Vote Machine Tampering
In a weekend vote-a-rama, the US Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a $430 billion climate change, healthcare, and tax bill. Travis McMichael, the man who shot Ahmaud Arbery received a second life sentence from U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood for a federal hate crime. Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel is calling for a special prosecutor after discovering that her challenger, Trump-backed candidate Matthew DePerno, was involved in a plot to seize and tamper with voting machines during the 2020 election.