People Are Still Being Swallowed by Storm Drains. One U.S. Agency Is Pushing for Safety Measures. (www.propublica.org)
Steep fines in Iowa set off state-federal showdown over child labor laws. (stateline.org)
Silicon Valley Investors’ Plans for a New City Put on Hold (www.nytimes.com)
Closing of Rural Hospitals Leaves Towns With Unhealthy Real Estate (dailyyonder.com)
Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West - High Country News (www.hcn.org)
If Donald Trump is re-elected president in November, a coalition of more than 50 right-wing organizations known as Project 2025 will be ready with a plug-and-play plan for him to follow, starting with a database of potential administration appointees carefully vetted by coalition members; an online “Presidential Administration...
Harris to address major Democratic donors on Friday, source says (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will talk to major Democratic donors on Friday, according to a source familiar with the call, after President Joe Biden said he planned to return to the campaign trail next week even as more lawmakers called for him to step aside....
DNC officials defend virtual roll call vote (www.politico.com)
The Democratic National Committee is forging ahead with a virtual roll call to pick the party’s presidential nominee, even as a steady stream of congressional Democrats called for Joe Biden to exit the race....
Springfield IL deputy indicted; faces three murder charges in killing of Sonya Massey - Body cam footage from the incident will be released to the public on Monday (www.sj-r.com)
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A double life: The cocaine kingpin who hid as a professional soccer player (www.washingtonpost.com)
Incarcerated men allege they were cut off from loved ones and lost privileges in slavery lawsuit (www.cpr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/colorado-inmates-allege-punishm…
US court overturns Alaska oil lease sale in a win for environmentalists (www.reuters.com)
A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration’s signature climate law as part of a political compromise, on grounds that the U.S. government violated the law when holding the sale....
UnitedHealth Reports $7.9 Billion in Q2 Profits After Protesters Arrested. (www.commondreams.org)
Exiled Chinese businessman convicted in US fraud case. (www.voanews.com)
Iran rejects accusations implicating it in plot to kill Trump. (www.voanews.com)
Spanish PM Urges NATO Leaders to Eschew 'Double Standards' on Gaza and Ukraine (www.commondreams.org)
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House Dems plot last-ditch effort to delay Biden nomination (www.politico.com)
Accused fake elector will formally declare Trump nominee at Republican National Convention (lawandcrime.com)
Kaspersky is shutting down its business in the United States (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The Most Expensive Farm Bill Ever Is Stalled, Holding Back Important Funds Aimed at Combating the Climate Crisis (insideclimatenews.org)
Record-breaking heatwave shifts east as millions of Americans under heat alert (www.theguardian.com)
Over 245 million Americans are expected to experience 90F temperatures early this week, with some as high as 105F...
AT&T says hackers stole records of nearly all cellular customers' calls and texts (www.nbcnews.com)
Best-selling fiction writer Brendan DuBois, 64, arrested on child porn charges (www.independent.co.uk)
U.S. to again ship 500-pound bombs to Israel, reversing suspension (www.washingtonpost.com)
The United States is resuming a shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel that had been held up since May, when the Biden administration suspended delivery of two types of large, airdropped weapons amid concerns about the ballooning scale of civilian casualties in Gaza, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter....
Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds (apnews.com)
A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer....
Project 2025: inside Trump’s ties to the rightwing policy playbook (www.theguardian.com)
Trump has disavowed the manifesto, but his goals for civil service cuts, deportation and more show a shared vision...
