

🏦 ECONOMY & WORLD
⭐ Editor’s Pick: DSA Official Who Backs Defunding Police Gives Appalling Answer on What She'd Do If a Woman Was Raped (➜)
Top Iranian official lays out regime’s war strategy to outlast Trump. (➜)
Karoline Leavitt’s possible successors emerge after WH press secretary’s surprise departure. (➜)
The threat behind Secret Service’s unprecedented decision to have Trump switch planes in Turkey revealed. (➜)
Bombshell: FBI had 14 informants on Biden corruption but ran a secret operation to dismiss evidence as disinformation. (➜)
AOC doesn’t deny breaking up with fiancé, gives head-scratching response after posting her egg retrieval video. (➜)
The incredible closing of the U.S. economy's K-shaped gap. (➜)
Trump is heading toward an unlikely clash with a close ally over future of multi-trillion-dollar industry. (➜)
Inside the U.S.–Israel–Saudi plan to cut Iran out of global oil. (➜)
Trump officials floated a cut to capital gains tax on home sales—what it could mean for homeowners. (➜)
Inside North Korea’s operation to conquer the American job market. (➜)
U.S. budget deficit surged in July to highest level since March 2021. (➜)
The July inflation report just blew a big hole in the Fed-must-remain-tight story. (➜)
One of this country's most senior diplomats is under investigation for inviting "an endless parade" of African women into his official residence for sex. (➜)
This new taxpayer-funded pool is for "Blacks only" on Fridays. (➜)
Meet the red-state city that has transformed from marshland into a booming suburb. (➜)
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🏢 INDUSTRY
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Seems Like Bill Gates’ Daughter May Be in Serious Legal Trouble (➜)
Bob Iger revealed the timing and intimate details of his and Joshua Kushner’s “extraordinary” purchase of the Los Angeles Lakers. (➜)
A Bob Iger video resurfaced on why “rooting for Lakers not in my DNA.” (➜)
Paramount is considering a sale of CNN to help settle a multistate antitrust suit over its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. (➜)
Forbes fired its top editor after discovering he had received a secret $6 million payment from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine. (➜)
A Powerball player has won the $1 billion jackpot—this is where the winning ticket was sold. (➜)
A former employee at the Southern Poverty Law Center was arrested on fraud charges. (➜)
How Luigi Mangione plea buzz raises a potential problem for prosecutors. (➜)
Excruciating moment squirming Alex Cooper is grilled over Dave Portnoy's sexual harassment plot allegation against the “Call Her Daddy” host. (➜)
Shocking truth about the new “Godzilla” weight loss drug as users report “genuinely unbearable” side effect: “my soul left my body.” (➜)
A new luxury hotel canceled a YouTuber’s $4,663 stay. Then came the viral feud. (➜)
Major U.S. airport adding Islamic foot wash stations inside terminal bathrooms. (➜)
Meet the evil millionaire on the Most Wanted list seen secretly living like a king on an island thousands of miles away. (➜)
Loyal passengers of this airline are fuming after the company stripped away a beloved perk. (➜)
Costco’s CEO just gave us a sneak peek of new products coming this fall. (➜)
A major salmonella outbreak is now affecting these Whole Foods products. (➜)
Costco’s cult-favorite ingredient restocked after 2 years off shelves: “The best news!” (➜)

📈 HOT STOCKS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Stanley Druckenmiller's Portfolio Skips Megacap Tech Stocks Almost Entirely. Here's What He's Buying Instead. (➜)
Discover the 10 best dividend stocks that Morningstar just ranked for reliable income and explosive long-term growth. (➜)
Wall Street analysts are finally waking up to this "pure-play" U.S. attack drone juggernaut. (➜)
Savvy investors may be sleeping on this AI growth story—and the stock has 97% upside. (➜)

💰 PERSONAL FINANCE & DEALS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Dave Ramsey's One-Word Strategy Could Save You Six Figures in Taxes (➜)
Social Security just added 14 serious conditions to its fast-track disability list—see if yours now qualifies for quicker benefits. (➜)
New cars cost a fortune nowadays—but these 5 affordable brands stand out as the smartest buys of the year. (➜)
This 12-blade veggie chopper is over 40% off on Amazon right now—slice, dice, grate & spiralize like a pro. (➜)

🧠 AI
⭐ Editor’s Pick—"Brand-New Everything": How Data Centers Transformed This Small Town’s Economy (➜)
American AI models are unwittingly echoing Chinese-style censorship on certain sensitive questions. (➜)
This major southern city became the first to have AI answer 911 calls. (➜)
Inside how an AI newsroom beat human journalists to a story about OpenAI and hacking—and why it’s just the beginning. (➜)
Musk and Zuck's AI comeback. (➜)

🚀 SPACE, DEFENSE & ROBOTS
⭐ Editor’s Pick—Marco Rubio Says Mysterious Objects Flying Over U.S. Military Bases: "They're Not Ours" (➜)
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say. (➜)
U.S. and Ukrainian forces went head-to-head in an exercise. Guess who won. (➜)
Mystery plane spotted in Kansas sparked rumors that it could be America’s new, top secret bomber. (➜)
This county could be the first in the U.S. to regulate humanoid robots. (➜)
A mysterious “demon” creature was discovered lurking beneath Alabama's “Area 51.” (➜)
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