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YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - ‘TOUGH SELL’: Trump faces HIGH-STAKES midterm fight

Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, discusses President Donald Trump’s Dallas midterm convention, voter concerns over energy costs and the escalating spending battle in Texas’ Senate race. #foxbusiness #varney 0:00 | National Security & Trade Policy Impact 0:26 | Administration Defends Economic Record and Fuel Costs 1:43 | GOP Super PAC Injections & Senator Cruz Warning 2:49 | Campaign Funding Needs in Texas Senate Race 3:47 | Criticism of Democratic Candidate James Talarico

AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - How extreme heat is rewriting the job of state government

As climate change makes extreme heat more frequent and dangerous, states are building systems to manage a hazard they weren't historically built to handle. The big picture: In a growing number of states, officials are appointing heat officers, writing statewide plans, setting worker protections, funding cooling infrastructure, and coordinating responses across agencies. Driving the news: July was the hottest month ever measured in the contiguous U.S., with every Lower 48 state above its 20th-century average. - The speed at which states have ramped up their response to extreme heat has been "stunning," V. Kelly Turner, associate director of heat research at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, told Axios. - "Heat's everywhere, but…

As climate change makes extreme heat more frequent and dangerous, states are building systems to manage a hazard they weren't historically built to handle. The big picture: In a growing number of states, officials are appointing heat officers, writing statewide plans, setting worker protections, funding cooling infrastructure, and coordinating responses across agencies. Driving the news: July was the hottest month ever measured in the contiguous U.S., with every Lower 48 state above its 20th-century average. - The speed at which states have ramped up their response to extreme heat has been "stunning," V. Kelly Turner, associate director of heat research at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, told Axios. - "Heat's everywhere, but…Open