Axios reports: Florida transportation officials are expected to order Miami Beach to remove its LGBTQ Pride crosswalk on Ocean Drive, citing a new ban on street art, city officials tell Axios. City leaders are raising the alarm after Key West and Delray Beach received orders from the Florida DOT last week to paint over their rainbow-colored intersections by Sept. 3. …

The Washington Post reports: Washington, D.C., residents overwhelmingly oppose President Donald Trump’s decision last week to take over the D.C. police and order federal law enforcement and the National Guard onto District streets, and 65 percent don’t think his actions will make the city safer from violent crime, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. Thirty-one percent of District residents …

Reuters reports: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans said that the United Nations (U.N.) countries should recognize the Palestinian state, according to a new survey that was published on Wednesday morning. The new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58 percent of U.S. adults think that every country in the U.N. should recognize Palestine as a nation. About a third of respondents, 33 …

Axios reports: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bid to redraw California’s congressional seats to create more Democrat-friendly districts has a 22-point advantage in support among the state’s voters, Newsom’s longtime pollster writes in an internal memo obtained by Axios. California’s vote this November on what’s known as Proposition 50 will have tremendous consequences for the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election. …

CNN Business reports: Hundreds of different goods just got a lot more expensive to import into the United States, now that President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on steel and aluminum has kicked in. Butter knives, baby strollers, spray deodorants and fire extinguishers, considered “derivative” steel and aluminum products, were previously excluded from the 50% tariff, though they were still subject …

The Associated Press reports: Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in a farming area in the state’s southwest corner as President Trump’s administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations. Pillen said he and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had agreed to use an existing minimum security prison work …

The Daily Beast reports: The Trump administration has clapped back at Grammy-winning musician Jack White’s critical commentary on the president’s new-look Oval Office. White, former front man for The White Stripes, unleashed on Instagram on Monday, claiming that Donald Trump’s torrent of gold and gilded additions to the office were an “embarrassment to American history,” describing it as “a vulgar, …

“This is a screenshot from American Academy of Pediatrics’ webpage, thanking the organization’s top corporate donors. These four companies make virtually every vaccine on the CDC recommended childhood vaccine schedule. “AAP is angry that CDC has eliminated corporate influence in decisions over vaccine recommendations and returned CDC to gold-standard science and evidence-based medicine laser-focused on children’s health. “AAP today released …

The Washington Post reports: Federal prosecutors in D.C. have been instructed not to seek felony charges against people who are carrying rifles or shotguns in the nation’s capital, regardless of the strength of the evidence, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and an email reviewed by The Washington Post. The new policy, which Pirro said was crafted by the Justice …

The New York Times reports: Federal officials shared a post on social media last weekend that wrongly accused a Connecticut state lawmaker of publishing detailed location information about deportation efforts by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, triggering a torrent of harassment against him. The lawmaker, Corey P. Paris, of Stamford, said that he had received threats against his life …

“Now, if you look at the structure that’s behind me, it’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig under. And today, we are also going to be painting it black. That is specifically at the request of the …

Business site Benzinga reports: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped a Joe Biden-era probe into Credova Financial, a gun financing firm tied to Donald Trump Jr., saying the case was improperly motivated by politics. In a letter sent Tuesday to PublicSquare, the parent company of Credova, the CFPB said it was closing its investigation and accused the prior administration …

The Times of Israel reports: US President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war hero” on Tuesday and said he himself was also one for sending US bombers to hit Iran’s nuclear sites. In an interview with conservative radio host Mark Levin, Trump, who has no military history beyond attending a military school, said that Netanyahu is “a …

The Denver Post reports: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the state’s law banning counselors from practicing “dangerous” conversion therapy on LGBTQ+ kids.  Weiser’s office filed an 83-page brief Tuesday that argues conversion therapy — a medically discredited practice in which medical professionals try to change a patient’s sexual orientation or gender identity …

The Washington Post reports: Jeanine Pirro, then a weekend host on Fox News, told the chairman of the Republican National Committee in a September 2020 text message that she was determined to aid President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, despite the network prohibiting on-air personalities from political involvement. “I work so hard for the party across the country,” Pirro, …

CNN reports: The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday amid uncertainty about the app’s future, as another deadline approaches for its parent company, Bytedance, to sell to a US buyer or be banned in the United States. The latest delay in June kept the app accessible for its 170 million American users, despite the legislation that passed last …

Variety reports: Chris Pratt joined Bill Maher on the latest episode of the “Club Random” podcast and got asked about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is serving as President Trump’s secretary of health and human services. RFK Jr. also happens to be cousins with Pratt’s wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger. In conversation with Maher, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor spoke favorably …

The Huffington Post reports: Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier filed a writ of habeas corpus on Tuesday in the district court of Travis County, Texas, claiming the state legislature’s Republican majority has unlawfully detained her in the state Capitol after she refused to consent to 24-hour police surveillance. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, a Republican, required each Democratic legislator to …

“Everyone says, ‘Well, we just need immigrants to come legally. We just need immigrants to come legally.’ That’s not true. Omar Fateh came here legally. Ilhan Omar came here legally. Rashida Tlaib, her parents came here legally. Zohran Mamdani came here legally. And I’m not allowed to say that this guy’s not an American. I’m sorry. He’s not an American. …

The Freedom From Religion Foundation writes: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to retract a recent unconstitutional threat to eject citizens from the state Senate chamber if they do not stand during official prayers. During the Senate’s Aug. 15 session, Sen. Angela Paxton delivered a Christian invocation “in the name of Jesus, who …