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Gizmodo reports: Tesla is coming in hot in New York City and regulators, legislators and consumers are already pushing back. The electric car company’s latest foray into regulator wrestling comes via a hiring push for autopilot drivers in NYC, despite holding no permits for that service in the city. Given that Tesla has already spent years fighting federal probes, civil …

The Associated Press reports: Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country, part of a wider effort by Israel to facilitate mass emigration from the territory left in ruins by its 22-month offensive against Hamas. Six people familiar with the matter confirmed the talks to …

The Guardian reports: Tighter border rules are putting European tourists off holidaying in the US, according to Europe’s biggest package trip operator. Tui’s chief executive, Sebastian Ebel, said there had been a “significant decline” in travel to the US, due to a multitude of factors including “the atmosphere, what you hear from border control”. He said European tourists were opting …

The Texas Tribune reports: As Texas moves to redraw its congressional map at the behest of President Donald Trump, the White House is pushing ahead on another proposal to safeguard GOP power in Washington that could have major implications for Texas. Last week, Trump said he had ordered the Commerce Department to start working on a new census that does …

“I would say I was about 98% involved. No, they all went through me. They came over Ric [Grenell] and Sergio [Gor] and everybody. I turned down plenty. They were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters. Uh, no. We have great people. This is very different than it used to be. Very different. These are great people. And, …

404 Media reports: A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) propaganda video that featured Jay-Z’s music was hit with a copyright takedown request on X, and appears to have been hit with copyright violations on both Instagram and Facebook as well. The video features footage of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents training and doing immigration raids set to Jay-Z’s 2003 …

Gallup Polling reports: The percentage of U.S. adults who say they consume alcohol has fallen to 54%, the lowest by one percentage point in Gallup’s nearly 90-year trend. This coincides with a growing belief among Americans that moderate alcohol consumption is bad for one’s health, now the majority view for the first time. From 1997 to 2023, at least 60% …

The Huffington Post reports: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to blame vaccine misinformation for the recent shooting at the CDC in Atlanta, rejecting criticism about the role he’s played in sowing distrust in the life-saving shots. Law enforcement officials have made clear that the man attacked the CDC over his misgivings with the COVID vaccine, citing, in part, …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump said Wednesday there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to stop the Ukraine war after Friday’s summit. Trump was “very clear” in a virtual meeting Wednesday with European leaders that the U.S. wants to achieve a ceasefire at the upcoming U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska, French President Emmanuel …

Politico reports: The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new POLITICO analysis of public data and federal spending records. Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.8 billion by canceling contracts, but of the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings that POLITICO …