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Commentary: To truly protect the climate, Biden must tighten methane limits

The Democrats’ long-sought tax and energy legislation finally passed by the Senate is a critical breakthrough in America’s effort to meaningfully reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. That’s the good news. More worrisome is what the bill fails to do to limit fugitive methane from oil and gas production.

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The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change

PAGE, Ariz. — White sandstone cliffs create a ring around Lake Powell in contrast to the honey- and red-colored desert rock nearby. Evidence that water once, not all that long ago, filled America’s second-largest reservoir.

The Denver Post

POINT: Innovative CHIPS and Science Act will improve the lives of all Americans

The CHIPS and Science Act is an innovative and important industrial policy. It makes targeted investments in critical industries to strengthen America’s manufacturing base, protect workers, and fortify U.S. national and economic security. It will help reverse the decades-long trend of job and supply-chain offshoring and contribute to inclusive growth.

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Rekha Basu: An Iowa 'Documented Dreamer' tells a U.S. House panel about her plight, shared by 200,000 others

Pareen Mhatre of Iowa City got a reprieve, or something like that, considering she'd done nothing wrong to warrant one. She got to complete her degree from the University of Iowa in biomedical engineering. But once she gets it, in December, she could be thrust back into the visa limbo…

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Editorial: The American right cheers a foreign despot

Not long after Donald Trump’s 2016 election, Vox’s Zack Beauchamp traveled to Hungary, where its authoritarian leader, Viktor Orbán, had implemented many of the populist-right policies that had energized the American president’s most ardent supporters. Notably, Orbán militarized Hungary’s southern border to stop the “invasion” of migrants — and he…

The Orange County Register

Jackie Calmes: GOP voters will benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act. Congressional Republicans just don't care

In a polarized America, you don't get this kind of agreement on much of anything.

Los Angeles Times

The true story of "the OG edible"

In the early 1960s, Alice B. Toklas published a "Moroccan hashish fudge." American culture did the rest

Salon

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Congo tests boundaries of democracy, climate action during Blinken visit

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday was hoping to showcase the potential for democracy and climate action here in one of Africa’s largest countries. But backsliding reality got in the way.

Los Angeles Times

Alan Kohler: How Anthony Albanese can do a Joe Biden on climate change

US President Joe Biden made a clever move to get his climate action bill passed through Congress this week. Anthony Albanese should take note.

The New Daily

Donald Trump backs a former critic to challenge Liz Cheney in Wyoming as his war with her heats up

It should have been a sleepy contest for the state’s only house seat in America’s conservative west. Instead, the Wyoming primary has become a high-profile test case of Donald Trump's power over the Republican Party.

ABC News

Ex-Miss America Mund: Abortion ruling prompted US House run

Former Miss America Cara Mund says her concern about the erosion of abortion rights prompted her independent bid for the U.S. House in her home state of North Dakota

The Independent UK

What the Methodist Split Tells Us About American Political Polarization

However this denominational divorce plays out, theology around same-sex relationships isn’t the only thing driving Methodists apart.

Reason

Trevor Noah on FBI raid: ‘I’m amazed Trump has time for all this crime’

Late-night hosts discuss the search of Mar-a-Lago as part of an investigation into alleged mishandling of classified documents

The Guardian - US

A year after Biden's Afghanistan exit, accountability in short supply

(This August 10 story has been refiled to make clear in paragraph 17 Austin chose to impose no accountability)

Reuters

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American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance

Ten years ago, a white supremacist opened fire on a Sikh congregation in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and injuring several others before taking his own life. An eighth person, Baba Punjab Singh, was left partially paralyzed and died from his wounds a few years later.

Daily Mirror

Tommy Fury calls for third Jake Paul fight date after two cancellations

The younger Fury insists that he won't be giving up on getting a fight with Paul, despite still facing issues with getting to America where their last two meetings were scheduled

Evening Standard

Andy Murray beaten but trio of Brits progress to second round of National Bank Open in Montreal

Andy Murray’s tough start to the hardcourt season continued, as he was blown away by America’s Taylor Fritz at the National Bank Open in Montreal.

The Independent UK

Austin pledges military training, support for Baltics

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. will conduct more more military exercises with Baltic nations such as Latvia, and look to provide increased training

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: FBI was seeking classified presidential records at Trump’s home

Search warrant executed by FBI agents suggests investigation comes with potentially far-reaching political ramifications for former president. Plus, America’s toxic algal bloom

The Guardian - US

‘Getting harder and hotter’: Phoenix fire crews race to save lives in America’s hottest city

As temperatures soar at triple digits, heat-related 911 calls have increased 34% since 2020, with first responders facing the brunt

Tribune News Service

Bobby Ghosh: Democracies can weather prosecutions of former presidents

If Monday’s FBI search at Donald Trump’s Florida home leads to the prosecution of the former president, as supporters fear and detractors hope, then citizens of democracies everywhere might ask Americans, “What kept you?”

Reuters

Democrats, Republicans sponsor bill to give thousands of Afghans path to citizenship

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both houses of U.S. Congress to establish a path to American citizenship for thousands of Afghan evacuees admitted to the United States on temporary immigration status, the sponsors announced on Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

They couldn’t touch her: how Serena Williams became a rare legend

Prejudice and hostility followed her throughout a career of scarcely believable achievement, one that told us much about America

ABC News

Aunty Kathleen grew up having to 'yarn in secret'. Now she's helping revive her Indigenous language

Indigenous Australians and Native Americans come together in the Red Centre to learn, from each other, how they can save their languages from extinction.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Signs $280B CHIPS Act in Bid to Boost US over China

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration's push to boost US competitiveness over China. Flanked by scores of lawmakers, union officials, local politicians and business leaders, Biden feted the legislation, a core part of his economic agenda…

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