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The Trump administration announced a plan to sell weapons to European countries that would then be transferred to Ukraine, most notably what SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEM critical to countering Russian drone and missile strikes?
Donald Trump announced a $10 billion lawsuit against what NEWSPAPER, its parent companies, and the reporters who published a story about Trump sending a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein for a 50th birthday album?
A wildfire near the north rim of what US NATIONAL PARK broke containment and torched dozens of buildings, including an historic lodge built in the 1920s?
Israel and Syria declared a cease fire after Israel attacked Syrian and Bedouin troops that were fighting what ISLAMIC SECT, many of whom live in the occupied Golan Heights?
Iran announced plans to expel at least a million people from what NEIGHBORING COUNTRY, citing security concerns after Iran's war with Israel? In an unrelated story, the UK announced that it had resettled thousands of citizens of this country to the UK after a data leak that identified them as having helped British forces stationed in the country.
While billions of dollars were cut for public broadcasting and foreign aid, the US Senate saved funding for PEPFAR, the program to combat what DISEASE, largely in Africa? The program is credited with saving 26 million lives and allowing 8 million babies to be born disease-free to infected mothers.
Paul Biya, the 92 year old president of what AFRICAN COUNTRY, announced he would be seeking an eighth term in office? In power since 1982, Biya is only the second president since the country gained independence from France in 1960.
A federal judge blocked a rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would keep what FORM OF DEBT off of credit reports?
The Pentagon announced that 2000 National Guard troops assigned to what US CITY would be withdrawn? Their deployment was notable for a highly visible raid on Macarthur Park.
The Trump administration's practice of deporting migrants to third countries saw five people sent to what AFRICAN KINGDOM? It was unclear if the migrants would be sent home, or if they were sent to the country as their home countries refused to take them back.
Protestors across the US took to the streets on July 17 in "Good Trouble Lives On" protests, held on the date what CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND CONGRESSMAN died in 2020?
CBS announced that what TV SHOW HOSTED BY STEPHEN COLBERT would end in 2026? While citing financial reasons, the cancellation is also seen as a political ploy to get federal approval of a merger between Paramount and Skydance.