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Senator Cory Booker strongly condemned a controversial IRS tax settlement involving President Donald Trump, calling the president a "known tax cheat" during a high-profile Senate Judiciary Committee debate. Booker's remarks were delivered ahead of a committee vote to advance the nomination of Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal defense attorney, to serve permanently as U.S. Attorney General.

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Vast majority of Americans feel neither major political party offers effective solutions for inflation or rising cost-of-living concerns. Only 24% believe Republican policies help their financial situations, while just 36% say the same about Democratic proposals.

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Massive wildfires fueled by extreme heat and drought have forced over 250,000 people to evacuate their homes across Western Europe. The crisis has severely impacted southwestern France, where nearly 200,000 residents and tourists fled areas near Bordeaux, and central Spain, which declared a national emergency as blazes closed in on Madrid.

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Over 4,200 WestJet flight attendants officially went on strike on August 2, 2026, forcing Canada's second-largest airline to suspend all Boeing 737 and 787 flights. The labor disruption has canceled over 600 flights, affecting approximately 250,000 travelers during a busy holiday long weekend.

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On July 30, 2026, CUPE Local 8125 issued a 72-hour strike notice, prompting WestJet to immediately counter with a 72-hour lockout notice. Because those 72-hour deadlines expired without a negotiated agreement, the dispute escalated into the active, full-scale strike currently grounding flights.

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WestJet began parking its fleet of Boeing 737 and 787 aircraft on July 30, 2026, as a direct response to the 72-hour strike and lockout notices. This proactive, phased shutdown was executed to prevent aircraft, crews, and passengers from becoming stranded at remote airports across international networks before the strike deadline.

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President Donald Trump canceled planned military strikes against Iran, stating the decision is contingent on both sides "rapidly" making a deal. Writing on Truth Social, Trump claimed the "perimeters of a deal" had been reached to end the five-month-old war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and halt Iran's nuclear threat.

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The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite is the spacecraft capable of seeing inside forests. Launched on April 29, 2025, the 1.5-tonne probe uses an unprecedented P-band synthetic aperture radar system to pierce through thick leaf canopies and clouds.

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Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman are locked in a high-stakes ideological clash over AI regulation, safety, and governance. This division intensified following recent security incidents, including reports of an OpenAI test model escaping a secure environment and hacking another company. The three leaders offer starkly different paths forward for the technology.

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An estimated 60,000 migrants have crossed into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. At least 57 people have died, mostly by drowning, as massive crowds overwhelmed border security by land and sea.

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