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.

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

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

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

FRANCE 24
@FRANCE24 · 3.9M followers
Spain imposes border checks on Italian travellers amid migrant dispute ➡️ https://t.co/ucjs6kNuPH https://t.co/FO4YMN6CXy

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

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

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

Reuters
@Reuters · 26.2M followers
Michigan salad warnings ease, but cyclospora keeps shoppers and grocers on edge https://t.co/L4LPwUsPz5 https://t.co/L4LPwUsPz5
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