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 Telegraph
@Telegraph · 3.4M followers
An NHS trust has told staff that trans people can still use women’s bathrooms and wards in spite of new guidance over single-sex spaces 🔗 https://t.co/XTj0BJ4FAH https://t.co/0OH4xjpEnx

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

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

BBC News (World)
@BBCWorld · 42.3M followers
Irish government jet leaves for UAE for Kinahan extradition https://t.co/lMg9GBmsDs

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

The Washington Post
@washingtonpost · 19.3M followers
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has counted on split-ticket voters to help her win in a blue state. Now one of the most vulnerable Senate Republicans up for re-election, Collins faces skepticism from Democrats and left-leaning independents. https://t.co/VbtGhiHTqc

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

Al Jazeera English
@AJEnglish · 10M followers
At least three inmates have been killed and more than 20 injured in violence across Sri Lankan prisons. Investigators suspect links to rival drug gangs. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez has more from outside a prison in Colombo. https://t.co/yJyESUv2rx
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