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• 3 U.S. Stocks Set Records and Oil Falls Sharply as Officials Say a Strait of Hormuz Deal Is Near; Iran Denies Direct Talks
• 3 U.S. 50% Tariffs on About $20 Billion of Canadian Goods Are Set to Start August 19
• 3 Capital One Asks Judge to Dismiss Trump Organization Suit Over 2021 Account Closures
• 2 U.S. and Japan Confirm Joint Yen-Buying Intervention; Dollar Index Falls to Seven-Week Low
• 4 Appeals Court Clears Way for About $23 Billion in Student Loan Cancellation Under Sweet Settlement
• 4 Louisiana Opens State Criminal Investigation Into Anthony Fauci, Joining Alabama and Florida
• 3 CDC and FDA Link Nearly 1,950 Cyclospora Cases in Nine States to Taco Bell Lettuce From Taylor Farms de Mexico
• 4 DHS Secretary Mullin Accuses Newsom and Other Democrats of Coaching Immigrants to Resist ICE; Offers Enforcement Trade to Cooperating States
• 4 Russia Strikes Kyiv With Missiles and Drones; Zelensky Says Patriot Interceptors Are Exhausted
• 3 Senate Blocks Discharge Motion on Iran War Powers Resolution, 49-50
• 2 Senate Judiciary Vote on Todd Blanche's Attorney General Nomination Postponed as Two Republicans Seek Written Assurances on Trump-IRS Settlement
• 5 Four Latino Civic Groups Form Joint Voter Outreach Coalition for 2026 Midterms
• 4 Ninth Circuit Rejects Education Department's Bid to Delay Loan Discharges Under Sweet Settlement
• 4 Exxon and Chevron Report $26.5 Billion in Combined Second-Quarter Profit as Oil Trades Near $100
• 2 Federal Jury Convicts Hadi Matar of Terrorism Charges in 2022 Stabbing of Salman Rushdie