August 17, 2023 Top Stories: Massive Sudan displacement, Meadows federal court request and global millionaire drop

Facts & Spins for August 17, 2023 Top Stories: The UN says more than 1M people have fled Sudan’s spiraling conflict, Mark Meadows asks for the Fulton Co., Ga. case to be moved to federal court, a NATO official floats a territorial concessions-for-membership solution for Ukraine, while Ukraine captures a key town in its counteroffensive, North Korea says the US soldier who crossed its border was fleeing racism, Kevin McCarthy proposes a stopgap bill to avoid a US government shutdown, extreme water stress faces countries home to 25% of the global population, a former FBI official pleads guilty to supporting a Russian businessman, X was reportedly delaying access to content on some media platforms and 3.5M people worldwide lose their millionaire status.

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