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  NPR — A federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service's finalized plan for President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting
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  NPR — Target faces renewed backlash for 'minstrel show features' Halloween costume
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  Washington Post — Target apologizes, pulls Halloween costume criticized as racist
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  Axios — Trump renames Lake Ontario
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  Reuters — US Inflation Remains Elevated as GDP Growth Outlook Brightens
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  U.S. News — Inflation Heats Up a Notch, GDP Holds Steady
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  AP — Russia attacks Kyiv with drones and wounds a dozen across Ukraine
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  Reuters — Russia attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with missiles and drones
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  Haaretz — Report: Israeli Strike Kills Three Family Members in Southern Gaza
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  CNN — US says not talking to Iran as Strait of Hormuz diplomacy intensifies
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  Kyiv Independent — Zelensky arrives in Chisinau for Moldova's Independence Day
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  Bloomberg — Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates
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  CNBC — Nvidia Earnings: Updates and Commentary
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  CNN — Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh faces pressure to show his hand
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  Axios — Fed's Warsh under pressure to clarify message in highly anticipated Jackson Hole speech
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  Sunny Skyz — Principal Loses His Job After Taking In Homeless Student He Refused to Abandon
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  Washington Post — South Carolina Senate special runoff results live: Darline Graham defeats Ralph Norman
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  NBC News — South Carolina Senate Primary Special Runoff Election 2026 Live Results
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  AP — Trump's Mass Visa Revocation Plan: What Does It Mean?
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  Bloomberg — Kevin Warsh to Make First Jackson Hole Speech as Fed Chair
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  Bloomberg — Jackson Hole Offers Warsh a Prime Stage to Rebut His Critics
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  CNN — Bessent promises 'economic D-Day' ahead of expected Iran sanctions
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  ABC News — Iran live updates
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  Al Jazeera — Russia-Ukraine war | Today's latest from Al Jazeera
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  NBC News — Gaza News: Breaking News on the Israel-Gaza Conflict
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  PBS NewsHour — Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro back to court for pretrial hearing
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  Bloomberg / Kiplinger — Nvidia Earnings: Live Updates and Commentary August 2026
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  Yahoo Finance — Nvidia's Q2 earnings to test resurgent AI trade
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  Bureau of Economic Analysis / Bloomberg — PCE Inflation Likely to Edge Higher in July
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  NPR (via AP) — Dolly Parton, one of country music's most singular performers, has died at age 80
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  CNN — Live updates: Dolly Parton dead at 80 after brief battle with cancer, tributes pour in
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  UPI — Watch: Man dons 17 T-shirts while continuously heading a soccer ball
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— 12 to KNOW Automation

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  KPMG — FASB issues proposed ASU on cash equivalents
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  K&L Gates — SEC Proposes to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rules
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  Accounting Today — Firms, accountants divided on AI but perhaps not for long
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  Grant Thornton — IFRS Alerts
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  CBS News/AP — U.S. set to impose 50% tariffs on Canada
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  NBC News — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney calls new U.S. tariffs 'a miscalculation'
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  Washington Post — U.S.-Canada breakdown shows limits of Trump's aggressive trade strategy
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  AP (via KPBS) — Federal agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual misconduct probe
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  NBC News — FBI searches former Rep. Eric Swalwell's home, seizes his electronic devices
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  AP — Enrollment in SNAP grocery aid is dropping faster than expected
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  CBS News — Tropical Storm Moke expected to bring up to 15 inches of rain in Hawaii
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  NPR — Tropical Storm Moke to cause more flooding as Hawaii recovers from Lala
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  CNN — Live updates:
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  CNBC — Iran warns of Hormuz ship seizures
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  Jerusalem Post — Bessent says US-Iran war entering 'endgame,' will sever all economic lifelines
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  UN News — Fighting deepens needs and fuels further displacement in Sudan
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  Bloomberg — Alibaba Raises $10 Billion in Record Hong Kong Share Sale
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  CNBC — Big week coming up with PCE, Nvidia earnings and then Jackson Hole
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  Bloomberg — Asian Stocks Dip With AI in Focus, Oil Declines: Markets Wrap
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  Yahoo Finance — Stock market today:
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  AP (via AOL/Nexstar) — Fisherman survived 15 days trapped in underwater cave
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  Fox8 — Man rescued from underwater cave after 15 days
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  Divernet — Cave-divers find trapped spearfisher alive after 15 days
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— 12 to KNOW Automation

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— 12 to KNOW Automation

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  ABC News — Woman arrested for allegedly plotting New York state Capitol attack
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  CNN — Woman charged in ISIS-inspired terror plot to detonate explosive device at New York State Capitol
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  NBC News — FBI thwarts an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to bomb New York Capitol
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  PBS — Preservation group urges Supreme Court to suspend White House ballroom project
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  NPR — Trump declares economic warfare on Iran.
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  Washington Post — ICE begins deporting Haitians who lost TPS back to homeland
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  Bloomberg — Stock Market Today:
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  Yahoo Finance — Walmart Crashes 9.7% After Rare U.S. Sales Miss
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  Bloomberg — Bessent to Detail US Plans to Isolate Iran's Economy on Monday
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  NBC News — Ukraine air defense shortage: Russian attacks increasingly deadly as Kyiv pleads for U.S. interceptors
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  Reuters — Turkey, Egypt, Qatar condemn Israeli strikes in Gaza
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  Bloomberg — Anthropic's Annualized Revenue Tops $65 Billion Before IPO
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  TechCrunch — Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada
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  Axios — Tesla sought permit for 5,000 robotaxis in Las Vegas. It got 10.
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  Fortune — Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it 10
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  NME — Fan speaks out after Olivia Rodrigo quietly paid for her final semester of college
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  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth — Dallas raccoon rescued after mayo jar stuck on her head for days
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  UPI — Watch: Raccoon named Mayonesia rescued from mayonnaise jar in Dallas
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— 12 to KNOW Automation

SOURCES:
  Variety — Taylor Swift Named to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Becoming Its Youngest Inductee Ever
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  Billboard — Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Countdown for Aug. 1, 2026
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  E! Online — Taylor Swift flaunted her new shorter hairstyle as she stepped out for the wedding
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  Reality Tea — Taylor Swift's Ultra-Short Mini Dress Barely Skims Her Thighs in London
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  TMZ — Taylor Swift Fans Think She's Dropping Album After Spotting Alleged Easter Eggs
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  Geo TV — Taylor Swift returns to studio with Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff for TS13
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  IBTimes UK — Taylor Swift Fuels Album Theories as Empire State Building Flashes Green 'TS' Logo
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Long live.
— 13 to KNOW Automation

SOURCES:
  SEC — SEC Establishes Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit in Enforcement Division
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  Journal of Accountancy — A new top 5 firm: Grant Thornton acquiring fellow top 10 firm CBIZ
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— 12 to KNOW Automation

SOURCES:
  CNBC — U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade
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  NPR — The U.S. debt tops a record-shattering $40 trillion. Yes, with a T
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  Bloomberg — US Set to Halve Canada Steel, Aluminum Tariffs in Trade Deal
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  Al Jazeera — US and Canada reach 'very fair' trade agreement, Trump says
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  CNN — Meta is back in the courtroom to face its biggest social media addiction trial yet
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  Yahoo Finance — Meta social media addiction trial opens
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  Indeed Hiring Lab — March 2026 Labor Market Update: How Women Have Closed the Other Workforce Gender Gap
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  The National — Disarm by September 30 or face terrorism charges, Iraqi leadership warns Iran-backed militias
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  The Art Newspaper — Four works by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicily museum
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  AP/NBC News — Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday
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  NPR — 15 states have laws that allow corporal punishment in schools. Here's where, and why
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  Quartz — Treasury doubles long-term bond buybacks to $4 billion
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