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 Washington Post
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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

The Hill
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Maher says Trump further left than Dems citing Intel stake: ‘This is socialism’ https://t.co/BqEO7m5rps

The Independent
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Argentina v South Africa LIVE: Latest updates as Kolisi returns for Springboks clash with Pumas https://t.co/kQn4Fc03YN

New York Post
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Every Michael Porter Jr. scenario is still on the Nets' table with need to find middle ground https://t.co/XQcR0RaPKq https://t.co/3xsg40zpoZ

The Atlantic
@TheAtlantic · 1.9M followers
Donald Trump is losing the support of the voters at the center of his supposed 2024 political realignment, @GrahamDavidA reports. He explains what's behind it: https://t.co/dBjyPu1vsF https://t.co/MZ2uVSwe5N https://t.co/WFhhy8lmXo

AFP News Agency
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🇨🇦 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

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

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
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