Does it matter what powerful men say from the mountaintop if no one is listening? Dan and Axios' Felix Salmon discuss if the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland has outlived whatever usefulness it may have once had.
Does it matter what powerful men say from the mountaintop if no one is listening? Dan and Axios' Felix Salmon discuss if the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland has outlived whatever usefulness it may have once had.
Tropical Storm Beta slowly approaching the Texas coast on Monday. Photo: National Weather Service/Twitter
Tropical Storm Beta was dumping heavy rains over Texas as it churned its way inland overnight, bringing the risk of "life-threatening storm surge" and flooding to parts of the state and Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said.
What's happening: The slow-moving storm was causing coastal flooding along areas including the bays near Houston and Galveston in Texas Monday, per the National Weather Service. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) made a disaster declaration and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) declared a state of emergency Monday.
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A demonstrator holds up a sign of Breonna Taylor during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
The Louisville police chief declared in a memo obtained by news outlets a "state of emergency" for the department on Monday to prepare for Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's expected announcement on the Breonna Taylor case.
Of note: Louisville has witnessed more than 115 days of protests over the police killing of Taylor, an unarmed Black woman, with calls for all the officers involved to be charged.
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