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

Reuters
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Michigan salad warnings ease, but cyclospora keeps shoppers and grocers on edge https://t.co/L4LPwUsPz5 https://t.co/L4LPwUsPz5

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

SCOTUSblog
@SCOTUSblog · 577.7K followers
President Donald Trump has renewed his effort to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. https://t.co/YpIt7inNTk

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

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

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

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