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| Former President Donald Trump will tee it up alongside Dustin Johnson, Caitlyn Jenner and Charles Barkley. Will a key GDP report reveal the U.S. is in a recession? And the Pacific Northwest is sweltering in an unusually long heat wave. |
| It's Jane, with Thursday's news. |
| 🗳Up first: One hundred days before the midterms, Americans are anxious about the future and unhappy with their options. A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll shows Democrats with a narrow advantage over Republicans on the congressional ballot, 44%-40%, a bit better than the 40%-40% split they scored in June. But gloom about the nation's economy and its politics still pose big hurdles for Democratic hopes of avoiding significant losses in November. Read more. |
Trump to join celebs in LIV Golf pro-am at his New Jersey club |
| The Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, has some big names scheduled for Thursday's pro-am . Former President Donald Trump will tee it up alongside golf stars Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau in the first group out at 10 a.m. ET. Other celebrities joining the mix will be media personality and former Olympic decathlete Caitlyn Jenner, basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, as well as football Hall of Famers Lawrence Taylor and Brian Urlacher. Barkley has recently been flirting with the idea of joining the Greg Norman-led series. The three-day LIV tournament begins Friday and features $25 million in prize money. |
| ⛳️ Column from Christine Brennan: More LIV golfers destroy their reputations as they sports wash for MBS. |
| ⛳️ Looking ahead: LIV Golf League announces format for 2023 launch featuring 12 team franchises. |
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| 😷 "I'm feeling great": President Joe Biden ended his isolation Wednesday after testing negative twice for COVID-19, crediting vaccinations and medical treatment for a quick recovery. |
| 🔵 Russian forces on Thursday launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine's Kyiv and Chernihiv regions. Read more of the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. |
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| 💹 Another month, another interest rate hike. The Federal Reserve raised its key short-term rate for a second straight month in a bid to corral soaring inflation. |
| ⚖️ Twenty Republicans on Wednesday voted against legislation that would reauthorize programs to combat human trafficking. |
| 🎥 Fantasy author George R.R. Martin missed the world premiere of HBO's "House of the Dragon" after contracting COVD-19 from last week's Comic-Con fan convention in San Diego. |
 | | George R.R. Martin hits the stage for "House of the Dragon." | | Kevin Winter, Getty Images, Kevin Winter, Getty Images | |
GDP report may signal US is in recession – or it may not |
| A key report Thursday could reveal that the nation's economic output declined for a second straight quarter, meeting the informal criteria for a recession . After dropping at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first quarter, gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced in the U.S. – is projected to have risen 0.5% in the three months ending In June, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. But that's just an estimate, and GDP easily could have fallen. Two quarters of falling GDP is just a rule of thumb for a recession, though it often coincides with a real one. |
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Senate passes bill to up US computer chip production; House may vote Thursday |
| A bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the U.S. passed the Senate Wednesday . The $280 billion measure, known as the CHIPS Act, includes federal grants and tax breaks for firms that construct their chip facilities in the U.S. The legislation also directs Congress to significantly increase spending on high-tech research programs that lawmakers say will help the country stay economically competitive in the decades ahead. Senate passage came by a 64-33 vote with 17 Republicans voting for the measure. The House vote on the measure could come as soon as Thursday as lawmakers try to wrap up business before returning to their home states and districts in August. |
Xi, Biden to speak as possible Pelosi visit to Taiwan looms |
| President Joe Biden is planning to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in four months on Thursday, with a wide range of bilateral and international issues on the table. But a potential visit to Taiwan by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is looming over the conversation, with China warning of a severe response if she travels to the self-governing island democracy Beijing claims as its own territory. A Chinese government official said Thursday that a visit by Pelosi would be a "red line" for Beijing and warned of "serious consequence" if she makes the trip. Pelosi's office has yet to say when, or even if, she will proceed with the visit, but the timing is especially sensitive amid heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington over trade, human rights and Taiwan. |
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 | | Visitors are silhouetted as they watch The Fountains of Bellagio on May 31, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | | Ethan Miller, Getty Images | |
Pacific Northwest continues to face unusually long heat wave |
| The Pacific Northwest will continue experiencing what meteorologists believe is an unusually long heat spell for the region Thursday and it is expected to stretch into the weekend. The National Weather Service extended the excessive heat warnings from Thursday through Saturday evening. Temperatures in Oregon's largest city are forecast to soar to 101 degrees Fahrenheit again on Friday. On Tuesday, Portland reached 102 degrees, setting a daily record. Seattle on Tuesday also reported a record daily high of 94 degrees. The heat spell was forecast to last into the weekend in western Washington as well. Climate change is fueling longer heat waves in the Pacific Northwest, a region where weeklong heat spells were historically rare, experts say. |
 | | Gabe DeBay, Medical Services Officer with the Shoreline Fire Department, buys lemonade from Kaellan Robberts and Aven Josephy on July 26, 2022, in Shoreline, Washington. The Pacific Northwest is experiencing a heat wave with potentially record-breaking temperatures, which is expected to last for the rest of the week. | | David Ryder, Getty Images | |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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