Friday, August 2

🚨NATION

📌 Senate GOP blocks bill aimed at expanding child tax credit (ABC NEWS)

📌 Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer rolls out 'No Kings Act' to eliminate presidential immunity (NBC NEWS)

📌 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro becomes odds-on betting favorite to become Kamala Harris' vice president (USA TODAY) The Harris vetting team has met with 6 potential VP picks as the selection process nears its end (NBC NEWS)

📌 Sonya Massey’s mom called 911 to report her daughter was having a mental breakdown the day before she was killed (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Diplomatic efforts are underway to persuade Maduro to release Venezuela election vote tallies (AP)

📌 Hamas military leader Mohammad Deif, one of the architects of Oct. 7 attack, confirmed killed by Israel (NBC NEWS)

📌 'Enough is enough' : Nigerians take to street in protest over a cost-of-living crisis (NPR)

📌 British prime minister announces policing plan to deal with violence after fatal stabbing of girls (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 California wildfire activity is nearly 3,000% higher this year as "increasingly critical" conditions fan the Park Fire (CBS NEWS)

📌 Dow closes nearly 500 points lower Thursday as investors recession fears awaken (NBC NEWS)

📌 US proposes ban on airline fees for seating parents next to kids (NPR)

📌 Soaring coffee prices foretell a financial grind (REUTERS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 How Snoop Dogg became a fixture at the Paris Olympics (NBC)

📌 Cardi B reveals she's pregnant, expecting her third baby after filing for divorce from Offset (PEOPLE)

📌 Carrie Underwood joining ‘American Idol’ as judge, replacing Katy Perry (TODAY)

📌 Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen (GUARDIAN)

📌 Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s son Miles diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (CNN)