NYTIMES (Laura Chung) - Australia Watches Its Bird Flu Fears Come True
Australia confirmed its first case of H5N1 in June in migratory seabirds. Since then, the virus has spread rapidly, straining government responses.
NYTIMES (Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ana Swanson) - How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War
Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable.
NYTIMES (Edward Wong) - Trump Administration Aims to Revoke Visas of Foreign Citizens Applying for Asylum
The State Department, in a move that could affect as many as 200,000 visa holders and asylum applicants, has begun its review. Cancellations could occur in waves.
NYTIMES (Bayliss Wagner) - Abdul El-Sayed Joins Jesse Watters of Fox News for Some Light Verbal Combat
In a smiling yet tense interview, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, argued that his Republican critics were using culture-war issues to distract from Americans’ economic concerns.
NYTIMES (Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman) - Jeffries Defends Kushner Meeting, Vowing Tough Oversight of Trump
The Brooklyn Democrat, who is in line to be speaker should his party win the House, has drawn ire from some progressives for huddling with the president’s son-in-law.
AXIOS (Nathan Bomey) - UAW and Deere are set to clash amid AI sales boom
The UAW and Deere are barreling toward a contract clash as Big Labor seeks to capture some of the immense wealth being created by the AI boom . Why it matters: Old-school equipment makers like Deere and Caterpillar suddenly find themselves swept up in a sales-and-stock boom tied to AI, as data center developers gobble up bulldozers, excavators and other construction machines. The big picture: Union leaders have already been agitating against the AI giants, calling for labor protections and bashing billionaires for seeking to replace workers. - "You're either with workers or you're with millionaires," AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler told Axios in June. "There's just been a dearth of leadership in terms of elected officials really…
The UAW and Deere are barreling toward a contract clash as Big Labor seeks to capture some of the immense wealth being created by the AI boom . Why it matters: Old-school equipment makers like Deere and Caterpillar suddenly find themselves swept up in a sales-and-stock boom tied to AI, as data center developers gobble up bulldozers, excavators and other construction machines. The big picture: Union leaders have already been agitating against the AI giants, calling for labor protections and bashing billionaires for seeking to replace workers. - "You're either with workers or you're with millionaires," AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler told Axios in June. "There's just been a dearth of leadership in terms of elected officials really…Open
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Supreme Court backs Trump’s order to curb mail ballots
The Supreme Court on Monday said that President Donald Trump could begin carrying out parts of an executive order intended to restrict mail voting, but additional legal challenges could hinder implementation of his plan before the November midterm election. CNN’s Kristen Holmes reports.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - The Weeknight blasts Trump’s 'completely unnecessary' WH ballroom and bunker
Donald Trump has repeatedly argued that his new ballroom is a matter of national security. The Weeknight hosts react to new reporting that finds the security he’s talking about already exists under the White House.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - ‘IGNORED’: Rapper Freddie Gibbs SPEAKS OUT on Gary, Indiana’s power crisis
“This isn’t a problem that started with the storm. We are a predominately Black city that tends to get ignored,” says Grammy award-winning rapper Freddie Gibbs as his hometown of Gary, Indiana remains without power after two weeks.
NYTIMES (Livia Albeck-Ripka) - California Judge Says Recalled Officials Are Unlawfully in Office
The mayor and three other council members of Avenal, Calif., had refused to leave despite a certified vote by residents to recall them. They will now step down, a city official said.