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.

U.S. Department of Justice
@TheJusticeDept · 2.4M followers
Under @POTUS Trump and Attorney General Todd Blanche’s leadership, our mission to protect our communities and keep them safe continues. @WhiteHouse #MakingAmericaSafe https://t.co/GGwdAEFWVo

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

AFP News Agency
@AFP · 2.4M followers
🇨🇦 Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have disrupted daily life nationwide, Canada is trying to limit the annual devastation https://t.co/TnAJv5bUKI https://t.co/KTFiIfDxOp

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

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

Daily Caller
@DailyCaller · 1.2M followers
🚨 Earlier this week, President Trump nominated Julia Nesheiwat, wife of U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz and Homeland Security Advisor in his first administration, as Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic. https://t.co/pU2ApWmZOC

USA TODAY
@USATODAY · 5.2M followers
"Jorge was the pillar and the person who supported with vision, rigor, and affection the career of the greatest player of all time." https://t.co/yWpoRIi9Hc

Los Angeles Times
@latimes · 3.8M followers
The Trump administration wants to relinquish federal control of Head Start. Why critics fear that could upend the program. https://t.co/5oLIzwO9ak
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