Coverage centers on Canadian wildfires and evacuations, U.S. political developments including Justice Department leadership, Fed rate speculation and Trump's renewed effort to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook, plus Senate races in Maine and Michigan. Other threads include Jorge Messi's death, Iran negotiations, Sri Lankan prison violence, and a Michigan salad contamination scare.

The Economist
@TheEconomist · 26.2M followers
The biggest red flag for poor gut health is a simple lack of biodiversity. However, the idea that tinkering with the presence or absence of this or that type of bug will perceptibly improve your health has scant published scientific basis https://t.co/0TrFQGkViJ

CBS News
@CBSNews · 9.7M followers
Jorge Messi, the father of Argentinian soccer legend Lionel Messi, has died at 68. https://t.co/tcI8aePcnN

The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ · 22M followers
Workers who take approved leaves of absence for medical or other reasons often think—mistakenly—that their positions are safe https://t.co/1SQnZLpmLp

The New Yorker
@NewYorker · 8.3M followers
Todd Blanche has been running the Justice Department’s day-to-day operations as the acting Attorney General since March, 2025, following Donald Trump’s firing of Pam Bondi, in April—and the department’s performance “has been nothing short of disastrous” since he took the reins, https://t.co/yrQrXMLQRS

Bloomberg
@business · 10.4M followers
July’s surprisingly weak jobs report coupled with a possible cooling in inflation next week may lead the Fed to hold interest rates steady at its next meeting, says Bloomberg Economic’s @AnnaEconomist https://t.co/n077VrLEKX

Newsweek
@Newsweek · 3.4M followers
A suspected Ukrainian decoy drone exploded near a key gas pipeline in Bulgaria. https://t.co/AoZtVcOM1Y

FBI
@FBI · 4M followers
ICYMI from @FBIWFO : Members of violent D.C. street crew convicted of drug trafficking and murder charges. Four members of the violent “Push Dat Sh*t” street crew were found guilty by a federal jury in connection with their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that https://t.co/w9ZicnPAOd

ABC News
@ABC · 18.5M followers
U.S. negotiations with Iran have progressed this week, Vice President Vance said, but he stressed that the conflict is not over. https://t.co/lEm1GaI7Kg
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