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Ilya Gridneff / Financial Times:
Mark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over trade — Prime Minister says Donald Trump miscalculated by escalating his tariffs attack on the country — Canada was “at war” over trade with the US after President Donald Trump “miscalculated” by escalating his tariff attack, Prime Minister Mark Carney said.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
How to Lose a Trade War — Trump's bullying of Canada is failing. — U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed last night. Punitive Trump tariffs will now go into effect. Canada will reciprocate with retaliatory tariffs of its own. — The story may not be over.
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Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
Collins asks White House to consider ‘negative impact’ of Canada trade war — Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) pushed the Trump administration to “consider the negative impact” that engaging in a tariff war with Canada may have on American constituents, straying away from some of her GOP peers.
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NOTUS, Associated Press, CNBC and Washington Examiner
Financial Times:
Trump's economic challenge: $40tn debt, 6.7% mortgages and $5 diesel
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The Daily Caller
Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
US Postal Service issues rule to tighten requirements for mail-in voting despite courts looking to block — The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Friday new eligibility guidelines for mail-in ballots, complying with President Trump's March executive order restricting the practice …
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María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
Trump-Aligned Mail Ballot Rules Readied for High Court Decision
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Angie Orellana Hernandez / NOTUS:
‘Disappointed’: Ranchers and Republicans React to Trump's Beef Import — “You don't put America First by putting American ranchers second,” says a North Dakota dairy farmer. — Copy — Jim Richardson's weekly trips to sell beef at the Battle Creek and Sunset Valley farmers markets in Austin, Texas have dipped in revenue.
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
GOP lawmakers criticize Trump's beef import plan amid blowback from ranchers
GOP lawmakers criticize Trump's beef import plan amid blowback from ranchers
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The Hill, The Federalist, OutsideTheBeltway, The American Conservative, CNN, MS NOW, MeidasTouch, Washington Examiner, New York Times and RedState
Tilly Robinson / The Indianapolis Star:
Braun tells NIPSCO to move faster in Gary, while clergy says state must do more — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun urged the Northern Indiana Public Service Company to hasten its repairs as Northwest Indiana residents endure days without electricity following intense summer storms …
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New York Times:
How a Billionaire Shaped Trump's Homelessness Policy … A team from the Cicero Institute, an upstart think tank, flew to Indiana this year to help make it a crime for the homeless to sleep on the street. — It was their third attempt. Even in the conservative state, previous efforts to ban street camping had failed.
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Washington Post and Mother Jones
CNN:
Deleted tweets show Natalie Harp's zealous support of Trump on January 6 — Donald Trump Congressional news January 6th Social media — Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021.
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emptywheel, The Independent and TMZ.com
Telegraph:
Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant — Unprecedented cyber attack believed to be most successful of its kind — Tony Diver , Political Editor. Rozina Sabur , National Security Editor. Matt Oliver , Industry Editor — Add us as preferred source — Tony Diver , Political Editor.
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Stock Disclosure Shows More Than 1,000 Trades in June — President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp., according to a financial disclosure published Saturday.
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CNBC
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Trump Accounts Get an Unlikely Endorser: Gavin Newsom — Mr. Newsom, the governor of California, normally has harsh words for President Trump. But he called the new children's savings accounts “one of the best things” the president has done. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has built …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, NewsMax.com, New York Post and Governor of California
New York Times:
The Socialist, a Million-Dollar Rowhouse and Unanswered Questions — Differing accounts of where Gustavo Gordillo, a leader of the Democratic Socialists of America, lives are raising doubts about whether the city's left-wing organizers are ready for prime time.
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New York Post, RedState and The Atlantic
Washington Post:
After decades of free spending, Washington is facing some unpalatable choices — As the national debt surpasses $40 trillion, lawmakers may soon be compelled to make some long-deferred choices that will leave few Americans unscathed. — Summary — Year after year, the federal government has spent more than it collected in taxes.
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The Daily Caller
Sarah Kessler / New York Times:
Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty — To create a new bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. avatars of its instructors. — I've just started a video call with a general partner at a venture capital firm. “Whenever you're ready, please start your pitch,” he says.
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TechCrunch
Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
Trump's Economic Isolation Plan Risks Iran Strikes Across Gulf — President Donald Trump is betting new sanctions, a naval blockade and ramped-up economic pressure against Iran's trading partners can accomplish what thousands of bombs and missiles could not: force Tehran to accept a deal to end the war on US terms.
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Associated Press, The Japan Times and NewsMax.com
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