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- The presidential campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are bickering over debate details, with their first showdown scheduled for Sept. 10 on ABC now in question.
- UN halts aid in Gaza as security deteriorates as polio re-emerges in territory.
- Canada’s government says it is imposing a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles, matching U.S. tariffs and following similar plans announced by the European Commission.
- Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle were in Butler County, Pennsylvania, today, assessing the Butler Farm Show grounds where former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt last month.
- A federal court hearing began today in Oregon, putting in question a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, which would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.
- State lawmakers considered a bill to make California the first state in the nation to create AI safeguards as congressional deadline looms.