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We have recently updated our Travel article on Boeing's new upcoming plane, the 777X. You can read the full article here . We have made updates to our Presidential Candidates article within US Elections. You can read the full article here . We have released a new section of US Elections titled US Elections News, which will cover all of the latest news from the elections. You can check out the new section here . Thousands of Brazilians are protesting against the country's new ban on X, rallying across the streets as they advocate for the federal judge that made the decision to be impeached. One week ago, Brazil banned X due to disinformation spreading on the social media platform. The Brazilian government asked X to block certain accounts related to disinformation about former President Jair Bolsonaro, but Elon Musk, X's Owner and Executive Chairman refused to take them down. Then, Judge Alexander de Moraes, who has taken a strong stance against disinformation online, ordered X to pay fines and block the accounts immediately, and when Elon Musk refused again, he implemented a ban on the platform. You can read more details into the initial ban on X here . After the ban, people reported feeling lonely and disconnected from the world. Then, on Brazil's independence day yesterday, thousands of people took to the streets of São Paulo, protesting against the ban. They advocated for free speech, claiming that the ban was violating their constitutional rights, and called for Judge Moraes to be impeached for his decisions. However, not everyone agreed with the protests. Government officials stated that Moraes was doing the right thing for democracy, and one survey found that 48% of people agreed with his decision, while 51% did not. However, the ban will continue, but protests may increase as X's 22 million monthly users try to adapt to a new life without the social media network. This change has benefitted some people, though-- the social media company BlueSky has seen a sharp uptick in users, adding 3 million users in just the past week. Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):  Chameleons have four layers of skin. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you. (Salma Hayek) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Vilify (verb)- To vilify someone or something is to say or write very harsh and critical things about them. The word is a synonym of defame . In a Sentence: They were vilified in the press for their comments.

18 people were killed after a major fire at a school in Kenya recently, and another 27 people have been hospitalized. The incident occurred when fire erupted in the dormitory area, killing 18 children and injuring 27, while another 70 are still missing. It occurred at the H illside Endarasha Primary school in Nyeri County , Kenya, and the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. While officials don't know what started it, they do know that the building was made of wood, accelerating the spread of the fire. The school is a private boarding school with 824 students, and is located 125 miles north of the country's capital, Nairobi. Many schools in Nairobi are too cramped and contain too many kids for one small area, leading to overcrowding, and eventually fires. This has happened many times before in boarding schools across Kenya, but it is unknown whether the Hillside school was in any violation of Kenyan school policies. Recovery efforts have been tough due to the heavy rains in the region, leading to flooding that has hindered Kenya's response to the disaster. Kenyan President William Ruto promised to make sure the people responsible were held accountable, and was devastated by the fire. Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):  Sea urchins got their name from hedghogs, which were known as “urchins” until the 15th century. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. (Leo Buscaglia) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Replete (adj)- Replete is an adjective used to describe things as "fully or abundantly provided or filled," "abundantly fed," "stout," or "complete." In a Sentence: The book is replete with photographs.

Super Typhoon Yagi is slamming southwestern China with heavy rain and winds of 150 mph, making it the second-strongest tropical cyclone of 2024. Yagi began as a tropical depression on the eastern side of the Philippines, and it slowly strengthened as it moved northward. The storm made landfall on Luzon, the archipelago's largest island, as a tropical storm with winds of 50 mph on September 2, along with over 10 inches of rain, killing 13 people. From there, it moved into the South China Sea, which is extremely warm right now. Yagi quickly strengthened from a storm with 45 mph to a typhoon with winds of 80 mph in one afternoon, and further strengthened to maintain winds of 140 mph in another day. By the evening of September 4, it had become a super typhoon, packing winds of 150 mph, equivalent to a strong Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean. That makes it the second-strongest tropical cyclone of 2024, after the Atlantic's Category 5 Hurricane Beryl. Super Typhoon Yagi is now battering southwestern China, primarily the island of Hainan. However, the storm is extremely large, with the outer rain bands stretching over 300 miles away, delivering rain all the way in Hong Kong right now. Flights across Hong Kong and Macau were canceled, and the Hong Kong stock exchange has been closed over the past few days because of the gale-force winds and major thunderstorms that hit the area as Yagi moved by. They are expected to reopen soon, though, as the storm is rapidly moving away. The storm has now made landfall near the city of Wenchang on Hainan Island, and will move north past the city of Haikou while battering both the Hainan and Guangdong provinces. B usinesses, public transportation, markets, schools, and construction sites have all been shut down, and numerous flights out of both provinces have been canceled. This is a relatively rare ev ent, as most strong tropical cyclones that make landfall in China are not carried near Hainan. In fact, this is only the tenth super typhoon since 1949 to make landfall on the island, and Yagi is the strongest typhoon to hit Hainan since the devastating Typhoon Rammasun in 2014. From Hainan, it will move west before making its third and final landfall in northern Vietnam, where it is expected to go straight into the capital of Hanoi. Four airports, including Hanoi's major international airport, have been shut down before the storm, and residents are preparing for a big hit. Yagi will continue to move quickly, possibly impacting Laos as well before it fizzles out. Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):  Dogs have over 300 million scent receptors in their noses, compared to the mere 400 receptors in the human olfactory system. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. (George Patton) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Gridiron (noun)- A gridiron is a football field. The word gridiron is also used sometimes to refer to a grate for broiling food (as in “put the steaks on the gridiron”) or something consisting of or covered with a network (as in “a gridiron of streets and avenues”). In a Sentence: The book recounts the quarterback’s most glorious moments on the gridiron .

Warning: This article contains sensitive content that may be unfit for young readers. 4 people were killed in a major mass shooting at a high school in Georgia yesterday, making it the worst-ever mass shooting in the state's history. Around 10:20 in the morning, fire departments and local police received reports of a shooting taking place at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, and rushed to the scene. Winder is located between the cities of Atlanta and Athens, around 50 miles northeast of Atlanta and 25 miles west of Athens. A young shooter had entered the building with a gun and opened fire, killing two students and two teachers. It is the worst mass shooting in Georgia's history. 14-year-old Colt Gray was found to the shooter, and he is now in custody. An investigation is ongoing into how he obtained his weapon, an AR-15 assault rifle, how he got into the building with the weapon, and how he planned the attack. Preliminary reports have also found vague online threats connected to Gray that were about  committing a school shooting, and the threats included images of guns. However, in an interview conducted by the FBI, he denied making the threats, while his father admitted that they had hunting rifles at home, he confirmed that Gray did not have unsupervised access to them. Immediately after the shooter entered the building, the school was put on lockdown, and the initial notions of a drill soon became those of fear and panic. One student, Lyela Sayarath, reported that Gray, who was in their math class, unexpectedly left the classroom at the beginning of the class. When he knocked on their door, which had locked automatically, to get back in, a girl went to open it before realizing that the boy standing outside had a gun in his hand. As she walked away, he moved onto the next classroom, whose door was open, and opened fire on the children and teachers inside. Police arrived on the scene and quickly found Gray, who surrendered quickly. Neighbors quickly set up a stand with some snacks like water, sports drinks, applesauce, crackers, and granola bars, as most of the students had not eaten since breakfast and some students had even skipped breakfast that morning. All students were soon evacuated out of the building, and multiple people were taken away in ambulances. Four people were confirmed to be dead-- two 14-year-olds and two teachers. Nine other victims were hospitalized after the incident, but they are all expected to survive after being hit by shots from the shooter's AR-15 rifle. Numerous other students are being treated for trauma after the frightening experience. Gray will be charged with murder, and in a first-of-its-kind event, he will be tried as an adult despite being 14 years of age. According to CNN, this is the 45th mass shooting to take place in 2024-- gun violence has continued to ramp up over the past few years. Calls to ban assault-style rifles, like the AR-15 used in yesterday's shooting, are increasing, as they are the choice weapon for shooters. Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for the US elections in November, gave a statement, along with several other White House officials, on the shooting, calling it "outrageous" and a "senseless tragedy." Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):  John Quincy Adams, the 6th president of the United States, actually considered funding an expedition to the center of the Earth. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable . (Denis Waitley) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Esconce (verb)- Someone or something ensconced is firmly placed or hidden. Ensconce can be a synonym of shelter and conceal , or of establish and settle . In a Sentence: The sculpture is safely ensconced behind glass.

New Travel article: Labor Day Travel Hits Record Levels This year's Labor Day weekend was the busiest-ever for the travel industry, breaking records. You can view the full article here . New Travel Rankings article: The World's Best-Connected Airports New data has revealed the world's best-connected airport, and it might surprise you. You can view the full article here . As travel hits record levels and we enter one of the best seasons for visiting new places, a major hotel strike is causing problems across the United States. Three of the largest hotel chains in the US, Hyatt, Hilton, and Marriott, are all experiencing a major strike from employees for better pay and fairer work environments, and it could cause problems for travelers. Fall is one of the best seasons in the US for traveling-- fall in the West helps travelers enjoy national parks and natural environments without scorching heat, and it provides spectacular fall foliage and beautiful landscapes in the Appalachian Mountains to the east. The strike is being conducted by Unite Here, a union for hotel workers, and over 10,200 workers are participating in the protest that spans across 25 hotels in Baltimore, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Honolulu, the Hawaiian island of Kauai, and Greenwich, Connecticut. It will end in three days, but they threatened to increase to 65 hotels in 12 different cities, adding 40 hotels across Oakland, California; Providence, Rhode Island; and New Haven, Connecticut. The workers stated that they were scraping by on measly salaries while hotels were recovering from the pandemic, and now that they have recovered, the employees' salaries have stayed the same. They wanted higher pay and more staff as well, pointing out that the hotels were running on a bare-bones staff that was barely managing to operate the business from day to day. Unite Here backed up those claims, confirming that hotel chains were making record profits off of the booming travel industry while their employees can hardly support their families with their salaries. In addition, guests are also suffering in this-- while hotels are charging more than ever, many visitors are unable to enjoy the full experience of traveling because hotel staffs do not have the capabilities to provide those services. Meanwhile, Hyatt expressed its disappointment over the strike, but established that they would cooperate in the negotiations of new employee contracts to prevent future strikes. All three hotel chains have affirmed that the hotels will remain open amid the strike, but certain services may be impacted. Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):  Many Europeans used to think that tomatoes were poisonous. In fact, that false belief continued all the way until 1820. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Acquiring knowledge is the best defense against our emotions. (Naved Abdali) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Cronyism (noun)- Cronyism is the unfair practice by a powerful person (such as a politician) of giving jobs and other favors to friends without regard for their qualifications. In a Sentence: City residents are pushing back against cronyism and corruption in their local government.

Two oil tankers have been hit with missiles launched by Houthi forces, which is the latest round of attacks in the Red Sea by the organization. The Amjad, a Saudi oil tanker, and the Blue Lagoon, a Panamanian oil tanker, were attacked in the Red Sea on Monday, but they were able to continue on their journey. Thankfully, the oil onboard the ships did not catch fire-- the Amjad alone was carrying around two million barrels of crude oil. The Houthi group, an Iran-backed organization operating out of Yemen, immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Blue Lagoon, but made no mention of the Amjad. They admitted that they were targeting the Blue Lagoon with the ballistic missiles, and it was determined that the Saudi ship was most likely hit by accident, as it is unlikely that they were targeted. Saudi Arabia has attempted to maintain good relations with the Houthis and stay out of the entire Middle Eastern crisis, but they are sometimes hit as a byproduct of the Houthi attacks on other ships. The Houthis continue to attack ships in the Red Sea to support Palestine in their war against Israel, and it is taking a toll on shipping companies and their routes. The Red Sea is a critical access point to the Suez Canal, which handles over 22,000 ships annually on average. However, that number has dropped greatly over the past 11 months, as shipping companies are halting routes through the area out of fear that they could be the next target. In total, the Houthis have launched over 70 attacks, in which they have capsized two ships, captured another, and killed three people. Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):  King George III had a total of 15 children with his wife, Queen Charlotte. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. (Thich Nhat Hanh) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Incandescent (adj)- Incandescent has literal and figurative meanings. Its literal meanings relate to heat and light; it describes something that is white or glowing because of great heat, and also something (like a light bulb) that produces bright light when heated. In figurative use, incandescent relates to several kinds of brilliance. Something or someone described as incandescent can be very impressive, successful, or intelligent, or simply happy and lively. In British English, incandescent can also describe someone or something feeling or showing great anger. In a Sentence: The invention of the incandescent bulb in the 19th century ushered in the age of electric lighting.

The founder and CEO of social media network Telegram has been arrested in Paris, France, on multiple different charges. Russian technology entrepreneur Pavel Durov, who founded VK, Russia's most popular social media app, and Telegram, was indicted in Paris after flying in from Azerbaijan on numerous charges of allowing various criminal activities to continue undetected on Telegram. Telegram helps provide shelter for many illegal businesses, and Durov has been criticized in the past for allowing their deals to go through. According to governments, the platform almost never responds to requests to remove or block content and channels-- not just in France, but all over Europe. Durov takes a similar approach to free speech as fellow businessman Elon Musk, the chairman of X, which is more relaxed towards online censorship. However, many governments do not agree with that approach, as shown this weekend when Brazil banned X because it refused to take down certain accounts. The company, which is based in Dubai, has 900 million monthly users, making it the eighth-most popular social media network in the world. Many users in countries with authoritarian governments rely on Telegram to communicate due to its relaxed censorship rules, and Durov has aimed to create a platform with rules like that. He stated that his time in Russia helped change his view to believe more strongly in free speech and restriction-less social media. However, social media networks with those rules also harbor more uncensored illegal businesses, inappropriate content, and other criminal activities. As for Durov, he managed to escape jail by paying a fine of 5 million euros ($5.52 million), which was a cinch for the Russian billionaire with a net worth of $15.5 billion. His charges could have landed him in jail for up to 10 years, though. He has been released from custody but is required to check in with police twice a week. Durov currently has dual citizenship in both France and the United Arab Emirates, where he lives and manages Telegram, and has previously maintained citizenship in Russia and Saint Kitts and Nevis in the past three years. His arrest is part of a newly surfacing debate focused on whether executives are responsible for actions other people take on their platforms. Nevertheless, other tech executives, like the CEOs of Facebook and YouTube, should not be worried. All of these issues are due to Telegram's relaxed censorship rules, which are drastically different compared to the likes of Meta's social media networks and others like Snapchat. Cases like this are becoming more common as the global rift over free speech gets wider and wider: should there be more restrictions for a safer online environment or less restrictions for a freer online environment? In all of this, there is another question as well: are CEOs responsible for what happens online within their platform? Respond with your thoughts in the polls at the bottom of the article. Upcoming Events for this week: International Day of Charity (Thursday, September 5) International Day of Police Cooperation (Saturday, September 7) World Duchenne Awareness Day (Saturday, September 7) International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies (Saturday, September 7) International Literacy Day (Sunday, September 8) Paralympic Games End (Sunday, September 8) US Open Ends (Sunday, September 8) Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):  The Seven Dwarfs in Snow White have names: Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, and Sleepy. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): If you’re not failing 90% of the time, then you’re probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems. (Alan Kay) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Skirl (verb)- Skirl means "to play t he bagpipes" when the subject of the sentence is a person, as in "the piper skirled." When bagpipes are the subject (as in "the bagpipes skirled"), skirl means "to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter," with chanter referring to the reed pipe on which the bagpipe's melody is played. In a Sentence: The attention of the parade-goers was fully captured the instant the bagpipers began skirling .

Brazil has officially banned X as part of a crackdown on disinformation spread online, which will heavily impact local users across the country. Brazil has been working to stop disinformation online recently, one part of which included the ordered suspension of multiple X accounts in April. However, Executive Chairman Elon Musk reactivated them soon after, citing 'free speech' and claiming that the judge was shutting the accounts down for 'political purposes.' X stated online that they were facing charges of $20,000 for every day that they kept the accounts up, and they later changed gears and announced that they would comply with the request. However, it never happened. As a response, the Brazilian government opened up an investigation onto Musk's actions, with Federal Judge Alexandre de Moraes leading the case. From the political side of the incident, Musk accused Moraes of being left-wing, as the accounts that were forced to close were related to right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro and his attempted coup on the government back on January 8, as well as anti-democratic. Judge Moraes once again stated that while an investigation into Bolsonaro's actions is ongoing, the accounts must be continually blocked, but X still refused to comply. Then, X immediately shut down all operations in Brazil and withdrew all employees from the country. As another violation, Moraes was forced to take more severe action against the company-- Brazilian law requires for a company to have a legal office in the country. He informed X that if they did not choose a new legal representative within 24 hours, Brazilian authorities would arrest the company's current Brazilian legal representative and block access to the social media network. Soon after, Moraes established that his deadline had not been met, and he announced a complete suspension of X's services in Brazil until they comply with the court's orders and pay the required fines. X has confirmed that they will not follow the orders or pay the fines, meaning that the ban will continue. Companies like Apple and Google have been given five days to remove X from their Brazilian app stores and block the use of the app on all devices, and any citizen or business found to be using X through a virtual private network, or VPN, will be charged R$50,000 Brazilian reais (around $8,900 USD). X, formerly known as Twitter, has over 40 million monthly users in Brazil, which is over one-fifth of the country's population, and this will surely be a big change to their daily lives. Many former users reported feeling disconnected from the world after the ban of the social media network, leading millions of people to join Bluesky, a similar network based in the United States-- they have been reporting record user levels for the last few days. Moraes also froze the Brazilian bank accounts of satellite company Starlink, which will definitely affect the public. Owned by Musk's SpaceX, Starlink provides satellite-powered internet services to over 250,000 people across Brazil, many of which are in remote locations in the Amazon rainforest which have no cell towers. Starlink argued that they have no part in the case against X and appealed the decision, but the court denied it, keeping their local accounts frozen. This isn't the first time X has been faced with disinformation challenges, though. In fact, the European Union (EU) recently slammed the social media app for not regulating the large amount of fake news circulating online about the Israel-Hamas War, and Elon Musk got into a serious battle against United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. While X usually takes down content that they are requested to remove by governments, Elon Musk has made himself a strong advocate of free speech and, in this case, has chosen to ignore Brazil's request-- resulting in a complete ban of the app across the country. Also, this isn't the first time Brazil has done something like this to social media networks. WhatsApp was banned three times within eight months in 2015 and 2016 for failing to follow police requests for certain user data, and Telegram was threatened with a ban in 2022 for refusing to block several accounts. Then, it was officially banned for two days in 2023 for not complying with orders to provide data on multiple neo-Nazi groups, who used the app to plan attacks on schools. The app was eventually allowed again, as it was deemed impossible to retrieve that data after an appeal. Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):   Visit to the Seaside was the world's first movie made in color. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Instead of “sink or swim,” we give people swim lessons — and even let them wear floaties if they need them. (Jeff Lawson) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Byzantine (adj)- Something described as byzantine ( or Byzantine) is very complicated, secret, and hard to understand. In its most literal (and always capitalized) sense, Byzantine describes that which is "of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium." In a Sentence: The company's byzantine accounting practices have gotten it into trouble with the government.

The Oropouche virus, also known as sloth fever, is on the rise across the world, and it could pose a serious threat due to the fact that there is no known cure. Oropouche is a virus endemic to the Amazon region of South America, and is nicknamed sloth fever because scientists found it in an animal for the first time in a three-toed sloth-- the virus naturally resides in sloths, other wild primates, and birds. The actual virus is named Oropouche after the village that it was first discovered in, which was in 1955 in Trinidad and Tobago. Despite the virus being more prevalent in animals, it was discovered in a human before it was discovered by an animal. The virus is spread through biting midges, which are small blood-sucking creatures that can be found all over the world, and certain types of mosquitoes. Common symptoms include fever, headache, chills, nausea, vomiting, rashes, muscle aches, and joint pain, as well as sensitivity to light and eye pain later on; the symptoms last for about a week. Unfortunately, since the virus is relatively new and is quite rare, not much is known about it-- including a cure. Currently, there is no cure or treatment for the virus, and it will only keep spreading in the future. The virus has always been confined to the Amazon, but this year, it has spread far beyond that. Due to climate change, tropical regions are becoming hotter and wider, encompassing more area. This has increased the area midges and mosquitoes thrive in, allowing the virus to spread out of Brazil and into countries like Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Cuba, and Ecuador, to name a few. So far this year, over 8,000 cases have been reported, the majority of which were located in Brazil. Two people have also died to the virus, which can have severe effects in rare situations. Should we be worried? The answer is, not yet. 21 people have been confirmed to have the Oropouche virus in the United States after returning from travels to Cuba, and numerous cases have been reported across Europe as well. However, the virus is not very contagious, only spreading through mosquito bites, and usually does not have severe effects on the body, apart from regular flu-like symptoms. Both of the top contenders for the US Open Men's Singles title this year have exited in major upsets, and one of the biggest contenders for the Women's Singles title is also out. We have had a riveting US Open this year, with the longest match in the tournament since 1970 and some huge upsets in the first few rounds. First, women's renowned singles player Naomi Osaka from Japan lost out in a tough match against the Czech Republic's Karolína Muchová on Thursday. She lost the first set 3-6 and then missed out on some crucial shots in the second set, allowing Muchová to take the win in a tiebreaker-- the final set score was 7-6 (5). On the same day, Spain's top-rated Carlos Alcaraz lost to the Netherlands' Botch van de Zandschulp in straight sets-- a major upset for the four-time Grand Slam winner. He began with a loss in the first set, 1-6, but came back in the second set. Unfortunately, Alcaraz couldn't finish it off, losing the set 5-7. Then, in the third set, he was beaten again, losing 4-6, resulting in a surprising win for Zandschulp. Then, last night, 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic lost an intense match against Australia's Alexei Popyrin, twisting up the predictions for the tournament once again. Popyrin took the first two sets, 6-4, 6-4, but Djokovic came back to win the third set 6-2. It came down to the wire in the last set, but Popyrin managed to win it all by winning the fourth set 6-4, confirming his spot in the Round of 16. Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest):  Avatar is the highest-grossing movie of all time, making a staggering $2.92 billion at the box office. Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. (Marcel Proust) Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Mise-en-scène (noun)- Mise-en-scène can refer to the setting of a play, movie, etc., or it can refer to the physical or social setting in which something real occurs or develops. In a Sentence: The mise-en-scène is spare, comprising only a table and two chairs under a low-hanging light.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced his campaign for president in April 2023, but on Friday, August 23, he announced he wouldn't actively run anymore. Why? For starters, who is this guy? RFK Jr. is a member of the Kennedy family, a prominent political family that includes former President John F. Kennedy. His policies included abortion rights, stopping climate change, “transforming” the police force, reducing student loan debt, raising the minimum wage, pulling the U.S. out of foreign wars, campaigning against vaccines, and ending illegal immigration. His running mate was Nicole Shanahan. Until Biden dropped out of the presidential race, Kennedy was considered to have a bit of a chance, due to his left-centrist policies and the president's dropping popularity. But when Harris entered the race on July 21, Kennedy's support base started to decline. He decided to apply for White House positions under each candidate. Harris declined to offer him a position, but Trump agreed to consider giving him a position in his administration. On August 22, reports were going out across the media saying it was very likely he would drop out, and make the announcement the next day at a conference in Phoenix. He did, and endorsed Trump, as expected. His endorsement was a turnaround from the largely left-wing policies he had been campaigning for. This situation is very similar to  JD Vance's  process of going from Trump's opposition to Trump's supporter. What happens to current Kennedy supporters? He has not dropped out of the race. He just endorsed Trump. This means he is still on the ballot in 27 out of 50 states, and he would receive 281 electors if he wins them (which is extremely unlikely but possible). Find more election info in YNH US Elections at yournewshub.org/us-elections-home .