The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country. #CNN #News

President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused, without evidence, of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.” #CNN #News

The BLS’ monthly labor report Friday showed that the US economy added only 73,000 jobs in July, far below expectations. It also sharply revised down the employment growth that had been previously reported in May and June – by a combined 258,000 jobs. #CNN #News

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History last month removed a board that referenced President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit on the American presidency. In a statement to CNN, The Smithsonian Institution said the decision, which was first reported by The Washington Post, was made after a review of the museum’s “legacy content” this year. #CNN #News

Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who had been serving a 20-year prison sentence in Florida, has been moved to a lower-security federal prison camp in Texas. #CNN #News

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Mike Huckabee, ambassador to Israel, inspected aid delivery sites in Gaza today. Yesterday in Jerusalem, Witkoff met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing growing global pressure to allow more food and medical supplies into Gaza. #CNN #News

Republican Rep. Bryan Steil faced tough questions and booing by attendees of a town-hall style event in Wisconsion. Audience members confronted Steil on topics including the economy, immigration policy, and the war in Gaza. #CNN #News

Dozens of small businesses saw working with Elon Musk's companies as their big break. They say it left them in financial ruins. CNN’s Kyung Lah reports. #CNN #News

US stocks opened lower after the White House unveiled a new trade policy starting August 7 that affects virtually every nation, cementing a break from decades of free trade and signaling a new protectionist era. #CNN #News

The US job market slowed substantially in July and was much weaker than previously thought in previous months, suggesting President Donald Trump’s trade policy may be forcing employers to wait on the sidelines. #CNN #News