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⭘ The provider of software for defense agencies jumped about 3% on Friday to a record, ranking the company among the top 20 U.S. firms by market value.

⭘ A dating advice app that lets women anonymously review their dates and compare notes has surged in popularity.

⭘ Shengjia Zhao will work directly with Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of Scale AI and now Meta's chief AI officer.

⭘ Polymarket exploded into the public eye during the 2024 election between President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

⭘ The PM says recognition of a Palestinian state must be part of a "wider plan" to ensure peace in the region.

⬤ The administration's claims are overblown, but newly declassified information provides some messy details about a January 2017 intelligence assessment of Moscow's election interference.

⭘ Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who has been pushing to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, says the fight is an effective tool to combat Donald Trump.

⬤ The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has made the removal of the Fed chair his personal mission.

⭘ With little say in the ongoing debate over redrawing congressional districts​ in their home state, Texas Democratic state legislators are looking beyond their borders for help.

⭘ Forget the stereotype of the frail old woman who needs help carrying groceries – fitness mavens like Joan MacDonald show you can strength train at any age Joan MacDonald is an influencer. There's no other word for it, though she winces a little when she says it. But she is an influencer, and an extremely successful one. The fitness maven has been on the covers of magazines such as Women's Health, modeled as part of lucrative brand deals and launched her own fitness app, Train With Joan. On Instagram, where she has more than 2 million followers, she shares pictures of herself posing in bikinis in picturesque locales and training at the gym in color-coordinated workout sets.But there's one small difference between MacDonald and many other social media starlets. She is 79. Continue reading...

⭘ The FDA may remove the warning labels on hormone replacement therapies used to treat the symptoms of menopause. Doctors say the warning is scaring people who could benefit from these treatments.

⭘ Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing how federal agencies handle vaccine recommendations. Some parents are hurrying to get kids their shots, fearing future changes could limit access.

⭘ Brittany dives into the economy behind Christian contemporary music

⭘ A dance instructor faces charges for serving alcohol to minors, showing explicit photos and inappropriately touching students after parents alleged vulgar behavior.

⭘ Belated sequel to the 1996 comedy is unlikely to convert newcomers but there's more than enough to entertain its cult fanbaseHappy Gilmore 2, the much-anticipated follow-up to the canonical sports comedy that dominated pop culture at the turn of the century, opens with Adam Sandler's irascible hero catching viewers up on the past 29 years.After humiliating tour nemesis Shooter McGavin (an on-form Christopher McDonald) in the big tournament and riding off into the sunset with the girl, they marry and have five children as Happy's prosperity continues unbidden. He considers stepping back from the game as his years and wealth stack up, but keeps going at the encouragement of his dear Virginia (Julie Bowen). But when Happy accidentally kills her with a shanked tee shot, a shock that comes in the first two minutes, his world is even more upended than it was when we met him as an orphan in 1996.Happy Gilmore 2 is out now on Netflix Continue reading...

⭘ Madison Square Garden, New YorkThe millennial-beloved pop star brings the house down in an emotional and energetic chance to show off her new, return-to-form album

⭘ The Bafta winner, who faces rape and sexual assault allegations, denies "the charges against me entirely".

⭘ Violators will be fined up to 2 times the face value of the tickets and could lose the ability to purchase future NFL tickets, according to a memo.

⭘ Paramount Global and Skydance Media agreed to merge last year.

⬤ Packaged food companies are struggling to adjust — and profit — as tastes, waistlines and wallets change.

⭘ Here's what prediction markets are pricing in for the outcome for the Fed's rate decision, July jobs report and Trump's trade negotiations next week.

⭘ NFL star Von Miller had a slip-up, calling the Washington Commanders by their old name, as President Donald Trump looked to make that change happen.

⭘ Israel faces increasing pressure from Western allies to lift restrictions into the flow of aid into Gaza.

⭘ Britain's PM will see his US counterpart on Monday. He should urge Trump to force an end to the Palestinians' agonySo great is the despair, so intense the desperation, that the hopes of the Palestinians of Gaza now rest on a man who covets their land and wants to see them gone. The man in question is Donald Trump – and this weekend, there is a rare chance to push him to do the right thing.There should be no mystery as to what that right thing is. Ideally, it would mean the US president using his leverage to force the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, into ending the nearly 22-month war in Gaza. But if that's too much to ask, there is an even more pressing demand that Trump should be making right now: that Israel lift all restrictions, remove all bureaucratic impediments, and flood Gaza with the food and medicine the people there so urgently need – and that it happen immediately. Continue reading...

⭘ Hedaya al-Muta'wi's 18-month-old son Mohammed suffers from malnutrition due to famine, weighing just 6kg.

⭘ Charity says number of people needing care for malnutrition has quadrupled and blames Israeli 'policy of starvation'Rates of severe malnutrition among children aged under five at Médecins Sans Frontières' Gaza City clinic have tripled in the last two weeks, the charity has said, as starvation in the Israeli-besieged strip worsens.The global aid community has sounded the alarm as Gaza descends deeper into mass starvation, with resulting deaths being reported daily as Israel allows only a trickle of aid into the territory. Continue reading...

⬤ Jordan and the United Arab Emirates were expected to begin airdrops in the coming days, but experts warned that the bulk of necessary aid could come only by land.

⭘ Reports of starvation in Gaza raise the questions: Why the hesitation in labeling it a famine? And who are the authorities with the power to make that call?

⭘ Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration's ambitious enforcement targets

⭘ FEMA is starting a "detention support grant program" to cover the cost of building temporary facilities. States have until August 8 to apply for the funds.

⭘ The Guardian observed a spate of detentions at a Manhattan courthouse on 16 July 2025, despite the fact that some of those detained had been granted follow-up hearings

⭘ A dance instructor faces charges for serving alcohol to minors, showing explicit photos and inappropriately touching students after parents alleged vulgar behavior.

⭘ The Bafta winner, who faces rape and sexual assault allegations, denies "the charges against me entirely".

⭘ Bubba the Love Sponge, Hulk Hogan's former best friend, discussed the professional wrestler's recent death after their complicated history.

⭘ Polymarket exploded into the public eye during the 2024 election between President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

⭘ Here's what prediction markets are pricing in for the outcome for the Fed's rate decision, July jobs report and Trump's trade negotiations next week.

⭘ A new law includes a provision that could mean bettors pay more during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.

⭘ In the past, US consumers have resisted their favorite foods changing to natural dyes. Attitudes might shift if Maha converts the entire industryThe Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement celebrated this month after the US dairy industry voluntarily pledged to remove all artificial dyes from ice-cream by 2028. In April, US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr prevailed upon the food industry to stop using artificial dyes, and many of the nation's largest food manufacturers, including Nestle, Kraft Heinz and PepsiCo, have already promised to comply. But the ice-cream pledge made Kennedy especially happy because, he said, ice-cream is his favorite food.Prepare to say goodbye to the brilliant pink (from red dye No 40) that signifies strawberry, the cool green (yellow 5 and blue 1) of mint chocolate chip, and the heroic combination of red 40, blue 1, and yellow 5 and 6 that makes up Superman. Continue reading...

⭘ Experts say there's plenty of precedent both in the US and abroad for state-supported food infrastructureWhen Zohran Mamdani sailed to a surprising but decisive victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary last month, he did so propelled by a platform laser-focused on making the country's largest city more affordable for working people. Among his proposed policies for achieving that vision – which include free childcare and a rent freeze for tenants – is the proposal to create a network of city-owned grocery stores focused on keeping food prices low rather than on making a profit.

⭘ With the Trump administration setting 15% as a floor for tariffs, companies and economists are warning of higher prices later this year.

⭘ U.S. and Australian forces collaborated on a milestone precision strike missile test using HIMARS, enhancing Indo-Pacific deterrence capabilities amid regional tensions.

⭘ CENTCOM troops killed ISIS leader al-Hardani in Syria, while Israeli forces eliminated Hezbollah officer Ali Qoutan as both nations continue counterterrorism efforts.

⬤ Inside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem.