A deep dive into a US court's ruling that warrantless searches of incoming travelers' devices at the border are unconstitutional. / The Dissenter
How a prominent anti-abortion doctor in San Antonio somehow became the rural repres…
Doctors say it doesn't work, but Olympic athletes swear drinking a Coke after emerging from the polluted Seine helps “flush out anything inside of us.” / The Wall Street Journal [+]
Gyms depend on members not showing up—that…
The Trump campaign is attacking Tim Walz for a policy that allows felons to vote, conveniently forgetting that Trump is also a convicted felon. / The New Republic
Harris picking Walz as her running mate is a big win for the right-to-repa…
As part of Olympic security, French authorities are using—and critics argue, abusing—an anti-terror law to restrict the movements of hundreds of people. / AP
“Aug. 2, 2024, was Black Friday for the artificial intelligence boo…
“Few questioned whether the MAGA tent was big enough to cover the tech futurists and the evangelical Christians.” Inside the pro-Trump 2024 Bitcoin Conference. / The Verge
Hamilton Nolan: “The Democrats are a Big Tent Party…in the…
Germany's political shift toward right-wing extremism appears to be accelerating. / SemaforThe Pentagon deploys more warships and fighter jets to the Middle East. / ReutersA review of bipartisan legislation that passed this week in Wa…
Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 people after weeks of protests. / The Guardian
Russia frees journalist Evan Gershkovich, part of the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
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Iran and its proxies are meeting to discuss potential retaliation against Israel. / ReutersSpencer Ackerman: If Harris wants to be different on Israel, she quickly needs to choose “active deescalation.” / Forever Wars”Why are you being so…
Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh is killed in Tehran. It's likely to have a chilling effect on ceasefire talks. / Al Jazeera, BBC NewsEtan Nechin: Pinpoint operations stand in stark contrast to five-ton bombs. / XDan Willia…
Venezuela severs diplomatic relations with countries that question its disputed presidential election. / SemaforHeather Cox Richardson: At this country's most important revolutionary moments, it has seemed as if the country turned on …