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* **Manafort Stands Trial:**
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial of Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman. Manafort has been charged with 18 violations of tax and bank fraud, and prosecutors have also alleged that he concealed millions of dollars he earned while lobbying for Ukrainian officials. The trial is expected to last three weeks. For more information on the story, check out [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/31/politics/paul-manafort-trial-begins/index.html).
* **Firefighters Get Defensive in Northern California:**
Changing weather patterns sparked more fires in Northern California. There are 17 fires burning in what may be the most destructive wildfire season in California history. Fire officials said Monday they were optimistic the fires could be contained. See the latest pictures of the blazes [here](https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/996332/California-fire-locations-Redding-Carr-fire-latest-update-active-wildfire-map-cause).
* **Carmelo Anthony Leaves Atlanta:**
Melo returned $2.4 million to the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, allowing him to sign with the Houston Rockets. Even after his worst season in his NBA career, Melo is still expected to receive most of his $27.9 million salary from the Rockets. For more, check out [ESPN](http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24233957/carmelo-anthony-finalizes-buyout-atlanta-hawks).
* **The Summer of Trump:**
President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet with Iranian officials “whenever they want," more than a week after threatening Iran's leaders in a bellicose tweet. Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal in May. Trump had threatened North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in tweets before sitting down with Kim in Singapore in June to try to curb the North Korean leader's nuclear ambitions. For more, [read here](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/31/iranian-adviser-us-must-return-to-nuclear-deal-for-talks.html).
* **Should Americans “Sleep Well Tonight”?:**
More than a month after the Singapore summit, the [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-north-korea-is-working-on-new-missiles/2018/07/30/b3542696-940d-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html) obtained satellite images that show North Korea is developing ballistic missiles in a suburb outside of Pyongyang. The construction does not technically violate the any of the points that the two leaders discussed in June, but it may indicate that North Korea is trying to deceive the United States, according to American intelligence agencies.
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A new poll finds most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive.
The White House budget office says mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.
President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry. The Republican president suggested Friday he was looking at a “massive increase” of import taxes on Chinese products in response to Xi’s moves. Trump says one of the policies the U.S. is calculating is "a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States." A monthslong calm on Wall Street was shattered, with U.S. stocks falling on the news. The Chinese Embassy in Washington hasn't responded to an Associated Press request for comment.
Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, minutes from last month’s meeting showed.
From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern, as everyone awaits the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report.
The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now.
Rep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok.
A new report finds the Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress.
A new poll finds U.S. adults are more likely than they were a year ago to think immigrants in the country legally benefit the economy. That comes as President Donald Trump's administration imposes new restrictions targeting legal pathways into the country. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey finds Americans are more likely than they were in March 2024 to say it’s a “major benefit” that people who come to the U.S. legally contribute to the economy and help American companies get the expertise of skilled workers. At the same time, perceptions of illegal immigration haven’t shifted meaningfully. Americans still see fewer benefits from people who come to the U.S. illegally.
Shares of Tylenol maker Kenvue are bouncing back sharply before the opening bell a day after President Donald Trump promoted unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism. Trump told pregnant women not to use the painkiller around a dozen times during the White House news conference Monday. The drugmaker tumbled 7.5%. Shares have regained most of those losses early Tuesday in premarket trading.
