In the latest update in the ongoing National Security Agency (NSA) scandal, the intelligence agency’s inspector general, Robert Storch, said his office will be looking into allegations that the NSA unmasked and leaked the identity of Fox opinion host Tucker Carlson.

The New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox squared off in the contest, and they delighted the small but energetic crowd of just under 8,000 to a game fit for a Hollywood script.

Legislative conflict is beginning to heat up on Capitol Hill as the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed in the Senate and is now waiting in the House of Representatives. Both Republicans and Democrats in the House are eager to debate and pass this initial infrastructure bill but for now their desires are being foiled. House Leader, Nancy Pelosi reiterated that she will hold the infrastructure bill hostage and will not bring it to the House floor for a vote until the $3.5 trillion budget bill is also given to the House to vote on. The political goal is to put pressure on more centrist Democrats who have voiced a concern over the price tag of the bill.

The CDC has reported four cases and two deaths related to a bacteria spread through water and soil typically found in South Asia and Australia. This bacteria has never migrated to America before as it was previously thought to only be able to survive in tropical climates. As none of the four patients had traveled outside of the country, it is suspected that the bacteria spread from contact with a contaminated product. The CDC has alerted doctors to be on the lookout for additional cases.

On Thursday, San Fransisco Mayor London Breed announced a new ruling that requires citizens to obtain proof of full inoculation from COVID-19 in order to enter public building such as restaurants and bars.

Relations between North and South Korea have taken a turn for the worse as North Korea denounced the US and South Korea for a joint military exercise that began on Tuesday. A senior North Korean official said “They must be made to clearly understand how dearly they have to pay for answering our good faith with hostile acts after letting go the opportunity for improved inter-Korean relations.” The relationship between the two neighboring countries had just begun to improve as a line of communication had been reopened last month. North Korea, however, stopped answering this hotline on Tuesday, prior to the official’s warnings. The collaborative military exercises are an annual event for the two countries and are “purely defensive in nature” according to the US State Department. 

This past week, a federal court defended the rights to the freedom of religion for Roncalli Catholic High School in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In the sixth installment of the Batman: Urban Legends series, which was released on Tuesday, Robin’s alter ego Tim Drake accepts an invitation from a man named Bernard Dowd to go out on a date.

The US Census Bureau has released long-awaited data from the 2020 US Census which will begin the political process of redistricting.