Friday, the 7th of August
Good morning,
At the top of the news, Andy Ogles, one of Trump’s biggest MAGA supporters, just lost his Republican primary in Tennessee.
Also in the digest... Sandra Bullock, Oil, and Perez Hilton.
Read fast, and carry a big stick.
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Lead Stories
World
Businessman was ‘preparing champagne’ to celebrate Caruana Galizia murder, court hears
Vasquez
North Carolina Citizen Files Damages Claim After Border Patrol Arrested Him, Then Left Him on the Roadside
World
Cambridge to review hiring process amid plagiarism row
World
Spain threatens retaliation if Italy fails to remove migrant border checks after Ceuta crisis
Politics
Cassidy will vote for Blanche as AG, all but ensuring confirmation
Virginia
Virginia Confirms First Locally Acquired Dengue Case After a Single Mosquito Bridged Two People
Todd Blanche
A lame duck Republican just saved Trump’s AG pick Todd Blanche after other conservatives voiced concern
World
Exiled Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib Al Hasan willing to return, face murder trial if safety assured
Le Sueur
Ohio mother pleads guilty after hospital surveillance captures her injecting fecal matter into her child’s IV
World
Scramble to house hundreds camping in Rome heatwave after squat eviction
World
Trump’s attorney general pick Todd Blanche appears to clear last hurdle for confirmation
World
Ex-Benin president Talon makes political comeback via newly founded Senate
World
US man accused of trying to kill diver by cutting air supply in lobster dispute
World
Haitians face arrest and deportation after US removes TPS protections
Donald Trump
Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ of battleships could cost $455B, blowing past original estimates
World
Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship
Cassandra Barksdale
In 2011, researchers found cases of biopsy sample misidentification, now Atlanta woman claims she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer, underwent unneeded hysterectomy due to tissue labelling mistake
Sport
Mexico and Argentina line up behind Infantino to deepen football’s civil war
Andy Ogles
Andy Ogles, one of Trump’s biggest MAGA supporters, just lost his Republican primary in Tennessee
World
What Is Alternative for Germany? Fast-Rising Party Faces Fresh Ban Calls as More Than 1,000 Lawyers Speak Out
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Authors
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