Plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters revoked - US government
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a pre-trial agreement reached with men accused of plotting the 11 September terrorist attacks....
Despite economic growth, 70% of Americans believe the economy is getting worse (wtop.com)
A little-known law has forced over 120,000 veterans to return the money they got to leave the military, new data shows (www.nbcnews.com)
Everybody Is Mad at Bloomberg for Its Embargo-Breaking Gershkovich Scoop (nymag.com)
Scientists Confirm Bird Flu Is Now Spreading Between Mammals (www.sciencealert.com)
Sanders Introduces Historic Moonshot Legislation to Address the Long COVID Crisis (www.sanders.senate.gov)
Joining Sanders on the legislation are Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.)....
Children of spies only discovered they were Russian on the plane to Moscow, Kremlin says (www.nbcnews.com)
Their parents posed as Argentinian citizens, and Vladimir Putin greeted the children in Spanish. According to the Kremlin, they did not speak Russian nor did they know who Putin was....
Justice Department sues TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children's data (abcnews.go.com)
The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency....
"Indian-Israeli Mossad Agent Amit Nakesh Behind The Assassination Of Hamas Boss Ismail Haniyeh" Turkish Media Goes Wild (www.eurasiantimes.com)
DNC chair says majority of delegates have voted to give Harris the Democratic nomination (www.nbcnews.com)
The vice president’s campaign says she has won the nomination, but the results will not be official until Monday....
Despite Missouri AG’s Best Efforts, Man Condemned to Die Will Get Hearing On His Innocence Claim (theintercept.com)
DURING HIS SHORT tenure as Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey has spent a considerable amount of time fighting to cement dubious convictions — and, so far, he has been losing the battle....
The Crowdfunding Campaign for Deadly Israeli Military Drones (theintercept.com)
THE WAR IN Gaza has been good for the drone startup XTEND. Since October 7, the Tel Aviv company has pivoted to providing the Israeli military with cheap, nimble robot aircraft. This demand helped the company secure $40 million in new venture capital funding, bringing its total raised to $60 million. That money will go toward...
How Harris Can Outfox Trump (and Vance) on Taxes (washingtonmonthly.com)
The Supreme Court's costly decision to constrain regulators (www.piie.com)
Venezuela says US 'at the forefront of coup attempt' (www.reuters.com)
CARACAS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said on Friday that the United States is “at the forefront of a coup attempt” against the South American country amid a dispute over presidential election results that sparked protests.
The lagged effects of COVID-19 supply chain disruptions on inflation (www.brookings.edu)
This gay dad was called a 'pervert homo' by a right-wing talk show host. Now, he's suing (www.advocate.com)
Biden warns Netanyahu against escalation as risk of regional war grows [Barak Ravid | 33 mins ago | Axios.com] (www.axios.com)
Why it matters: Biden and his top aides are deeply frustrated by the fallout from Israel’s assassinations in Beirut and Tehran, which took place less than a week after Netanyahu’s first visit to the Oval Office in four years....
Harris campaign says it raised $310 million in July, doubling Trump’s haul (www.cnn.com)
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign said it raked in a whopping $310 million in its July fundraising efforts – more than double the amount raised by her Republican rival last month – and has $377 million cash on hand, marking the latest sign of how transformative and energizing the change to the top of the...
It Was Supposed to Be Trump’s Administration in Waiting. But Project 2025 Was a Mirage All Along. (www.politico.com)
On a Thursday morning in early June, I hopped off a train at Washington’s Union Station and walked a few blocks east to get a glimpse into the headquarters of one of the most secretive — and most hyped — organizations in America: Project 2025, tucked away inside the main offices of the Heritage Foundation on Capitol Hill....
US job growth misses expectations in July; unemployment rate rises to 4.3%. (www.voanews.com)
More than 900 indigenous children died in federal boarding schools: Interior Department [Zack Budryk | 07/30/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
The report is the culmination of an investigation ordered in 2021 by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to hold that role in government....
Missouri bans sale of Delta-8 THC and other unregulated CBD intoxicants (apnews.com)
Missouri is banning the sale of drinks, candy and other foods made with hemp-derived intoxicating substances, Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced in an an executive order issued Thursday....
Sea lions are stranding themselves on California's coast with signs of poisoning by harmful algae (apnews.com)
Sea lions are stranding themselves on a long stretch of the California coast and showing signs that they may have been poisoned by a bloom of harmful algae, experts said Thursday....
Macron’s Liberal Coup [Maxime Benatouil | 02.08.2024 | tribunemag.co.uk] (tribunemag.co.uk)
In a desperate attempt to cling on to power, Macron is blocking the French left from government. If this assault on democratic principle is not defeated, it will all but ensure the far-right’s victory in the next election....
