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NATIONAL

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US--IMMIGRATION RAIDS LOS ANGELES LAWSUIT

Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweeps

SUMMARY: A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s temporary order blocking the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday night. They held a hearing Monday where the federal government asked the court to overturn a temporary restraining order issued July 12. The government argued the order was impeding their ability to enforce immigration law. Immigrant advocacy groups filed a lawsuit last month accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during its ongoing immigration crackdown.

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US--DEATH PENALTY-FLORIDA

DeSantis set a Florida record for executions. It’s driving a national increase

SUMMARY: Under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has executed more people so far this year than any other state, setting a new state record. Across the country, more people have been executed in the first seven months of this year than in all of 2024. Florida’s increase is putting the country on track to surpass 2015’s total of 28 executions. Little is publicly known about how the governor decides whose death warrant to sign and when. DeSantis has said he takes capital cases “very seriously” and that for some crimes, “the only appropriate punishment is the death penalty.”

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US--MIGRANTS-TEMPORARY STATUS

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal

SUMMARY: A California judge is extending migrant status protections ended by the Trump administration for more than 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal. The order Thursday by U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco affects 7,000 Nepalese whose Temporary Protected Status designations were scheduled to expire Tuesday. About 51,000 people from Honduras and nearly 3,000 from Nicaragua were scheduled to have their status terminated in September. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ended the program after determining that conditions in their home countries no longer warranted protections. The National TPS Alliance is challenging the terminations as arbitrary and racist.

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US--AIRCRAFT DOWN-INVESTIGATION

Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB

SUMMARY: Aviation experts told the National Transportation Safety Board that night vision goggles may have created viewing difficulties for the pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington in January. The Army goggles would have made it difficult to see the plane’s colored lights, which might have helped the Black Hawk determine the plane’s direction. The goggles also limited the pilots’ peripheral vision as they flew near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The goggles were discussed Friday at the NTSB’s third and final day of public testimony over the fatal midair crash, which killed 67 people. The final report on the crash is expected next year.

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US--MONTANA SHOOTING

Former US soldier is suspected in Montana bar shooting that killed 4, prompting manhunt

SUMMARY: Authorities have launched a manhunt after a shooting at a Montana bar left four people dead. State investigators said the shooting happened Friday morning at The Owl Bar in Anaconda. Public records show and U.S. Army officials say the man suspected in the shooting is a military veteran who lived next to the bar. His home was cleared by a SWAT team, but he remained at large Friday evening and was believed to be armed, prompting warnings from officials to avoid the area. Authorities have yet to release details about what led to the shooting. Anaconda is a town of about 9,000 people that is about 75 miles southeast of Missoula.

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US--JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-JEFFREY EPSTEIN

Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas

SUMMARY: Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention. The federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday that Maxwell was taken to Bryan, Texas, but did not explain the circumstances. Her attorney confirmed the move but also declined to discuss the reasons for it. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. She had been held at a prison in Tallahassee, Florida, until her transfer to the camp in Texas.

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US--ARKANSAS HIKERS KILLED

Teacher charged in fatal stabbings in Arkansas bounced between schools in 3 states

SUMMARY: A teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers he didn’t know in an Arkansas state park has bounced between four school districts in three states. Andrew James McGann is charged with two counts of capital murder in the killing Saturday of 43-year-old Clinton David Brink and 41-year-old Cristen Amanda Brink. He is being held without bond and briefly appeared before a judge Friday morning at the Washington County Detention Center. He has been assigned a public defender and scheduled for an arraignment on Aug. 25. The Associated Press has left messages at numbers listed for McGann.

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US--EAST COAST STORMS

Boy, 13, dies after getting trapped in a storm drain during East Coast flooding

SUMMARY: Officials in Maryland say a 13-year-old boy died after getting trapped in a storm drain during heavy rainfall and flooding on the East Coast. A Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company spokesperson says kids were playing in the rain Thursday when floodwaters rushed into the area. The boy was swept into the pipe. And first responders in Maryland’s Washington, D.C. suburbs rescued an 8-year-old boy, a woman and a toddler after an SUV was submerged. The National Weather Service warns that more storms may bring flooding to the northern mid-Atlantic and southern New England through Friday night.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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US--ELECTION 2026-REDISTRICTING

Limited options for Democrats to retaliate if Texas Republicans redraw congressional map

SUMMARY: Some Republican-controlled states are moving to redraw legislative maps to pad their party’s narrow House majority in Washington. They’re acting at President Donald Trump’s urging, and that’s forced Democrats to rethink their embrace of a nonpartisan approach to line-drawing. In many Democratic-controlled states, independent commissions rather than the state legislature handle redistricting. That means Democrats have few options to match Republicans, who are redrawing the congressional map in Texas to carve out as many as five new winnable seats for the GOP. That could be enough to prevent Democrats from winning back the majority in the midterm elections near year.

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US--SMITHSONIAN-TWEAKING HISTORY

After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo

SUMMARY: The Smithsonian’s removal of a reference to the 2019 and 2021 impeachments of President Donald Trump from a panel in an exhibition about the American presidency comes in the wake of Trump administration actions like removing the name of a gay rights activist from a Navy ship, pushing for Republican supporters in Congress to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and getting rid of the leadership at the Kennedy Center. A Smithsonian spokesperson said the removal of the reference, which had been installed as a temporary addition in 2021, came after a review of “legacy content recently” and said the exhibit eventually “will include all impeachments.”

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US--MEDIA-PUBLIC BROADCASTING-TRUMP

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

SUMMARY: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations. Now it says it will begin taking steps toward its own closure after being defunded by the U.S. Senate. That marks the end of a nearly six-decade era in which it fueled the production of renowned educational programming, cultural content and even emergency alerts. The demise of the corporation, known as CPB, is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s targeting of public media, which he has repeatedly said is spreading political and cultural views antithetical to those the United States should be espousing. The closure is expected to have a profound impact on the journalistic and cultural landscape.

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US--TRUMP-POWELL

Trump calls on the Federal Reserve board to take full control of the central bank from Powell

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is calling for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Trump criticized the head of the U.S. central bank for not cutting short-term interest rates. Posting on Truth Social on Friday, Trump calls Powell “stubborn.” The Fed chair has been subjected to relentless verbal attacks by the Republican president over several months. The Fed has the responsibility of stabilizing prices and maximizing employment. Powell has held its benchmark rate for overnight loans constant this year, saying Fed officials needed to see what impact Trump’s massive tariffs had on inflation.

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US--TRUMP-RUSSIA

Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump has ordered the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines. Friday’s decision comes after what he calls “highly provocative statements” by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev and Trump have feuded online in recent days. The impact on U.S. nuclear subs — which routinely patrol global hotspots — remains unclear. But the move potentially escalates tensions between Washington and Moscow at a delicate time, as Trump threatens new sanctions in an attempt to push Russia toward a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine. Trump said Friday evening that “he had to” reposition the subs. He said Medvedev made “inappropriate” threats and, “When you talk about nuclear, we have to be prepared.”

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US--TRUMP-TARIFFS-UNCERTAINTY

Trump injects a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s order imposing new tariffs on scores of countries and the European Union starting in seven days has injected a new dose of uncertainty in an already uncertain process. Trump has promised these tariffs will boost the U.S. economy and create jobs. He tells NBC News the tariffs process is “very smooth.” But critics warn the tariffs could harm America’s global standing and increase inflation. The legality of the tariffs is being questioned in court, with judges expressing skepticism. Major companies warn of financial pain. And there are concerns about rising inflation and job losses in manufacturing. Trump signed the order imposing new tariffs Thursday night.

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INTERNATIONAL

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ML--MIDEAST WARS-GAZA

Israeli fire again kills Gaza aid-seekers as US envoy meets with hostages’ families

SUMMARY: Witnesses and health workers say Israeli forces have opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians sought food. They say at least 10 people were killed Saturday. That’s a day after U.S. officials visited a GHF site and the U.S. ambassador called the troubled system “an incredible feat.” Nearly a week has passed since Israel announced humanitarian pauses and airdrops meant to get more food to Gaza’s over 2 million people. Israel is under international pressure amid scenes of starving children. The United Nations says far too little aid still comes in.

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ML--MIDEAST-WARS-GAZA-A DAY IN THE LIFE

How one Gaza family dedicates each day to finding enough food to survive

SUMMARY: Abeer and Fadi Sobh spend their days seeking food for themselves and their six children. Their family is like so many others in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. International organizations have said for months that Gaza has been on the brink of famine, but they warned this week that the worst-case scenario of famine was beginning to unfold. Though the flow of aid resumed in May after a 10-week blockade, the amount is a fraction of what aid organizations say is needed. A security breakdown has also made it nearly impossible to safely deliver food. Much of the limited aid entering is hoarded and later sold on the black market.

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EU--RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR

Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in Ukraine, including 5 children

SUMMARY: Kyiv is observing a day of mourning after a Russian drone and missile attack killed 31 people, including five children, and injured over 150. The attack on Thursday marked the highest number of child casualties in a single strike on the city since October 2022. It was also the deadliest attack on the city since July last year, when 33 were killed. The Russian assault destroyed a large part of a nine-story residential building and damaged over 100 other structures. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for stronger sanctions against Russia. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are under pressure in the eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russia pushes to break through Ukraine’s defenses there.

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BUSINESS

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US--TRUMP-TARIFFS-WINNERS-LOSERS

From Laos to Brazil, Trump’s tariffs leave a lot of losers. But even the winners will pay a price

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught this week left a lot of losers – from small, poor countries like Laos and Algeria to wealthy U.S. trading partners like Canada and Switzerland. They’re now facing hefty taxes – tariffs – on the products they export to the United States. What’s unclear is whether there will ultimately be any winners – even in the United States, the intended beneficiary of Trump’s protectionist policies. Trump’s trade war has pushed the average U.S. tariff from 2.5% at the start of 2025 to 18.3% now, the highest since 1934, according to the Budget Lab at Yale University. One expert at the New York Law School said that “in many respects, everybody’s a loser here.’’

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US--EARNS-BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY

Profits drop at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway as it writes down its Kraft Heinz investment

SUMMARY: Warren Buffett’s company reported less than half as much profit in the second quarter as it took a $3.76 billion writedown on the value of its stake in Kraft Heinz as that iconic food producer considers largely undoing the merger that Berkshire Hathaway helped bankroll. Berkshire said it earned $12.37 billion in the quarter because it recorded a smaller gain on its investments compared to last year when it unloaded a chunk of its Apple stake. Berkshire still owns more than 27% of Kraft Heinz. Buffett has said previously that he believes in the company but the problem is that he overpaid for it originally.

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US--FINANCIAL WELLNESS-STUDENT LOANS

What to know if you’re at risk of having your wages garnished over student loan debt

SUMMARY: Millions of student borrowers could begin having their wages garnished as soon as this summer. That’s according to estimates from credit bureau TransUnion. The company predicts that by August roughly 3 million borrowers could move into default, meaning they’re 270 days past due on payments. At that point, loan holders are at risk of having 15% of their pay docked by the government, with the money going toward the outstanding debt. There has been no clear indication of when wage garnishment will start.

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US--TRUMP-JOBS NUMBERS

Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

SUMMARY: President Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May than previously reported. Trump in a post on his social media platform alleged that the figures were manipulated for political reasons and said that Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, should be fired.

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US-TESLA-MIAMI CASE

Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash case

SUMMARY: A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 million in damages. The federal jury held that Tesla bore significant responsibility because its technology failed and that not all the blame can be put on a reckless driver. The driver had been looking for a dropped cellphone when he hit a young couple out gazing at the stars. The case could encourage other crash victims to hold out for big damages and dent confidence in self-driving technology. Lawyers for Tesla said the company will appeal.

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US-ECONOMY-JOBS-REPORT

US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agenda

SUMMARY: U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise doubts about the outlook for the world’s largest economy. The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs last month, well short of the 115,000 forecasters had expected. Worse, revisions shaved a stunning 258,000 jobs off May and June payrolls. And the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. Scott Anderson, the chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Markets, said that a “notable deterioration in U.S. labor market conditions appears to be underway.”

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FINANCIAL MARKETS

Wall Street falls the most since May after employers slash hiring and tariffs roll out

SUMMARY: The stock market had its worst day since May after the government reported a sharp slowdown in hiring and President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from a number of U.S. trading partners. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% Friday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.2%. The Nasdaq composite lost 2.2%. The surprisingly weak hiring numbers led investors to step up their expectations for an interest rate cut in September and sent Treasury yields sharply lower in the bond market. The new set of tariffs are set to go into effect Aug. 7.

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EU--SWITZERLAND-TARIFFS

Switzerland, the land of luxury brands, could see prices skyrocket from Trump’s 39% tariffs

SUMMARY: Switzerland is home to some of the world’s most recognizable luxury brands. It now faces a 39% tariff as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Industry groups warned that both Swiss companies and American consumers could pay the price. Swiss officials failed to reach an agreement with the U.S. after Trump initially threatened a 31% tariff in April. The Swiss government spent Friday reeling from the news. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Switzerland was $38.5 billion last year. That’s according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

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US--TRUMP-TARIFFS-CONSUMER-IMPACT

What consumers can expect from import taxes as the US sets new tariff rates

SUMMARY: American businesses and consumers are finding the contours of President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda taking shape. But they don’t have much more clarity on how import taxes on goods from dozens of countries will affect them. Late Thursday, Trump ordered new tariff rates for 66 countries, the European Union, Taiwan and the Falkland Islands. Trump postponed the start date for all of the tariffs from Friday until Aug. 7. Companies are dealing with tariffs in various ways, from absorbing the tax costs themselves to raising prices. Economist say U.S. consumers are likely to foot at least part of the bill.

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HEALTH/SCIENCE

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US-MED--BE WELL-SUMMER COLDS

Got the sniffles? Here’s what to know about summer colds, COVID-19 and more

SUMMARY: COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country. Data released Friday by federal health officials shows overall respiratory virus spread is low. But COVID-19 is rising in many states in the mid-Atlantic, the South, the southeast and on the West Coast. More people of all ages are going to emergency rooms because of COVID-19. Flu and RSV activity remain very low. Doctors say hot summer weather can drive people indoors where respiratory viruses like to spread.

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SCI--SPACEX-CREW LAUNCH

SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch

SUMMARY: SpaceX has delivered a new crew to the International Space Station in just 15 hours. The team, consisting of astronauts from the U.S., Russia, and Japan, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and arrived on Saturday. They will spend at least six months aboard, replacing colleagues who have been there since March. SpaceX plans to bring the previous crew back as early as Wednesday. NASA’s Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan’s Kimiya Yui, and Russia’s Oleg Platonov are now on board. Their arrival temporarily increases the space station’s population to 11.

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RELIGION

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EU-REL--VATICAN-YOUTH

A half-million young Catholics invade Rome, awaiting Pope Leo XIV at Holy Year youth festival

SUMMARY: Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics are pouring into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts for the highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year. They’re camping out for an evening vigil, outdoor slumber party and morning Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV that marks his first big encounter with the next generation of Catholics. Leo was flying in by helicopter Saturday evening to preside over the vigil and a question-and-answer session. He was then returning to the Vatican for the night and coming back for a popemobile romp and Mass on Sunday morning.

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EDUCATION

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US--EDUCATION-RURAL STUDENTS

College isn’t in the plans for many rural students despite stepped-up recruiting efforts

SUMMARY: America’s rural high school students are less likely to go to college than their urban and suburban peers. Students in the most sparsely populated regions often face obstacles to attending college, including having to travel far to get to campus, a lack of public transportation, and inconsistent broadband access that limits access to online courses and financial aid. Family dynamics also often factor in, including a lack of exposure to college because parents didn’t attend and an underlying doubt about the value of a college degree and curriculum. Some colleges have stepped up efforts to recruit rural students.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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ENT--OBIT-JEANNIE SEELY

Jeannie Seely, soulful country singer behind hits like ‘Don’t Touch Me,’ dies at 85

SUMMARY: Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer known for hits like “Don’t Touch Me,” has died at 85. Her publicist says she died Friday from complications of an intestinal infection. Known as “Miss Country Soul,” Seely was a trailblazer for women in country music, celebrated for her spirited nonconformity and hits in the ’60s and ’70s. She was hospitalized in May after multiple surgeries and a bout of pneumonia. Seely never stopped working in country music. Since 2018, she’s hosted the weekly “Sunday’s with Seely” on Willie Nelson’s SiriusXM channel. She appeared nearly 5,400 times at Grand Ole Opry, which will dedicate its Saturday show to her.

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SPORTS

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BBO--MLB AT BRISTOL

A baseball field in a racetrack? MLB’s Speedway Classic makes history

SUMMARY: A 110-foot Ferris wheel. Race cars painted in MLB team colors. Food trucks. Live music. Pitching tunnels and batting cages. A chance for photos with the Commissioner’s Trophy. And Clydesdales. Of course, there’s merchandise available for any fans who forgot to grab their gear supporting the Atlanta Braves or Cincinnati Reds or simply commemorating a spectacle unlike any other. About four years in the planning, it’s finally time for the MLB Speedway Classic to play ball Saturday night on the diamond constructed on the infield at Bristol Motor Speedway at the place called the “Last Great Colisseum!”

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