Who is in the new Labour cabinet? (www.theguardian.com)
With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times
France asks two Chinese spies to leave the country after attempt to forcibly repatriate exiled Chinese dissident (www.lemonde.fr)
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Foreign companies consider moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates (www.taipeitimes.com)
Companies consider moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “die-hard” Taiwanese independence advocates...
Trump World ‘panicking’ as Project 2025 gets on the radar of voters (www.msnbc.com)
JPMorgan Chase warns 86 million customers they might have to start paying for their bank accounts (finance.yahoo.com)
The potential charges, says Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan, are a result of new regulatory rules that cap overdraft and late fees. Lake says Chase will be passing along those increased expenses to customers, which would put an end to now-free services such as checking accounts and wealth...
Elon Musk denies tweets misled Twitter investors ahead of purchase (arstechnica.com)
Vatican Excommunicates Its Former Ambassador to the U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets (gizmodo.com)
These queer farmers and ranchers are boycotting Tractor Supply and want you to join them (www.advocate.com)
Airport security missed live ammo in tourists’ hand luggage. The TSA doesn’t know how (www.independent.co.uk)
Salem hikes tour guide fee by 3,000% after surge of witch-enthusiasts flood town (www.independent.co.uk)
Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Abortion Rights, Strikes Down Restrictions (www.commondreams.org)
Mexican cartels are diversifying business beyond drugs. Here's where they are profiting (www.usatoday.com)
Intra-Maga row for Missouri’s attorney general seat reveals exaggerated résumé (www.theguardian.com)
Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling (www.theguardian.com)
'Exhausted,' 'bad epsiode': Biden doubles down on debate explanations in ABC News exclusive (abcnews.go.com)
80 Percent of Voters Now Say Biden Is Too Old to Run (www.msn.com)
Eighty percent of voters say President Joe Biden is too old to run as former president Donald Trump now leads Biden by six points following last week’s debate, a new poll finds.
Washington Post: Sen. Mark Warner Forming a Group Of Democratic Senators To Call On Biden To Drop Out (www.realclearpolitics.com)
As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields (wgno.com)
Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.” The state immediately appealed the decision....
South Carolina Man Dies After Firework Explodes On His Head (www.wccbcharlotte.com)
Allen Ray McGrew, 41, was found laying in the road. He put a firework on his head, and it exploded while on his head, causing massive head injuries, officials said....
Trump seeks to distance himself from pro-Trump Project 2025 | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
In a post to his social media site, Trump claimed, “I know nothing about Project 2025,” the name given to a playbook crafted by the Heritage Foundation to fill the executive branch with thousands of Trump loyalists and reorient its many agencies’ missions around conservative ideals....
US cities can now punish homelessness. Will it help or hurt a crisis? (www.bbc.com)
The high court’s ruling is already having a ripple effect on cities across the country, which have been emboldened to take harsher measures to clear out homeless camps that have grown in the aftermath of the pandemic....
Spain introduces porn passport to stop kids from watching smut (www.politico.eu)
The Spanish government has a plan to prevent kids from watching porn online: Meet the porn passport....
American Pride Remains Near Record Low (news.gallup.com)
Italian prosecutors investigate luxury brands Dior, Armani for "Made In Italy" products actually made by subcontractors within the European country exploiting low-cost Chinese labor (in.mashable.com)
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