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

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said she would not run for public office because the system is “broken,” as she reflected on her decision not to pursue a gubernatorial run in California and spoke about what she views as “capitulation” by those tasked with guarding democracy during Donald Trump’s second administration. In the former 2024 presidential candidate’s first interview since losing the election, Harris spoke about her career as a public servant in an interview with CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” #CNN #News

Hours before a midnight deadline, the White House announced its new trade policy, including its baseline tariffs for all countries. The administration said the “universal” tariff will remain at 10% — the same level implemented on April 2 — for countries the US has a trade surplus with, which is most of them. Nations with which the US has a trade deficit face a 15% floor. CNN’s Richard Quest joins Erin Burnett to discuss and explain why he thinks Trump’s tariff deals will never come to fruition. #CNN #News

Top food science expert Kevin Hall joins Sanjay to talk about his new book, Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us, and why our many misconceptions about metabolism are distracting us from the real drivers of the obesity crisis.

Listen to the full episode on CNN's Chasing Life podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/9Ju22FaD

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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins speaks with the family of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking accusers. The family wants all Epstein files to be released saying that Virginia Giuffre wanted the files to be released. #CNN #News

All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people were absent from an emergency briefing call held before the tragedy unfolded, questioning from state lawmakers on Thursday revealed. #CNN #News

President Donald Trump said his foreign envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Russia in the coming days as the president calls for an end to the conflict in Ukraine. Trump revealed Witkoff’s previously unknown travel plans during an event at the White House, where he also said he planned to apply new sanctions on Moscow and described Russia’s continued assaults on Kyiv as “disgusting.” #CNN #News

President Donald Trump disclosed this week that part of his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago stemmed from how Epstein “stole” a woman from her employment at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. That woman, Virginia Giuffre, would later accuse Epstein of sex-trafficking her. Giuffre’s family has complaints and questions now, as does a lawyer who represented other Epstein victims. #CNN #News