Thursday, August 1
🚨NATION
📌 Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors' accounting firm $400,000 (AP)
📌 Cancer rates in millennials, Gen X-ers have risen starkly in recent years. This may be why. (YAHOO)
📌 Texas border floating barrier in Rio Grande can stay for now, court rules (FOX NEWS)
📌 Secret Service detains man for incident involving security detail for Harris’ stepdaughter (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 9/11 alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 2 others reach plea deal to avoid death penalty after two decades in court (ABC NEWS)
📌 Venezuela shops shuttered, transport limited amid fears of more opposition arrests (REUTERS)
📌 UK police open criminal investigation into Washington Post publisher (NPR)
📌 Podium selfie with North and South Korean athletes at the Olympics starts buzz (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Taco Bell to roll out AI drive-thru ordering in hundreds of locations by end of year (NBC NEWS)
📌 Boeing names new CEO after losses more than triple (CNN)
📌 Fed holds rates steady and notes progress on inflation (CNBC)
📌 Study identifies 14 risk factors for dementia, including 2 new ones (CBS NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Maya Rudolph will return to ‘SNL’ to play Kamala Harris through 2024 election (CNN)
📌 Netflix ‘Squid Game’ returns in December with Season 2. Final season is set for next year (THE WRAP)
📌 USA's Katie Ledecky wins gold in 1,500-meter freestyle, claiming record-tying 12th Olympic medal in women's swimming (CBS NEWS)
📌 Colin Jost to host pop culture ‘Jeopardy!’ spinoff for Prime Video (DEADLINE)
Wednesday, July 31
🚨NATION
📌 Republican Kari Lake wins Arizona Senate primary setting up face off with Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) (NPR)
📌 VP Kamala Harris set to roll out her vice presidential choice Tuesday in Philadelphia (CNN)
📌 Project 2025 head resigns, but work will continue (AP)
📌 Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools (AP)
📌 White Dudes for Harris raises $4 million (USA TODAY)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Third girl dies in stabbing in attack that has shocked the UK (CNN)
📌 Venezuelans continue to protest as election results appear fraudulent (REUTERS)
📌 El Chapo’s son pleads not guilty to narcotics, money laundering and firearms charges after helping to capture fellow drug kingpin (CNN)
📌 Israeli forces detain reservists for alleged abuse of Palestinian prisoners (WSJ)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement in Texas biometric data lawsuit over Facebook images (CNBC)
📌 US job market shows slowed-down hiring (AXIOS)
📌 Spirit Airlines is going upscale. In a break from its history, it will offer fares with extra perks (ABC NEWS)
📌 Amazon is legally responsible for recalling dangerous products sold on its site, agency finds (CBS NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Angelina Jolie is by son Pax's side as he recovers in hospital after e-bike accident: 'he's stable' (PEOPLE)
📌 Norah O’Donnell to exit as ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor to become senior correspondent (VARIETY)
📌 Bella Hadid “shocked” at lack of sensitivity in Adidas ad campaign linked to terror attack on Israeli athletes (CNBC)
📌 Gwen Stefani's son joins Blake Shelton on stage to make country music debut (FOX NEWS)
Tuesday, July 30
🚨NATION
📌 Trump agrees to give a victim interview to the FBI after assassination attempt (CBS NEWS)
📌 California firefighters make progress as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West (AP)
📌 DC is seeing more divorces and custody battles over politics (AXIOS)
📌 The gender gap widens in the Harris-Trump contest (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 French infrastructure targeted for a 2nd time during the Olympics, internet and phone cables cut across the country (BI)
📌 UK finance chief says public finances show $28 billion spending hole, cuts road and rail projects (CNBC)
📌 North Korean officials seek medicines for Kim’s obesity-related health problems, Seoul says (AP)
📌 Israeli ministers authorize Netanyahu retaliation against Hezbollah (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Apple releases first preview of its long-awaited iPhone AI (CNBC)
📌 Sharks are congregating at a California beach. AI is trying to keep swimmers safe (CNN)
📌 FDA approves blood test to detect colon cancer for those at 'average risk' (ABC NEWS)
📌 McDonald's sales decline for first time in years as higher fast food prices hurt demand (FOX BUSINESS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Simone Biles to compete on all four events at Olympic team finals despite calf injury (ABC NEWS)
📌 Sinead O’Connor died of Pulmonary Disease and asthma, death report says (USA TODAY)
📌 Ron Goldman's father files claim against O.J. Simpson estate seeking $117 million (NBC NEWS)
📌 Triathlon cancels Olympic swim training for the second day over poor water quality in the Seine (AP)
Monday, July 29
🚨NATION
📌 I-15 connecting California to Las Vegas reopens after fiery semi-truck accident caused days-long closure (CBS NEWS)
📌 After years of fighting Iowa’s strict abortion law, clinics also prepared to follow it (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
📌 3 Palestinian terror suspects caught after crossing border illegally as overwhelmed agents warn: ‘I probably let terrorists in’ (NY POST)
📌 Vigils to honor Sonya Massey: 'She needed a helping hand, not a bullet to the face'(USA TODAY)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 As starvation spreads in Sudan, military blocks aid trucks at border (NY TIMES)
📌 Venezuelans vote in election that could oust an autocrat (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Putin warns US not to deploy missiles to Germany (GUARDIAN)
📌 Grosseto: The snubbed Italian town that's now winning awards (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 A Fed interest rate cut is finally within view (WSJ)
📌 Trump pledges to hire people who ‘love’ crypto (BLOOMBERG)
📌 In more than 200 U.S. cities, $1 million only gets you a starter home (CBS NEWS)
📌 National Chicken Wing Day deals: Get free wings at Wingstop, Buffalo Wild Wings, more (USA TODAY)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Simone Biles draws A-list celebrity crowd at Paris Olympics (BBC)
📌 U.S. wins first gold medal of Paris Olympics at men's 4x100 meter freestyle relay (CBS NEWS)
📌 Robert Downey Jr. sets Marvel return as Doctor Doom in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ (VARIETY)
📌 ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ snares $205 million domestic opening, highest R-rated debut ever (CNBC)
Friday, July 26
🚨NATION
📌 House Republicans, and six Dems, vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration’s handling of border policy (AP)
📌 DC cleans up vandalism and graffiti in wake of anti-Netanyahu protests (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Man pushing flaming car into ravine started Park Fire, burning over 70,000 acres in California, officials say (NBC NEWS)
📌 Obama to throw his full support behind Harris (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Netanyahu meets with Biden and Harris to narrow gaps on a Gaza war cease-fire deal (AP) Video of Harris explaining her Israel-Gaza vision following her meeting (MO NEWS)
📌 Russian and Chinese bombers intercepted off of Alaska (ABC NEWS)
📌 Why more U.S. adults are choosing not to have kids (AXIOS)
📌 Ghana's top court upholds law criminalizing gay sex (NBC NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 CrowdStrike says hackers are threatening to leak sensitive information on adversaries (NBC NEWS)
📌 Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion leaves pools "overflowing" as hazards remain, officials say (CBS NEWS)
📌 Spicy dispute over the origins of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos winds up in court (AP)
📌 Southwest ending its open seating policy (FOX BUSINESS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir, ‘Melania,’ scheduled for this fall (AP)
📌 Harry says battles with British press contributed to rift with the royal family (NBC NEWS)
📌 ‘Happy’ Jennifer Lopez celebrates 55th birthday at low-key East Hampton dinner with friends — but no Ben Affleck (PAGE SIX)
📌 HGTV star Christina Hall says third husband transferred $35k from her account after divorce filing (FOX NEWS)
Thursday, July 25
🚨NATION
📌 Video: Trump shooter Googled “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” a week before attack (CBS)
📌 Speaker Johnson seeks to quash "DEI hire"-type attacks on Harris (AXIOS)
📌 Anti-Israel protesters release maggots, crickets in Watergate Hotel in protest of Netanyahu visit (FOX NEWS) American flags burned outside Capitol (POLITICO)
📌 Oregon fire grows large enough to create its own weather as firefighters scramble to battle Western blazes (CBS NEWS)
📌 A breaching whale capsized a boat, tossing 2 people overboard off New Hampshire coast (NPR)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Massive fires rage in Canada, sending smoke south (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 New Zealand report finds 200,000 people were abused at care facilities over decades (CBS NEWS)
📌 Plane explosion in Nepal captured on shocking video leaves 18 dead, 1 survivor (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 Discovery of poliovirus in Gaza ‘incredibly alarming’, UNICEF executive director says (GUARDIAN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Surprise Yellowstone geyser eruption highlights little known hazard at popular park (AP)
📌 CrowdStrike changes internal testing after global outage (AXIOS)
📌 A twice-yearly injection offers 100% protection against HIV, study suggests (NBC NEWS)
📌 A wipeout on Wall Street sends the S&P 500 down by 2% as Big Tech skids (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jennifer Aniston blasts JD Vance remarks about women (PEOPLE)
📌 Kevin Hart has Tom Brady roast regrets (DEADLINE)
📌 Salt Lake City confirmed as host for the 2034 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee (CNN)
📌 ‘Inside Out 2’ blows past Frozen 2 to become the biggest animated movie of all time (PEOPLE)
📌 Prince William's multimillion-dollar salary revealed after receiving new title (FOX BUSINESS)
Wednesday, July 24
🚨NATION
📌 Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorse Harris for president (NBC NEWS)
📌 House leadership announces bipartisan task force on Trump assassination attempt (CNN)
📌 Delta faces federal investigation as it scraps hundreds of flights for fifth straight day (CBS NEWS)
📌 Trump will meet with Netanyahu at Mar-A-Lago on Friday (POLITICO) Johnson warns of “zero-tolerance policy” for Netanyahu disruptions (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 1,000 people suspected of spying have been blocked from Olympics, French official says (AP)
📌 Violence against women at 'epidemic' levels and is a threat on par with terrorism, UK police warn (ABC NEWS)
📌 Hamas and Fatah sign agreement in Beijing ‘ending’ their division, China says (CNN)
📌 Famed national park evacuated in Canada as fires threaten the area (GUARDIAN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Sharks in Brazil test positive for cocaine, say scientists (CNN)
📌 June home sales slump, pointing to a buyer's market as supply increases (CNBC)
📌 FTC launches probe into 'surveillance pricing' that it says links cost to customer data (NBC NEWS)
📌 States across US are seeing seasonal increase in mosquitoes with West Nile virus (ABC NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Celine Dion poised to make comeback performance at Paris Olympics (VARIETY)
📌 Beyoncé gives permission to Kamala Harris to use song on campaign trail (BI)
📌 Ryan Reynolds reveals name of his 4th child with Blake Lively (TODAY)
📌 Kathy Hilton reveals she had to calm Kyle Richards down after Mauricio Umansky was spotted kissing another woman (PAGE SIX)
Tuesday, July 23
🚨NATION
📌 The internet says Kamala Harris is 'brat,' and her campaign is embracing it (REUTERS)
📌 U.S. Navy pilot becomes first American woman to "engage and kill an air-to-air contact" (CBS NEWS)
📌 Trump, Vance campaign eyes Peter Thiel’s support as tech billionaire stays mum (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 RFK Jr. sought job in a Trump White House as he considers endorsing Trump (WASHINGTON POST)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel’s Netanyahu walks political tightrope on Washington trip following Biden’s exit from race (AP)
📌 UK spent $900 Million to send four asylum seekers to Rwanda, minister says (NY TIMES)
📌 China, Philippines announce deal to stop clashes in South China Sea (FOX NEWS)
📌 Mass protest on Spanish island Mallorca calls for ‘limits on tourism’ (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Behind more than a year and a half of drug shortages (AXIOS)
📌 Delta Airlines experiencing continues delays, cancellations from last week’s hack. Feds have noticed (AP NEWS)
📌 Hackers are already taking advantage of the CrowdStrike outage chaos (CNN)
📌 McDonald’s to extend $5 value meal in most U.S. markets as diners return to restaurants (CNBC)
📌 ‘Dark oxygen’ in depths of Pacific Ocean could force rethink about origins of life (GUARDIAN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 LeBron James selected as Team USA male flagbearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremony (AP)
📌 How Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman convinced Madonna to license them ‘Like a Prayer’ (CNN)
📌 Miley Cyrus called out Kendall Jenner for singing during intimate concert (ET)
📌 Miss Kansas goes viral for empowering message after revealing abuse: 'I stand tall' (ABC NEWS)
Monday, July 22
🚨NATION
📌 Flight cancellations continued Sunday as United, Delta struggle to recover from global IT outage (USA TODAY)
📌 Secret Service says it denied some Trump requests for more security, walking back previous story (CNBC)
📌 Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
📌 Gunman at Trump rally flew drone over rally (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel shoots down missile fired from Yemen after striking Houthis, following deadly Houthi strike on Tel Aviv (REUTERS)
📌 World leaders hail Biden’s ‘brave’ decision to end his 2024 campaign (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in Russian prison after wrongful conviction. (WSJ)
📌 Another caravan headed through Mexico to the US border (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Business leaders react to Biden dropping out of presidential race (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 Warning: CDC warns of listeria outbreak linked to deli meat that has left 28 sick, 2 dead (ABC NEWS)
📌 Thousands of Disneyland workers vote to authorize a strike (NBC NEWS)
📌 Ticketmaster offers four tickets for $80 to selected shows amid summer concert slowdown (NBC NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 LeBron James bails out Team USA in near loss to South Sudan (NBA.COM)
📌 Fever's Caitlin Clark sets WNBA All-Star Game rookie assist record in Team WNBA's win over Team USA (CBS SPORTS)
📌 ‘Twisters’ rocks box office with powerful $80.5 million opening weekend (VARIETY)
📌 Full-time baby name consultants are raking in $350 an hour as parents search for the most unique names, make wild requests (NY POST)
Friday, July 19
🚨NATION
📌 Housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children engaged in sexual abuse and harassment, DOJ says (AP)
📌 Illinois deputy charged with murder in fatal shooting of woman who called 911 (ABC NEWS)
📌 Secret Service says it's appalled by DEI rhetoric against female agents after Trump rally shooting (NBC NEWS)
📌 Biden administration cancels another $1.2B in student debt (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 European leaders discuss migration and Ukraine at a UK summit amid worries about Trump (AP)
📌 Israel's Knesset votes overwhelmingly against Palestinian statehood as Netanyahu prepares for U.S. visit (NBC NEWS)
📌 South Korea's top court recognizes some rights for same-sex couples (NPR)
📌 Rare pictures released of uncontacted Amazon rainforest tribe in Peru emerging near logging site (ABC NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Amazon Prime Day drives US online sales to record $14.2 billion (CNBC)
📌 Netflix earnings surge as hit shows attract big new audience (THE WRAP)
📌 World’s rarest whale washes up on New Zealand beach (KOMO)
📌 A stegosaurus fossil fetched a record $44.6M at Sotheby's (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Dubai Princess Sheikha Mahra appears to divorce husband in Instagram post (TIME)
📌 Brad Pitt seeks dismissal of Angelina Jolie's request for messages about plane incident (USA TODAY)
📌 Ariana Madix takes swipe at ex Tom Sandoval after he sues her for sharing explicit video of Raquel Leviss (PAGE SIX)
Thursday, July 18
🚨NATION
📌 Powerful Moment: Families of US troops killed in Afghanistan criticize Biden at Republican convention (AP NEWS)
📌 Speaker Mike Johnson calls on Secret Service director to resign after assassination attempt on Trump (NBC NEWS) USSS was told by local police they couldn’t protect building (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Jack Smith appeals dismissal of Trump's classified documents case (AXIOS)
📌 California school district sues Gavin Newsom over new gender-identity law (GUARDIAN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Hezbollah leader threatens new attacks on Israeli towns as tensions rise (REUTERS)
📌 Uncontacted Indigenous Amazon tribe spotted (NBC)
📌 Paris mayor swims in Seine as city cleans up river for Olympics (WIRED)
📌 King Charles III unveils Keir Starmer’s plans for Britain, in state opening of new parliament (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Psilocybin in magic mushrooms can influence brain for weeks, study finds (GUARDIAN)
📌 Samsung’s new AI image generation tool is a little too good (THE VERGE)
📌 Amtrak passengers face record delays from extreme weather (NY TIMES)
📌 US housing market turning more buyer friendly (YAHOO FINANCE)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 ‘Shogun’ leads all Emmy nominees with 25 and ‘The Bear’ sets comedy series record with 23 (AP)
📌 Bob Iger and wife Willow Bay will be Angel City FC controlling owners (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 Alec Baldwin says he may sue prosecutor, sheriff over 'Rust' trial (REUTERS)
📌 Drake’s Toronto mansion seriously flooded amid record-breaking storms (USA TODAY)
Wednesday, July 17
🚨NATION
📌 Nikki Haley gives full endorsement to Trump at RNC, urges GOP to unite around former president (MO NEWS)
📌 California bans schools from telling parents about child’s gender change (NPR)
📌 Downtown Chicago sees tornado, as storms rip through Midwest (NBC NEWS)
📌 Police kill knife-wielding man near Republican National Convention (WISN)
📌 Democratic California Congressman tells donors party loses if President Biden stays in race (FOX NEWS)
📌 Neo-Nazi charged in plot to poison Jewish children in NY (GUARDIAN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Exiled Chinese billionaire, ally of Steve Bannon convicted on fraud charges (AP NEWS)
📌 Macron accepts French PM’s resignation, with no clear successor in sight (CNN)
📌 Traces of cyanide in cups of six people found dead in Bangkok luxury hotel (AP NEWS)
📌 Police dogs sniff out over 6 tons of cocaine hidden in banana shipment headed for Europe (CBS NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Elon Musk says SpaceX and X headquarters moving to Texas, blames California trans student law (CNBC)
📌 Trump considering JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon for Treasury Secretary (REUTERS)
📌 Treasury Department sanctions companies allegedly linked to timeshare fraud by Mexican cartel (ABC NEWS)
📌 Amazon's Prime Day a 'major' cause of worker injuries, Senate probe finds (NBC NEWS)
📌 Former TV host Carlos Watson convicted in trial over collapse of Ozy Media startup (THE WRAP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Country singer Ingrid Andress says she’s checking into rehab after viral national anthem performance: ‘I was drunk’ (CNN)
📌 Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Trump shooting comment (AP NEWS)
📌 HGTV star Christina Hall and third husband Josh file for divorce after nearly 3 years of marriage (NY POST)
📌 Richard Simmons' death is under investigation, pending cause of death, LAPD says (NBC NEWS)
Wednesday, July 16
🚨NATION
📌 Biden says he will continue criticizing Trump; Adds that his mental acuity is “pretty damn good” in new interview (NBC NEWS)
📌 RFK Jr. to get Secret Service protection after failed Trump assassination (FOX NEWS) Trump tries to get RFK Jr. to drop out and endorse (POLITICO)
📌 Jurors in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial in deliberations for 2nd day (CBS NEWS)
📌 East Coast braces for record heat wave (ABC NEWS)
📌 Several blazes, including ‘megafire,’ growing in Oregon (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel in talks over withdrawing from Egypt-Gaza border, officials say (NY TIMES)
📌 Thailand is set to roll out a controversial $13.8 billion handout plan in digital money to citizens (ABC NEWS)
📌 After 19-year-old woman mauled to death, Romania authorizes the killing of nearly 500 bears (CBS NEWS)
📌 Suspected serial killer confesses to murdering 42 women, Kenyan police say (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 War is lead cause behind huge drop in global vaccinations, UN warns (GUARDIAN)
📌 Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers (ABC NEWS)
📌 Elon Musk plans to give pro-Trump PAC $45 million a month (CNBC)
📌 Fed won’t wait until inflation goes down to 2% to cut rates (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Richard Simmons said 'I know people miss me' in emotional final interview two days before death (PEOPLE)
📌 Armie Hammer says he would be dead without therapy (PEOPLE)
📌 Shannen Doherty agreed to finalize divorce from estranged husband Kurt Iswarienko one day before she died (NY POST)
📌 Details on MrBeast’s new Amazon game show (THE WRAP)
📌 Rachel Lindsay ordered to pay ex Bryan Abasolo $13K monthly in spousal support (PEOPLE)
Tuesday, July 16
🚨NATION
📌 Biden says he will continue criticizing Trump; Adds that his mental acuity is “pretty damn good” in new interview (NBC NEWS)
📌 RFK Jr. to get Secret Service protection after failed Trump assassination (FOX NEWS) Trump tries to get RFK Jr. to drop out and endorse (POLITICO)
📌 Jurors in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial in deliberations for 2nd day (CBS NEWS)
📌 East Coast braces for record heat wave (ABC NEWS)
📌 Several blazes, including ‘megafire,’ growing in Oregon (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel in talks over withdrawing from Egypt-Gaza border, officials say (NY TIMES)
📌 Thailand is set to roll out a controversial $13.8 billion handout plan in digital money to citizens (ABC NEWS)
📌 After 19-year-old woman mauled to death, Romania authorizes the killing of nearly 500 bears (CBS NEWS)
📌 Suspected serial killer confesses to murdering 42 women, Kenyan police say (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 War is lead cause behind huge drop in global vaccinations, UN warns (GUARDIAN)
📌 Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers (ABC NEWS)
📌 Elon Musk plans to give pro-Trump PAC $45 million a month (CNBC)
📌 Fed won’t wait until inflation goes down to 2% to cut rates (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Richard Simmons said 'I know people miss me' in emotional final interview two days before death (PEOPLE)
📌 Armie Hammer says he would be dead without therapy (PEOPLE)
📌 Shannen Doherty agreed to finalize divorce from estranged husband Kurt Iswarienko one day before she died (NY POST)
📌 Details on MrBeast’s new Amazon game show (THE WRAP)
📌 Rachel Lindsay ordered to pay ex Bryan Abasolo $13K monthly in spousal support (PEOPLE)
Monday, July 15
🚨NATION
📌 Melania Trump releases statement after Trump assassination attempt: "A monster ... attempted to ring out Donald's passion" (CBS NEWS)
📌 Donald Trump arrives in Milwaukee for RNC after assassination attempt heightens security fears (AP)
📌 Who will be speaking at the RNC (AXIOS)
📌 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power for weeks after Hurricane Beryl (ABC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 China, Russia start naval drills, days after NATO says Beijing enables Ukraine War (VOA)
📌 Israel says Hamas commander killed in southern Gaza strike but fate of military chief unclear (CNN)
📌 Venice nets $2.2 million after launching tourism tax. Opponents say it failed to deter visitors (AP)
📌 Olympic flame arrives in Paris, at the center of Bastille Day parade (FRANCE 24)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Google reportedly in advanced talks to acquire cyber startup Wiz for $23 billion, its largest-ever deal (CNBC)
📌 3 Colorado poultry workers test presumptively positive for bird flu (CBS NEWS)
📌 2,400 Oregon hospital patients potentially exposed to HIV, hepatitis after physician broke protocol (USA TODAY)
📌 Hacker says AT&T paid about $400,000 to erase sensitive data (VERGE)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic in second consecutive Wimbledon final (TIME) Princess Kate attends Wimbledon men’s final in rare appearance since cancer diagnosis (NBC NEWS)
📌 Fitness guru Richard Simmons dead at 76 (ABC NEWS)
📌 Lawyer for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will seek to have her case dismissed after Alec Baldwin trial falls apart (NBC NEWS)
📌 'Dr. Ruth' Westheimer dies at 96 after decades of frank advice about sex (USA TODAY)
Friday, July 12
🚨NATION
📌 Heatwave maps show deadly temps spreading across the US (AXIOS)
📌 Arkansas secretary of state rejects abortion-rights ballot initiative (NBC NEWS)
📌 Florida grandmother arrested in Turks and Caicos over ammo in bag fined $1,500 and given suspended sentence (CBS NEWS)
📌 IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers (ABC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 US-built $230 million pier in Gaza is shutting down after two months of troubles (USA TODAY)
📌 US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine (CNN)
📌 Hungary's Orban ditches NATO summit to meet with Donald Trump (FOX NEWS)
📌 Kenya’s President Ruto fires almost entire cabinet after weeks of deadly protests (GUARDIAN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 US inflation cools again, potentially paving way for Fed to cut interest rates soon (AP)
📌 A 3D reconstruction of the woolly mammoth genome might help revive the extinct species (NPR)
📌 Delta shares fall as a glut of flights drives down fares despite high demand (CNBC)
📌 Ammo vending machines offer "24/7" access to bullets at some U.S. grocery stores (CBS NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Travis Kelce reveals eye-popping price of Taylor Swift Super Bowl suite (E!)
📌 Andy Samberg reveals reason for his 'SNL' exit: 'I was falling apart in my life' (USA TODAY)
📌 JFK grandson named Vogue political correspondent (NEWS NATION) Check out his very silly TikTok
📌 'Inside Out 2' becomes Pixar's highest-grossing film of all time in worldwide box office (ABC NEWS)
Thursday, July 11
🚨NATION
📌 Dangerous heat threatens millions of Texans without power for days in largest outage in utility’s history (CNN)
📌 AOC files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito (MO NEWS)
📌 Bipartisan Senate group pushes ban on lawmaker stock trading (NPR)
📌 Dartmouth student found dead in river prompts hazing probe (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 NATO leaders jointly affirm ‘Ukraine’s future is in NATO’ and its path is ‘irreversible’ (CNN)
📌 NATO leaders call out China as “decisive enabler” of Russia (AP)
📌 Moscow court orders the arrest of Alexei Navalny's widow, who lives abroad (NPR)
📌 US sending Israel some larger bombs that were previously on hold (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌 Swimmer rescued 36 hours after being swept out to sea; Spent two nights in ocean (GUARDIAN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Costco hikes membership fee for the first time since 2017 (CNBC)
📌 Microsoft ditches OpenAI board observer seat amid regulatory scrutiny (CNN)
📌 BMW recalling more than 390,000 vehicles due to airbag inflator issue (ABC NEWS)
📌 Elon Musk plans new Neuralink brain chip, despite previous issues (NBC NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Alec Baldwin broke ‘cardinal rules’ of gun safety in ‘Rust’ shooting, prosecutors say in opening of manslaughter trial (CNN)
📌 Olivia Munn and John Mulaney marry in intimate New York ceremony (PEOPLE)
📌 US men's national soccer coach Gregg Berhalter fired (NBC NEWS)
📌 Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s daughter speaks out against mask bans and reveals she had post-viral condition (TODAY)
Wednesday, July 10
🚨NATION
📌 Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, new poll finds (AP)
📌 In a first, federal regulators ban messaging app from hosting minors (THE HILL)
📌 US confidence in higher education now closely divided (GALLUP)
📌 Trump-appointed judge in Alaska resigns after investigation finds he had ‘inappropriately sexualized relationship’ (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Marine Le Pen hit by shock probe into 2022 presidential campaign funding (POLITICO)
📌 Copenhagen to reward eco-friendly tourists with free food and tours (CNN)
📌 Modi bear hugs Putin in Moscow, marking deep ties between Russia and India (BBC)
📌 Cuba foils plot to sneak arms onto island from U.S., official says (NBC NEWS)
📌 Mummified body of missing American climber found 22 years after he vanished in Peru (CBS NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 How Airbnb fails to protect guests from hidden cameras (CNN)
📌 Tire falls off United Airlines plane during takeoff at LAX, 2nd time in months (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 Etsy loses its “handmade” and “vintage” labels (VERGE)
📌 Bubonic Plague strikes Colorado, health officials confirm (NEWSWEEK)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Cassie’s lawyer slams Diddy’s whitewater rafting trip: ‘shoppy waters’ are ‘ahead’ (US)
📌 At USA Basketball camp, teenage prodigy Cooper Flagg steals the show (YAHOO SPORTS)
📌 ‘You guys can’t touch me’: Novak Djokovic accuses Wimbledon crowd of disrespect after reaching quarterfinals (CNN)
📌 Joe Rogan sets live Netflix comedy event, his first special in 6 years (NBC NEWS)
Tuesday, July 9
🚨NATION
📌 Biden is now deporting more people than Trump (REUTERS)
📌 Columbia removes (but still employs) three deans, saying texts touched on ‘antisemitic tropes’ (CNN)
📌 Beryl unleashes high winds and heavy rains, stranding Texas residents and leaving 2.7M without power (AP)
📌 Chicago reels from violent holiday weekend: More than 100 shot, 19 fatally (ABC)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 2024 set to be world’s hottest year on record as June sets new records (REUTERS)
📌 Putin meets Indian prime minister in Russia on his first visit since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine (AP)
📌 Kyiv children’s hospital hit as Russian missile attack kills at least 29 in Ukraine (GUARDIAN)
📌 El Salvador’s Bukele threatens gang-crackdown style tactics against price gougers (NBC NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Air travel demand is breaking records. Airline profits are not (NBC NEWS)
📌 Johns Hopkins medical school will be free for most thanks to $1 billion from Bloomberg Philanthropies (CBS NEWS)
📌 Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming from 737 Max crashes (CNBC)
📌 Children with autism carry unique gut flora, study finds (NY TIMES)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 The Bachelorette Jenn Trann unpacks emotional premiere episode (THE WRAP)
📌NBC Sports taps ‘Call Her Daddy’ host Alex Cooper for Paris Olympics (VARIETY)
📌 Matthew McConaughey shares life advice to son Levi for his 16th birthday (GMA)
📌 Justin Bieber reportedly was paid $10 million for pre-wedding performance for Indian billionaire (ET)
📌 Cara Delevingne discusses sobriety journey and recalls drinking at 8 years old: 'What a crazy age to get drunk' (PEOPLE)
Monday, July 8
🚨NATION
📌 Forecasters concerned about Beryl as hurricane makes landfall(CNN)
📌 Republican convention in Milwaukee could be ‘attractive’ target for violent extremists, federal assessment says (CNN)
📌 Persistent heat wave in the US expected to shatter new records as it bakes West and swelters in East (AP)
📌 Judge pauses deadlines in Trump classified documents case over immunity questions (NPR)
📌 Trump claims not to have knowledge of ‘Project 2025’ despite numerous campaign connections (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Talks for a cease-fire in Gaza appear set to resume as the war reaches 9 months (NPR)
📌 Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions in Russia as war of attrition grinds on (ABC NEWS)
📌 Pope decries populists, warns democracy is in bad health (REUTERS)
📌 Injured American citizen’s condition ‘worsening’ after Hezbollah missiles fired toward Israel (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Sizzling sidewalks, unshaded playgrounds pose risk of burns (VOA)
📌 Younger women are practicing radical pay transparency on TikTok (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Job scams surged 118% in 2023, aided by AI. Here’s how to stop them (CNBC)
📌 NASA crew in simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 LeBron James signs deal to stay with Lakers, opening door to first father-son teammates in NBA history (NBC NEWS)
📌 Margot Robbie is pregnant! Actress expecting her first baby with husband Tom Ackerley (PEOPLE)
📌 John Cena, 16-time world champion, to retire from WWE after 2025 (THE ATHLETIC)
📌 Caitlin Clark rallies Fever past Liberty with first triple-double by WNBA rookie (ABC NEWS)