Thursday, the 6th of August
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At the top of the news, Legal aid groups alarmed as Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm.
Also in the digest... Meta, Whoopi Goldberg, and United States.
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Lead Stories
World
First Thing: Democrats look forward after progressive El-Sayed victory in Michigan
Jacob Ryan Clement
Portland man accused of murder insists victim died of overdose, not the 2 bullets he allegedly fired into his torso
ARMY
US Army Hospital OB/GYN Charged With Sexually Assaulting 93 Patients and Recording Victims
Politics
Mexican migrant with leukemia dies in ICE custody as family alleges medical negligence
Politics
First Circuit Strikes Down Puerto Rico Ban on Certain Knowingly False Statements During Declared Emergencies
Florida
Miami-Dade Confirmed as Florida's Third Locally Acquired Dengue Case as Mosquito Control Funding Faces a November Vote
World
'Baseless accusations': Beijing protests Japan's assessment of China as 'greatest strategic challenge'
World
Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts
World
North Korea fires ballistic missile: South Korea military
World
Virginia teens at golf tryouts rescue family from drowning and then make squad
Marine One
Investigators look at why a plane was allowed to take off as Trump's helicopter approached
World
'Why December? She should come now': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's aide challenges Sheikh Hasina
National
US asks Philippines to extradite Filipino church leader accused of sex crimes and fraud
World
‘I want the world to know my sister’s name’: friends and families of 17 aid workers killed in 2006 Muttur massacre demand justice
World
Indian youth protests highlight mistrust in ‘lapdog’ media
World
Imran Khan's three years in jail spark protests across Pakistan; over 100 held
World
$150 million contract for migrant children's lawyers goes to Trump-linked firm
Ajay Bhutoria
Biden ex-adviser Ajay Bhutoria calls new US immigration rule ‘step backwards’
National
James Talarico rolls out economic agenda that takes aim at “false Gospel of trickle-down economics”
World
Colombia Swears In New President De la Espriella on Friday — Without Petro, and Without the Usual Ceremony
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People
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Meghan Markle
Prince Harry
Narendra Modi
Joe Biden
Jeff Bezos
Vladimir Putin
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Daniel Andrews
Anthony Albanese
Tiger Woods
Cristiano Ronaldo
Barack Obama
Imran Khan
Gavin Newsom
Bruce Willis
Ashleigh Barty
Xi Jinping
Kylie Jenner
Emmanuel Macron
Tom Cruise
JK Rowling
Steve Bannon
Jill Biden
Greg Abbott
Rupert Murdoch
Kamala Harris
Richard Marles
Ron DeSantis
Kevin McCarthy
Ghislaine Maxwell
Authors
Robert Reich
Michelle Grattan
Arwa Mahdawi
George Monbiot
Simon Tisdall
Jonathan Freedland
Marina Hyde
Rebecca Nicholson
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Aditya Chakrabortty
David Sims
John Naughton
Catherine Bennett
Michael Bradley
Richard Roeper
Ryan Lizza
David A. Graham
Marina Koren
Arthur C. Brooks
Conor Friedersdorf
Derek Thompson
Michael Hiltzik
Mary McNamara
Jonathan Zimmerman
Jean Guerrero
Steve Lopez
George Skelton
Erika D. Smith
Maggie Haberman
Simon Kuestenmacher
Michael Pascoe
Tim Ferguson
Alan Kohler
Paul Bongiorno
David Frum
Gillian Tett
Robinson Meyer
Max Chafkin
Patt Morrison
