STRIPES (Lara Korte) - Trump drops Hormuz fee plan after legal, policy questions | Stars and Stripes
Analysts say President Trump’s proposed Strait of Hormuz vessel fees could break with U.S. policy, face legal hurdles and prove costly to enforce.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700
Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track.
Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track.Open
NYTIMES (Trish Bendix) - Late Night Calls Lindsey Graham’s Senate Seat ‘an Inheritance Jackpot’
“A Senate seat? Most people just get a garage full of damp boxes,” Michael Kosta said of Graham’s sister filling the late senator’s seat on “The Daily Show.”
NYTIMES (Ali Vaez) - This Is a Forever War in the Making
The vague language of the U.S.-Iran cease-fire memo laid the foundation for the war’s resumption.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Patrick Djordjevic) - Nolan Wells investigation could take 'months': Lauren Conlin
Wells, an 18-year-old football player, died after a Fourth of July boat trip to a remote Mississippi island.
ABCNEWS - 1 dead, 3 missing after boat sinks near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay
One person is dead and three others are missing after a boat with more than a dozen passengers sank in San Francisco Bay, according to local authorities.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Patrick Djordjevic) - Diarrhea parasite could take weeks to cause symptoms: Ex-CDC director
The nationwide outbreak of a stomach parasite causing severe diarrhea is causing angst among Americans.
NYTIMES (Alexandra Stevenson and Murphy Zhao) - China’s Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in Years
Economic growth of 4.3 percent in the second quarter, versus the same period last year, reflected a broad slump outside of the country’s export-oriented manufacturing might.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - The Trump Admin’s Slow Breakup with María Corina Machado
The administration can’t play both sides forever. The post The Trump Admin’s Slow Breakup with María Corina Machado appeared first on The American Conservative .
Latin America The Trump Admin’s Slow Breakup with María Corina Machado The administration can’t play both sides forever. María Corina Machado is having a bad year. The exiled leader of Venezuela’s opposition has pinned her hopes of returning to lead the country on President Donald Trump, who overturned the hostile government of Nicolas Maduro after a raid to capture the former Venezuelan president. After Maduro’s removal in January, Machado attempted to position herself as the natural leader of a new government in Caracas, and travelled to Washington to personally present Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize—a distinction…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Nicastro) - A French Rebirth?
Fourth time’s a charm for Marine Le Pen. The post A French Rebirth? appeared first on The American Conservative .
France A French Rebirth? Fourth time’s a charm for Marine Le Pen. Marine Le Pen has a new lease on life. Last Tuesday, a court cleared a path for her to contest France’s presidential election next year. And she took it with celerity. “There is no longer any scenario in which I could not run,” Le Pen announced on TV that evening. “I am a candidate.” This will be Le Pen’s fourth bid for the job, and her chances appear better than ever. Multiple polls conducted over the past several days show her comfortably defeating all comers in both phases of France’s two-round election system. Of course, much could change in…Open