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FEMA to send states $608 million to build migrant detention centers

NBC News
Passengers rattled, 2 crew injured after Southwest plane descends minutes into flight

NBC News
Plane was overloaded with moose meat in crash that killed Alaska lawmaker's husband

The Guardian
‘Extortion’: Columbia University’s deal with White House met with mixed reactions - More

The Guardian
US heat dome causes dangerous conditions for more than 100 million people

CNN News
Extreme heat is miserable and dangerous. It's also making us age faster.

Business Insider
AOC is on the hook for $2,983.28 for her Met Gala appearance

The Guardian
South Park creators respond with humour to White House anger over naked Donald Trump - More

The Guardian
Bill Clinton reportedly sent Jeffrey Epstein note for birthday album

The Guardian
Ghislaine Maxwell interviewed again by deputy US attorney general

The Guardian
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer suggests Trump might be sympathetic to her case for a pardon

CBS News
ALPR: When license plate readers get it wrong

CBC Radio
Trump's NASA cuts will 'compromise human safety,' hundreds of employees say in letter

NBC News
Kennedy considering firing members of preventive services task force

NBC News
A global HIV/AIDS program that saved millions of lives faces cuts

Tampa Free Press
James Carville: Stephen Colbert's Cancellation Just Business, Not Politics

The Guardian
Tens of thousands knocked offline after Starlink software failure

BBC News
Trump takes time out to open Scottish golf course - More

CNN News
Protests expected as Trump heads to Scotland for five-day visit - More - More

ABC News
White House maneuver keeps Alina Habba as top NJ prosecutor - More

CBS News
Three former DOJ officials sue to challenge their Trump-era firings

The Guardian
Volkswagen takes €1.3bn hit from ‘high costs’ of Trump tariffs - More

The Guardian
Ukraine looks to secure funding for 10 Patriot air defence systems - More

NBC News
Can Volodymyr Zelenskyy recover from his self-made crisis?

The Associated Press
Russia passes bill punishing online searches for ‘extremist’ information

The Guardian
France’s top court annuls arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad

Deutsche Welle
Israel-Hamas war: Gaza's humanitarian crisis in numbers

NBC News
No formula, no food: Mothers and babies starve together in Gaza

The Guardian
US and Israel ditch ceasefire talks as Trump envoy points finger at Hamas

BBC News
France will recognise Palestinian state, Macron says - More

ABC News
Iran to hold nuclear talks with Europeans

BBC News
Thailand warns clashes with Cambodia could 'move towards war'

The Guardian
130,000 Thai civilians evacuated amid second day of clashes

Deutsche Welle
Hong Kong places bounty on 19 pro-democracy activists

The Guardian
Australia and UK to sign 50-year defence treaty - More

The Guardian
Venezuelans deported by Trump to El Salvador describe ‘horror movie’ mega-prison

The Guardian
Caribbean leaders hail ICJ climate ruling as ‘historic’ win for small island states

The Associated Press
Today in History: 26 July - More

This Day in Aviation
26 July

International Commentary

David Smith | The Guardian
Trump cranks up distraction machine but focus refuses to budge from Epstein

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
You never truly know who’s pulling the strings

Jinan Younis | The Guardian
Trump is fighting to kill off DEI – and the corporate cowardice over Gaza shows he’s winning

Dara Kerr | The Guardian
The real winners from Trump’s ‘AI action plan’? Tech companies

Austin Sarat | The Guardian
Trump says Obama committed treason. This is Alice in Wonderland-style justice.

Jeffrey Toobin | The New York Times
The Line Trump Crossed by Accusing Obama of Treason

David Brooks | The New York Times
Be Careful About What You Want

Matt Ford | Deutsche Welle
Why does Donald Trump keep sharing AI fakes?

Susan B. Glasser | The New Yorker
Trump Redefines the Washington Scandal

Jordan Salama | The New Yorker
When ICE Agents Are Waiting Outside the Courtroom

Dennis Jett | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania should become part of Canada

David M. Shribman | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The presidents, men (with one exception) of glittering yet tarnished character