August 3, 2022: Pelosi leaves Taiwan, Biden, Kansas protects abortion rights, Grain ships, Trump

August 3, 2022: Pelosi pledges solidarity with Taiwan, Biden, Kansas reject SC abortion ruling, Ukraine grain ship, Trump

1. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after pledging solidarity and hailing its democracy, leaving a trail of Chinese anger over her brief visit to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.

2. President Joe Biden plans to sign a second executive order on Wednesday meant to address the recent Supreme Court decision to end the nationwide constitutional right to abortion, as he faces pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the issue.

3. Kansas voters rejected an effort to remove abortion protections from the state's constitution, a resounding win for the abortion rights movement in the first statewide electoral test since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

4. Three ships may leave Ukrainian ports daily instead of one per day, a senior Turkish official said, after the first grain-carrying ship successfully departed from Odesa and was cleared to pass through the Bosphorus after inspections.

5. Republican voters chose a raft of candidates supporting Donald Trump's 2020 election falsehoods in multiple party primaries for the November general election - a stark display of the former president's grip on his party.

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