The Week of September 12, 2021 by CoenM

What DEMOCRATIC US SENATOR stated that he would not vote for the social stimulus bill that would spend $3.5 trillion over 10 years, later stating the he preferred a "strategic pause" that would delay the bill to 2022?

California voters rejected the recall of what GOVERNOR by a nearly 2 to 1 margin?

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY saw its Labor party, led by Jonas Gahr Støre, win the greatest number of seats in its parliament, ending the 8 year term of prime minister Ema Solberg?

Palisades Tahoe is the new name for the California ski resort that hosted the Winter Olympics in what YEAR?

A Wall Street Journal report revealed that an internal Facebook study found that what APP had negative impacts on teenage girls, noting that roughly a third of users in the group felt worse about their bodies after using the app?

What COUNTRY recalled its ambassadors to the US and Australia after a new security alliance led Australia to cancel a contact with the country for conventionally-powered submarines in favor of US-provided nuclear subs?

California wildfires led to the closure of Sequoia National Park and the wrapping to trees, including what LARGEST SINGLE-STEM TREE ON EARTH, in an aluminum-like foil for protection?

US authorities started clearing a camp of over 10,000 migrants under a bridge in what TEXAS BORDER TOWN? While some were flown to El Paso, most of the migrants were returned to their original home country, Haiti.

For the second time in five years, judges in what US STATE struck down a controversial voter ID law, in part because Republican lawmakers stated publicly that the law was intended to suppress Black voting?

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (tm): A Little Bit of Peril. An upcoming book by Bob Woodward states that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley called his counterpart in what COUNTRY twice to reassure him that political events after the 2020 presidential election would not lead to war between the two countries?

Also covered in the book is that Vice President Mike Pence called what FORMER VICE PRESIDENT for advice on whether or not to certify Joe Biden's election? The former VP told Pence he had zero wiggle room and needed to certify the results.

A US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel approved booster shots using the Covid-19 vaccine made by what COMPANY, but only for people who are age 65 or older or those with a high risk for developing a serious case of Covid-19?