ABCNEWS - Tropical Storm Bertha makes a 2nd Gulf Coast landfall
Tropical storm Bertha made landfall in southeast Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon and is now back over the ocean, approximately 95 miles southeast of Lake Charles.
ABCNEWS - Trump to attend rescheduled White House correspondent's dinner Friday
President Donald Trump will attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Friday night.
AXIOS (Emily Peck) - It's one choke point after another in the global economy
"Choke point" is having a moment. Why it matters: The term is an increasingly popular shorthand for the bottlenecks tying up the oil market and the AI buildout — and sometimes the entire economy — as the old global economic order gives way to intensifying competition and outright war. Where it stands: The latest choke point is in the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia has been routing more oil there via pipeline, bypassing the OG choke point in the Strait of Hormuz. - Now, Iranian-backed Houthi militants are targeting Saudi ships, threatening traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait — which has seen increased oil flows, about 5.7% of the world's oil in the first three months of 2026, up from around 3.5% over the same period last year, according…
AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Republicans skeptical Darline Graham can win a full Senate term
She has President Trump 's endorsement and is a sympathetic figure after the death of her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham . As Graham's temporary replacement, she's a symbol of the political brand he built over more than two decades in the Senate. Driving the news: Even so, Darline Graham faces an uphill battle to win a full Senate term in November, Republicans in D.C. and her home state of South Carolina tell Axios. - South Carolina's rapidly approaching Aug. 11 primary has become a test of whether those advantages are enough to carry the late senator's sister — a political novice suddenly swept into the limelight — to a six-year term in Congress' upper chamber. - Skeptics throughout the GOP party are surprised Trump endorsed Darline…
NYTIMES (Ezra Klein, Rollin Hu, Annie Galvin and Marie Cascione) - Platner’s Top Campaign Strategist on What Went Wrong
Morris Katz helped Zohran Mamdani win, and then tried to do the same for Graham Platner. What has he learned?
NYTIMES (Rachel Louise Snyder) - Our Vast Collective Jeffrey Epstein Failure
We need to hold accountable the web of accomplices who enabled his crimes.
NPR (Danielle Kurtzleben) - Trump refuses to give up on tariffs - a pillar of his economic legacy
The administration timed a new set of tariffs on all of its largest trading partners to take effect at the same time the old, global tariff ended.
NPR (Joseph Kim) - Video: Scientists watch orcas ram a sunfish so hard it explodes
Marine biologists off of Baja California recorded one orca teeing up another to smash a sunfish into pieces. Scientists say there could be a reason for this behavior — or it could be just for entertainment.
NPR (Kate Bartlett) - Netflix viewers the world over are binge-watching South African series 'The Polygamist.' Here's why
Why is a Zulu-language drama taking the world by storm? The Polygamist mixes sex and scandal with a sharp portrait of modern South Africa.
NPR (Scott Neuman) - West Virginia paid digital nomads to move there during COVID. Many are staying
Ascend West Virginia is one of dozens of relocation initiatives across the country offering cash and other incentives to move to states needing an economic boost. Here's how they're working out.