- At 11:00 ET 16:00 BST, President Donald Trump will hold his first Cabinet meeting since July 8. Press questions at the top are likely to focus on Trump’s move to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook.
- Vice President JD Vance is in Wisconsin, touting the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill.
- Trump will “substantially” increase tariffs on countries that don’t remove “discriminatory” digital services taxes.
- Trump defended his decision to take a 10% stake in Intel, saying, "I hope I'm going to have many more cases like it."
- The top aide to China’s lead trade negotiator is in Washington for talks with business representatives and counterparts from the USTR and Treasury Department. Trump said on China: "We have tremendous power over them, and they have some power over us.”
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pitched a shipbuilding partnership and pledged more US investment, in his first meeting with Trump.
- The Trump administration is threatening military deployments to more Democrat-run cities, including Chicago and Baltimore.
- The DNC’s summer meeting gets underway today.
- Fifteen red states and three blue states could redraw their 2026 Congressional maps without voter input or constitutional changes.
- Trump said personal animosity is preventing a bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- Iran is likely to be hit by 'snapback' UN sanctions in mid-October.
- Poll of the Day: Republicans are less concerned about inflation than Democrats
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